Meridian Episodes Available now
Americanization: Part 2
How American architecture and food has worked its way into global culture
Elizabeth Alexander and James G Basker
The African-American poet and academic discuss an anthology of poems about slavery
Americanization: Part 1
How mass marketing and production made the American dream universal
Anthony Julius and Hans Hacker
The British academic and the German-born artist discuss transgressive art
Art and the marketplace
A discussion about market forces in two contrasting areas: pop music and fine art
Shimmer Chinodya interview
The Zimbabwean novelist talks about writing for children
The Art of Fireworks
How fireworks have appeared and influenced art across the world
Raja Shehadeh interview
The Palestinian lawyer and writer on his memoir, Stranger in the House
World Book Club: Ben Okri
The Nigerian born writer discusses his novel The Famished Road
Edvard Munch's The Scream
The story behind one of the most unsettling paintings ever created.
