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The Cultural Frontline

The Cultural Frontline: where arts and news collide.

World Service,367 episodes

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Taiwan’s artistic trailblazers
How Taiwanese artists are exploring history and the relationship with China in their work
08 May 2025,26 mins
South East Asian cinema: A love story
In South East Asia, cinema attendances are growing
10 Apr 2025,26 mins
The cultural impact of the Los Angeles fires
How LA and its artistic community are dealing with the aftermath of devastating fires
27 Mar 2025,26 mins
James Baldwin centenary: His life and legacy
How the works of US writer and activist James Baldwin still resonate 100 years on
28 Nov 2024,26 mins
Write Off: Screenwriters Versus AI
Can AI really write a decent script?
01 Aug 2024,26 mins
Exposing the fake Russian modern art collection
How museums and collectors have been sold dubious Russian modern art
27 Apr 2024,26 mins
Bjarke Ingels
Bjarke Ingels and the Manhattan Flood project.
23 Mar 2024,26 mins
K-drama: A global force on screen
South Korean actress Min-ha Kim explores the phenomenal global impact of K-drama
25 Nov 2023,26 mins
Disney 100: How a studio redefined animation
Celebrating 100 years of Disney, one of the world’s biggest media empires
14 Oct 2023,26 mins
Beats, rhymes and life: Hip-hop at 50
DJ and writer Lynnée Denise reflects on hip-hop as it marks its 50th year
05 Aug 2023,26 mins
My art, my community
We meet the artists helping others through their work and activism
25 Mar 2023,26 mins
Reclaim and resist: Canada's indigenous musicians
The musicians reclaiming suppressed cultures and resisting colonial narratives
18 Mar 2023,26 mins
Who should fund the arts?
What role should governments have in funding artists?
11 Mar 2023,26 mins
What the AI revolution means for arts
How is AI changing the world of art, music and theatre? Opportunity or threat?
04 Mar 2023,26 mins
Ukraine one year on: The artists’ response
Why Ukrainian culture has become a symbol of defiance
25 Feb 2023,26 mins
Modi's hip-hop nation
Bobby Friction explores what hip-hop means to India’s unheard youth
18 Feb 2023,26 mins
Fiction and our climate emergency
Can fiction writers change how we think about our global climate emergency?
11 Feb 2023,26 mins
Inside the rise of LGBTQ+ fiction
Exploring queer fiction as the literary genre faces boosted sales and book bans
04 Feb 2023,26 mins
Why Indigenous and First Nation stories matter
Indigenous and First Nation storytellers speaking up for their communities
28 Jan 2023,26 mins
Cate Blanchett: My ‘dangerous’ role
Cate Blanchett on playing a conductor accused of sexual misconduct in the film Tár
21 Jan 2023,26 mins
Why are guitar bands speaking instead of singing?
Why a new wave of guitar bands are speaking over their songs instead of singing
14 Jan 2023,26 mins
Brazil’s small utopias
Brazilian artists create utopias in their work to imagine a better future
07 Jan 2023,26 mins
Her story: Women artists making waves
Rapper Milli on challenging stereotypes to bring change in Thailand
31 Dec 2022,26 mins
Generations in conversation
Three conversations between different generations of artists
24 Dec 2022,26 mins
Telling stories in times of conflict
What can stories mean to people living in war? How do storytellers find hope in chaos?
17 Dec 2022,26 mins
How can art help reconnect us to the missing?
We hear from artists telling the stories of the disappeared
10 Dec 2022,26 mins
Joyland: Why the Pakistani film caused controversy
How a banned film became Pakistan’s entry for the Oscars
03 Dec 2022,26 mins
Cultural restitution - who decides?
The future of museums in the era of contested artefacts
26 Nov 2022,26 mins
Behind the lens of the photojournalist
Photographers telling the stories of their nations
19 Nov 2022,26 mins
How can art help tackle climate change?
With world leaders at COP 27, we explore the role of art in tackling global warming
12 Nov 2022,26 mins