Hay Festival Special

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BBC

Science, Technology

4.3 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Dr Chris van Tulleken shares stories from the making of his chart-topping podcast, Fed. In conversation with Leyla Kazim, at Hay Festival 2024.

In Fed, Dr Chris van Tulleken, investigated the entangled web of forces that shape what ends up on our plates. And he focused his investigation around one foodstuff in particular. The most widely eaten meat on our planet, a staple of nearly every diet and a global food production phenomenon: the humble chicken, Chris dug into the history of our relationship with this extraordinary animal, to try to get to the truth of why we eat so much of it, and what that means for the birds, for us, and for the planet.

In this lively conversation, recorded live at Hay festival 2024, Chris talks to Leyla Kazim about the hidden stories behind the globalised food networks of today. From industrial-scale farming, to food labelling, to ethical dilemmas, environmental quandaries, and the complexities of the world of fast food. Plus tales from the adventure that ran through the whole series: raising his own tiny flock of broiler chickens, in his back garden.

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0:00.0	Before you listen to this BBC podcast, I'd like to quickly tell you about some others.
0:05.1	My name's Andy Martin and I'm the editor of a team of podcast producers at the BBC in Northern Ireland.
0:11.3	It's a job I really love because we get to tell the stories that really matter to people here,
0:16.2	but which also resonate and apply to listeners around the world.
0:19.6	And because the team has such a diverse
0:21.1	range of skills and strengths, we've trained journalists, people who love digging through
0:25.9	archives, we've got drama and even comedy experts. We really can do those stories justice. So if
0:31.8	you like this podcast, head to BBC Sounds where you'll find plenty more fascinating stories
0:37.0	from all around the UK.
0:41.5	Hello everybody. Welcome to Haig. It's wonderful to see you all. My name is Leila Kassim.
0:47.1	I am a presenter on BBC Radio 4's The Food Program and you may also recognise me from MasterChef,
0:53.4	from one of those people that tastes at dishes and says whether it's good or not.
0:57.3	And possibly like many of you here, I love food.
1:02.1	I think about it a lot of the day.
1:04.4	I write about it.
1:05.3	I make shows about it.
1:06.7	I go up and down the country meeting people who bring food to us.
1:11.3	But unless you are as obsessed with food as I am,
1:15.3	you might not actually know that much about where your food comes from.
1:20.4	And so that is why today I am chatting with somebody
1:23.8	who has created a brand new series on Radio 4 that kind of tries to address this problem.
1:31.3	So what we eat and why we eat what we eat.
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