Podcast Episodes

Not Just a Rich White Woman’s Problem

Emily Thomas explores a stereotype with potentially life-threatening consequences - the idea that eating disorders are a problem that only affects wh…

7 years, 7 months ago

Unseen: The Rise of Eating Disorders in China

From diet pills to vomit rooms, the Food Chain investigates the rise of eating disorders in China. Is this an inevitable consequence of economic deve…

7 years, 8 months ago

Restaurant Critics: The Ungarnished Truth

Emily Thomas brings together a straight-talking crowd who are not afraid to ruffle a few feathers - even when they belong to the world’s most success…

7 years, 8 months ago

Going Off Cow's Milk?

Emily Thomas asks whether we’re on a slow but steady path to abandoning our pervasive, long-standing, and arguably slightly peculiar habit of drinkin…

7 years, 8 months ago

Widowed: Food After Loss

In the second of two episodes on food and grief, Emily Thomas explores the food experiences of the widowed.

In parts of the world where widowhood is s…

7 years, 8 months ago

Raw grief

In the first of two episodes on food and grief, Emily Thomas explores how food can help us navigate through the darkest of times - the days, weeks, a…

7 years, 8 months ago

Rethinking the Celebrity Chef

Emily Thomas asks whether the curious phenomenon of the celebrity chef, is undergoing a metamorphosis. The modern celebrity chef has their finger in …

7 years, 9 months ago

The Invisible Ingredient

We’re killing time on The Food Chain this week.

From crops that grow in just eight weeks, to whole meals that can sit on the shelf at room temperatur…

7 years, 9 months ago

José Andrés: My life in five dishes

Meet the Michelin-starred chef who, when he hears word of a natural disaster, jumps on a plane to get there, rolls up his sleeves, and mobilises thou…

7 years, 9 months ago

Kelis: My life in five dishes

We sit down with one of R&B’s most eccentric and compelling artists, Kelis. Over the past 20 years she has produced era-defining hits like Milkshake,…

7 years, 9 months ago