From rap to representation with George the Poet
Life and Art from FT Weekend
Forhecz Topher
4.6 • 601 Ratings
🗓️ 27 August 2019
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
He opened the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle with a love poem. His series Have You Heard George's Podcast? won multiple awards for its commentary on black inner city culture in the UK and beyond. George the Poet tells Gris about why he gave up rapping, and the privilege — and emotional toll — of representing his community. Later on, we discuss the latest mind-blowing discoveries in science, from our early ancestors to extraterrestrial life.
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Relevant links:
George the Poet at London Podcast Festival, September 6: https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/words/have-you-heard-georges-podcast/
Lilah's Lunch with the FT with Alexis Ohanian: https://www.ft.com/content/dbc303c8-c345-11e9-a8e9-296ca66511c9 (paywall)
The Financial Times Masters of Science series: https://www.ft.com/mastersofscience2019
The Financial Times review of The Doctor at the Almeida Theatre, London: https://www.ft.com/content/29adabb8-c433-11e9-a8e9-296ca66511c9 (paywall)
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, you're listening to Culture Call, a transatlantic conversation from the Financial Times. |
| 0:11.1 | I'm Gwazelda Murray Brown in London. |
| 0:13.0 | And I'm Lila Raptopoulos in New York. |
| 0:15.8 | Coming up on today's episode. |
| 0:19.8 | Is that why you called yourself George the poet rather than George the rapper? |
| 0:24.2 | Yeah. I remember the thought process. I remember what that child felt. So what was that? |
| 0:31.5 | It's all going on in your head. Why was that? Well, that is my blowing. Do you guys know this? |
| 0:39.0 | Read this book right now. |
| 0:44.8 | It weaves that lightness and heaviness just so quickly that you're in both of the same time. |
| 0:49.4 | Maybe we can have a conversation that is difficult in places, but it's not defensive. |
| 0:50.4 | It's not combative. |
| 0:52.0 | I was not expecting you to say that. |
| 0:59.3 | And I am able to talk to you for the Financial Times about this because I wrote. |
| 1:04.7 | Welcome to the second episode of Culture Call. |
| 1:08.9 | Yeah, thank you everybody for getting in contact with us over the past couple weeks. |
| 1:09.8 | It's been awesome. |
| 1:16.6 | We've gotten a bunch of messages with people that you're suggesting that we talk to, feedback about the last episode. So, yeah, we're excited to get going with this season. You can keep chatting with us on Twitter at |
| 1:21.0 | FT Culture Call or email us at culturecall at FT.com. The new thing that I would like to hear |
| 1:26.9 | about is whether you are obsessed with astrology, |
| 1:29.4 | whether you have the co-star app, your interest in rising signs and moon signs, |
| 1:33.8 | and whether you're using your astrology apps as like a social media network |
| 1:37.8 | to understand more about how you and your friends relate. |
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