Has the banking crisis just spawned a plethora of cliches in culture, or enlightened public service? In this week's podcast we examine culture's response to the financial meltdown.

John Lanchester, author of Whoops! Why Everyone Owes Everyone and No One Can Pay, discusses the effects of the global financial crisis on the arts.

Host Aditya Chakrabortty is also joined by Dominic Savage, writer and director of the TV film drama Freefall and Dan Milmo, from the Guardian's City desk.

Guardian film critic Xan Brooks looks at Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps and asks: how should artists best avoid the cliches of big finance?