Our World Cup hopes and fears. Plus: Akram Khan

Life and Art from FT Weekend

Forhecz Topher

Tv & Film, Arts, Society & Culture

4.6 • 601 Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2018

⏱️ 35 minutes

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As the World Cup "kicks off" in Russia, we chat to two FT football fanatics, theatre critic Sarah Hemming and magazine associate editor Neil O'Sullivan, about the beautiful game. Later, Gris meets the choreographer and dancer Akram Khan. You can read the FT's World Cup coverage at ft.com/world-cup.

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0:00.0	Hello, we're back. This is Everything Else, the FT Culture Podcast. Welcome to Series 5.
0:11.0	This week we'll be talking about the Football World Cup. What are our hopes for Russia 2018 and what are we dreading?
0:19.0	And later I'll be speaking to the groundbreaking choreographer at Graham Khan
0:22.2	about his latest work, Zenos.
0:24.6	Everything else is going to be fortnightly
0:26.6	so we can bring you more great guests and discussion.
0:32.8	Al, welcome back to the studio.
0:34.7	Thank you.
0:35.4	It's very nice to have you here.
0:36.5	It's extremely nice to be here.
0:38.3	So you're off? Yes. We had a baby and the baby was born with a very, very rare genetic
0:45.1	mutation called Diamond Black Phanemia, which means that he can't make his own red blood cells.
0:51.0	So I was off dealing with lots of hospitals for several months. But apart from not being
0:56.6	able to make hemoglobin, he's absolutely picked up. And he's a very happy, oddly handsome little boy
1:04.4	called Rufus. Well, Rufus looks extremely handsome in the pictures I've seen of him and extremely
1:09.2	sweet. Thank you. So we've tweaked the podcast a little bit.
1:13.6	It's now a sports podcast.
1:15.6	Is it?
1:16.2	Well, this week it is.
1:17.4	We'll be looking at Russia 2018 tournament that you're most excited about in the world.
1:23.2	I'm very excited about.
1:24.2	So everything else has taken a kind of sporty turn for the worst, for the best.
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