Back to the Source
A podcast sharing the stories of the people and places producing the stuff that shapes our lives.
The podcast is hosted by Sam Stewart who has spent the past 8 years working with people at the sources of natural resource and agricultural supply chains. Email: [email protected]
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- Update frequency
- every 24 days
- Average duration
- 29 minutes
- Episodes
- 6
- Years Active
- 2022
5. Fish from Lake Victoria (East Africa) with Mark Weston, writer and researcher
In 100 years Lake Victoria has gone from an ecological miracle to a fish production powerhouse and now to an ecosystem on the brink of collapse. If the Lake continues on it's current path of pollutio…
4. Spices from Tanzania with Stephie Mendelsohn from Grounded
Spices are a store cupboard staple but their powdered and processed form does not reflect the diverse environment in which they grow. In this episode we head to Tanzania where Stephie Mendelsohn from…
3. Gemstones from Sri Lanka with Sam Stirrat from Blackacre
Gemstones are the ultimate luxury item but too often there is little regard for where they come from and who has produced them. In this episode I speak to Sam Stirrat, creative director and founder o…
2. Peanuts from Argentina with Stu Macdonald from Manilife
Everyone loves a bit of peanut butter, but I imagine very few of us know the story behind the alluring spread that is a vice to so many. In episode two we take ourselves off to Argentina where Stu Ma…
1. Gold from DR Congo with Ben Radley, academic and author (re-release from Dec 2019)
This episode is a re-release from December 2019.
It look into the lives of artisanal gold miners working in the Eastern DRC. Ben Radley is a fellow in Development Studies at LSE and prior to this spe…