Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe Olympics of Chinese Food
The world's top names in Chinese cuisine meet once every four years in a prestigious and gruelling cooking contest to determine which of them is the …
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Pestatarians
Invasive species or pests are animals that end up in an ecosystem that is not their natural home. They pose a huge environmental risk to local ecosys…
9 years, 8 months ago
The New Sushi
It's widely agreed that bugs could be a sustainable source of protein for humans in the future, but large-scale production is very labour intensive. …
9 years, 8 months ago
Food on the Open Road
It could be argued that our global economy is in some ways, driven by drivers. That is, long-haul truckers who carry goods from one side of a country…
9 years, 8 months ago
Big Beer
Next month, the world’s current largest beer maker, AB InBev is expected to take over the world’s second largest beer maker, SABMiller. If the plan g…
9 years, 9 months ago
Naturally Misleading?
What is 'natural' food and is it better for us? We explore the language of food labelling. Does a product bearing the word 'natural' on its label mak…
9 years, 9 months ago
Survival Stories: Fish bacon for breakfast
Our second episode of Survival Stories further explores our relationship with food in the most extreme circumstances. What choices do we make about w…
9 years, 9 months ago
Survival Stories: Lost in the Desert
What happens when your food choices are determined by nothing but the environment around you and your own resolve? The Food Chain follows the story …
9 years, 9 months ago
Fertile Food
How much could your diet affect your ability to have a child? Throughout history, harvest and the abundance of food have been associated with the cre…
9 years, 9 months ago
Food on the Move: What We Want, When We Want It
Fruit in the summer, grain in the autumn - our diets once consisted of eating what was around us and what was in season. But we now live in a global …
9 years, 10 months ago