Desire
For this, the eighth episode of The Butchers Apron, we uncover an incomplete history of hysteria, the invention of the vibrator and the discovery of female sexuality with Dr Rachel Maines (and five slightly tipsy women at a dinner party), we unearth a story of longing, good and evil in the Highgate cemetery with David Farrant, discuss Vampire exorcism and round up as usual over a drink with our resident philosopher, Dr Daniel Barnes.
The Unknown
For this, the 7th episode of The Butcher2019s Apron, we step into the unknown by exploring the mythical tale of The Moleman, we investigate a baffling and debilitating new disease that has no explanation or cure, and rounding up as usual in the pub with our resident philosopher, Dr Daniel Barnes.
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Hunger
For this episode of The Butcher’s Apron we talk to Dr Alex Salam (NASA consultant and research MD in human space flight medicine) about the importance of food to good mental health, we travel to the depths of Great Yarmouth to make our debut into the world of female competitive eating, we speak to writer and autodidactic fasting expert, Steve Hendricks, to determine if less really is more (and starve ourselves for a few days in the process), rounding up as ever with some words of wisdom from our resident philosopher, Dr Daniel Barnes.
The Game
For this, the fifth episode of The Butcher’s Apron, we talk to author and cultural historian Mike Jay about 17th century mind games and early psychiatric medicine; chat to London’s coolest hula-hooper, Marawa the Amazing; take a tour around the UK’s first super casino; and have the privilege of an exclusive interview with the elusive Kit Williams, creator of The Masquerade, to hear about the game of a lifetime.
Speed
For this, the fourth episode of The Butchers Apron, Emma and Nadine spend their good time thinking about speed, logistically, emotionally, physically and (mainly) accidentally. They talk to Rollo Hollins and Jonathan Howells (part of the creative team behind the DRIVEN documentary) about the longevity of love, the adventure of a lifetime and relationships built again around the question 2018is it ever too late?2019. They investigate the principles and motivations behind human speed, with Dr David Cook, course director of Sports and Exercise Science at the South Bank University2019s Academy of Sport, and three-times former world-recorder holder and 100m sprinter, Asafa Powell. They present a dramatic re-telling of the age-old tale, The Tortoise and the Hare in this month2019s Storytime spot, ending up in a gripping journey through time and space on the London Underground to arrive at the 2018Clock of the Long Now2019, with a regular spot from The Butchers resident philosopher, Dr Daniel Barnes.
Beginnings
For this, the third episode of the Butchers Apron Emma and Nadine tackle the age-old question of which came first, the chicken or the egg (with the help of Professor Daniel Barnes, the butchers of Ridley Road Market and the livestock at Hackney City Farm); pin down the origins of the world with this month2019s storytime feature; evaluate the likelihood of the beginning of the end in 2012 with Dr Lucie Green; hunker down with a five-year old to sort out the big questions of existence and speak to Turner-prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller about how to start a movement, or a cult, depending on how you look at it.
Belief
In the second episode of the Butcher2019s Apron, Emma Gibson and Nadine Monem take you on a tour of Britain2019s most haunted hotel, The Mermaid Inn; speak to Britain2019s most popular philosopher, AC Grayling, about the good life and The Good Book; go on an ill-advised pilgrimage to London2019s religious institutions in search of a religious experience; delve into the depths of human consciousness at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience with Professor Geraint Rees and ask the age-old question: Who is Debbie McGee?
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Darkness
In this, the first-ever episode of the Butcher’s Apron radio show, Emma Gibson and Nadine Monem take you on a fruitless search for The Singularity, to the long-closed gates of the disused but still cherished Crossbones Cemetery, through the scary streets of Spring Heeled-Jack’s Vicotorian London and back to a particularly dark time in the early 1970s with this month’s unsettling storytime spot.
