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Alright Raiders 👋🏽 Are you partial to a Yellow Sticker, Reduction Raiding? Do you get knee deep in the supermarket reduced crate? Or are you wanting to change your relationship with food, cooking? I’m Laura Gaga aka Reduction Raider and here to talk to guests about their relationships with food. Discover their food journeys, and consider the changes we want to see for our person, our people, our planet!
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The Last Bohemians is an award-winning, critically acclaimed, independent podcast series that meets maverick and radical women in arts and culture and takes listeners on a vivid, hallucinatory trip through their extraordinary lives. From subversive musicians and style icons to game-changing artists, these are women who have lived life on the edge and who still refuse to play by the rules. The series was created in 2019 by host and journalist Kate Hutchinson and is produced by a team of risin ...
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Mystic. Painter. Feminist. Fantasist. Forgotten pioneer. Who exactly was Hilma af Klint? In this very special live episode of The Last Bohemians, as part of Tate Lates, host Kate Hutchinson talks to actor, model and activist Lily Cole and Amrita Dhallu, Assistant Curator of International Art at Tate Modern, to discuss the life (1862-1944) and work …
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Sonia is a member of staff at Sutton Community Farm, London's only community-owned fruit and veg farm. The farm grows over 40 types of fruit and veg in harmony with nature, building healthy soils, welcoming wildlife and never using chemicals to grow food. Over 70 weekly volunteers come to the farm to get involved in all areas of farm activities. Th…
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Stacey Williams is Head of Business Development at world first anti-food waste app, Gander. A seasoned retailer who previously worked for Marks & Spencer and Morrisons developing, leading and supporting diverse teams at divisional, regional and store level, Stacey is experienced in planning and executing change programmes and has implemented multip…
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Aria Beheshtaein is founder of B’liev, a new plant-based, protein shake available in three unusual, but utterly delicious flavours: Blueberry Muffin, Cookies & Cream and Chocolate Brownie. Packed with protein and fibre, and fortified with vitamins and minerals, B’liev delivers much more than hydration and great taste, and encourages us all to belie…
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We've only gone and done a bonus episode! An audio addendum to our LA season this year, The Last Bohemians hopped over to Santa Fé to meet the one and only Julia Cameron. Our series is dedicated to creative women who've lived their lives outside the norm. Julia Cameron has spent hers guiding others, with her world-beating creativity manual The Arti…
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For the final episode of The Last Bohemians: LA, supported by Audio-Technica, we meet French fashion disruptor and true original, Michéle Lamy. She’s been married to the designer Rick Owens, her former pattern cutter, since 2006 and is often referred to as his 'muse'. But Michéle is a chameleonic creative in her own right, forever staging art happe…
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Penny Slinger was a mover and shaker in Swinging London's art scene – though you might not have heard of her. She went to Chelsea Art School at the height of the Pop Art boom and, inspired by Max Ernst, went on to mix up self-portrait, collage, film and sculpture to create surreal and feminist images that still provoke today. Among these were her “…
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Speak to anyone from the 1980s punk scene in Los Angeles and they’ll tell you: Johanna Went is an underground legend. While the bands like Black Flag, Fear and X were thrashing out their three chords and the truth, Went would take to the stage at clubs like The Masque, Club Lingerie and Hong Kong Cafe and perform between the live shows. The crowd h…
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In the north of Los Angeles, in a neighbourhood called Glendale, an unassuming bungalow is home to one of the first women in Hollywood to cut men’s hair. Today she goes by the glitziest of names, Madelynn von Ritz, but back in the 60s she was called Lynn Castle and hung out with key people of the era, lopping off Jim Morrison, the Byrds, Sonny Bono…
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Our LA series, supported by Audio-Technica, returns this week with a Last Bohemians first: in a very special episode, we speak to three generations of an American artistic dynasty up in the leafy hills of Laurel Canyon: the incredible Betye Saar, her daughter Alison Saar and and granddaughter Maddy Leeser. Betye Saar, 96 (she was 95 at the time of …
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The Last Bohemians returns with a brand new series set in Tinseltown, supported by Audio-Technica. From forgotten feminist artists to Sunset Strip sexpots and from punk performers to subversive style disruptors (and one Californian arts dynasty!): these are some of the most maverick women in LA, whose stories each say something different about the …
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The Last Bohemians returns with a brand new series set in Tinseltown, supported by Audio-Technica. From forgotten feminist artists to Sunset Strip sexpots and from punk performers to subversive style disruptors (and one Californian arts dynasty!): these are some of the most maverick women in LA, whose stories each say something different about the …
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The Last Bohemians returns with a brand new series in Tinseltown, supported by Audio-Technica. From forgotten feminist artists to Sunset Strip sexpots and from punk performers to subversive style disruptors (and one Bond Girl!), these are maverick and radical women whose stories each say something different about the City of Angels. Recorded in spr…
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Hey my name is Robert Straw and in March this year I founded Action Against Food Poverty, which is a Saturday morning walk in London supporting not only our homeless friends with food and supplies but others such as students, single parents, unemployed and many other social groups that finding it hard to access decent food and other necessities of …
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The Last Bohemians has gone to LA for a brand new series, supported by Audio-Technica, starting in July and starring LA icon Angelyne, subversive fashion disruptor Michéle Lamy, punk-rock widow Linda Ramone, feminist surrealist Penny Slinger, punk performance artist Johanna Went, artists and sculptors Betye Saar, Alison Saar and Maddy Leeser, cult …
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Cleo Sylvestre (1945-) is a woman of many firsts: she is the first Black woman to play a leading role at the National Theatre in London, one of the first Black actors to have a recurring role in a primetime British soap and one of the first Black Brits to release a single in 1964 – with none other than her friends, The Rolling Stones. The Guardian …
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Dana Gillespie (1949-) is one of the few remaining women who was at the centre of the Sixties and Seventies in London and in New York, having been best mates with David Bowie and pretty much anyone who was anyone back then. Eric Clapton was very nearly her guitar teacher, Led Zep’s Jimmy Page played on her early folk records and she was in and out …
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Maggi Hambling (1945-) is a British painter and sculptor whose visceral work spans portraits of her bohemian friends past – from Soho dandy Sebastian Horsley to Henrietta Moraes, once the 1950s queen of London bohemia and muse to Francis Bacon, then Maggi’s own – and divisive public works that include her giant scallop on a beach in Suffolk on the …
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Suzy Holding & Lisa Harmer of Best Before Cafe and Food Rescue Hub in North Hertfordshire.Both our nonprofit organisations rescue surplus food to ensure no good food goes to waste. Best Before Cafe, run entirely by volunteers, works out of one shop and serves the community in Letchworth Garden City. Food Rescue Hub is an eco-community that has 3 ma…
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Toni Vernelli, International Head of Communications and Marketing, VeganuaryThe daughter of a butcher from a small town in Northern Canada, Toni gave up meat in her teens when she learned that we can live and be healthy without it. Now vegan for more than 30 years, she believes passionately that we need a mass shift towards plant-based eating and i…
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Fatima “Fatti” Tarkleman is a zero-waste, British migrant chef of mixed African-Asian descent. She has special interests in cross-cultural cooking that prioritises sustainability, inclusivity, and local produce, while representing her London upbringing and the flavours of her heritage. Fatima works as a private chef, workshop facilitator, recipe wr…
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Ellen Tout is a sustainability writer passionate about helping us reduce food waste. After writing about sustainability for many years, she became fascinated by compleating – eating all edible parts of fruits, vegetables and herbs. Ellen's debut book, The Complete Book of Vegan Compleating, is out now and shows us how to make the most of our ingred…
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Food Circle Supermarket is an online surplus food retailer, specialising in healthy and high protein snacks for people who like to live healthy for less while helping to reduce food waste. The co-founders, Paul Simpson and James Barthorpe, started the company in 2018 and have sold hundreds of thousands of items that may have otherwise gone to waste…
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The People’s Pantry is a refill delivery service and mobile shop operating through an e-commerce site and a repurposed vintage milk float called Ernie. They supply packaging-free pantry, eco-cleaner and bathroom essentials, all vetted for their sustainability credentials, to eight postcodes in North London. Lisa Jones set up The People’s Pantry in …
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The Little Coffee Company is an ethical, social enterprise company. The Little Coffee Company is on a mission to nurture and empower women in rural farming creating happier lives through coffee. Working with SolarAid, 20p per tin of the profit that they make goes back to the farmers and also goes towards building solar lamps for the community. @lit…
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The arty vegan are, father and daughter culinary duo who have been vegan for over thirty years, bringing fresh, handmade, eco-conscious, low impact goods to food-lovers across London. They specialise in the sustainable uses of the soya bean, and focus on producing high quality, vegan, deli-style foods, using an artisanal craft approach and strive t…
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Hjalmar is a serial entrepreneur, Medical Doctor and Forbes 30 under 30 winner with a passion for leadership and programming. He co-founded Karma in 2015 and has since served as its CEO with extra focus on the commercial side of the business. Fun fact: Hjalmar built the first iOS version of Karma which has since been overwritten by much more talent…
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DabbaDrop is the brainchild of Anshu Ahuja and Renee Williams, two Hackney neighbourhood friends who bonded over their love of cooking and a desire to make a small difference to the planet and for their children.Anshu is a Mumbai-born, Hackney-living passionate home cook who in 2014, following a successful career in TV production, was selected as o…
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Leon Aarts joined The Felix Project in May 2021 as the Head of Felix’s Kitchen, our new Social Kitchen for London at the same Tower Hamlets site as our new East London depot. Leon joins us with a huge amount of experience and success founding and then running one of our closest partner charities - With Compassion (formerly Compassion London). Here …
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Kate Hall is the Founder of The Full Freezer™ and author of the e-book ‘The Full Freezer (Save Food, Save Time, Save Money)’. Kate helps busy parents reduce their food waste and cook from scratch more often by using their home freezers more effectively. Unlike batch cooking, The Full Freezer Method is completely flexible and allows families to easi…
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Maya is a core member of the @greennwhite.uk team, who sell sustainable home and personal care essentials, at cost, to members. Their aim is to make sustainable living easy and affordable.Part of the job includes sharing tips about sustainable living with members to help reduce their carbon footprint in all areas of life. Inevitably this has worn o…
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Bubble & Squeak is a social enterprise in East Acton with kids at the heart of what they do. They collect surplus food and distribute it to those in need in their local community. They also run after school clubs and community initiatives hosted by an incredible bunch of children passionate about saving food waste and taking direct action against c…
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Sarah and Rich at Flat Earth Pizzas make creative, meat-free pizzas that are kind to the planet. Serving out of The Railway Tavern in Dalston, they use the best ingredients available locally from small producers. Their dough is made from English organic heritage grain flour from Gilchester's in Northumberland and they get chemical-free veg from sma…
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John is a chef, runner, and vegan father of three with a passion for sharing food with people and fighting food waste. Throughout 2020 John worked alongside a local charity to distribute meals made from soon-to-be food waste to his local community, while his recently launched catering business wasn't able to operate as planned. He also put together…
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Sean Rodrigo is a Walthamstow-based, Artist/Technologist working with creative technology, such as virtual reality and 3D printing, to achieve engaging, insightful and meaningful projects. Sean’s fascination with all things creative technology has lead him to work actively in maker labs across London. During the first Covid-19 lockdown, Sean’s Lott…
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Earth & Wheat is a fun new ‘wonky’ bread online delivery platform for families looking to do their bit for the planet and enjoy tasty freshly baked goods at the same time. It is the world’s first ‘wonky’ bread subscription service and it’s mission is to reduce food waste at the point of production by rescuing imperfect or overproduced bread from UK…
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Selina is a Registered Associated Nutritionist with the Association for Nutrition (AfN), mother of two and founder of @the_lifestyle_nutritionist. Selina is big on food and believes that we can all enjoy food (without guilt!) and aims to encourage others to take a relaxed approach to nutrition. Inspiring people to get cooking in the kitchen, Selina…
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Karen manages the ‘green spaces’ owned by Walton Charity which includes 4 allotment sites, a community allotment project, woodlands, and the gardens of their 2 sheltered housing properties. It has been 5 years since Karen started the community allotment project, turning a wild unkempt area of Walton Charity’s largest allotment site into a haven for…
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Conor Gallagher is the founder of AllotMe, a platform that pairs up unused garden space with would-be vegetable growers amidst rising demand for allotments, and a move to more sustainable food. Conor founded AllotMe after a career as an architect in London, realising the opportunity of vacant land in the city when met with the reality of decades lo…
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Callum Weir is a plant based vegan nutritionist, educational speaker and recipe creator who specialises in whole foods nutrition, Callum started up his own nutrition business “Yumfu” last year during the pandemic. After turning his life around with nutrition it was time to try and help people take back and gain control of their health and life, mak…
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Conor is committed to investigating food waste, our global food system and finding solutions to ensure that we can have a sustainable food system that ensures everyone has access to nutritious food and no one goes hungry.His work has also led to him becoming one of the original members, authors and advocate of the Chefs Manifesto, a global network …
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Amaeze is a Registered Nutritionist (RNutr) with a Masters degree in Clinical Nutrition. She is a trustee for the Association for Nutrition (AFN) and the founder of the consultancy Life’s Recipe. She also cofounded the Diverse Nutrition association with an aim to enhance equity within health. Working in both private and public settings, Amaeze work…
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Tomi Makanjuola is an award-winning food blogger and chef. She runs The Vegan Nigerian, a platform dedicated to making Nigerian cuisine and the vegan lifestyle accessible to members of her community and beyond. Tomi is passionate about reducing food waste, and sharing her knowledge through workshops, cookbooks and online content. She is the author …
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Louisa co-founded Toast Ale in 2015. She is the Chief Operating Officer, managing the company's commitment to people, planet and profit, and ensuring the brand is true to its purpose: to end food waste over a cheeky pint. She is a certified management accountant with a background in sustainability consulting and marketing. She's passionate about so…
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Lucy Vincent is the Chief Executive and Founder of Food Behind Bars, the UK's only charity dedicated to transforming the food served in British prisons. After a career in journalism and hospitality, Lucy ventured into the world of prison food in 2016 after reading the report from HM Inspectorate and feeling inspired to do something about poor quali…
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Pauline Joseph is a Trinidadian, Digital Marketing Consultant, LinkedIn Caribbean Host, and host of Live from the Caribbean podcast. She was brought up in Trinidad and Barbados, and as an adult spent time living in London. Pauline is a keen triathlete, competing in half Ironman events. We discuss food waste, her efforts to lose the weight she gaine…
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Working for OLIO, a platform that connects neighbours and local businesses to share more and waste less, Lily loves food but hates waste & has a huge interest in the impact of food waste on the environment. Originally from Devon, where she found her love for scuba diving, sea swimming and anything ocean related, she was brought up vegetarian and we…
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Elaine Entenza is a major lover of life, and avid movement aficionado. Following her passions from an early age, she began her fitness career back in 1999, and explored almost every movement modality before finding her heart in the Pilates Method. She became a certified teacher in 2004, and has focused her teaching energies here ever since. Her car…
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