Sliced Bread Podcast
Greg Foot investigates the so-called wonder products making bold claims. Are they the best thing since sliced bread, or marketing BS?
Sliced Bread is 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 on Thursdays wherever you get your podcasts. But if you're in the UK, you can listen to the latest episode on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Sounds first, a week earlier than anywhere else.
If you have a suggestion for a product to investigate, you can email the team on sliced.bread@bbc.co.uk or send a WhatsApp voice note via the number 07543 306807.
Sliced Bread is produced by Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Audio North for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Sounds.
Episodes to download
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Sliced Bread is back!
Wed 6 Apr 2022
Greg Foot returns to test more products and fads that are making big claims.
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Noise Cancelling Headphones
Wed 6 May 2020
The promise of noise cancelling headphones is enticing, but do they live up to the hype?
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CBD Products (Cannabidiol)
Wed 15 Apr 2020
Greg Foot finds out if there's any science behind the current craze in CBD-based products
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Caffeine Shampoo
Wed 8 Apr 2020
Greg Foot and his guests put caffeine hair products through the evidence mill.
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Goop Lab Special
Fri 24 Jan 2020
Greg Foot and his guests ask how much science is in the Goop Lab Netflix series.
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Sports pain: Taping
Wed 27 Feb 2019
Greg Foot and Olympic medallist Kelly Sotherton test tape said to relieve sports pain
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Sports pain: Gels and sprays
Wed 27 Feb 2019
Greg Foot and Olympic medallist Kelly Sotherton try sprays and gels said to relieve pain
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Winter bugs: Vitamin C and zinc
Wed 13 Feb 2019
Does an orange a day keep colds away? Scroobius Pip joins Greg to find out
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Winter bugs: Hand sanitisers
Wed 13 Feb 2019
Scroobius Pip joins Greg to see if hand sanitisers really can keep the winter bugs at bay
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Skincare: Activated charcoal
Wed 6 Feb 2019
Does active charcoal purify pores? Greg Foot and beauty blogger Rebecca Humphries find out
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Skincare: Collagen
Wed 6 Feb 2019
Beauty blogger Rebecca Humphries joins Greg to test collagen face creams
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Welcome to The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread?
Tue 5 Feb 2019
Greg Foot and his guests look for the facts behind the fads
