The Cultural Frontline Podcast
The Cultural Frontline: where arts and news collide.
Episodes to download
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Global artists at the Edinburgh Festivals
Sat 27 Aug 2022
William Barton, Odile Gakire Katese, Uma Nada-Rajah and Circus Abyssinia
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Salman Rushdie: Is free speech under attack?
Sat 20 Aug 2022
What does the stabbing of Sir Salman Rushdie mean for writers?
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Classical musicians in war and exile
Sat 30 Jul 2022
Classical musicians from Ukraine, Venezuela and Syria in war and exile
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Musicians championing indigenous languages
Sat 16 Jul 2022
Artists campaigning through song for their languages to have a place on the world stage
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Inside Norway’s future library
Sat 9 Jul 2022
How a forest near Oslo is being transformed into a future library
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Hong Kong: 25 years on
Sat 2 Jul 2022
Curator Billy Tang, artist Samson Young, film-maker Ching Wong on Hong Kong culture
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Simu Liu: Making heroes for us
Sat 25 Jun 2022
The new superheroes representing cultures across the world
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What next for Afrofuturism?
Sat 18 Jun 2022
We meet the next generation of Afrofuturism-inspired artists
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Disabled musicians turning up the volume
Sat 11 Jun 2022
What’s being done to integrate disabled musicians into the mainstream music industry
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Celebrating Commonwealth writing with HRH The Duchess of Cornwall
Sat 4 Jun 2022
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall shares her passion for literature
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Is comedy a risky business?
Sat 28 May 2022
Comedians from around the world on the risks involved in telling jokes.
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Breaking the boundaries of fiction
Sat 21 May 2022
Writers in popular genres like crime, horror and fantasy overcoming literary snobbery
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How is the arts world responding to the Ukraine conflict?
Sat 7 May 2022
Sanctions, boycotts, bans, cancellations -how the arts is responding to Russia’s invasion
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Making ballet a stage for all
Sat 30 Apr 2022
Dancers Mamela Nyamza, Chloe Lopes Gomes and CΓ©sar Morales, tell us their stories
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New global art at the Venice Biennale
Sat 23 Apr 2022
Alfredo Thiermann and Dominga Sotomayor on recreating the peatlands of Patagonia
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What does history sound like?
Sat 16 Apr 2022
Can ancient musical instruments help contemporary Mexicans connect with their past?
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Sudan: Art and political change
Sat 9 Apr 2022
How changes in government, technology and culture are shaping the future of Sudan
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Ukrainian artists’ response to the war
Sat 2 Apr 2022
How Ukrainian artists have reacted to the war
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Afroitalian beats
Sat 26 Mar 2022
A journey across Italy through the voices of second generation musicians
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Theatre masterclass special
Sat 19 Mar 2022
Mark Ravenhill presents a theatre masterclass special in front of a live virtual audience
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Two years of Covid: The arts reflect
Sat 12 Mar 2022
Documentary maker Matthew Heineman, Andrew Garfield, Ilaria Bernardini on the pandemic
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International women in film: Jane Campion, Ari Wegner, Dina Amer and Leah Purcell
Sat 5 Mar 2022
Jane Campion and Ari Wegner discuss their multi Oscar nominated film The Power of the Dog
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Digital reshaping art: Refik Anadol, the KAWS gallery in Fortnite
Sat 26 Feb 2022
AI, data, and digital reimagining art and spaces
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Landscapes
Sat 19 Feb 2022
Nawal Al-Mughafi explores how artists are responding to the landscape around them
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Atelier for exiles
Sat 12 Feb 2022
Join us in Paris at the Atelier des Artistes en Exil, a hub for 400+ refugee artists
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Art and China's Winter Olympics
Sat 5 Feb 2022
Art from Qu Lei Lei, Shuang Wu, Zhao "pandaman" Bandi, Xia Jia, Chen Qiufan & Corsak
