Podcast Episodes

The cost of 'getting ripped'

The man with carefully sculpted six-pack is everywhere: in Hollywood action films, on magazine front covers, in your social media feed, on dating app…

4 years, 1 month ago

How to date a carnivore

Can the love of eating meat ever get in the way of a relationship?

You may have heard the phrase ‘the way to someone’s heart is through their stomach…

4 years, 1 month ago

Tasting climate change

Wine producers say a warming planet can be detected in the glass.

The owners of long-established vineyards are having to adapt their methods to prese…

4 years, 1 month ago

Food poverty in a rich country

As food prices are rising around the world, along with the cost of energy, even people living in some of the world’s wealthiest countries are struggl…

4 years, 1 month ago

Food in the metaverse

Imagine a world where going out for dinner virtually - from the comfort of your own sofa - becomes the norm. Whether it sounds appealing or dystopian…

4 years, 2 months ago

A Ukrainian kitchen in London

Chef Olia Hercules invites us into her London home to reflect on her country’s rich culinary heritage and the power of food in even the darkest of ti…

4 years, 2 months ago

An invisible crime

Slipping drugs or extra alcohol into someone’s drink is a crime, but one that is under-reported and little understood.

It’s often thought to take pla…

4 years, 2 months ago

The recipe collectors

What is a recipe? A simple question... with many answers. It could be a set of instructions on how to make a dish – but also so much more. Recipes c…

4 years, 3 months ago

The online food fighters

Social media is full of fake news about food.

Fad diets, cure-all superfoods, demonised ingredients, made-up health scares – you’re never more than a…

4 years, 3 months ago

The constipation taboo

It’s estimated that as many as 1 in 7 adults are suffering from constipation at any one time. And yet, talking about the problem is taboo.

Ruth Alexa…

4 years, 3 months ago