Culture Chat: The FT takes on ‘Industry’ season 3

Life and Art from FT Weekend

Forhecz Topher

Tv & Film, Arts, Society & Culture

4.6 • 601 Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

This week, we’re talking about the HBO finance drama Industry, which follows the lives of London bankers as they navigate frantic careers and make chaotic life choices. The third season is out, and snidely pokes at greenwashing and how the corporate world pretends to do good. What is this show reflecting about how we feel about money? Does it take any sort of moral stance on banking? And how well does it land with actual banking and political Financial Times journalists? Lilah invites financial journalist Alice Ross and chief features writer Henry Mance to talk through it.

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We love hearing from you. Lilah is on Instagram @lilahrap, and email at [email protected]. And we’re grateful for reviews on Apple and Spotify!

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Links (all FT links get you past the paywall):

– Alice’s review of ‘Industry’ season 3 is here: https://on.ft.com/487NcPE

– You can read Henry’s 2022 interview with Mickey Down and Konrad Kay here: https://on.ft.com/4eLO1Ab

– Here’s our episode from 2022, where Henry talks about playing himself on the show

– Alice’s book on climate change is called Investing to Save The Planet: How Your Money Can Make A Difference

– Henry is on X @henrymance and Alice is on X @alicemross

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Original music by Metaphor Music. Clips this week courtesy of HBO & The BBC

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0:00.0	Welcome to Life and Art from FT Weekend. I'm Lila Raptopoulos and this is our Friday chat show.
0:07.3	Today we are talking about the hit television series, Industry, a finance drama set in the fictional investment bank, Peerpoint.
0:15.2	We follow the lives of bankers from Rob to Yasmin Harper to Eric as they navigate the cutthroat worlds of finance, government, and media,
0:23.2	alongside their own very intense personal dramas.
0:27.7	I got an email about a girl on your desk dealing with some embezzlement and a missing daddy.
0:32.4	The press want a public face for this scandal.
0:36.7	I needed my friend!
0:38.5	And you used me!
0:39.9	Does it appall you that I have somehow managed to make it on my own?
0:43.8	Everyone's collateral.
0:45.6	We hold the line.
0:46.7	Where's your stomach?
0:48.1	I hope you all enjoy feeling your flesh sear in the hell you've created.
0:53.6	The third season is streaming now on HBO and I player.
0:57.2	It guest stars Kit Harrington of Game of Thrones fame
0:59.9	as the corrupt CEO of a green energy company called Loomy.
1:03.9	There are themes of greenwashing, terrible politics, press manipulation,
1:08.2	and critics are calling this season the wildest and most bombastic so far.
1:12.3	Over the years, its popularity has blown up, and we're going to talk about it today.
1:16.4	I'm Lila in New York, and I'm not a pervert. I'm practical.
1:20.6	Joining me from London, I think we just heard him yell across the newsroom.
1:23.8	I am a man, and I am relentless.
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