Best Melissa Barber Podcasts (2024)

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Claire Thomson: The Veggie Family Cookbook 31:56

1d ago31:56

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This week, Gilly is with Saturday Kitchen regular and author of nine cook books, Claire Thomson, aka Five o Clock apron. Her latest book, Veggie Family Cook Book is, like Claire, what it says on the cover – genuine, real, easy-going, with 120 recipes to make life more interesting. Gilly finds what makes her so appealing - and enduring - in the plen…

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450 // Former Secret Service Agent Jim Rathmann on the Recent Assassination Attempt 1:02:41

2d ago1:02:41

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In this new episode, Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna speak with former secret service agent Jim Rathmann about the recent attempted assassination of a former president. Jim's site: jimrathmannthecompany.com. Follow Jim on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therealjimrathmann/. Follow Jim on X: https://x.com/realjimrathmann. Follow us: IG: https:/…

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Fresh Slate On the Way! 18:09

3d ago18:09

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Crawlspace is back regularly on Wednesday September 11th, 2024! Follow us: IG: https://www.instagram.com/crawlspacepodcast/. TT: https://www.tiktok.com/@crawlspacepodcast. YT: https://www.youtube.com/crawlspace. Twitter: https://twitter.com/CrawlspacePod. FB: https://www.facebook.com/Crawlspacepodcast/. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/…

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Ottolenghi: Comfort 30:38

8d ago30:38

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This week, Gilly has her hands on on the brand new, much awaited book from Ottolenghi, Comfort. Written by the 'four hungries', Yotam, his original co-writer Tara Wigley, Helen Goh and Verena Lochmuller, these are the foods that provide a comfort blanket for them, and mark a departure from the big Ottolenghi books of the past. In a deliciously raw,…

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Season 3 Episode 36 - Melissa Anne - Military Child - Gold Star Spouse - Army Veteran 58:04

9d ago58:04

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4 September 2024 Grace of a Military Child and Life Season 3 Episode 36 - Melissa Anne - Military Child - Gold Star Spouse - Army Veteran This week’s episode of Grace of a Military Child and Life welcomes Melissa Anne, military child, Gold Star Spouse, and U.S. Army veteran. Melissa has experienced the highs and lows of military life and has gained…

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Melissa Fitzgerald and Mary McCormack with Martin Sheen and Richard Schiff, in Conversation with Kevin Walling 1:14:54

14d ago1:14:54

1:14:54

To mark the 25th anniversary of “The West Wing,” cast members Melissa Fitzgerald (Carol Fitzpatrick, Assistant to the Press Secretary) and Mary McCormack (Kate Harper, Deputy National Security Advisor) have written a love letter to the show, the people who made it, the fans who loved it, and the service it inspired with What’s Next: A Backstage Pas…

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Danny McCubbin: The Good Kitchen 33:45

15d ago33:45

33:45

This week, in the last of our summer holiday specials, we head to the Good Kitchen in Sicily with community chef and adventurer in all things good, Danny McCubbin. His story is one of a leap of faith, driven by a sense of purpose coursing through his veins and cultivated by his 17 years working with Jamie Oliver, including mentoring chefs at Fiftee…

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28 August 2024 Grace of a Military Child and Life Season 3 Episode 35 - Brittany Willis - Army Spouse 29:08

16d ago29:08

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28 August 2024 Grace of a Military Child and Life Season 3 Episode 35 - Brittany Willis - Army Spouse This week’s episode of Grace of a Military Child and Life welcomes Brittany Willis, U.S. Army Spouse. Brittany shares about her struggles of finding community as her and her husband started military life later than most. She shares how she has over…

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449 // Torn From the Headlines - Charges in the Death of Matthew Perry 1:01:40

16d ago1:01:40

1:01:40

Welcome to Crawlspace. In this new episode, Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna speak with Dr David Perlmutter and Chloe Canter about charges in the death of Matthew Perry. Torn From the Headlines is originated by David D. Perlmutter. Sources: https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/five-defendants-including-two-doctors-charged-connection-actor-matthew-pe…

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Ben Tish: Mediterra 25:58

22d ago25:58

25:58

This week’s we’re off to the Med – yup, all of it - with chef, Ben Tish. Ben’s latest book Mediterra follows his deep dive into bits of the Mediterranean; Moorish looked at the influence of the moors over hundreds of years on food of the Med, while his book Sicilia was a visceral guide to the street and home food of Sicily. This time, he covers the…

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Season 3 Episode 34 - Arriana Stigerwalt - Army BRAT 20:52

23d ago20:52

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21 August 2024 Grace of a Military Child and Life Season 3 Episode 34 - Arriana Stigerwalt - Army BRAT This week’s episode of Grace of a Military Child and Life welcomes 11 year old Arriana Stigerwalt, U.S. Army BRAT. Arianna talks about her mom’s service to this country and some of the fun, but also challenging times it has brought her. Thank you …

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Brian Tyler Cohen with Jen Psaki, in Conversation with Shaniqua McClendon 1:08:40

25d ago1:08:40

1:08:40

Progressive political commentator Brian Tyler Cohen—a YouTuber, host of the “No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen” podcast, and MSNBC contributor—explains how American politics has turned into a dire situation, and what can be done about it, in Shameless. In a conversation moderated by Shaniqua McClendon, the Vice President of Politics for Crooked Media, …

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Season 3 Episode 33 - Rachel Salley - Army Spouse - Pink and Greens Travel 36:47

29d ago36:47

36:47

14 August 2024 Grace of a Military Child and Life Season 3 Episode 33 - Rachel Salley - Army Spouse - Pink and Greens Travel This week’s episode of Grace of a Military Child and Life welcomes Rachel Salley, U.S. Army Spouse and Travel Planner. Rachel shares about her life as a military spouse and how she is able to help other families travel with e…

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Meera Sodha: Dinner 33:56

29d ago33:56

33:56

This week, Gilly is with Meera Sodha, author of Made In India The Times’ book of the year in 2014, Fresh India, which won the 2017 Observer Food Monthly's Best New Cookbook Award, East which drew from her Guardian’s New Vegan column, and now Dinner, with a rather different story. This is about the food that helped her recovery from burn out, scribb…

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Gabrielle Zevin, bestselling author, with Angie Kim 1:05:51

1M ago1:05:51

1:05:51

On the occasion of the paperback release of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow—a New York Times bestseller and #1 Indie National Best Seller—Gabrielle Zevin shares the exhilarating story of two friends who come together as creative partners in the world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, and, ultimately…

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Melissa Hemsley: Real Healthy 45:42

1M ago45:42

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This week, we’re back at Rockwater, Hove talking LIVE with Melissa Hemsley, food writer of six best-selling cook books, including her latest, the Sunday Times bestseller, Real Healthy. A delicious reminder of how to unprocess our diet with easy, everyday recipes, the book is an antidote to ultra processed foods. Gilly chats to Melissa about everyda…

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Season 3 Episode 32 - John Barber - Coast Guard Child - Coast Guard Service Member 36:11

1M ago36:11

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7 August 2024 Grace of a Military Child and Life Season 3 Episode 32 - John Barber - Coast Guard Child - Coast Guard Service Member This week’s episode of Grace of a Military Child and Life welcomes John Barber, U.S. Coast Guard Child and Coast Guard Service Member. John shares about his experience with the Coast Guard life and how he and his dad w…

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Diana Henry: Crazy Water, Pickled Lemons 38:09

1M ago38:09

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This week, we’re going back to London, 2002, a time before pomegranate molasses, when Nigella and Jamie were first on the telly and Ottolenghi had yet to chuck his flavour bombs into the salad bowl of British cuisine, to the publication of the very first Diana Henry book, Crazy Water, Pickled Lemons. Click here for Gilly's previous chats with Diana…

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31 July 2024 Grace of a Military Child and Life Season 3 Episode 31 - Kirstie Semler - Navy Spouse 46:36

1M ago46:36

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31 July 2024 Grace of a Military Child and Life Season 3 Episode 31 - Kirstie Semler - Navy Spouse This week’s episode of Grace of a Military Child and Life welcomes Kirstie Semler, U.S. Navy Spouse. Kirstie shares what her experiences as a Navy Spouse have been like! Thank you to Kirstie and her family for their service to this country. Follow us …

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448 // Torn From the Headlines - Trump Assassination Attempt 47:58

2M ago47:58

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Welcome to Crawlspace. In this episode, Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna speak with Dr David Perlmutter and Chloe Canter about the Trump attempted assassination. Follow us: IG: https://www.instagram.com/crawlspacepodcast/. TT: https://www.tiktok.com/@crawlspacepodcast. YT: https://www.youtube.com/crawlspace. Twitter: https://twitter.com/CrawlspacePo…

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Rachel Roddy: Five Quarters 55:30

2M ago55:30

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This week, in the very first Cooking the Books LIVE at Rockwater in Hove, an audience with Guardian Feast columnist, Rachel Roddy. Rachel is the author of three books about her life in Italy including the multi award winning Five Quarters: Recipes and Notes from a Kitchen in Rome which was first published in 2015 and now reissued in 2024. It’s the …

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24 July 2024 Grace of a Military Child and Life Season 3 Episode 30 - Ruben Gutierrez - Navy BRAT 33:48

2M ago33:48

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24 July 2024 Grace of a Military Child and Life Season 3 Episode 30 - Ruben Gutierrez - Navy BRAT This week’s episode of Grace of a Military Child and Life welcomes Ruben Gutierrez, U.S. Navy B.R.A.T. Ruben shares what it was like for him to grow up as a military child and how he was able to find himself through military life. Thank you to Ruben an…

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Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove with Symone Sanders Townsend 1:11:18

2M ago1:11:18

1:11:18

In White Poverty: How Exposing Myths About Race and Class Can Reconstruct American Democracy, Rev. Barber addresses white poverty as a hugely neglected subject that might just be the key to mitigating racism and bringing together tens of millions of working class and impoverished Americans. This program was held on June 12, 2024 in partnership with…

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Carolyn Boyd: Amuse Bouche 25:24

2M ago25:24

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This week, as the schools get ready for the long summer holidays, Gilly is with the woman everyone needs to pop in their suitcase if they’re heading to France, Carolyn Boyd, author of Amuse Bouche, How to Eat Your Way around France. Carolyn has guided Gilly through the best food destinations – and therefore THE best destinations in France for the l…

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Season 3 Episode 29 - Andrea Singsaas - Air Force Spouse 26:55

2M ago26:55

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17 July 2024 Grace of a Military Child and Life Season 3 Episode 29 - Andrea Singsaas - Air Force Spouse This week’s episode of Grace of a Military Child and Life welcomes Andrea Singsaas, former U.S. Air Force Spouse. Andrea shares what it is like to be a mom to Air Force B.R.A.T.s and help them understand the life of a military child. Thank you t…

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Su Scott: Pocha 34:57

2M ago34:57

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This week, we’re off to Seoul with British-Korean writer, Su Scott. Su has lived in Britain longer than she lived in Korea where she grew up, and has raised her own daughter in London. But her latest book, Pocha tells the story of the country she left behind, her family and the food they shared, often in the pochas, the covered markets and food sta…

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Season 3 Episode 28 - Riley Adams - Army BRAT 29:28

2M ago29:28

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10 July 2024 Grace of a Military Child and Life Season 3 Episode 28 - Riley Adams - Army BRAT This week’s episode of Grace of a Military Child and Life welcomes Riley Adams, U.S. Army B.R.A.T. Riley shares her life growing up as a military child and how she has continued to help military children cope with the sometimes difficult life. Thank you to…

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Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall: How to Eat 30 Plants A Week 31:21

2M ago31:21

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This week, as the UK (and France) go to the polls, Gilly chats to Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall about the best way to support the NHS, his latest book How to Eat 30 Plants a Week. Last time we met to talk about the River Cottage’s Good Comfort, his message was to swap out the less healthy ingredients for more, eating healthily not by taking stuff out…

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Season 3 Episode 27 - Miranda Zwawa - Air Force Spouse 35:13

2M ago35:13

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3 July 2024 Grace of a Military Child and Life Season 3 Episode 27 - Miranda Zwawa - Air Force Spouse This week’s episode of Grace of a Military Child and Life welcomes Miranda Zwawa, U.S. Army Spouse. Miranda shares a look at her life as a military spouse and how important it is to foster a community within the life of a military family. Thank you…

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Chris Van Tulleken: Ultra Processed People 38:05

2M ago38:05

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This week in an extra episode in the run up to the UK General Election to remind everyone why we must get the next government to fix the food system, Gilly meets Chris Van Tulleken, TV, radio and infectious diseases doctor who catapulted the term ultra processed food into the public consciousness in 2023 with his book Ultra Processed People. Now ou…

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Giulia Crouch: The Happiest Diet in the World 30:59

3M ago30:59

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This week, we’re with Giulia Crouch to look at the diet of the Blue Zones that will make us not only live long and healthy lives, but is the Happiest Diet in the World. A little known fact: the very first book Gilly wrote back in 1993 on the back of a Channel 4 series called Food File was The Mediterranean Health Diet: the delicious way to lose wei…

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Season 3 Episode 26 - Margaret Britten - Army BRAT - Army Spouse - Team RWB 30:31

3M ago30:31

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26 June 2024 Grace of a Military Child and Life Season 3 Episode 26 - Margaret Britten - Army BRAT - Army Spouse - Team RWB This week’s episode of Grace of a Military Child and Life welcomes Margaret Britten, U.S. Army BRAT, U.S. Army Spouse, and Team RWB Director of Marketing and Communications. Margaret shares how she has always been part of a mi…

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Dr. Mark Hyman, bestselling author, with Sen. Cory Booker 1:14:38

3M ago1:14:38

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Dr. Mark Hyman’s #1 New York Times bestselling book, Young Forever, revealed how to reverse the biological hallmarks of aging through dietary, lifestyle, and longevity strategies. In his new companion cookbook, The Young Forever Cookbook: More than 100 Delicious Recipes for Living Your Longest, Healthiest Life, Dr. Hyman shares recipes to help you …

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Anna Haugh: Cooking with Anna 29:52

3M ago29:52

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This week, we’re with Irish chef, Anna Haugh to talk about her first cookbook, Cooking with Anna. Anna is a massive part of the story of British food culture, leaving Dublin as a young woman to cook in the steamiest kitchens in London – Shane Osborn’s Pied a Terre, Philip Howard’s The Square and Gordon Ramsay’s London House. But in 2019, she opened…

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Season 3 Episode 25 - Jillian Phillips - Army Spouse - Jillian Phillips Art 38:16

3M ago38:16

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19 June 2024 Grace of a Military Child and Life Season 3 Episode 25 - Jillian Phillips - Army Spouse - Jillian Phillips Art This week’s episode of Grace of a Military Child and Life welcomes Jillian Phillips, U.S. Army Spouse. Jillian is an artist who finds joy in painting aviation and other military machinery - and has had the opportunity to do it…

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Mark Diacono: Vegetables 31:55

3M ago31:55

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This week, we’re talking to friend of the show, Mark Diacono about his latest book, Vegetables. This is a book packed with ideas about how to get more from food from the land, a journey through the seasons which Ottolenghi calls 'simple, soulful, seasonal.' Bee Wilson calls it 'joyful', and Julius Roberts says it's 'an inspiring veg bible'. But for…

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George Stephanopoulos, political news host, with Jonathan Martin 1:04:52

3M ago1:04:52

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In The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis, the “This Week” and “Good Morning America” host recounts the crises that decided the course of history from the place 12 presidents made their highest-pressure decisions. In conversation with Jonathan Martin, POLITICO’s politics bureau chief and senior political columnist. This progra…

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