All Hail Kale

By BBC Radio 5 live

What's All Hail Kale about?

Wellness you can actually trust – from award-winning journalist Tim Samuels. What’s best for your mind, body, diet and mood – served with heaps of expertise & a sprinkling of wit.

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All Hail Kale episodes:

03.10.2020
Positive Thinking For Unlucky People
Does positive thinking work - even if you’re one of the country’s most unlucky people? And revealing how changing your mental state can even improve your immune system. Tim Samuels brings Barrie and Margaret - and their tales of woe...
03.03.2020
The Sweet Rise and Fall of Tony The Tiger
The fascinating story of the fat vs sugar wars - and how it’s still misinforming what we eat today. Told through the life story of Tony The Tiger as he fights for his sugary survival today. Tim Samuels hears how...
02.25.2020
How to Actually Breathe
Is modern life making many of us breathe ‘incorrectly’ and can changing your breathing technique lower your stress? Tim Samuels puts a horizontal form of breathing to the test. He hears from ‘The Iceman’ Wim Hof, who claims the...
02.18.2020
Do extreme routines work?
The extreme routines of the super successful and whether they really improve productivity or just make you feel guilty for not getting up super early. Tim Samuels speaks to tech entrepreneurs - including one whose last meal of the day...
02.11.2020
Are Vitamins and Supplements Worth Swallowing?
The truth behind vitamins and supplements, whether we need them and which pills can actually cause serious harm. Tim Samuels also reveals the marketing secrets used to snare us in - from horny goats to snail trails; and the...
02.04.2020
Can You Catch Narcissism?
Can too many selfies push you towards narcissism? Are we in the midst of an epidemic? Tim Samuels takes a selfie-obsessive to be wired up in a lab to see if his picture taking is becoming a danger and...
01.28.2020
How To Be As Fit As A Footballer
We go behind the scenes at Manchester City to reveal the cutting-edge techniques keeping players at peak fitness, as the women’s team prepare for the local derby against Manchester United. Tim Samuels follows Scotland international Caroline Weir across the day...
01.21.2020
Should I Raise My Child Vegan?
A couple’s dilemma over whether or not to raise their newborn vegan, which is a contentious issue that lawmakers overseas have tried to ban. Tim Samuels brings the parents face-to-face with top dietary experts to get the latest health advice,...
01.14.2020
Zap Your Mood Better
The exciting promise of technology to tackle depression and anxiety. The show put a wearable device, which sends a light current through the ear lobes, to the test. The results are fascinating. Tim Samuels explores this new frontier for mental...
01.07.2020
Is Exercise Insanity?
Revealing how much exercise our bodies and minds actually want - the very latest research. Should we essentially be aping how our caveman ancestors moved? And how burning 1600 calories can be as potent as Prozac. Tim Samuels speaks...
12.31.2019
New! Wellness experts galore (and Barrie from Grimsby)
Wellness you can actually trust – from award-winning journalist Tim Samuels. What’s best for your mind, body, diet and mood – all served with heaps of expertise and a sprinkling of wit. This is the second series. We’ll be...
02.12.2019
Tony Robbins: Happiness, The Future & Poison Fish
Global guru Tony Robbins reveals how to attain lasting happiness in today’s crazy world. He candidly discusses his own challenges – and the American Dream’s future in the tech age. A robust chat with the man who has counseled Bill Clinton...
02.04.2019
Beautiful Builders
What actually slows down ageing? The secrets and crazy claims of the beauty business. Revealing the dream regime that works, even for a bunch of builders. And the pivotal moments when the beauty industry turned itself into a pseudo-science, and...
01.29.2019
Beat Your Brain
You’re not doomed by your parents – rewiring the brain to change your traits and health. So can you beat the genes that make getting-up in mornings hell? Deepak Chopra explains how we can our plastic brains can acquire new habits,...
01.22.2019
Sad Mouse
Tackling depression and anxiety via the gut – the amazing story of how a sad mouse could change the treatment of mental health. And how to keep your own gut as happy as possible. Happiness expert Gretchen Rubin offers tips on...
01.15.2019
Doomsday Diet
Ten foods to live longer – and survive Armageddon down in your bunker. Revealing the absolute healthiest foods in the world - foods that can potentially add ten years to your life expectancy. Plus, the menus of ‘preppers’ in Texas...
01.08.2019
Scary Dairy
Is drinking milk absurd for humans – are cheese and yoghurt any better? An unbiased look into the health effects of dairy – and whether illnesses in post-war Japan should be a warning sign for the West. Definitive dairy...
12.31.2018
No Goats or Gwyneth: Welcome to All Hail Kale
Wellness with wit and actual evidence – from award-winning journalist Tim Samuels. Investigating what foods, therapies and lifestyles to embrace – and which are just nonsense.

What's All Hail Kale about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

All Hail Kale episodes:

Positive Thinking For Unlucky People

The Sweet Rise and Fall of Tony The Tiger

How to Actually Breathe

Do extreme routines work?

Are Vitamins and Supplements Worth Swallowing?

Can You Catch Narcissism?

How To Be As Fit As A Footballer

Should I Raise My Child Vegan?

Zap Your Mood Better

Is Exercise Insanity?

New! Wellness experts galore (and Barrie from Grimsby)

Tony Robbins: Happiness, The Future & Poison Fish

Beautiful Builders

Beat Your Brain

Sad Mouse

Doomsday Diet

Scary Dairy

No Goats or Gwyneth: Welcome to All Hail Kale