Encore! Podcast
1) Louvre and Versailles hike prices for foreign visitors: Who should pay for France’s heritage?
Should access to culture come at a higher price for some visitors? This week on arts24, we examine the growing controversy over rising entrance fees at Europe's most iconic cultural sites, as France m...Show More
2) Film show: The Shakespearean drama tipped for Oscar success
Her performance as Shakespeare's wife in "Hamnet" won Jessie Buckley the best actress award at the Golden Globes. Our film critic Emma Jones tells us why Chloé Zhao's sensitive direction has made the ...Show More
3) Artist Kathia St Hilaire's deceptively delicate visions of chaos and resistance
Her intricately layered artwork uses metal, rubber, canvas and printmaking to create scenes of oppression, trauma and renewal. As she stages her first major exhibition in Paris, Kathia St Hilaire join...Show More
4) Jowee Omicil celebrates Haiti and Miles Davis on 'sMiLes'
In this edition of our arts24 music show, Jennifer Ben Brahim chats with musical polymath Jowee BasH! Omicil. The Haitian-Canadian artist blends jazz with Creole traditions, gospel, hip-hop and voodoo...Show More
5) George Clooney's French move ruffles feathers with Trump
When the Clooney family were granted French citizenship, the news made headlines around the world. The US president weighed in on their choice, sparking a war of words; we learn more about the transat...Show More
6) Booker Prize winner David Szalay on his 'risky' novel 'Flesh' that vowed the literary world
British-Hungarian author David Szalay joins Eve Jackson on arts24 to discuss his controversial Booker Prize-winning novel "Flesh", which follows István – a silent, violent and unsettling protagonist –...Show More
7) French film show: 'Furcy' revisits dark chapter of slavery in France
We take a look at the French films kicking off 2026, as Manon Kerjean tells us about 'Furcy', the true story of a slave living on Reunion Island in the early 19th century who discovers that he was, in...Show More
8) Photographer Ed Alcock on Brexit, boyhood and Brits
His photography captures faces, figures and fleeting moments, and gives us the bigger picture when it comes to the social, cultural and political landscape. Franco-British photographer Ed Alcock is th...Show More
9) Rise of the Northstar on France's soaring metal scene
French rap metal band Rise of the Northstar formed in 2008, but have been making a name for themselves over the last few years touring Europe and the Americas and collaborating with other hotly tipped...Show More
10) arts24 talks to AI host of reality TV show 'Non Player Combat'
Like it or not, AI is here to stay. Time magazine named the "architects of AI" as 2025's person of the year. In this edition, we focus on artificial intelligence and entertainment. A UK AI-focused stu...Show More