<p>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.</p><p>-------</p><p>Please keep in touch – Lilah loves hearing from you and will still be posting about culture, food, art and more on Instagram @<a href="https://instagram.com/lilahrap" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">lilahrap</a>. Email her at lilahrap@ft.com.</p><p>You can read Globetrotter at <a href="http://ft.com/globetrotter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ft.com/globetrotter</a> and follow along @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/ftglobetrotter/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ftglobetrotter</a> on Instagram.</p><p>-------</p><p><strong>Links (all FT links get you past the paywall): </strong></p><p>– Tim Harford’s podcast is called <a href="https://timharford.com/articles/cautionarytales/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cautionary Tales</a>, 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 <em>Digital Minimalism</em>.</p><p>– Here are the cookbooks Harriet Fitch Little and Lilah mentioned: Fuchsia Dunlop's <em>The</em> <em>Food of Sichuan</em>, Fadi Kattan's <em>Bethlehem</em>, Maria Bradford's <em>Sweet Salone</em>, and Pati Jinich's <em>Treasures of the Mexican Table</em>. Harriet is on Instagram at @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/huffffle" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">hufffffle</a>.</p><p>– Isabel Berwick’s Working It newsletter is <a href="https://ep.ft.com/newsletters/subscribe?newsletterIds=62039b7ea31d6577a31f70df" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>, and her book is called <em>The Future-Proof Career</em>.</p><p>– 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 @<a href="https://x.com/ericgplatt" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">EricGPlatt</a>.</p><p>– Ludovic Hunter-Tilney mentions Gang Starr’s 1994 song “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD8hhNtxPgs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mostly tha Voice</a>”, A Tribe Called Quest, Public Enemy's first album <em>Yo! Bum Rush the Show </em>(1987), and Migos. One of his most listened to songs of 2024 was “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CVn3-3g_BI" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bande organisée</a>”, by Marseille rap group 13'Organisé. Here’s another episode we love with Ludo, on Taylor Swift (<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/culture-chat-is-taylor-swifts-new-album-too-much/id1179847741?i=1000653645309" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Apple</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/1pHfRZUD2TGPQgYrDiiecj" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Spotify</a>).</p><p>– Enuma Okoro is an FT Weekend columnist<em>.</em> <a href="https://on.ft.com/4heNzeI" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Here’s her most recent column</a>, on new ways to think about the new year.</p><p>-------</p><p>Special FT subscription offers for Life and Art listeners are here: <a href="https://ft.com/lifeandart" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://ft.com/lifeandart</a></p><p>-------</p><p><em>Music credits: Jive Records, Chrysalis and EMI Records, Quality Control Music</em></p><br><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/8e98f643-acb0-4fdc-86a3-25c520593555" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</strong></a></p><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>