Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchA different kind of S.W.A.T team: Food in Lockdown
In 2019, Romy Gill met Randeep Singh, CEO of NishkamSWAT (Sikh Welfare & Awareness Team). 10 years previous, Randeep and his colleagues had a moment …
5 years, 4 months ago
Sitopia - a land with food at its centre
Prime Minister Carolyn Steel joins Sheila Dillon for this special edition of The Food Programme from the year 2030. Sheila discusses the prime minist…
5 years, 4 months ago
Plate of the Nation
This year has already been a big one for food-related events and announcements - from the impact of Covid-19 and panic buying stripping supermarket s…
5 years, 4 months ago
Food and the legacy of slavery
Jaega Wise and Dan Saladino investigate the hidden story of slavery in our food. Between the 17th century and into the 19th, twelve million enslaved…
5 years, 5 months ago
How Consumers Saved Our Cheese
Many UK cheese makers depend on supplying restaurants and hospitality. They faced ruin when lockdown struck but were saved by consumers buying tonnes…
5 years, 5 months ago
Return of the Restaurant?
Slowly but surely, restaurants are emerging from the coronavirus lockdown, introducing us to a new world of dining out, with added hygiene and distan…
5 years, 5 months ago
Julian Metcalfe: A Life Through Food
Slowly, the hospitality industry is easing itself out of lockdown: but the sector has been hard hit - particularly those high-street outlets seen in …
5 years, 5 months ago
Food and Mood: how eating affects your mental health
One silver lining of lockdown is that it has brought talk of mental health, particularly depression, into the general conversation. And what is becom…
5 years, 5 months ago
Child Food Poverty: What next after the Government's U-turn on Free School Meals?
Last month, footballer Marcus Rashford wrote an open letter to MPs calling for them to continue funding free schools meals during the summer holidays…
5 years, 6 months ago
Is it harder to make it in the food industry if you’re black?
The Black Farmer thinks we’re at another #MeToo moment in world history following the death of George Floyd and the protests and discussions about ra…
5 years, 6 months ago