Our final episode: thank you

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Jan 17, 2025

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Harriet Fitch Little

Guest

Ludovic Hunter-Tilney

Guest

Enuma Okoro

Harriet Fitch Little, the Financial Times' food and drink editor, shares insights on culinary exploration, highlighting cookbooks that celebrate cultural cuisines like Sichuan and West African. Ludovic Hunter-Tilney dives into the depths of rap music, discussing the genre’s evolution and influential artists. Enuma Okoro reflects on the concept of 'home,' exploring personal experiences and emotional ties to various places. Together, they emphasize the importance of balancing daily joys with future aspirations and express heartfelt gratitude for the journey they've shared.

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ADVICE

Live Intentionally, Not Maximally

Prioritize present moments, as they accumulate into your life's meaning.
Don't maximize every day, but avoid squandering time on distractions.

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Culinary Exploration

Explore a new cuisine by focusing on one region and its staple ingredients.
Visit local specialty shops and build relationships with the owners.

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Style in a Stuffy Work Environment

Use a tailor, even for casual clothes, for a flattering fit.
Develop a work uniform with a few statement accessory pieces.

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This is it. Today we present you a massive special episode full of wisdom, which answers your final pressing questions. Listeners wrote in from around the world — from Perth to Virginia to Prague — asking about music, cooking, careers, home, fashion and how to live a good life. Lilah invites her colleagues and friends on to explore them. And now, all there is left to say is a big, loud, wholehearted, vigorous thank you.

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Please keep in touch – Lilah loves hearing from you and will still be posting about culture, food, art and more on Instagram @lilahrap. Email her at lilahrap@ft.com.

You can read Globetrotter at ft.com/globetrotter and follow along @ftglobetrotter on Instagram.

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Links (all FT links get you past the paywall):

– Tim Harford’s podcast is called Cautionary Tales, and his column is The Undercover Economist. He references Adam Gopnik and Oliver Burkeman, and if you want to lead a better life by spending less time on the internet, he recommends Cal Newport's book Digital Minimalism.

– Here are the cookbooks Harriet Fitch Little and Lilah mentioned: Fuchsia Dunlop's The Food of Sichuan, Fadi Kattan's Bethlehem, Maria Bradford's Sweet Salone, and Pati Jinich's Treasures of the Mexican Table. Harriet is on Instagram at @hufffffle.

– Isabel Berwick’s Working It newsletter is here, and her book is called The Future-Proof Career.

– Eric Platt, at the time of recording, was wearing a heather gray turtleneck and navy corduroys from Officine Générale and black Prada combat boots. If you’re interested in corporate finance, he’s on X and Bluesky @EricGPlatt.

– Ludovic Hunter-Tilney mentions Gang Starr’s 1994 song “Mostly tha Voice”, A Tribe Called Quest, Public Enemy's first album Yo! Bum Rush the Show (1987), and Migos. One of his most listened to songs of 2024 was “Bande organisée”, by Marseille rap group 13'Organisé. Here’s another episode we love with Ludo, on Taylor Swift (Apple, Spotify).

– Enuma Okoro is an FT Weekend columnist. Here’s her most recent column, on new ways to think about the new year.

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Music credits: Jive Records, Chrysalis and EMI Records, Quality Control Music

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

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