Cultural predictions for 2025: the year we accept the chaos

Cultural predictions for 2025: the year we accept the chaos

It’s a time-honored tradition: for the third year in a row, FT Weekend editor-at-large Matt Vella joins Lilah to reflect on this past year, and muse on the coming one. We’ve asked listeners to send their predictions and wishes for 2025, and today we’re talking through them! Will next year bring an end to meme culture? How do we step away from restaurant reservation wars? Will Lena Dunham make a comeback? Plus, Matt tells us why he is embracing chaos, and why we should all let go of the fear of being watched.

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As you know, the show is ending in early January – and you can still send in a cultural question through December. What’s rolling around in your head? How can we help? Email Lilah at lilahrap@ft.com, or connect with her on Instagram @lilahrap.

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

– You can flip through all of our listeners’ and colleagues’ predictions on Instagram, here

– You can read Lena Dunham on Sally Rooney in our 2024 Women of the Year round-up here: https://www.ft.com/womenof2024

– Lilah mentions this piece by Anne Helen Petersen on how we’re all posting less on social media, and this opinion piece by Michael Grunwald about the future of farming

– Matt mentions the rise of the noodle boys

– You can listen to last year’s predictions here, or by searching ‘Life and Art 2024 cultural predictions’

– Matt is on X @mattvella

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