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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An inspector calls
Thu 11 Apr 2019
Guns, knives, and safety alarms. Being a food safety inspector is a risky business
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How to tell a food story
Thu 4 Apr 2019
How we use fiction to talk about our food, and how food can help tell stories
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When breast isn't best
Thu 21 Mar 2019
Three mothers on why they quit breastfeeding, and the stigma that followed
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How to feed the Falklands
Thu 14 Mar 2019
The struggle to eat a varied diet on a remote island in the South Atlantic
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When foods get famous
Thu 28 Feb 2019
Who cashes in when a fruit or vegetable reaches celebrity status?
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A senseless generation?
Thu 21 Feb 2019
Should children be taught to smell, taste, touch and even listen to food?
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Untold food stories: Rohingya and Uighur cuisine
Thu 14 Feb 2019
Rarely-heard voices on little-known cuisines
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Andr茅 Cointreau: My life in five dishes
Thu 31 Jan 2019
The CEO of Le Cordon Bleu on privilege, French cuisine and kangaroo meat.
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The New Food Bank Frontline
Thu 10 Jan 2019
The peculiar challenges of giving away food in different economies.
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Taking the Buzz out of Coffee
Thu 13 Dec 2018
The complex art of caffeine extraction and why taste is not the only challenge
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Can a Strong Drink Revive a City?
Thu 6 Dec 2018
Should bourbon be used to reinvigorate Louisville, Kentucky?
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Not Just a Rich White Woman鈥檚 Problem
Thu 11 Oct 2018
How stereotypes about eating disorders can have life-threatening consequences
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Unseen: The Rise of Eating Disorders in China
Thu 4 Oct 2018
Are eating disorders inevitable with economic development?
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Restaurant Critics: The Ungarnished Truth
Thu 27 Sep 2018
Three critics from across the globe swap notes.
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Food Chain highlights
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