Sliced Bread Podcast
While Sliced Bread takes a break we serve up… Dough. Sam White looks at the business behind profitable, everyday products and considers how they might evolve in the future.
While Sliced Bread takes a break we serve up… Dough.
Dough is the series from ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4 which looks at the business behind profitable, everyday products and considers how they might evolve in the years to come.
In each episode, entrepreneur Sam White speaks to industry experts to find out how these products manage to make a profit and what game-changing - and pointless - innovations they have seen in their time.
Tom Cheesewright, a technology expert and applied futurist, then offers his predictions on what might be coming beyond the current production pipeline.
Episodes of Dough are released weekly on Thursdays wherever you get your podcasts. But if you’re in the UK, you can listen to the latest episode on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Sounds first, a week earlier than anywhere else.
Produced by Jon Douglas. Dough is a ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Audio North production for ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4 and ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Sounds.
Sliced Bread returns for a new batch of investigations in April when Greg Foot will investigate more of the latest so-called wonder products to find out whether they really are the best thing since sliced bread.
In the meantime, Dough is available in the Sliced Bread feed on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Sounds.
Episodes to download
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Dough - Lawn Mowers
Last Thursday
Could the next generation of lawn mowers create any image you like on your lawn?
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Dough - Bicycles
Thu 13 Mar 2025
How can the bicycle industry recover from sales that plummeted after the pandemic?
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Dough - Washing Machines
Thu 6 Mar 2025
Could washing machines soon be cleaning our clothes without using any water?
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Dough - Game Consoles
Thu 27 Feb 2025
Game consoles have come a long way since the 1970s but could their days now be numbered?
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Smart Scales
Thu 9 Jan 2025
Are smart scales really clever enough to tell you more than your weight?
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Toast - Phones 4u
Thu 28 Nov 2024
Phones 4u was hugely profitable, so why did it have to close all of its 700+ shops?
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Toast - Dan-Air
Thu 21 Nov 2024
Sean Farrington assesses the fortunes of the family-run airline Dan-Air. Why did it fail?
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Toast - Our Price Records
Thu 14 Nov 2024
Why did Our Price Records disappear from UK high streets? Sean Farrington looks into it.
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Toast - Kodak
Thu 7 Nov 2024
Kodak made photography mainstream - so why did it falter in a digital age?
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Toast - Reader's Digest UK
Thu 31 Oct 2024
Why did we lose Reader's Digest magazine when it is still going in America?
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Longevity Supplements - 100th Episode
Thu 10 Oct 2024
Can taking special supplements help us to live longer?
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Float Tanks
Thu 3 Oct 2024
Does a session in a float tank work wonders for mental health and exercise recovery?
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Dishwasher Tablets
Thu 22 Aug 2024
Do more expensive dishwasher tablets clean better? And how do eco versions stack up?
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Dough - Fridges
Thu 15 Aug 2024
Could fridges make way for cabinets that don't just keep food fresh but actually grow it?