Hello and welcome to everything else, the FT Culture Podcast.

I'm Al.

And I'm Gris.

This week, Al's going to be speaking to the actor, Matthew McFadgin, about the new HBO series Succession.

And next week, you can come and see us record our first ever live podcast

at the FT Weekend Festival at Kenwood House in London, where Grizz and I will be talking

to comedian Phil Bang.

So, Gris, you look so happy.

Thanks, Al. You sound so surprised.

Tomorrow or today when this goes out is the first day of September, which always makes me feel very positive and kind of full of optimism and a sense of renewal.

Going back to school.

It's that back to school vibe, which I really dig.

Did he really dig school as well?

Not particularly, but I, for some reason, it kind of is ingrained in my mind in a good way,

that September is a time of change and possibility.

So in the land of Gris, September is spring?

Yeah, it's like the time when I kind of

would like clear out my house and make resolutions, like New Year's resolutions. January is not a good time.

But yeah, September is my mental spring cleaning time. Well, excellent. Is that not the same for you?

No, it's all about lamenting the end of the cricket season and getting depressed about going back to school.

But, you know, we balance each other out.

In all things.

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