Lehman Brothers, Lauren Greenfield and how capitalism turned sour

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Forhecz Topher

Tv & Film, Arts, Society & Culture

4.6 • 601 Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2018

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Ten years after the financial crisis, The Lehman Trilogy, a play by Stefano Massini, has opened in London. We chat to FT comment editor Brooke Masters and theatre critic Sarah Hemming about what happened then and what we see on stage. Plus: Gris speaks to provocative filmmaker Lauren Greenfield about her new documentary Generation Wealth

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0:00.0	Hello, this is Everything Else, the FT Culture Podcast. I'm Gris.
0:10.0	And I'm Al. This week we'll be talking about the Lehman Trilogy, which is a new play on at the
0:16.0	National Theatre, 10 years after the financial collapse, looking at the rise and fall of Lehman Brothers.
0:24.6	And later, I'll be speaking to the provocative documentary maker Lauren Greenfield
0:28.5	about her latest film, Generation Wealth.
0:32.2	So this is a fiend episode?
0:34.4	Yeah, it's about money, sex, greed, hubris.
0:41.8	So the Lehman Trilogy, which is written by Stefano Massini and is on at the National Theatre,
0:47.0	has been directed by Sam Mendez with a stellar cast of three,
0:51.8	Ben Miles, Adam Godley and Simon Russell Beale.
0:54.9	And we haven't discussed what we think about it yet.
0:58.3	No, we haven't.
0:59.5	Suspense is amazing.
1:01.7	We've kept quiet and we will keep quiet for a few minutes longer.
1:05.2	We went to see it together but did not discuss it during the two intervals.
1:09.5	Joining us in the studio will be Brookmasters, the comment editor,
1:13.0	and Sarah Heming, theatre critic.
1:18.5	Brooke, Sarah, thank you so much for coming in.
1:21.4	Sarah, last time you were here, you had your football hat on.
1:24.5	That's right. We were talking about the World Cup, that great drama,
1:27.1	which now has all ended.
1:29.1	And I think none of us predicted France.
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