Best BBC Good Food Podcasts (2023)

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BBC Good Food Podcast

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Let's cook together: Tom Kerridge's best ever sausage rolls 5:17

25m ago5:17

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Cook-a-long with Tom Kerridge in this bonus recipe episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Immediate Media

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Farming Today

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09/12/23 Farming Today This Week: COP28 food and agriculture; Food as a public good; Snow 24:35

13m ago24:35

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Food security is a public good and the Government should use England's post Brexit environmental payment system to incentivise it; so say MPs on the Environmental Audit Committee in a report out this week. This year food and farming has been on the official COP agenda for the first time. It's taken 28 years but tomorrow will see a full day of the C…

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CrowdScience

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Where does our fat go when we exercise? 26:27

1h ago26:27

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If, like this week’s Crowdscience listener Lili, you enjoy working out in the gym, you may have wondered where your fat disappears to when you exercise? The short answer is that we convert it to energy that powers a whole range of physical processes -- from breathing to walking as well as lying down and doing nothing. But the science behind energy …

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Farming Today

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08/12/23 Food security report; Bluefin tuna; Young farmers at COP28 13:25

1h ago13:25

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Food Security is a public good and the government should use England's post-Brexit environmental payment system to incentivise it - so say MPs on the Environmental Audit Committee in a new report. Food was excluded when the new system of public money for public goods was introduced - the argument being that the market rewards farmers for growing fo…

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6 Minute English

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Invasive species: Why don't we eat them? 6:13

24m ago6:13

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Invasive species are causing problems for nature around the world, so why not eat them?By BBC Radio

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Farming Today

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07/12/23 Funding for African crops at COP28; Bluetongue virus in cattle; Care farm. 13:33

11h ago13:33

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$50 million of new investment to 'accelerate agriculture and food innovations' has been announced at COP28. This is part of AIM, the Agriculture Innovation Mission for climate, a global coalition set up at COP26 and led by the USA and the UAE. It aims to get more money into climate smart ag and new technologies to adapt to and mitigate climate chan…

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Learning English News Review

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Faked accident: YouTuber jailed 6:30

7h ago6:30

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An influencer has gone to jail after crashing a plane for video views and money.By BBC Radio

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Farming Today

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06/12/23 Cost of food and climate change; Police off-road motorbikes. 13:33

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All week we're taking the temperature of the COP 28 climate summit in Dubai. While there's been criticism of attendance by oil, coal and gas industries, for the first time food production and distribution have also been on the agenda. Farmers around the world have experienced the impact of extreme weather on their production - it's just one of the …

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BBC Good Food Podcast

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Tom Kerridge on homemade Christmas gifts 33:17

3d ago33:17

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Tom Kerridge and co-host Orlando Murrin talk the joy of a handmade gift while snacking on Christmas fudge. Plus find out how Orlando makes his Christmas meaningful. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Immediate Media

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Farming Today

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05/12/23 COP28 and agriculture; Vertical farming; Migrant worker wages; Farmers snowed under. 13:42

3d ago13:42

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All week we're discussing the issues raised around food production at the COP28 summit in Dubai. It's the first time farming and food production have been included in the summit's remit. The food system as a whole, including agriculture, accounts for nearly 30% of greenhouse gases globally. We speak to The Global Alliance for the Future of Food - a…

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U Talkin’ U2 To Me?

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U Springin' Springsteen On My Bean? - The Rising 2:07:32

15m ago2:07:32

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Scott and Scott go track-by-track through Da Boss's twelth studio album, The Rising, discovering how Bruce's reflections on 9/11, with the help of an alt-rock superproducer and the reunited Edible Street Band, led to a major comeback. They also get into Michael Mann's latest film, and all the things dogs will eat.…

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Discovery

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Tooth and Claw: Piranhas 27:22

19m ago27:22

27:22

Adam Hart investigates a frenzied and voracious fish from South America – the piranha! Said to be able to strip their prey to the bone in mere minutes, there are plenty of gruesome tales about the bubbling bloodbaths that occur when shoals of these hardy fish feed in the freshwaters across South America - from up in Venezuela in the Orinoco River, …

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Farming Today

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04/12/23 COP28 food and farming, pollock, wet crops 11:13

17h ago11:13

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Farming and food is on the official COP agenda for the first time. It's taken 28 years but there is now a declaration from COP on the future of food, the Emirates Declaration on Sustainable Agriculture, Resilient Food Systems, and Climate Action. All this week we'll be looking at what that means for agriculture and at some of the action being taken…

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The Food Programme

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The food books of 2023 28:26

3m ago28:26

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Over a coffee in community arts space The Place in Newport, south Wales, The Food Programme presenters Sheila Dillon, Leyla Kazim and Dan Saladino choose two books each from the year: one that has made them cook, and one that has made them think. Sheila also meets George Harris, creative director of Tin Shed Theatre Company, to hear why food has be…

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Farming Today

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02/12/23 - Rural housing, Landscape Recovery schemes and DEFRA food attaches 25:06

3d ago25:06

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Acute and overlooked - that's how the rural charity, the CPRE, describes the shortage of affordable housing in the English countryside in a report out this week. It says rural homelessness has risen by 40% in the last five years, driven by record house prices, long waiting lists for social housing and a proliferation of second and holiday homes. 34…

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CrowdScience

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What is brainwashing? 36:56

18m ago36:56

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*Warning* This episode includes references to suicide. When listener Ben heard about a Kenyan “starvation cult” in the news, he wondered whether the members of this group had been brainwashed. Is it possible to control someone’s mind? In this episode presenter Caroline Steel learns how easily people can be influenced. She hears what it’s like to be…

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Farming Today

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01/12/23 British baked beans, Cotswolds landscape recovery scheme, raising beef on the South Ayrshire coast 13:36

15m ago13:36

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Baked beans on our toast could soon be British-grown, following a UK initiative between scientists and farmers. Although they've long been a family favourite, until now the beans in baked beans can't be grown in this country, so they've been imported from North America, China and Ethiopia. Following years of research, new varieties of haricot beans…

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6 Minute English

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What and where is Little Italy? 6:14

7d ago6:14

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How did Italian food become famous throughout the world? Find out with Neil and GeorgieBy BBC Radio

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Farming Today

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30/11/23 AI predictions for agriculture, Dorset landscape recovery scheme, agri-tech 13:43

1d ago13:43

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Climate Scientists, politicians, big business, food companies and agriculture leaders have all gathered for the COP28 climate summit in Dubai. Discussions will be deep and meaningful, so we were rather surprised to be sent a colourful poster, published by an online casino site. It has a timeline showing what the effects would be if everyone in the …

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BBC Good Food Podcast

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Let's cook together: Jamie Oliver's Get Ahead Gravy 6:13

8d ago6:13

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Cook-a-long with us in this bonus recipe episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Immediate Media

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Learning English News Review

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India tunnel rescue 5:44

5d ago5:44

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All 41 workers who were trapped in a tunnel in India for 17 days have been rescued.By BBC Radio

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Farming Today

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29/11/23 - National Parks and National Forests, Landscape Recovery along the River Axe and replacing Glastir 13:37

9d ago13:37

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The Government is due to announce new funding for National Parks in England along with plans to identify an area for a new National Park. This follows news that new community forests will be created in Derbyshire and the Tees Valley...with a competition also held for a new National Forest as well. So will more community forests and a woodland compe…

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BBC Good Food Podcast

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Jamie Oliver on making Christmas meaningful 37:40

1d ago37:40

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By Immediate Media

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Farming Today

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28/11/23 - Swine flu in a human, a rural housing crisis and Brecklands landscape recovery 13:19

1d ago13:19

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Swine flu has been diagnosed in pigs on 33 farms in the UK so far this year. But now, it's been diagnosed in a human. The person, in North Yorkshire, is now fully recovered after what's described as a 'mild illness', but the UK Health Security Agency is investigating. We ask what this means for pig farmers, and the rest of us. The CPRE, the Country…

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U Talkin’ U2 To Me?

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U Springin' Springsteen On My Bean? - The Ghost of Tom Joad 2:09:29

10d ago2:09:29

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Adam Scott Aukerman go track-by-track through Da Boss’s eleventh studio album, The Ghost of Tom Joad, in addition to looking back on why Bruce reassembled the Edible Street Band to record new songs for his Greatest Hits album. They also discuss how Bruce came to record Streets of Philadelphia, the invention of valets, flying on Con Air, and the fil…

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Discovery

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Tooth and Claw: Great White Sharks 27:29

1d ago27:29

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Adam Hart investigates the most famous and feared predator in all the ocean – the great white shark! With rows of large, serrated teeth, it’s often thought of as a ferocious man-eater and was the villain of the film Jaws – which frightened a generation of beachgoers. This star of the silver screen may be the subject of fascination and fright for ma…

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Farming Today

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27/11/23 - Commercial forestry, Landscape Recovery in the Lakes and UK food attaches 11:13

10d ago11:13

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The UK has planted 13,000 hectares of trees this year - that's less than half of the annual target of 30,000 hectares, and 7,000 down on last year. The figures come in the latest annual 'UK Forest Market report' from Tilhill and Goldcrest - two companies which plant and manage woodlands. They say that for the first time in almost a decade the value…

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The Food Programme

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Food Under Siege in Gaza 28:25

7d ago28:25

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Sheila Dillon looks at what the current conflict in Gaza has done to food supplies in one of the most densely populated places on earth. After Hamas gunmen launched an unprecedented assault on Israel from the Gaza Strip on October 7, killing 1,200 people and taking about 240 hostages, the Government of Israel responded with air strikes on Gaza, and…

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Farming Today

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25/11/23 Farming Today This Week: Regenerative farming 24:55

4d ago24:55

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Regenerative agriculture is seen by some as the future of farming; we discuss the hope and the hype. Joining the discussion are regen Shropshire farmer Michael Kavanaugh, part of the Green Farm Collective which recently won the Farming for the Future category at the BBC Food and Farming Awards; Helen Browning, an organic farmer in Wiltshire and Chi…

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CrowdScience

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What’s the difference between reading and listening to books? 27:45

10d ago27:45

27:45

CrowdScience listener Michael wants to know whether the brain responds differently if we listen to books instead of reading them. Do we retain information in the same way? And is there a difference between fiction and non-fiction? Anand Jagatia finds out whether curling up with a good book is better than putting on his headphones. She is speaks to …

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Farming Today

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24/11/23 - Pond restoration, Kelvin Fletcher goes farming and regenerative flour 13:23

14d ago13:23

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Roughly two thirds of ponds in England and Wales have been lost since the late 19th century, mainly because they’ve been filled in or drained so the land can be farmed, and unlike in the 19th century, they’re not needed to water working horses any more. Now, scientists at University College London - along with the Norfolk Ponds Project and the Fres…

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6 Minute English

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Social media and teenage health 6:09

12d ago6:09

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What are the risks of social media to teenage health and what can be done about them?By BBC Radio

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Farming Today

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23/11/2023 - Autumn statement and glyphosate v ploughing 13:24

15d ago13:24

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After the Chancellor's Autumn Statement, Caz Graham hears from a range of experts about what it contains for farm businesses and the countryside. For many people a sticking point in regenerative farming is the herbicide glyphosate. It’s used to kill weeds and cover crops before planting new seeds, so removing the need to plough. But there are conce…

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BBC Good Food Podcast

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Let's cook together: Tom Kerridge's Venison Keema 5:56

14d ago5:56

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Cook-a-long with Tom Kerridge in this bonus recipe episode. For the best Black Friday kitchen deals, check out BBC Good Food’s Black Friday Deals page Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Immediate Media

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Learning English News Review

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Bad bosses make people quit 6:44

7d ago6:44

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New research says people are quitting their jobs because of a bad boss.By BBC Radio

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Farming Today

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22/11/23 - Soft fruit growers contracting, Hollywood meets regen ag and the 'new' AONBs 13:32

16d ago13:32

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Soft fruit growers say they are scaling back future investment plans because retailers are not paying enough for their produce. That's according to British Berry Growers - the industry body representing the majority of British berry farmers. It's just recently held meetings with supermarkets after a survey of members found 80% of those who took par…

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BBC Good Food Podcast

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What does a sustainable Christmas look like to our hosts Tom Kerridge, Mallika Basu and Orlando Murrin? 35:32

17d ago35:32

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Tom Kerridge and co-hosts Mallika Basu and Orlando Murrin discuss what a sustainable Christmas looks like for them. Plus top tips from the Good Food test kitchen. Plus Orlando's idea for an alternative Christmas cracker has an unexpected reaction from Tom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

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Farming Today

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21/11/23 - Naked Clams, a regenerative field trial and a new Welsh National Park 13:30

17d ago13:30

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The shipworm is a bi-valve mollusc - like an oyster or a mussel - which is known as a marine pest because it eats through sea-water submersed wood. Now, scientists at Cambridge and Plymouth Universities have developed a system for farming them, in a highly controlled environment using waste wood for feed. To make them a more appealing meal, they're…

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U Talkin’ U2 To Me?

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U Springin' Springsteen On My Bean? - Human Touch & Lucky Town 2:15:04

17d ago2:15:04

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Scott and Scott listen to and resequence all the songs on Human Touch and Lucky Town—Da Boss’s ninth and tenth studio albums both released on the same day. Plus, Scott quizzes Adam on the names of characters he’s played, they get into Bruce firing the Edible Street Band, and Scott speaks to god.By Earwolf

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Discovery

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Tooth and Claw: Wolverines 27:17

9d ago27:17

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Adam Hart investigates the largest terrestrial member of the weasel family – the wolverine. They’re far more than just a superhero played by Hugh Jackman! With a reputation for gluttony and ferocity, these solitary killers use snowstorms to hunt much larger prey. Found in the snowy tundra and boreal forests of the Northern Hemisphere, their future …

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BBC Good Food Podcast

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Christmas with Tom Kerridge has arrived! 3:20

18d ago3:20

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Join us every Tuesday from the 21st November where Tom Kerridge and friends chat to cooks, chefs and characters about how to make the festive season meaningful – special dishes and gifts to make for loved ones, and celebrate personal traditions to kick start festive cheer with plenty of laughs along the way. Plus, we solve every Christmas cooking c…

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Farming Today

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20/11/2023 Cuttlefish in Cornwall, and what actually is regenerative agriculture? 11:26

15d ago11:26

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Known as 'black gold', cuttlefish is one of the most valuable species for fishing fleets in the South West of England. The Government is proposing new rules to safeguard numbers of the species but fishermen claim they could see 40% of their catch, and millions of pounds, lost without any real benefit to cuttlefish stocks.The proposal is to set a mi…

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The Food Programme

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Older Men Learning to Cook 28:30

14d ago28:30

28:30

Jimi Famurewa talks to men learning or rediscovering cooking later in life, maybe due to a change of circumstance or loss of a partner, to hear how it's changing their lives. In the programme we meet the participants of the latest Man with a Pan cookery course, run by Community Chef at Lewes Community Kitchen, as well as a weekly class run by Age U…

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Farming Today

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18/11/23 - Farming Today This Week: Falsified soil samples, brassicas and river health 25:01

13d ago25:01

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The widespread use of fake evidence in planning applications from livestock farms may have led to increased water pollution in Northern Ireland, including the toxic blue-green algae we reported on this summer in Lough Neagh. That’s according to the Belfast based investigative journalism network, The Detail. Since 2015 farmers in Northern Ireland wa…

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CrowdScience

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Why do we lie? 26:55

14d ago26:55

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Lying is something all humans do. We find it in every culture around the world. It’s in the world of work, in our relationships and online. It’s all pervasive and hard to escape. Our question this week is from listener Anthony from Cambodia. He asked us to find out why we lie, and wants to know how conscious we are of the lies that we tell? CrowdSc…

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Farming Today

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17/11/2023 13:42

21d ago13:42

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Farmers who continually have bovine TB outbreaks on their farms should ‘find another business’. That was what Labour Welsh Senedd member Joyce Watson suggested on the floor of the Senedd earlier this week. Ms Watson was responding to a statement from the Welsh Rural Affairs Minister Lesley Griffiths about bovine TB. The Welsh Government published a…

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6 Minute English