CultureBlast with Farah Nayeri and Elif Shafak

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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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.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.