Life and Art from FT Weekend

This week, Gris meets the Canadian writer Sheila Heti at Tate Modern's Pierre Bonnard retrospective to discuss the unlikely parallels between their work, from the depiction of everyday life to the role of memory. Listen, subscribe, rate and review on  Apple Podcasts . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gris talks to The Mash Report host Nish Kumar about comedy, the role of the political satirist and the painfully endless Brexit goodbye. And Gris says her own goodbye to Al, who is leaving the podcast to embark on a new career in ASMR. As he does, Al and Gris look back on some of their favourite farewells in film and fiction. Listen, subscribe, rate and review on  Apple Podcasts . Hosted on A...

When Kristen Roupenian's short story 'Cat Person' was published in December 2017, it became a viral sensation — and a focal point for conversations in the early days of #MeToo. How does she look back on it now? And what does her new collection You Know You Want This have to say about relationships, horror and awkward sex? Later, Gris and Al head to the pub for a frank discussion about consent. Lis...

Chiwetel Ejiofor, The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind and It's Not About the Burqa The actor talks to Al about his debut as a film director, directing himself and Hollywood after Harvey Weinstein.  Later, Salma Haidrani joins Gris and Al to discuss her writing in  It's Not About the Burqa , a new collection of essays by Muslim women on faith, feminism, sexuality and race.    Ho...

History catches up with Tracey Emin: the artist on love, loss and #MeToo. And it's the Academy Awards...who should win, who should not and who cares anyway? Plus: Frieze LA — local artist Martine Syms drives around Los Angeles, exploring the relationship between cars, culture and life through the windscreen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The star of  Withnail and I  discusses his new movie  Can You Ever Forgive Me?,  actors, acting and why sex is key to getting into character. And we debate the startling growth of Netflix - is it remotely healthy? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our coda for 2018 is something rather different: the American writer reads a meditative personal essay from his acclaimed new collection,  How To Write an Autobiographical Novel .  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In our penultimate episode of the series, we discuss the year's best novels and non-fiction works — as well as some old favourites — with Arifa Akbar, literary critic and a judge of the 2019 Women's Prize for Fiction, and Alice Fishburn, editor of FT Weekend magazine. Later, Gris chats to Sally Rooney about her award-winning novel Normal People. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info...

Is Christmas best for six-year-olds? And was it better in the olden days? We rediscover the joy of festive excess.   The Indian British chef discusses the future of food, his own unique style of cooking and why now is the best moment in history to be an aspiring chef. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hip-hop is now the dominant genre in pop. But how do artists get big? We ask the London beat maker and producer Mutual Soundz and the FT's pop critic Ludovic Hunter-Tilney. Plus: a trans writer on 'toxic masculinity' and the beauty of being a man. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As the Dude hits 20, has cult movie  The Big Lebowski  aged well? And, after 30-odd years, John Cooper Clarke, the ‘people’s poet’, has a new book of verse – he also has two pairs of glasses but no mobile phone. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

His paintings of black Americans - families and lovers, parks and hair salons - have earned Kerry James Marshall a reputation as one of our greatest living artists. Gris talks to him about representation, the western canon and who decides the value of art. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sally Rooney, author of  Conversations with Friends  and now  Normal People , discusses sex, class and the internet - and why she simply couldn't stand being at school. Plus - can visual art be very funny? We ask the great David Shrigley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Recorded at the FT Weekend Festival, Phil Wang riffs on the science of comedy, racial stereotypes and being funny on demand. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is the pram in the hall really the enemy of good art? We ask Lara Feigel, author of Free Woman: Life, Liberation and Doris Lessing , and the FT's Isabel Berwick. And later, Gris talks to comedian Deborah Frances-White, host of the hit podcast The Guilty Feminist, about self-confidence, male privilege and her years as a Jehovah's Witness. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The actor unpicks his role as a "human grease stain" in the new, hit HBO TV series. Gris and Al will interview comedian Phil Wang live at the FT Weekend Festival on September 8. Tickets are available at  ftweekendfestival.com . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Actor Stephen Mangan reveals everything about acting, death, boarding school and his new role as an online therapist. And - what makes the perfect summer song? Fluff or poignant melancholy? From Justin Bieber to Mungo Jerry, we dig deep with music writer David Cheal and arts critic India Ross. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the age of Instagram, Twitter and ubiquitous screens, are we lonelier than ever? We chat to Olivia Laing, author of The Lonely City , and Jo Ellison, the FT’s fashion editor. Plus: Laurence Scott dissects his book, Picnic Comma Lightning , a touching exploration of identity in the 21st century. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ten years after the financial crisis,  The Lehman Trilogy , a play by Stefano Massini, has opened in London. We chat to FT comment editor Brooke Masters and theatre critic Sarah Hemming about what happened then and what we see on stage. Plus: Gris speaks to provocative filmmaker Lauren Greenfield about her new documentary  Generation Wealth Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p...

As the US President descends on Britain — and a great big inflatable baby blimp Trump floats above Westminster — we ask Simon Schama whether this is a good time for political comedy, how satire has adapted to Donald Trump and whether it can really change anything.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kombucha? Purple food? Spirulina? Food trends might seem mostly fatuous, but do we need them? Tim Hayward identifies what’s hot now. And Gris meets the witty Cornelia Parker, destroyer of silver spoons, brass instruments and garden sheds. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fifty years after the uprisings in Paris, Prague and the US, protest is back. There's Black Lives Matter, #MeToo — and the Stop Trump march in London next month. But what has changed? We talk to FT architecture critic Edwin Heathcote. Later, Al meets the supremely funny (and supremely dark) Scottish comedian Fern Brady.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As the World Cup "kicks off" in Russia, we chat to two FT football fanatics, theatre critic Sarah Hemming and magazine associate editor Neil O'Sullivan, about the beautiful game. Later, Gris meets the choreographer and dancer Akram Khan. You can read the FT's World Cup coverage at ft.com/world-cup . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Detachment, poise, charisma: "cool" can mean many things. In our season finale, Gris is joined by the academic Sarah Churchwell and arts writer Peter Aspden to discuss its evolution from the 1920s to today. Later, theatre director Simon McBurney tells the story of a journey into the Amazon rainforest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We discuss the evolution of television's so-called "golden age", from The Sopranos and The Wire to Atlanta and Broad City . What really changed? And what's next? Will original shows from Facebook, Apple and YouTube threaten Netflix and Amazon — or even change the way we watch TV? Plus: author Joy Press on how female showrunners are revolutionising the small screen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p...