In the final episode in our exploration of classical composers of the Black Renaissance, Samantha Ege looks at the music... more

In this episode, Samantha Ege looks at two pioneering African American women from the early twentieth century: Nora Holt and... more

In this episode Samantha Ege takes us to 1930s Chicago to discover the women who were a driving force in... more

This week, Samantha Ege shines a light on two women whose music is rooted in the Black Renaissance: Zenobia Powell... more

In this week’s episode, Ege shines a light on two of the composers who influenced the music that emerged from... more

In this episode, Dr Samantha Ege introduces the Black Renaissance: a cultural movement that took place in the United States... more

In the final episode of this series of Sound Unbound, we bring you a special edition, featuring composer and musician... more

In the penultimate episode of this series of Sound Unbound, Josie Long speaks to academic, composer and performer CN Lester.... more

In this week’s episode of Sound Unbound, we hear how poet and self-acclaimed investigator of missing sounds Raymond Antrobus responded... more

In this week’s episode of Sound Unbound, Jazz singer, songwriter and vocal coach Zara McFarlane speaks of the four most... more

In this week’s episode of Sound Unbound, Josie Long introduces actress Bonnie Greer, as she introduces us to Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade,... more

Welcome to our second series of Sound Unbound, a podcast where comedian and co-founder of Arts Emergency Josie Long talks... more

Listen to a special conversation from our lakeside hosted by artists Abbas Zahedi and Joshua Leon. The discussion developed out... more

Members of our Young Poets and Young Visual Arts Group chat about what it means to be a young artist... more

In another archive edition we return to the cinema and experience a family falling apart in front of their son’s... more

On this week’s archive edition our focus turns once again to the cinema as we relisten to an honest and... more

On this week’s edition we travel back in our archive and re-discover one of the centres most ambitious festivals. At... more

On this week’s archive edition we return to 2013 and director Clio Barnard's reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s famous fairy tale... more

In this archive episode we return to an interview with actor and director Desiree Akhavan, speaking to her in detail... more

This week we have a live recording of Can we be artists?, a bold panel discussion we hosted in collaboration with Headway East... more

In this edition we uncover the story of the most controversial whistle-blower of the 21st Century – Edward Snowden.The 2016... more

On this edition we journey into the cinematic storytelling of filmmaker Sebastián Lelio with the bold and beautiful Oscar nominated... more

In this special podcast collaboration, The Log Books' Tash and Adam take a closer look at some of the objects... more

This week, we look to our archive, returning to 2017 when we had the chance to speak to acting legend... more

On this week’s archive edition we travel to the beautiful Sicilian island of Lampedusa where everything is not quite as... more

On this week’s archive edition we travel deep into our minds – learning more about our relationship to music and... more

On this week’s archive edition we have a tale of a near impossible romance set against the backdrop of post-World... more

On this week’s archive edition, we shift our focus back to 2013 when the venue celebrated composer Benjamin Britten’s centenary.... more

In this compelling interview with Thelma Schoonmaker we explore her legacy: A film editor who has worked with Martin Scorsese... more

On this week’s edition we travel back to 2017 and meet up who director Sally Potter who invites you and... more

We return to our archive and remember a conversation with Mike Leigh about Peterloo, a gritty, real and sorrowful film... more

Maxine Peak plays Funny Cow, a woman who want to make people laugh, someone who refuses to give up on... more

Over this three-part series we’ve entered a parallel universe of video games music, from the chunky world of 8-bit tunes... more

From 2018 we present the second of our three-part series Ode to Joysticks. Sit back as we move from 8-bit... more

From 2018 we present the first of our three-part series Ode to Joysticks. Sit back and enter a parallel universe... more

In this episode we talk to writer and director Rungano Nyoni where she talked in detail about her debut film,... more

In this week’s archive edition we return to 2017 and take time to discover or re-discover director Sean Baker’s film... more

This week, we find ourselves transported in time back to 17 September 2014 the red carpet was rolled out for... more

Ben Eshmade opens the door and crawls through the imagination of Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson who co-directed the 2015... more

Tracing the histories of transnational Asian diaspora struggles and solidarities across the Asia-Pacific, Professors Marci Kwon and Ming Tiampo, curators... more

This week, we look back at on two consecutive films by British director Andrew Haigh. We get insight from the... more

This week, we bring together three interviews with film director Peter Strickland, focussing on the three occasions we've had the... more

Back in late 2019, we hosted a series of talks and debates exploring cinema relationship to the modern city and... more

‘Can We Talk About Power?' (27-30 Sep) is a series of online conversations delving into the nature of power with... more

This week, we have a special guest episode from the Autism Through Cinema podcast. David Hartley, Georgia Bradburn, John-James Laidlow,... more

This week, Ben Eshmade takes us back in our cinema archive to revisit 2014 when we clambered on to a... more

We look back to February 2016 to spend some time the company of the prestigious Jazz at Lincoln Centre Orchestra... more

We're back in July 2016 to revist Possibly Colliding, a weekend curated by composer and pianist, Nils Frahm. In this... more

This week, Ben Eshmade digs another episode from his archive, remembering the time in April 2018 when Thurston Moore led... more

On this week’s archive edition, we step into a bleak gloopy bubble of dangerous darkness and relive the terrifying sci-fi... more

We look back to May 2015 and our celebration of the New York based record label, Nonesuch. We meet president... more

Another week in the archive as Ben Eshmade spends time immersed in 2015’s Transcender festival revelling in the ecstatic, devotional... more

This week's archive find sees us celebrate director Ben Wheatley through his dystopian film High-Rise and its follow-up the pulp... more

We encounter some timeless music assembled through improvisation, editing and sound collage in this archive episode exploring the legacy of... more

This week, Ben Eshmade heads to the scuzzy streets and broken dreams of 80s New York City with director Susan... more

We're rewatching the 2016 German comedy-drama, Toni Erdmann which sees a practical joking father try to reconnect with his hard... more

In this week’s archive edition, Ben Eshmade revisits a conversation between acclaimed cartoonist and author Art Spiegel and jazz composer... more

This week, we re-enter the cinematic universe of Yorgos Lanthimos and his film – The Killing of a Sacred Deer.A... more

On this week’s podcast edition, we spend some quality time in the company of legendary French film director Claire Denis.... more

In this week's archive edition we find ourselves back in the home and in conversation with folk singing legend Shirley... more

This week, we look back to May 2014 and the second of two podcasts episodes which attempt to explore the... more

This week we look back with a series of two episodes that attempting to explore the music, the man and... more

On this week's edition we step into a deep and complex digital universe: we take down from our archive shelf... more

In this week’s archive edition we travel back quite a way in our archive, in this case to the 19th... more

In this week’s archive edition we return to the cinema and find ourselves trapped in the claustrophobic Oscar winning drama... more

This week we return to our archive and a conversation with the late conductor Mariss Jansons, who sadly passed away... more

On this week's archive edition we explore the influence and legacy of artist, poet and musician Jean Michel Basquiat.From the... more

In this week’s archive edition we find ourselves in 2015 and face to face with a force of nature, a... more

In this week’s archive edition - we experience a play for power in Armando Iannucci’s absurdist drama The Death of... more

This week, we're back digging in our archive for another listen to this interview from November 2017 where we found... more

Wrapping up this series of 'Inspired' where we've been inviting some of our Barbican Young Creatives to chat to an... more

In Episode 4 of this series of Inspired, Barbican Young Film Programmer alum, writer and journalist, Rogan Graham speaks to... more

In this episode of Nothing Concrete, sound artist, composer and researcher Rebekah Alero speaks to vocal and movement artist, Elaine... more

Our series of inspiring conversations continues as Barbican Young Poet alum, writer and spoken-word artist, Amani Saeed speaks to the... more

Our series of inspiring conversations returns with a twist as we hand over to our Barbican Young Creatives to interview... more

In this special episode of Nothing Concrete, we're inviting you to explore Soundhouse, a place for experimental podcasts and radio... more

In the third episode of our ‘Michael Clark: Cosmic Dancer’ series, where we’ve been meeting some of the key figures... more

The second episode of our ‘Michael Clark: Cosmic Dancer’ series, we meet some of the key figures in Michael Clark’s... more

In our ‘Michael Clark: Cosmic Dancer’ series, we meet some of the key figures in Michael Clark’s creative world. In... more

In our latest archive episode, we look back to 2016 when we spoke to screenwriter Allison Schroeder about the Oscar-nominated... more