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Nikki Bedi is joined by author and musician Kalaf Epalanga, and by writer Zing Tsjeng, editor-in-chief of VICE and co-host of the BBC Sounds podcast, Good Bad Billionaire, to discuss the cultural highlights of the week, South Korean composer Jung Jae-il tells Nikki how he created scores for the Oscar winning movie Parasite, the film Okja and the TV mega-hit Squid Game. Irish movie star Cillian Murphy explains how director Christopher Nolan helped him get into character to play Oppenheimer. The Angolan author and performer Kalaf Epalanga joins us to discuss his latest novel, Whites Can Dance Too, which draws upon his own global adventures with crossing borders and creativity. And Israeli writer and clinical psychologist Ayelet Gundar-Goshen talks about how changing an exclamation mark into a question mark is where literature begins. Presenter: Nikki Bedi Producer: Nicki Paxman (Photo: Jung Jae-il. Credit: Youngchul Kim)
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