Food & Diet Episodes

Oct. 9, 2025

Ep.25 - Yawning, Yellow Fever and Yoghurt

In this episode, Daisy and Olivia yap about some Ys in the history of medicine: yawning, yellow fever and yogurt. The Team: Olivia Howarth (Researcher/Presenter) is a volunteer with RCPE Heritage, a qualified archivist, herit...
July 17, 2025

Ep.19 - Scurvy, Snuff and Sympathetic Medicine

In this episode, Daisy, Charlotte and Olivia discuss some Ss in the history of medicine: scurvy, sympathetic medicine and snuff.
May 22, 2025

Ep.15 - Oranges, Obesity and Osteoporosis

In this episode, Daisy, Charlotte and Olivia discuss some Os in the history of medicine: oranges, obesity and osteoporosis.
Jan. 17, 2025

Ep.6 - Forceps, Food and Flatulence

In this week’s episode, Daisy, Charlotte and Olivia chat about the Fs – forceps, food and flatulence.
May 10, 2024

Ep.03 - Food, Drink And The Maintenance Of Health

Professor David Gentilcore explores the changing nature of the genre of medicinal food advice.
Dec. 9, 2022

Ep.13 - Past & Present - Pharmacy

Delves into the history of pharmacology and therapeutics and modern-day pharmaceutical medicine practice.
Oct. 14, 2022

Ep.9 - Past & Present - Gastroenterology

Delves into the history of gastroenterology and modern-day gastroenterology practice.
June 24, 2022

Ep.1 - Past & Present - Diabetes

Delves into the history of diabetes care and modern-day diabetes research and management.
May 27, 2022

Ep.84 - Ally Zlatar - The Starving Artist

Ally Zlatar uncovers the history of medical recipes and the historical relationship between food and medicine.
May 13, 2022

Ep.83 - Charlotte Holmes - Early Modern Scottish Recipe Books

Charlotte Holmes uncovers the history of medical recipes and the historical relationship between food and medicine.
Dec. 24, 2021

Ep.73 - Charlotte Holmes - Medical Recipes And Overindulgence

Charlotte Holmes examines the history of early recipe books and their use to treat a wide range of complaints.
June 25, 2021

Ep.60 - Martin Moore - Sugar and Spikes - Historical Approaches to Diabetes Treatment

Dr Martin Moore explores how medical thought, patient experience and everyday practice of self-management of diabetes were influenced by broader structures in British politics, culture, and society.
Feb. 19, 2021

Ep.51 - Mark Strachan - Sugar and Spikes - Current Approaches to Diabetes Treatment

Dr Mark Strachan discusses the latest, cutting-edge research currently being undertaken in Edinburgh.
June 10, 2020

Ep.29 - Matthew Smith - Food allergy before “allergy”

How were bizarre reactions to food described before the coining of the term ‘allergy’ in 1906? Dr Matthew Smith explains.
June 10, 2020

Ep.15 - James Kennaway - Fashionable Stomach Complaints and the Mind in Georgian Britain

Examines the development of thinking on the mind-stomach nexus, and how such thinking was incorporated into critiques of modern Britain.
June 10, 2020

Ep.4 - Keir Waddington - Food, Fear And Public Health In Victorian And Edwardian Britain

Combines history of science, food and culture and applies these to Anglo-German relations and perceptions by examining how between 1850-1914 the German sausage was used as a metaphor for the German nation.