Taste

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Episode 1: The Self

20230613

20230907 (R4)

'Taste' is a highly individual cultural attribute, an indicator of personality and refinement. For Zakia Sewell, a DJ and broadcaster, it's most viscerally - and most precisely - expressed through music, revealing so much about each of us and about the world we've built around ourselves.

She starts her deconstruction of what we mean by 'taste' by comparing notes with her friend Flo Dill, with whom Zakia co-hosts the NTS Breakfast Show, to talk about niche audiences and musical 'cheese'.

She then visits two temples of musical connoisseurship. At Wigmore Hall, possibly the world's finest chamber music venue, she meets John Gilhooly who sometimes has to put his own preferences to one side in programming concerts. At Honest Jon's, the famous Portobello Road record shop where she used to work, Zakia interrogates the musical predilections of her old boss, Alan Scholefield.

Presented by Zakia Sewell
Produced by Alan Hall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
(Image credit: Buster Grey Jung)

Zakia Sewell explores what we mean by 'taste'.

DJ and broadcaster Zakia Sewell explores what we mean by 'taste'.

Presented by Zakia Sewell
Produced by Alan Hall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
(Image credit: Buster Grey Jung)

Zakia Sewell explores what we mean by 'taste'.

DJ and broadcaster Zakia Sewell explores what we mean by 'taste'.

Episode 2: The Tribe

20230620

20230914 (R4)

'Taste' is considered a highly individual cultural attribute, an indicator of personality and refinement.

Exploring how personal taste meets the public realm, Zakia Sewell talks to the artist Rene Matic who's adopted their father's skinhead culture and their mother's love of leopard prints; Liza Betts, Researcher and Lecturer in Cultural and Historical Studies at London College of Fashion, UAL, who considers the tussle between brands and subcultures and how 'taste' can be a tool of control; Polly Putnam, curator of Crown To Couture, currently on display at Kensington Palace; and Laura Hawkins, Fashion Features Editor at Vogue.

Presented by Zakia Sewell
Produced by Alan Hall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
(Image credit: Buster Grey Jung)

Zakia Sewell examines what we mean by 'taste'.

DJ and broadcaster Zakia Sewell explores what we mean by 'taste'.

'Taste' is considered a highly individual cultural attribute, an indicator of personality and refinement.

Presented by Zakia Sewell
Produced by Alan Hall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
(Image credit: Buster Grey Jung)

Zakia Sewell examines what we mean by 'taste'.

DJ and broadcaster Zakia Sewell explores what we mean by 'taste'.

Episode 3: Artefacts

20230627

20230921 (R4)

Aesthetic preferences, for Zakia Sewell, have always been woven into her identity, informing the ways she's engaged with the world, through like-minded music lovers and fashion tribes. Taste is also enshrined in objects that come to be deemed of greater or lesser value.

In this episode, Zakia visits the Potteries Museum in Stoke-on-Trent to talk with curator Ben Miller, ponders the nature of 'kitsch' with Ruth Holliday (co-author with Tracey Potts of Kitsch! Cultural Politics and Taste), and explores with Dr Rebecca Chamberlain of Goldsmiths, University of London, the neurological and philosophical bases for the artistic tastes we as a society hold.

Presented by Zakia Sewell
Produced by Alan Hall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
(Image credit: Buster Grey Jung)

Zakia Sewell examines what we mean by 'taste'.

DJ and broadcaster Zakia Sewell explores what we mean by 'taste'.

Presented by Zakia Sewell
Produced by Alan Hall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
(Image credit: Buster Grey Jung)

Zakia Sewell examines what we mean by 'taste'.

DJ and broadcaster Zakia Sewell explores what we mean by 'taste'.

Episode 4: Institutions

20230704

20230928 (R4)

Aesthetic preferences, for Zakia Sewell, have always been woven into her identity, informing the ways she's engaged with the world, through like-minded music lovers and fashion tribes. But 'taste' is also enshrined in the institutions that dominate our cultural life.

Zakia considers the recent rehang at Tate Britain with author and cultural critic Nathalie Olah and she discusses with Gabrielle de la Puente and Zarina Muhammad of The White Pube and Professor Dave O'Brien, one of the authors of Panic! It's An Arts Emergency, how institutional taste reveals what we as a society feel it's appropriate to value, protect and promote.

Presented by Zakia Sewell
Produced by Alan Hall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
(Image credit: Buster Grey Jung)

Zakia Sewell explores what we mean by 'taste'.

DJ and broadcaster Zakia Sewell explores what we mean by 'taste'.

Aesthetic preferences, for Zakia Sewell, have always been woven into her identity, informing the ways she's engaged with the world, through like-minded music lovers and fashion tribes. But 'taste' is also enshrined in the institutions that dominate our cultural life.

Presented by Zakia Sewell
Produced by Alan Hall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
(Image credit: Buster Grey Jung)

Zakia Sewell explores what we mean by 'taste'.

DJ and broadcaster Zakia Sewell explores what we mean by 'taste'.

Episodes

Title	First Broadcast	Repeated	Comments
Episode 1: The Self	20230613	20230907 (R4)	'Taste' is a highly individual cultural attribute, an indicator of personality and refinement. For Zakia Sewell, a DJ and broadcaster, it's most viscerally - and most precisely - expressed through music, revealing so much about each of us and about the world we've built around ourselves. She starts her deconstruction of what we mean by 'taste' by comparing notes with her friend Flo Dill, with whom Zakia co-hosts the NTS Breakfast Show, to talk about niche audiences and musical 'cheese'. She then visits two temples of musical connoisseurship. At Wigmore Hall, possibly the world's finest chamber music venue, she meets John Gilhooly who sometimes has to put his own preferences to one side in programming concerts. At Honest Jon's, the famous Portobello Road record shop where she used to work, Zakia interrogates the musical predilections of her old boss, Alan Scholefield. Presented by Zakia Sewell Produced by Alan Hall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 (Image credit: Buster Grey Jung) Zakia Sewell explores what we mean by 'taste'. DJ and broadcaster Zakia Sewell explores what we mean by 'taste'. 'Taste' is a highly individual cultural attribute, an indicator of personality and refinement. For Zakia Sewell, a DJ and broadcaster, it's most viscerally - and most precisely - expressed through music, revealing so much about each of us and about the world we've built around ourselves. She starts her deconstruction of what we mean by 'taste' by comparing notes with her friend Flo Dill, with whom Zakia co-hosts the NTS Breakfast Show, to talk about niche audiences and musical 'cheese'. She then visits two temples of musical connoisseurship. At Wigmore Hall, possibly the world's finest chamber music venue, she meets John Gilhooly who sometimes has to put his own preferences to one side in programming concerts. At Honest Jon's, the famous Portobello Road record shop where she used to work, Zakia interrogates the musical predilections of her old boss, Alan Scholefield. Presented by Zakia Sewell Produced by Alan Hall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 (Image credit: Buster Grey Jung) Zakia Sewell explores what we mean by 'taste'. DJ and broadcaster Zakia Sewell explores what we mean by 'taste'.
Episode 2: The Tribe	20230620	20230914 (R4)	'Taste' is considered a highly individual cultural attribute, an indicator of personality and refinement. Exploring how personal taste meets the public realm, Zakia Sewell talks to the artist Rene Matic who's adopted their father's skinhead culture and their mother's love of leopard prints; Liza Betts, Researcher and Lecturer in Cultural and Historical Studies at London College of Fashion, UAL, who considers the tussle between brands and subcultures and how 'taste' can be a tool of control; Polly Putnam, curator of Crown To Couture, currently on display at Kensington Palace; and Laura Hawkins, Fashion Features Editor at Vogue. Presented by Zakia Sewell Produced by Alan Hall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 (Image credit: Buster Grey Jung) Zakia Sewell examines what we mean by 'taste'. DJ and broadcaster Zakia Sewell explores what we mean by 'taste'. 'Taste' is considered a highly individual cultural attribute, an indicator of personality and refinement. Exploring how personal taste meets the public realm, Zakia Sewell talks to the artist Rene Matic who's adopted their father's skinhead culture and their mother's love of leopard prints; Liza Betts, Researcher and Lecturer in Cultural and Historical Studies at London College of Fashion, UAL, who considers the tussle between brands and subcultures and how 'taste' can be a tool of control; Polly Putnam, curator of Crown To Couture, currently on display at Kensington Palace; and Laura Hawkins, Fashion Features Editor at Vogue. Presented by Zakia Sewell Produced by Alan Hall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 (Image credit: Buster Grey Jung) Zakia Sewell examines what we mean by 'taste'. DJ and broadcaster Zakia Sewell explores what we mean by 'taste'.
Episode 3: Artefacts	20230627	20230921 (R4)	Aesthetic preferences, for Zakia Sewell, have always been woven into her identity, informing the ways she's engaged with the world, through like-minded music lovers and fashion tribes. Taste is also enshrined in objects that come to be deemed of greater or lesser value. In this episode, Zakia visits the Potteries Museum in Stoke-on-Trent to talk with curator Ben Miller, ponders the nature of 'kitsch' with Ruth Holliday (co-author with Tracey Potts of Kitsch! Cultural Politics and Taste), and explores with Dr Rebecca Chamberlain of Goldsmiths, University of London, the neurological and philosophical bases for the artistic tastes we as a society hold. Presented by Zakia Sewell Produced by Alan Hall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 (Image credit: Buster Grey Jung) Zakia Sewell examines what we mean by 'taste'. DJ and broadcaster Zakia Sewell explores what we mean by 'taste'. Aesthetic preferences, for Zakia Sewell, have always been woven into her identity, informing the ways she's engaged with the world, through like-minded music lovers and fashion tribes. Taste is also enshrined in objects that come to be deemed of greater or lesser value. In this episode, Zakia visits the Potteries Museum in Stoke-on-Trent to talk with curator Ben Miller, ponders the nature of 'kitsch' with Ruth Holliday (co-author with Tracey Potts of Kitsch! Cultural Politics and Taste), and explores with Dr Rebecca Chamberlain of Goldsmiths, University of London, the neurological and philosophical bases for the artistic tastes we as a society hold. Presented by Zakia Sewell Produced by Alan Hall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 (Image credit: Buster Grey Jung) Zakia Sewell examines what we mean by 'taste'. DJ and broadcaster Zakia Sewell explores what we mean by 'taste'.
Episode 4: Institutions	20230704	20230928 (R4)	Aesthetic preferences, for Zakia Sewell, have always been woven into her identity, informing the ways she's engaged with the world, through like-minded music lovers and fashion tribes. But 'taste' is also enshrined in the institutions that dominate our cultural life. Zakia considers the recent rehang at Tate Britain with author and cultural critic Nathalie Olah and she discusses with Gabrielle de la Puente and Zarina Muhammad of The White Pube and Professor Dave O'Brien, one of the authors of Panic! It's An Arts Emergency, how institutional taste reveals what we as a society feel it's appropriate to value, protect and promote. Presented by Zakia Sewell Produced by Alan Hall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 (Image credit: Buster Grey Jung) Zakia Sewell explores what we mean by 'taste'. DJ and broadcaster Zakia Sewell explores what we mean by 'taste'. Aesthetic preferences, for Zakia Sewell, have always been woven into her identity, informing the ways she's engaged with the world, through like-minded music lovers and fashion tribes. But 'taste' is also enshrined in the institutions that dominate our cultural life. Zakia considers the recent rehang at Tate Britain with author and cultural critic Nathalie Olah and she discusses with Gabrielle de la Puente and Zarina Muhammad of The White Pube and Professor Dave O'Brien, one of the authors of Panic! It's An Arts Emergency, how institutional taste reveals what we as a society feel it's appropriate to value, protect and promote. Presented by Zakia Sewell Produced by Alan Hall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 (Image credit: Buster Grey Jung) Zakia Sewell explores what we mean by 'taste'. DJ and broadcaster Zakia Sewell explores what we mean by 'taste'.