In this week's episode we speak with the author of a new book, Processed, about the downside of sandwich ham and salami, fried bacon, hot dogs, pepperoni pizzas and the like. Speaking with GW deputy editor Greg Callaghan, Morris-Marr explains how a raft of scientific papers link the nitrites used in many processed meats to improve flavour and eliminate bacteria, with cancer. She explores, too, why so many of us ignore such warnings.

Stoicism is more than discipline, says author Ryan Holiday. It may save the modern world
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Bonnie Garmus on why the 'least admired' art – poetry – might end up saving the world
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Plants remember and react, but do they mind being eaten? Michael Pollan on sentience in the natural world
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