Best Carolyn & Anna Podcasts (2024)

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Pam Brunton: Between Two Waters 33:22

26m ago33:22

33:22

Gilly is with Pam Brunton, chef/owner at Inver restaurant on Argyll and Bute, author, philosopher and star of Rick Stein’s Food Stories on BBC1. Her book, Between Two Waters: Heritage, landscape and the modern cook is a deep dive into everything that we need to know about food - the philosophy, the politics and the provenance of what we eat. It’s p…

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Madee Green A Story of Us September 10 2024 23:15

26m ago23:15

23:15

This episode Andrew Mitchel sits down with Ohio State PhD Candidate Madelyn (Madee) Green (green.1365@osu.edu). They discuss research on isolation in islands, Madee's fieldwork in Japan with prehistoric Jomon populations, the Sannai Maruyama site (https://jomon-japan.jp/en/learn/jomon-sites/sannai-maruyama), and her teaching strategies.…

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S9 E1 'Doing DEI differently' with Audra Jenkins 36:00

6h ago36:00

36:00

Excited to be kicking off series 9 of The Business of BeingBrilliant podcast with a great line-up of business leaders and experts. We talk about reimagining the office; seeing problems differently; setting leaders up for success, not boxing people in and more. This week, Audra jenkins, Global Chief Equity Officer atRandstad, and I cast our eyes ove…

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Claire Thomson: The Veggie Family Cookbook 31:56

2d ago31:56

31:56

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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Ottolenghi: Comfort 30:38

12d ago30:38

30:38

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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Nicholas Passalacqua A Story of Us August 26 2024 24:58

9d ago24:58

24:58

This episode Andrew Mitchel sits down with OSU Anthropology's newest hire in forensic anthropology, Dr. Nicholas Passalacqua. They discuss an article on the legal and social ramifications for wrongdoing (https://doi.org/10.2307/2564673), the definition of forensic anthropology, the process of completing a case analysis, a textbook project Dr. Passa…

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Danny McCubbin: The Good Kitchen 33:45

20d 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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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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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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Molly Matheson & Megan Getrum 31:17

1M ago31:17

31:17

Happy fall y'all. It's been a while but in this episode we discuss the murders of Molly Matheson & Megan Getrum in Fort Worth and Plano Texas. Happy Halloween! Sources: Tracy Matheson's Nonprofit: https://www.projectbeloved.org Main Source: TV Show #TextMeWhenYouGetHome S2E10

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Melissa Hemsley: Real Healthy 45:42

1M ago45:42

45:42

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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Diana Henry: Crazy Water, Pickled Lemons 38:09

1M ago38:09

38:09

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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Rachel Roddy: Five Quarters 55:30

2M ago55:30

55:30

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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Carolyn Boyd: Amuse Bouche 25:24

2M ago25:24

25:24

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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Su Scott: Pocha 34:57

2M ago34:57

34:57

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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The Monterey Trialogue: A Distinct Take on Superpower Diplomacy feat. Anna Vassilieva and Peter Slezkine 56:45

2M ago56:45

56:45

The Monterey Trialogue from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey brings together leading experts from the United States, China, and Russia for in-depth discussions of their countries' interests and concerns in the vital regions of the world. The Trialogue is a novel format, yet an indispensable one. At a time when intra-gov…

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S8 E10 Collective wisdom on 'Chasing the wrong thing' 32:28

2M ago32:28

32:28

This wrap-up episode features advice from all my guests inseries 8 on how to avoid hurtling down the wrong path, as individuals and as organisations. They share advice and examples from whistleblowing to wellbeing, meetings to managers and much more. Tune in to hear how best to ⭐️ Take stock wisely and redirect your efforts. ⭐️ Figure out what to l…

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

2M ago31:21

31:21

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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Chris Van Tulleken: Ultra Processed People 38:05

2M ago38:05

38:05

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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S9 E9 Encouraging people to speak up’ with Britt Johnston and Sisieta Owen 33:55

3M ago33:55

33:55

How do you encourage people to be fearless in raisingconcerns about how work is being carried out or sharing a fresh idea? Spot non-compliant or potentially damaging behaviour before it spreads and becomes normalised? On the pod this week I chat with leaders Sisieta Owen and Britt Johnston about why having great policies and processes isn’t suffici…

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

3M ago30:59

30:59

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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S8 E8 'Creating an enterprise-wide culture' with Kisha Payton 36:45

3M ago36:45

36:45

When you run a global business, how do you figure out what aspects of your culture should be consistent globally and what people are free to decide locally? How do you get agreement to this across the board and bring people with you? My guest on #TheBusinessOfBeingBrilliant this week Kisha Payton, Chief DE&I Officer and Global Head of Culture, shar…

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Anna Haugh: Cooking with Anna 29:52

3M ago29:52

29:52

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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S8 E7 'Looking at the whole person' with Carolyn Stebbings 35:26

3M ago35:26

35:26

How do you get the most out of each individual at work? By understanding what makes them tick. And to do that, you have to ask great questions and look atthe whole person. On the pod this week I’m joined by Carolyn Stebbings, ChiefOperating & Inclusion Officer at RAPP, who shares 3 questions to ask your team members and colleagues plus some practic…

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Mark Diacono: Vegetables 31:55

3M ago31:55

31:55

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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The Guild of Food Writers Awards 2024 23:35

3M ago23:35

23:35

In this special extra episode on the morning after the Guild of Food Writers Awards 2024, we leaf through some of the best food writing of the year in four of the 16 categories to explore what judges Laura Nickoll, Lyndon Gee, Kalpna Woolf and Fliss Freeborn were looking for in their shortlists. Click here for the Awards brochure and the full set o…

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S8 E6 'Harnessing the power of workshops' with Alison Coward 31:24

3M ago31:24

31:24

Is your meeting culture grinding you down? Find out how to unleash your team's full potential in thisweek’s podcast conversation with Alison Coward, founder of Bracket and author of the brilliant "Workshop Culture." With clients like Google and Meta, Alison shares insights from her 20 years of experience in fostering creativity, productivity, and c…

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Fuchsia Dunlop: Invitation to a Banquet 35:31

3M ago35:31

35:31

This week, we’ve been invited to a Chinese Banquet with the word on Chinese food, Fuchsia Dunlop. Her multi award winning book, Invitation to a Banquet is a huge and deep dive into Chinese life through the prism of food. After 30 years of writing about Chinese food culture, she has a seat at the table most of us can have no idea about. Click here t…

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S8 E5 'Stepping into the unknown' with Anna Campagna 32:44

4M ago32:44

32:44

I talk with Anna Campagna, formerly Senior Global SalesDirector at Heineken, about leaving a familiar role and ‘stepping into the unknown’ to start a new career chapter. As Anna puts it, this isn’t about the ‘plug and play’ careermove, i.e. more of the same somewhere new. This is about nerve-jangling, scary-but-exciting endings in order to figure o…

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Frankie Paz: Plant Feasts 30:34

4M ago30:34

30:34

This week, we’re off to the jungles of Colombia and... London with Modern Medicine Woman, Frankie Paz Her book Plant Feasts is about how to live in the concrete jungle or the madness of modern life with the wisdom of the ancients. It’s about slowing down and finding how to live – how to really live by connecting with friends, family and nature – ev…

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S8 E4 'Shifting expectations' with Gwen Stirling-Wilkie 35:52

4M ago35:52

35:52

I talk with Gwen Stirling-Wilkie, future of work expert andaward-winning author, about the key trends shaping our world of work and how to build connected, collaborative teams and organisations. Visit Helen’s website www.helenbeedham.com. Check out Helen's award-winning business book: TheFuture of Time: how 're-working' time can help you boost prod…

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Amber Guinness: Italian Coastal 31:55

4M ago31:55

31:55

This week, we’re off on an Italian road trip along the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea with Amber Guinness and her latest book Italian Coastal. We first met Amber a couple of years ago on Cooking the Books when she told us about her book A House Party in Tuscany, the story of restoring and reclaiming her childhood home. This time, she takes us to some …

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S8 E3 'Creating a culture of wellbeing' with Khushboo Patel 32:59

4M ago32:59

32:59

I talk with Khushboo Patel, an expert in workplace cultureand wellbeing who previously led on these topics at Metro Bank. Got a wellbeing strategy and programmes? Great stuff. But how do you create a culture of wellbeing? That’sa tougher nut to crack. Khushboo & I discuss: discuss: What we’re seeing today in terms of wellbeing at work. How social e…

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Yasmin Fahr: Cook Simply, Live Fully 26:12

4M ago26:12

26:12

This week, we’re off to Menorca on a bit of an Eat Pray Love story with New York Times journalist, Yasmin Fahr. Her latest book, Cook Simply, Live Fully is about the options in life. It’s about cooking consciously, taking time to think about what you really want to eat, and being a little kinder to yourself – and the planet. Following your nose, tu…

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S8 E2 'Leading and thriving' with Mark Bateman 38:37

4M ago38:37

38:37

I talk with Mark Bateman, executive coach, CEO of WeQual and author of Disruptive Leadership, about how best to manage our time and energy to avoid burning out. Mark shares two powerful questions to ask ourselves: 1. How are you spending your energy and your time? 2. How are you gaining energy and time? Tune in – even if you’re not a leader - to he…

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Ozlem Warren: Sebze 28:12

4M ago28:12

28:12

This week, Gilly catches up with the queen of Turkish cuisine, Ozlem Warren. We’ve met Ozlem already on Cooking the Books to talk about her 2020 book Ozlem’s Turkish Table, but this time she’s talking about the side of Turkish cuisine that perhaps we don’t know so well, the vegetables, the sebze, inspired by thousands of years of diverse food histo…

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S8 E1 'Future-proofing talent' with Helen Alkin and Jen Goldsmith 34:24

4M ago34:24

34:24

I talk about people, skills and jobs with Helen Alkin and Jennifer Goldsmith, who job-share as Head of Early Careers and Recruitment Strategy Lead at accountancy firm BDO. Links: Visit Helen’s website www.helenbeedham.com. Check out Helen's award-winning business book: TheFuture of Time: how 're-working' time can help you boost productivity, divers…

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The Fortnum and Mason Awards 2024 20:40

4M ago20:40

20:40

In this extra, special episode, Gilly is with Angela Clutton, who, with Itamar Sulovitch from Honey and co and Leyla Kazim from the Food Programme, was one of the three judges of this year's Fortnum and Mason Awards. By the time you hear this, the glitz and glamour of these Oscars of the food world will be over for another year. The mass of talent …

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Caroline Eden: Cold Kitchen 31:15

4M ago31:15

31:15

This week, Gilly is with award winning travel writer, Caroline Eden. Her Cold Kitchen in Edinburgh is where we find her comfort cooking up the recipes she remembers from her travels. Her memories take us on the Trans Siberian Railway, through the dark back streets of a winter in Istanbul and the political chaos of a coup in Kyrgyzstan, and remind u…

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Series 8 trailer 2:19

5M ago2:19

2:19

Get a sneak peak of the topics and conversations coming up on series 8, launching Tuesday 7th May.

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Georgina Hayden: Greekish 32:25

5M ago32:25

32:25

This week, Gilly is with Georgina Hayden, our favourite Cypriot food writer to talk about Greekish, her everyday recipes with Greek roots. This is about the mash up of all that she is – North London, 2nd generation Greek Cypriot, who with full support from her yiayia, her grandmother, has cooked up a whole story of her family life in the kitchen. G…

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Kevan Roberts: The School of Artisan Food 24:23

5M ago24:23

24:23

This week, Gilly is off to stunning Welbeck country estate in the heart of Nottinghamshire to the School of Artisan Food to meet head baker, Kevan Roberts. His book Baking Sourdough takes us on a sensory journey to the roots of traditional bread making, and as the School prepares for this years’ summer school courses, Gilly finds out why sour dough…

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Maddison Elliott A Story Of Us April 10 2024 20:49

5M ago20:49

20:49

In this interview, Andrew sits down with Maddison Elliott, who is graduating with her MA this semester in anthropology. They discuss The book Buzz (https://nyupress.org/9781479827381/buzz/), Maddison's MA thesis on pollinator protection, hierarchies of insects, roundtable method of teaching introductory anthropology courses, and the Wicked Science …

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Nicola Lamb: Sift 30:38

5M ago30:38

30:38

This week, Gilly is with Nicola Lamb, one of the nominees of this year’s Jane Grigson Trust Award for best debut food writer. Her book Sift is an extraordinarily accomplished first book by a pastry chef trained in London and New York by the best - Ottolenghi, Dominique Ansel and Little Bread Pedlar. Her Substack, Kitchen Projects was praised as an …

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Michael Zee: Breakfast of China 26:03

5M ago26:03

26:03

This week, Gilly explores art, philosophy and food with third generation British-Chinese photographer and Instagram superstar, Michael Zee His Symmetry Breakfast account featured his photographs of symmetrical breakfasts every day for 10 years and has 667k followers. In his latest book Zao Fan, Breakfast of China, it's with his anthropological eye …

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Spasia Dinkovski: Doma 26:27

5M ago26:27

26:27

This week we’re off to North Macedonia via Crawley with Spasia Dinkovski Spasia’s book, Doma, meaning home, is one of Gilly's favourite journeys, back to where it all started. She may have been born in Crawley, but her heart, she finds out through her cooking and her writing, is with the women who fed her soul in Macedonian summers. Already spotted…

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Chris Newens: Moveable Feasts 28:51

6M ago28:51

28:51

This week, Gilly takes us back to last week's Jane Grigson Trust Awards for debut food book writers to meet the winner, Chris Newens. He may still be writing his book, Moveable Feasts: Paris in Twenty Meals, but Gilly helps him unpack four food moments which open a door on Parisian food through its 20 arrondissements. Check into Gilly's Substack to…

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Rebecca Sullivan: First Nations Food Companion 30:33

6M ago30:33

30:33

This week, Gilly Zooms over to the Clare Valley just outside Adelaide in South Australia to catch up with food writer, TV presenter, sustainable living advocate, urban farmer, entrepreneur and the queen of Granny Skills, Rebecca Sullivan to talk about her book, with partner Damian Coulthard, First Nations Food Companion. Gilly first met Rebecca in …

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How do you Solve a Problem like Cleopatra? : Shelley Haley and the last Egyptian Pharoah 46:10

6M ago46:10

46:10

For the final episode of our season on women in the ancient Mediterranean, we feature the most famous woman in antiquity: Cleopatra! Dr. Shelley Haley joins Chelsea and Melissa to untangle the image of Cleopatra as a seductive manipulator and to challenge assumptions, misconceptions, and preconceived notions about her persona and reign. Listen in a…

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S7 E10 Collective wisdom: 'Thriving beyond comfort zones' 24:53

6M ago24:53

24:53

To wrap up series 7, here is advice from all my guests in on how to step outside our comfort zones and move forwards in our career. What is the mindset that helps us say yes to a dauntingopportunity? Who can we call on for support, and how can they support us? How do we find out who’s stuck and help them unlock their career potential? With thanks t…

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