Sliced Bread

A podcast by BBC Radio 4 - Thursdays

Thursdays

Categories:

Technology

127 Episodes

  1. Air Purifiers

    Published: 6/16/2022

  2. Carbon Negative and Carbon Offsetting

    Published: 6/9/2022

  3. Meal Replacement Drinks

    Published: 6/2/2022

  4. Electric Toothbrushes (& Water Flossers)

    Published: 5/26/2022

  5. Blue Light Filtering Glasses

    Published: 5/19/2022

  6. Personalised Vitamin Plans

    Published: 5/12/2022

  7. Running Shoes

    Published: 5/5/2022

  8. Air Source Heat Pumps

    Published: 4/28/2022

  9. Wagyu Beef

    Published: 4/22/2022

  10. Sustainable Jeans

    Published: 4/14/2022

  11. Electric Cars

    Published: 4/7/2022

  12. Sliced Bread is back!

    Published: 4/6/2022

  13. Noise Cancelling Headphones

    Published: 5/6/2020

  14. Teeth Whitening

    Published: 4/29/2020

  15. Sunscreen

    Published: 4/22/2020

  16. CBD Products (Cannabidiol)

    Published: 4/15/2020

  17. Caffeine Shampoo

    Published: 4/8/2020

  18. Goop Lab Special

    Published: 1/24/2020

  19. Sports pain: Taping

    Published: 2/27/2019

  20. Sports pain: Gels and sprays

    Published: 2/27/2019

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The series that investigates the latest ad-hyped products and trending fads promising to make us healthier, happier and greener. Are they really 'the best thing since sliced bread'? Science presenter Greg Foot finds out.Greg speaks to experts on a bunk-busting mission to test the latest consumer trends chosen by listeners. Do they live up to the hype? Or are they just marketing BS?Greg chats to the experts, dives into the data, performs tests and crunches the numbers before putting his findings back to the listener so they can decide if it's worth spending their hard earned money on.For this brand new series of Sliced Bread, episodes will be released weekly wherever you get your podcasts. But if you're in the UK, you can listen to the latest episode, a week earlier than anywhere else, first on BBC Sounds.If you have a suggestion for a product to investigate, you can email the team on [email protected] or send a WhatsApp voice note via the number 07543 306807.Sliced Bread is produced by BBC Audio North for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds.