{"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":"Tom Freston - Co-creator of MTV","slug":"tom-freston-co-creator-of-mtv","published_at":"2026-04-13T23:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ruthie-s-table-4-4309343/tom-freston-co-creator-of-mtv","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ruthie-s-table-4-4309343","url":"https://omny.fm/shows/river-cafe-table-4/tom-freston-co-creator-of-mtv","audio_url":"https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/f142f29a-33cf-4e9a-92e3-ae32006cd59d/99e661af-fa67-4069-ae51-b42b00e6e60e/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=75bd3df4-3898-48a6-a40e-ae32006cd5b4","summary":"Some weeks ago, I met Tom Freston at a party in London. We immediately started talking—mostly about  Unplugged , his brilliant new memoir. Unplugged is the story of an incredible man who hitchhiked across the Sahara, lived in Kabul, spearheaded the rise of MTV, and even had lunch with Fidel Castro. Today, here we are: me in London, him in Los Angeles. We'll discuss the adventures from his book—where he's been, what he's learned, and, of course, what he ate along the way. Order Table 4 at The River Cafe —the star-studded, food-filled book inspired by the beloved podcast: https://bit.ly/Table4AtRiverCafeBook See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.","meta_description":"Some weeks ago, I met Tom Freston at a party in London. We immediately started talking—mostly about Unplugged , his brilliant new memoir. Unpl…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1954,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ruthie-s-table-4-4309343/episodes/tom-freston-co-creator-of-mtv/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/tom-freston-co-creator-of-mtv.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}