Life is a Cabaret
Apr 03, 2025•47 min
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Episode description
Caroline Moorehead salutes the energetic brilliance of singer Josephine Baker; and Aaron Peck on the past, present and future of the avant-garde.
'Fearless and free: A memoir', by Josephine Baker, translated by Anam Zafar and Sophie Lewis
'Josephine Baker's secret war: The African American star who fought for France and freedom', by Hanna Diamond
'What art does: An unfinished theory', by Brian Eno and Bette A.
'How to be avant-garde: Modern artists and the quest to end art', by Morgan Falconer
'The uncanny muse: Music, art, and machines from automata to AI', by David Hajdu
Produced by Charlotte Pardy
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