The Food Chain Podcast
The Food Chain examines the business, science and cultural significance of food, and what it takes to put food on your plate.
Episodes to download
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The recipe collectors
Thu 3 Mar 2022
The challenge of preserving recipes and what is at stake if they are lost
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The online food fighters
Thu 17 Feb 2022
The people taking on misinformation about food and nutrition on social media
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The constipation taboo
Thu 10 Feb 2022
What we could learn about our health and happiness if constipation was normalised
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The sisters who can 'taste' words
Thu 3 Feb 2022
The weird and wonderful world of synaesthesia - a puzzling neurological phenomenon
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Cancer, food and me
Thu 27 Jan 2022
Three women discuss how chemotherapy has changed their relationship with food
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How not to feed a dog
Thu 20 Jan 2022
What we feed our four-legged friends and what it reveals about our relationship with food
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Sleep, eat, repeat?
Thu 13 Jan 2022
The vicious circle of too little rest and too much of the wrong food
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So, you think you can quit caffeine?
Thu 6 Jan 2022
Three people who tried giving up the world鈥檚 most commonly-used psychoactive drug
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The Food Chain unwrapped
Thu 30 Dec 2021
Revisiting some of the most powerful food stories from the pandemic
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Why I chose to live on rations
Thu 23 Dec 2021
What powdered eggs and tinned ham can teach us about our modern food system
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An alternative Christmas
Thu 16 Dec 2021
Japan's love affair with fried chicken and the story of a very Chinese Jewish Christmas
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(Film) Set menu
Thu 9 Dec 2021
The gruelling job of feeding cast and crew on a major movie or TV production
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How rationing changed me
Thu 2 Dec 2021
A German and a Brit share food memories of growing up during World War Two
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Gabriella D'Cruz: Global Youth Champion
Thu 25 Nov 2021
This year's award-winner and her mission to change lives and revive oceans using seaweed
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How to cope with cooking burnout
Thu 11 Nov 2021
Three food lovers on why the Covid-19 pandemic has sucked the joy out of the kitchen
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One small change
Thu 4 Nov 2021
Your stories of small, achievable changes around food to help the environment
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A farmer's nightmare
Thu 21 Oct 2021
A major worker shortage leaving UK farmers with heartbreaking choices
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Last orders: Why I quit hospitality
Thu 14 Oct 2021
Three former restaurant staff on why the pandemic prompted them to leave
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OCD, the kitchen, and me
Thu 16 Sep 2021
Cooking, eating and living with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
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The unstoppable rise of starch
Thu 26 Aug 2021
The most important processed food ingredient you鈥檝e probably never thought about
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Is there a 鈥榗hefsplainer鈥� in your kitchen?
Thu 5 Aug 2021
Why some people can鈥檛 resist telling others exactly how to cook
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Is it time to kill the calorie?
Thu 29 Jul 2021
Why many of us misunderstand calories, and why it matters.
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Should 'junk food' sponsor sport?
Thu 22 Jul 2021
The fizzy drink and burger brands backing everything from the Olympics to junior football
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Life lessons from the honey bee
Thu 8 Jul 2021
What can these tiny pollinators can teach us about our world and ourselves?
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Food Chain highlights
Tea, coffee, spices, chillies ... snack on a selection of programme highlights
