CultureBlast

CultureBlast is a podcast series featuring revelatory interviews with some of the world's greatest artists and creative minds -- hosted by Farah Nayeri, a London-based author and culture writer for the New York Times. Ranked among the world's top 10 creative conversations, it's a uniquely personal exchange with leading figures in all cultural disciplines: art, music, film, literature, performance... They include:  Emma Thompson │ Nile Rodgers │ Nan Goldin │ Elif Shafak │ Wayne McGregor │ Ai Weiwei │Charlotte Gainsbourg │ Sonia Boyce │ Ruben OstlundFarah is the author of Takedown: Art and Power in the Digital Age (2022). She has been covering culture for the New York Times for a decade. A public speaker and panel moderator, she regularly participates in conferences around the world. 

Have you seen " Triangle of Sadness"? The movie has just swept up three major Oscar nominations - best picture, best director, and best screenplay - and its director Ruben Östlund is the guest of the CultureBlast podcast!Ruben talks about-how the 1 percent should "stop bullshitting and pay taxes"-how he filmed the vomiting scenes in " Triangle of Sadness"-how watching Michale Jackson's "Thriller" at the age of 10 made him want to become a filmmaker.And so much more.

The British artist — who won the top prize at the Venice Art Biennale this year — speaks with calm eloquence about the pros and cons of being the first Black British woman to win the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale.

The French actor, singer-songwriter and fashion icon speaks with incredible sincerity on a wide range of topics such as: Opening a museum in her father Serge Gainsbourg’s Paris homeGrowing up as the shy daughter of two superstarsWorking with director Lars von Trier

CultureBlast, the podcast series hosted by Farah Nayeri, brings you a titan of international dance: choreographer Wayne McGregor!

In the latest CultureBlast episode,Turkish-British Elif talks about her diplomatic mother, who took her around the world, and her storyteller grandmother, a healer who read coffee cups and melted lead at her home in Ankara. She discusses the taboos around sex in Turkey, where women are sometimes likened to a certain vegetable, and the excesses of identity politics in the West.

CultureBlast, the new podcast series hosted by Farah Nayeri, is back with another superstar guest -- Nan Goldin!  In her first-ever podcast, Nan makes revelations about her campaign against the Sackler family, makers of OxyContin (a painkiller she became addicted to); her experience of male brutality; and her true feelings about Instagram.