Life and Art from FT Weekend

About Life and Art from FT Weekend

Life and Art from FT Weekend is the twice-weekly culture podcast of the Financial Times. On Monday, we talk about life, and how to live a good one in one-on-one conversations. On Friday, we talk about ‘art’ – in a chat show. Three FT journalists come together to discuss a new cultural release across film, TV, music and books. Hosted by Lilah Raptopoulos, together with the FT’s award-winning writers and editors, and special guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

Financial Times

Category

arts · society & culture · tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

24 Nov 2016

Latest episode

17 Jan 2025

Latest episodes

2 of 367 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   17 Jan 2025

   Our final episode: thank you

   This is it. Today we present you a massive special episode full of wisdom, which answers your final pressing questions. Listeners wrote in from around the world — from Perth to Virginia to Prague — asking about music, cooking, careers, home, fashion and how to live a good life. Lilah invites her colleagues and friends on to explore them. And now, all there is left to say is a big, loud, wholehearted, vigorous thank you. ------- Please keep in touch – Lilah loves hearing from you and will still be posting about culture, food, art and more on Instagram @lilahrap (https://instagram.com/lilahrap). Email her at lilahrap@ft.com. You can read Globetrotter at ft.com/globetrotter (http://ft.com/globetrotter) and follow along @ftglobetrotter (https://www.instagram.com/ftglobetrotter/) on Instagram. ------- Links (all FT links get you past the paywall): – Tim Harford’s podcast is called Cautionary Tales (https://timharford.com/articles/cautionarytales/), and his column is The Undercover Economist. He references Adam Gopnik and Oliver Burkeman, and if you want to lead a better life by spending less time on the internet, he recommends Cal Newport's book Digital Minimalism. – Here are the cookbooks Harriet Fitch Little and Lilah mentioned: Fuchsia Dunlop's The Food of Sichuan, Fadi Kattan's Bethlehem, Maria Bradford's Sweet Salone, and Pati Jinich's Treasures of the Mexican Table. Harriet is on Instagram at @hufffffle (https://www.instagram.com/huffffle). – Isabel Berwick’s Working It newsletter is here (https://ep.ft.com/newsletters/subscribe?newsletterIds=62039b7ea31d6577a31f70df), and her book is called The Future-Proof Career. – Eric Platt, at the time of recording, was wearing a heather gray turtleneck and navy corduroys from Officine Générale and black Prada combat boots. If you’re interested in corporate finance, he’s on X and Bluesky @EricGPlatt (https://x.com/ericgplatt). – Ludovic Hunter-Tilney mentions Gang Starr’s 1994 song “Mostly tha Voice (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD8hhNtxPgs)”, A Tribe Called Quest, Public Enemy's first album Yo! Bum Rush the Show (1987), and Migos. One of his most listened to songs of 2024 was “Bande organisée (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CVn3-3g_BI)”, by Marseille rap group 13'Organisé. Here’s another episode we love with Ludo, on Taylor Swift (Apple (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/culture-chat-is-taylor-swifts-new-album-too-much/id1179847741?i=1000653645309), Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/episode/1pHfRZUD2TGPQgYrDiiecj)). – Enuma Okoro is an FT Weekend columnist. Here’s her most recent column (https://on.ft.com/4heNzeI), on new ways to think about the new year. ------- Special FT subscription offers for Life and Art listeners are here: http://ft.com/lifeandart (https://ft.com/lifeandart) ------- Music credits: Jive Records, Chrysalis and EMI Records, Quality Control Music Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com (https://www.ft.com/content/8e98f643-acb0-4fdc-86a3-25c520593555) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

2. 

   23 Dec 2024

   Cultural predictions for 2025: the year we accept the chaos

   It’s a time-honored tradition: for the third year in a row, FT Weekend editor-at-large Matt Vella joins Lilah to reflect on this past year, and muse on the coming one. We’ve asked listeners to send their predictions and wishes for 2025, and today we’re talking through them! Will next year bring an end to meme culture? How do we step away from restaurant reservation wars? Will Lena Dunham make a comeback? Plus, Matt tells us why he is embracing chaos, and why we should all let go of the fear of being watched. ------ As you know, the show is ending in early January – and you can still send in a cultural question through December. What’s rolling around in your head? How can we help? Email Lilah at lilahrap@ft.com, or connect with her on Instagram @lilahrap (https://www.instagram.com/lilahrap/?hl=en). ------- Links (all FT links get you past the paywall): – You can flip through all of our listeners’ and colleagues’ predictions on Instagram, here (https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/18055782319753115/?hl=en) – You can read Lena Dunham on Sally Rooney in our 2024 Women of the Year round-up here: https://www.ft.com/womenof2024 (https://www.ft.com/womenof2024) – Lilah mentions this (https://annehelen.substack.com/p/posting-less) piece by Anne Helen Petersen on how we’re all posting less on social media, and this (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/opinion/food-agriculture-factory-farms-climate-change.html) opinion piece by Michael Grunwald about the future of farming – Matt mentions the rise of the noodle boys (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/style/hollywood-men-stars-chalamet-sessa-wolfhard-noodle.html) – You can listen to last year’s predictions here (https://www.ft.com/content/7c9fe07f-98a9-41e7-94b0-668133370e64), or by searching ‘Life and Art 2024 cultural predictions’ – Matt is on X @mattvella (https://x.com/mattvella) ------- Special FT subscription offers for Life and Art podcast listeners, from 50% off a digital subscription to a $1/£1/€1 trial, are here: http://ft.com/lifeandart (https://ft.com/lifeandart) ------- Music clip from Family Productions Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com (https://www.ft.com/content/8f7067d0-107b-4e6e-930f-b5bc916f59ba) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

3. 

   20 Dec 2024

   The perfect winter survival guide

   FT Weekend's Griselda Murray Brown and Cordelia Jenkins share practical winter tips and insights on appreciating the cold, dark months with a sense of joy and stimulation.

Inside a recent episode

HBO’s 'Industry', and Esther Perel

Published 8 Oct 2022 · Transcript excerpt

[…] It just aired in the U.K. First, can you tell us a little bit about what the show is about? Yeah, it came out a couple of years ago, the first season. And it's about a group of young graduates going in to be trainees at an investment bank and sort of living this fast, wild life of investment banking. But it's also about being young and about possibility and about trying to find your way in the workplace, which I think is something that will resonate to people who, you know, whatever career they've gone into is It's that moment when you're like, hold on, am I an adult? Are these people the adults? […]

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

198 ratings

Spotify

4.7 / 5

316 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 72 / 100

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Quality

86

Social presence

94

YouTube

0

Engagement

99

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