{"podcast":{"title":"Radical with Amol Rajan","slug":"radical-with-amol-rajan-6625076","podcast_index_feed_id":6625076,"rss_url":"https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/p0gg4k6r.rss","website_url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0gg4k6r","image_url":"http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/3000x3000/p0lgrqcb.jpg","author":"BBC","episode_count":226,"summary":"Conversations about tomorrow, from Today. Every week Amol Rajan talks to radicals, pioneers and innovators from all over the world. From populism and climate change, to economics and AI... How can their radical ideas help you win the future? Amol Rajan is a presenter of the Today programme on BBC Radio 4. He is also the host of University Challenge on BBC One. Before that, Amol was media editor at the BBC and editor at The Independent. Episodes of Radical with Amol Rajan will be published on Thursdays on BBC Sounds. It will also be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on Thursdays at 11pm. Visualised versions of the podcast will also be available on BBC iPlayer and YouTube. Radical with Amol Rajan is a Today Podcast.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-13T10:20:57.578644+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/radical-with-amol-rajan-6625076"},"episode":{"title":"The Future of Food: Can Regenerative Farming Save Our Soil? (Andy Cato)","slug":"the-future-of-food-can-regenerative-farming-save-our-soil-andy-cato","published_at":"2026-05-21T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/radical-with-amol-rajan-6625076/the-future-of-food-can-regenerative-farming-save-our-soil-andy-cato","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/radical-with-amol-rajan-6625076","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002wkk4","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0nm92mp.mp3","summary":"This week, guest host Oli Dugmore, speaks to Andy Cato, one half of electronic music duo Groove Armada and a leading advocate for regenerative farming. Andy argues that modern agriculture is reaching a breaking point. He says that a reliance on chemical farming has degraded our ecosystems, taken agency away from farmers, and made us over reliant on fragile international trade systems. Through regenerative farming, he believes it’s possible to restore ecosystems, rebuild soil health and create a more resilient food system for the 21st century. They discuss Andy’s unlikely journey from global touring musician to farmer, including selling his music catalogue to buy land, and the founding of Wildfarmed, a business aiming to help farmers transition to regenerative agriculture while remaining profitable. Andy also explains why he believes traditional farming is no longer sustainable, how a different model could be financed, and what the benefits could be for farmers, consumers and the environment alike.","meta_description":"This week, guest host Oli Dugmore, speaks to Andy Cato, one half of electronic music duo Groove Armada and a leading advocate for regenerative farming. An…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3474,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/radical-with-amol-rajan-6625076/episodes/the-future-of-food-can-regenerative-farming-save-our-soil-andy-cato/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/radical-with-amol-rajan-6625076/the-future-of-food-can-regenerative-farming-save-our-soil-andy-cato.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}