Talking fame, trauma and fiction with Taffy Brodesser-Akner

Gris and Lilah return with a revamped show: welcome to Culture Call! Lilah visits New York Times feature writer Taffy Brodesser-Akner at home in suburban New Jersey to talk about how she constructs her viral celebrity profiles (think Gwyneth Paltrow and Nicki Minaj). We also discuss her first novel, Fleishman is in Trouble.  Good news: you can now find us on Twitter! It’s @FTculturecall. As always, feel free to email us with the cultural trends you can’t get out of your head at culturecall@ft.com. Relevant links: Gris’s piece on how women essayists are shifting the rules in the literary world (paywall):  https://www.ft.com/content/e8126aec-b1e3-11e9-bec9-fdcab53d6959 Taffy’s GQ cover story on Tom Hiddleston and his bolognese:  https://www.gq.com/story/tom-hiddleston-cover-profile The Financial Times’ book review of Fleishman is in Trouble:  https://www.ft.com/content/52277526-96a0-11e9-98b9-e38c177b152f For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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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 for more information.