{"podcast":{"title":"Ruthie's Table 4","slug":"ruthie-s-table-4-4309343","podcast_index_feed_id":4309343,"rss_url":"https://omnycontent.com/d/playlist/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/F142F29A-33CF-4E9A-92E3-AE32006CD59D/75BD3DF4-3898-48A6-A40E-AE32006CD5B4/podcast.rss","website_url":"https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-river-cafe-table-4-86783836/","image_url":"https://www.omnycontent.com/d/playlist/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/f142f29a-33cf-4e9a-92e3-ae32006cd59d/75bd3df4-3898-48a6-a40e-ae32006cd5b4/image.jpg?t=1670269133&size=Large","author":"iHeartPodcasts","episode_count":282,"summary":"For more than 30 years The River Cafe in London, has been the home-from-home of artists, architects, designers, actors, collectors, writers, activists, and politicians. Michael Caine, Glenn Close, JJ Abrams, Steve McQueen, Victoria and David Beckham, and Lily Allen, are just some of the people who love to call The River Cafe home. On River Cafe Table 4, Rogers sits down with her customers—who have become friends—to talk about food memories. Table 4 explores how food impacts every aspect of our lives. “Foods is politics, food is cultural, food is how you express love, food is about your heritage, it defines who you and who you want to be,” says Rogers. Each week, Rogers invites her guest to reminisce about family suppers and first dates, what they cook, how they eat when performing, the restaurants they choose, and what food they seek when they need comfort. And to punctuate each episode of Table 4, guests such as Ralph Fiennes, Emily Blunt, and Alfonso Cuarón, read their favourite recipe from one of the best-selling River Cafe cookbooks. Table 4 itself, is situated near The River Cafe’s open kitchen, close to the bright pink wood-fired oven and next to the glossy yellow pass, wher…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-04T22:20:32.040802+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ruthie-s-table-4-4309343"},"episode":{"title":"Her Excellency Sheikha Al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani","slug":"her-excellency-sheikha-al-mayassa-bint-hamad-bin-khalifa-al-thani","published_at":"2026-02-17T00:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ruthie-s-table-4-4309343/her-excellency-sheikha-al-mayassa-bint-hamad-bin-khalifa-al-thani","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ruthie-s-table-4-4309343","url":"https://omny.fm/shows/river-cafe-table-4/her-excellency-sheikha-al-mayassa-bint-hamad-bin-khalifa-al-thani","audio_url":"https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/f142f29a-33cf-4e9a-92e3-ae32006cd59d/5fa10ee3-339d-46b2-ac85-b3f300b6cd6e/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=75bd3df4-3898-48a6-a40e-ae32006cd5b4","summary":"For over 20 years as the head of Qatar Museums, Her Excellency Sheikha Al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani has transformed the nation's artistic landscape through landmark institutions such as The Museum of Islamic Art and the National Museum of Qatar. Her work has profoundly influenced the culture and global identity of the Middle East. Today, she’s here at The River Cafe to talk about her own vision of museums, her childhood memories of cooking in the desert, the cuisine of her region , and how she views food and art, food and culture, food and family. Watch this episode, and the rest of the series, on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RuthiesTable4Pod See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.","meta_description":"For over 20 years as the head of Qatar Museums, Her Excellency Sheikha Al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani has transformed the nation's artistic la…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1709,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ruthie-s-table-4-4309343/episodes/her-excellency-sheikha-al-mayassa-bint-hamad-bin-khalifa-al-thani/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ruthie-s-table-4-4309343/her-excellency-sheikha-al-mayassa-bint-hamad-bin-khalifa-al-thani.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}