What do you need to do to create a better internet? One person who's sought to answer that question is Damian Bradfield, and he's in a good position to try. It's the subtitle of his book, and when he's not writing, Damian is the Chief Creative Officer of file-sharing behemoth WeTransfer, which he co-founded. The Freudcast caught up with Damian to discuss how our online behaviour can evolve and effect positive change.

Melissa Hemsley is best known, along with her sister Jasmine, for writing about food. Her latest book Eat Green has also done really well, but it turns out that the recipe behind Melissa’s success has featured a significant measure of mental health issues, including grief and imposter syndrome. Now, Melissa’s journey from being a chef to an author and social media influencer has taken her in another interesting and more campaigning direction, as she explained to Matt Barbet in this episode.

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Has there ever been more appreciation of the people who really make the UK’s National Health Service work? Now, to mark its 72nd anniversary, a dozen NHS frontline workers will see themselves up on billboards across the country, in images shot by esteemed photographer Rankin. freuds was privileged to work on the campaign, and for this episode, our head of health tech Lauren Thomson caught up with Rankin, as well as London GP Dr Farzana Hussain who was one of those chosen to feature.

You wouldn't imagine that performing in a famous boyband would be a good grounding for running a farm, but that's exactly what JB Gill has done. Not only did he go from being in multi-million selling JLS to rearing turkeys and pigs in rural Kent, JB is also blazing a trail for young Black Britons by working the land. For this episode, he discussed his life in music, agriculture, faith and identity with freuds' Tosin Aiyeyomi.

Mark Thompson has run not one, but two of the world’s best known media organisations in the BBC and, currently, The New York Times. Given the choppy waters both famous brands navigate, the steadiest of hands is often necessary to chart their paths. Being the person at the top is not a job you take if you want an easy life. For this episode of The Freudcast, Mark sat down during the pandemic for a virtual chat with freuds’ Director, Sam Smith.

It can be easy to forget that many problems existed before the global pandemic - and now it is making them worse. Issues like starvation are now much more of a reality for many more people, unfortunately. To discuss this, The Freudcast spoke to the UN's World Food Programme, and in particular, Corinne Woods, who is the organisation's highly experienced director of communications and advocacy.

The coronavirus isn't just a threat to people's physical wellbeing, but according to the UN and the World Health Organisation we're facing a global mental health crisis due to the pandemic. For Mental Health Awareness Week, the Freudcast spoke to Nadine Dorries MP, the Minister responsible for mental health in England. We discuss changes in attitudes to mental health, how rapidly-evolving technology may be having a negative impact on us and also how she is still feeling the mental and physical effects of COVID-19 herself.

In 2018 James Harding founded Tortoise, the largest journalism project ever to be launched on Kickstarter. Even though he'd had an impressive career as Editor of The Times and Director of BBC News, it was by no means certain to be a success. His hunch that it was time for a different type of newsroom, one designed for slower and wiser news, paid off with thousands lending their support. IN this episode, James talks to us about working for Rupert Murdoch and the BBC, the challenge of launching a new media offering and what impact the pandemic is having on journalism.

For more than thirty years, The River Cafe has served some of the best Italian food available anywhere in the World - and that includes Italy. At the time of writing, like many restaurants, it is closed because of the coronavirus lockdown, but just before, Matt Barbet sat down with chef and co-founder Ruth Rogers to discuss those things that have made it so special and contributed to its longevity - authenticity, genuine passion and sustainability.

Charlie Mackesy has created one of the most successful debut books this century - which he never really set out to do. The Boy, The Mole, The Fox & The Horse has gone on to sell hundreds of thousands of copies since its release in late 2019, and has topped bestseller lists on both sides of the Atlantic. On World Book Day, Charlie invited Matt Barbet into the studio at his south London home to exclusively tell the story behind his life-affirming book.