You're about to listen to a BBC podcast and I'd like to tell you a bit about the

podcast I work on. I'm Dan Clark and I commissioned factual podcasts at the BBC.

It's a massive area but I'd sum it up as stories to help us make sense of the forces shaping the world.

What podcasting does is give us the space and the time to take brilliant BBC journalism

and tell amazing compelling stories that really get behind the headlines.

And what I get really excited about is when we find a way of drawing you into a subject

you might not even have thought you were interested in.

Whether it's investigations, science, tech, politics, culture, true crime, the environment,

you can always discover more with a podcast on BBC Sounds.

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Hello, you've downloaded a podcast of BBC Radio Falls, the food program.

I'm Dan Saladino.

Welcome to our world.

From cooking to culture politics to pleasure we hope

you enjoy this edition first an admission this has been a difficult program to make, possibly the most difficult.

In fact, I've started making this edition at least 10 times.

It's March 25th, and it feels like spring has sprung.

Time to lose the weight I've gained during lockdown.

And for eight weeks I'm going to reduce my carbs, stop drinking.

It's April 4th the day after my birthday and I've crashed the diet in a cake and wine

binge and it's been less than a week.

I really enjoyed it.

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