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AGENT STOKER is a paranormal thriller – part Raymond Chandler, part Philip K. Dick, and all macabre all the time. AGENT STOKER is the love child of The Shadow and Black Mirror, it’s “The X-Files with a drinking problem.” AGENT STOKER is the tale of a wounded man working for the Night Brigade, tracking data points that might just indicate coming apocalypse. AGENT STOKER is scripted supernatural fiction created by Chris Conner and Brian Nelson (both from Altered Carbon).
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Noir Confidential draws upon the era of filmmaking known as Film Noir. Today, the genre is called Neo-Noir, but the same concepts, tropes, and techniques are used to reflect today's feelings of inevitability, cynicism and defeat. The pessimism, distrust, and greed displayed in classic Film Noir movies like "The Maltese Falcon" and "The Third Man" speak to a society racked by geopolitical conflict and economic disparity. All the elements that sparked the Film Noir heyday have returned to haun ...
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In this podiobook: The eX-Wife Files Mark Forman's first sci-fi detective short story is in the vein of Philip K. Dick's BladeRunner(Do Androids Dream of Electronic Sheep), Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe, and Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade. Find out what makes Agent Jack Mauldher tick. Is it busting the various Extra-T's(extra-terrestrials) that appear on his watch? The many women that were or are in his life? His love of talking about himself and his conquests: alien and female? Listen in ...
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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe was a radio series featuring Raymond Chandler's private eye, Philip Marlowe. Robert C. Reinehr and Jon D. Swartz, in their book, The A to Z of Old Time Radio, noted that the program differed from most others in its genre: "It was a more hard-boiled program than many of the other private detective shows of the time, containing few quips or quaint characters." The program first aired 17 June 1947 on NBC radio under the title The New Adventures of Philip Marlowe ...
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Cooking the Books with Gilly Smith is the winner of The Guild of Food Writers' Best Broadcast or Podcast Award 2022, and was shortlisted for Fortnum and Mason Best Podcast 2022 and 2024. It's about all of life from climate change to culture and politics to people through the prism of food. It's for foodie book lovers who want to hear something more profound about the way we live, making the link between delicious food and the impact of food production on the land - through books. Hear how A- ...
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A malevolent AI uses high-tech bacteria to commandeer Agent Stoker’s new partner. Night Brigade presents: Agent Stoker Created by Chris Conner & Brian Nelson Starring Chris Conner as Agent Stoker Erin Anderson as Dianne Emily Deschanel as Rose Parth Ruparel as Officer Mendez Directed by Marya Mazor Written by Brian Nelson Music Composed by Christy …
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On a Queens waterfront, an old enemy asks Agent Stoker for help to survive the oncoming end of the world. Night Brigade presents: Agent Stoker Created by Chris Conner & Brian Nelson Starring Chris Conner as Agent Stoker Erin Anderson as Dianne Joanna Going as Thirty-Seven Emily Deschanel as The Voice of the Night Brigade Directed by Oz Scott Writte…
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Elliot Webb: Growing Mushrooms At Home
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This week, Gilly is with another changemaker, Elliot Webb, the author of Growing Mushrooms at Home: The Complete Guide to Knowing, Growing and Loving Fungi on the awesome world beneath our feet. The founder of Urban Farm It is a passionate grower and educator of alternative agriculture based in the UK. His goal is become a leader in the global move…
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Agent Stoker and a new ally ask for help from the ghost of George Raft. Night Brigade presents: Agent Stoker Created by Chris Conner & Brian Nelson Starring Chris Conner as Agent Stoker Erin Anderson as Dianne Scott Brick as George Raft Emily Deschanel as The Voice of the Night Brigade Directed by Rachel Talalay Written by Brian Nelson Music Compos…
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A rogue AI, a cat the size of an SUV, and a Celtic demon complicate Agent Stoker’s life in Flatbush. Night Brigade presents: Agent Stoker Created by Chris Conner & Brian Nelson Starring Chris Conner as Agent Stoker Ato Essandoh as EnGAGE Myra Lucretia Taylor as Miri LaVeau Keythe Farley as the Duke Emily Deschanel as The Voice of the Night Brigade …
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Franco Fubini: In Search of The Perfect Peach
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This week, Gilly's with the man who’s on a mission to put flavour in the heart of a revolution in the food system. Franco Fubini is the CEO and founder of sustainable food distributor, Natoora. He’s also one of the judges of The Food Planet prize for innovation in food, and now, the author of In Search of the Perfect Peach. His philosophy is simple…
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The Adventures of Sam Spade: The Apple of Eve Caper
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The Adventures of Sam Spade: The Queen Bee Caper
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THe Adventures of Sam Spade: The Tears of Night Caper
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The Adventures of Sam Spade: The Champion Caper
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Thank you for listening to "Noir Confidential." This month, in attention to our regular radio rebroadcasts, we are starting a new occasional series called "The Neo-Noir Podcast. Like you, I'm a fan of all things Film Noir and Neo Noir. As an author and screenwriter, I'd ask for your indulgence and a listen to these occasional commentaries or review…
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In Staten Island, Agent Stoker’s father has inexplicably returned from the dead with clues to the apocalypse. Night Brigade Presents: Agent Stoker Created by Chris Conner & Brian Nelson Starring Chris Conner as Agent Stoker Amy Hill as Agent Caliban June Angela as Maeve Emily Deschanel as The Voice of the Night Brigade Directed by Rachel Talalay Wr…
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This week, Gilly continues to curate the changemakers with chef, author and co-founder of Leon, Allegra McEvedy In Chefs Wanted, she’s on a mission to teach kids not just to play with their food but to cook like the pros. It’s a must-buy for any kids who want to be properly creative in the kitchen and stretch their skills. But Allegra has a deeper …
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Tim Spector: Food for Life Cookbook
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This week, Gilly is with Tim Spector, geneticist, author of Food For Life and founder of Zoe, the personalised nutrition app that has changed the way we think about food. And now, the Food for Life Cookbook. Since their first meeting for the delicious podcast before Covid changed the world, gut health advice is everywhere, and personalised nutritio…
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This week, Gilly is with one of the old skool TV chefs who taught Britain how to eat, Rick Stein They last met over lunch when she was chatting to him about his book Secret France for the delicious. podcast. This time, it’s about secret Britain, or at least the communities of Britain bursting with flavour and influencing our national diet. Rick Ste…
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Tom Parker Bowles: Cooking and the Crown
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This week, Gilly is with food royalty, the restaurant critic, writer, and son of Queen Camilla, Tom Parker Bowles. Royal Food has always been about impressing the most powerful people in the world, and in his book Cooking and the Crown, he tells how it has set trends for centuries, from Victoria to his stepfather, King Charles 3rd. Head over to Gil…
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------------------------------------------------------Visit the website for thrilling updates, BTS journal entries, and more! https://www.agentstoker.com/ Season 3 coming soonAf Bleav
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The Adventures of Sam Spade: Edith Hamilton
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The Axel Files: The Blue Diamond Affair: The Search For The Saudi Blue https://www.amazon.ca/Axel-Files-Diamond-Affair-Search-ebook/dp/B0DDTYRFD1 Ari Katz, an old friend and Israeli Lahav 433 Agent, approaches Investigator Axel Webb to find the Saudi Blue, a 50-carat blue diamond stolen in 1989 by a Thai servant, Jira Bun Ma, working at the palace …
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The Adventures of Sam Spade: The Battle of Belvedere
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The Axel Files: The Blue Diamond Affair: The Search For The Saudi Blue https://www.amazon.ca/Axel-Files-Diamond-Affair-Search-ebook/dp/B0DDTYRFD1 Ari Katz, an old friend and Israeli Lahav 433 Agent, approaches Investigator Axel Webb to find the Saudi Blue, a 50-carat blue diamond stolen in 1989 by a Thai servant, Jira Bun Ma, working at the palace …
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The Adventures of Sam Spade: The Overjord Caper
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The Axel Files: The Blue Diamond Affair: The Search For The Saudi Blue https://www.amazon.ca/Axel-Files-Diamond-Affair-Search-ebook/dp/B0DDTYRFD1 Ari Katz, an old friend and Israeli Lahav 433 Agent, approaches Investigator Axel Webb to find the Saudi Blue, a 50-carat blue diamond stolen in 1989 by a Thai servant, Jira Bun Ma, working at the palace …
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The Axel Files: The Blue Diamond Affair Trailer
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The Axel Files: The Blue Diamond Affair The Search for the Saudi Blue Written by Jerry Bader https://www.amazon.com/Axel-Files-Diamond-Affair-Search-ebook/dp/B0DDTYRFD1/ref=sr_1_3 Ari Katz, an old friend and Israeli Lahav 433 Agent, approaches Investigator Axel Webb to find the Saudi Blue, a 50-carat blue diamond stolen in 1989 by a Thai servant, J…
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The Adventures of Sam Spade: The Stopped Watch Caper
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The Axel Files: The Blue Diamond Affair: The Search For The Saudi Blue https://www.amazon.ca/Axel-Files-Diamond-Affair-Search-ebook/dp/B0DDTYRFD1 Ari Katz, an old friend and Israeli Lahav 433 Agent, approaches Investigator Axel Webb to find the Saudi Blue, a 50-carat blue diamond stolen in 1989 by a Thai servant, Jira Bun Ma, working at the palace …
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Gilly is with Pam Brunton, chef/owner at Inver restaurant on Argyll and Bute, author, philosopher and star of Rick Stein’s Food Stories on BBC1. Her book, Between Two Waters: Heritage, landscape and the modern cook is a deep dive into everything that we need to know about food - the philosophy, the politics and the provenance of what we eat. It’s p…
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Claire Thomson: The Veggie Family Cookbook
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This week, Gilly is with Saturday Kitchen regular and author of nine cook books, Claire Thomson, aka Five o Clock apron. Her latest book, Veggie Family Cook Book is, like Claire, what it says on the cover – genuine, real, easy-going, with 120 recipes to make life more interesting. Gilly finds what makes her so appealing - and enduring - in the plen…
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This week, Gilly has her hands on on the brand new, much awaited book from Ottolenghi, Comfort. Written by the 'four hungries', Yotam, his original co-writer Tara Wigley, Helen Goh and Verena Lochmuller, these are the foods that provide a comfort blanket for them, and mark a departure from the big Ottolenghi books of the past. In a deliciously raw,…
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This week, in the last of our summer holiday specials, we head to the Good Kitchen in Sicily with community chef and adventurer in all things good, Danny McCubbin. His story is one of a leap of faith, driven by a sense of purpose coursing through his veins and cultivated by his 17 years working with Jamie Oliver, including mentoring chefs at Fiftee…
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This week’s we’re off to the Med – yup, all of it - with chef, Ben Tish. Ben’s latest book Mediterra follows his deep dive into bits of the Mediterranean; Moorish looked at the influence of the moors over hundreds of years on food of the Med, while his book Sicilia was a visceral guide to the street and home food of Sicily. This time, he covers the…
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The Adventures of Sam Spade: The Love Letter Caper
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The Axel Files: The Man With 21 Faces Sweet Revenge Is A Bitter Treat Written by Jerry Bader https://www.amazon.com/dp/1988647991?ref_=pe_93986420_774957520 The Man With 21 Faces is back. Private Detective Axel Webb is called to Japan by his Yakuza partner and friend, Hibiki Sato, to help the authorities find who’s behind the new threats. Axel’s ex…
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The Adventures of Sam Spade: The Betrayal In Bumpass Hell Caper
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The Axel Files: The Man With 21 Faces Sweet Revenge Is A Bitter Treat Written by Jerry Bader https://www.amazon.com/dp/1988647991?ref_=pe_93986420_774957520 The Man With 21 Faces is back. Private Detective Axel Webb is called to Japan by his Yakuza partner and friend, Hibiki Sato, to help the authorities find who’s behind the new threats. Axel’s ex…
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The Adventures of Sam Spade: The Bouncing Betty Caper
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The Axel Files: The Man With 21 Faces Sweet Revenge Is A Bitter Treat Written by Jerry Bader https://www.amazon.com/dp/1988647991?ref_=pe_93986420_774957520 The Man With 21 Faces is back. Private Detective Axel Webb is called to Japan by his Yakuza partner and friend, Hibiki Sato, to help the authorities find who’s behind the new threats. Axel’s ex…
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This week, Gilly is with Meera Sodha, author of Made In India The Times’ book of the year in 2014, Fresh India, which won the 2017 Observer Food Monthly's Best New Cookbook Award, East which drew from her Guardian’s New Vegan column, and now Dinner, with a rather different story. This is about the food that helped her recovery from burn out, scribb…
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This week, we’re back at Rockwater, Hove talking LIVE with Melissa Hemsley, food writer of six best-selling cook books, including her latest, the Sunday Times bestseller, Real Healthy. A delicious reminder of how to unprocess our diet with easy, everyday recipes, the book is an antidote to ultra processed foods. Gilly chats to Melissa about everyda…
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Diana Henry: Crazy Water, Pickled Lemons
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This week, we’re going back to London, 2002, a time before pomegranate molasses, when Nigella and Jamie were first on the telly and Ottolenghi had yet to chuck his flavour bombs into the salad bowl of British cuisine, to the publication of the very first Diana Henry book, Crazy Water, Pickled Lemons. Click here for Gilly's previous chats with Diana…
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This week, in the very first Cooking the Books LIVE at Rockwater in Hove, an audience with Guardian Feast columnist, Rachel Roddy. Rachel is the author of three books about her life in Italy including the multi award winning Five Quarters: Recipes and Notes from a Kitchen in Rome which was first published in 2015 and now reissued in 2024. It’s the …
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This week, as the schools get ready for the long summer holidays, Gilly is with the woman everyone needs to pop in their suitcase if they’re heading to France, Carolyn Boyd, author of Amuse Bouche, How to Eat Your Way around France. Carolyn has guided Gilly through the best food destinations – and therefore THE best destinations in France for the l…
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This week, we’re off to Seoul with British-Korean writer, Su Scott. Su has lived in Britain longer than she lived in Korea where she grew up, and has raised her own daughter in London. But her latest book, Pocha tells the story of the country she left behind, her family and the food they shared, often in the pochas, the covered markets and food sta…
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Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall: How to Eat 30 Plants A Week
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This week, as the UK (and France) go to the polls, Gilly chats to Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall about the best way to support the NHS, his latest book How to Eat 30 Plants a Week. Last time we met to talk about the River Cottage’s Good Comfort, his message was to swap out the less healthy ingredients for more, eating healthily not by taking stuff out…
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Chris Van Tulleken: Ultra Processed People
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This week in an extra episode in the run up to the UK General Election to remind everyone why we must get the next government to fix the food system, Gilly meets Chris Van Tulleken, TV, radio and infectious diseases doctor who catapulted the term ultra processed food into the public consciousness in 2023 with his book Ultra Processed People. Now ou…
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Giulia Crouch: The Happiest Diet in the World
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This week, we’re with Giulia Crouch to look at the diet of the Blue Zones that will make us not only live long and healthy lives, but is the Happiest Diet in the World. A little known fact: the very first book Gilly wrote back in 1993 on the back of a Channel 4 series called Food File was The Mediterranean Health Diet: the delicious way to lose wei…
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This week, we’re with Irish chef, Anna Haugh to talk about her first cookbook, Cooking with Anna. Anna is a massive part of the story of British food culture, leaving Dublin as a young woman to cook in the steamiest kitchens in London – Shane Osborn’s Pied a Terre, Philip Howard’s The Square and Gordon Ramsay’s London House. But in 2019, she opened…
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This week, we’re talking to friend of the show, Mark Diacono about his latest book, Vegetables. This is a book packed with ideas about how to get more from food from the land, a journey through the seasons which Ottolenghi calls 'simple, soulful, seasonal.' Bee Wilson calls it 'joyful', and Julius Roberts says it's 'an inspiring veg bible'. But for…
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The Guild of Food Writers Awards 2024
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In this special extra episode on the morning after the Guild of Food Writers Awards 2024, we leaf through some of the best food writing of the year in four of the 16 categories to explore what judges Laura Nickoll, Lyndon Gee, Kalpna Woolf and Fliss Freeborn were looking for in their shortlists. Click here for the Awards brochure and the full set o…
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Fuchsia Dunlop: Invitation to a Banquet
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This week, we’ve been invited to a Chinese Banquet with the word on Chinese food, Fuchsia Dunlop. Her multi award winning book, Invitation to a Banquet is a huge and deep dive into Chinese life through the prism of food. After 30 years of writing about Chinese food culture, she has a seat at the table most of us can have no idea about. Click here t…
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This week, we’re off to the jungles of Colombia and... London with Modern Medicine Woman, Frankie Paz Her book Plant Feasts is about how to live in the concrete jungle or the madness of modern life with the wisdom of the ancients. It’s about slowing down and finding how to live – how to really live by connecting with friends, family and nature – ev…
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This week, we’re off on an Italian road trip along the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea with Amber Guinness and her latest book Italian Coastal. We first met Amber a couple of years ago on Cooking the Books when she told us about her book A House Party in Tuscany, the story of restoring and reclaiming her childhood home. This time, she takes us to some …
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Yasmin Fahr: Cook Simply, Live Fully
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This week, we’re off to Menorca on a bit of an Eat Pray Love story with New York Times journalist, Yasmin Fahr. Her latest book, Cook Simply, Live Fully is about the options in life. It’s about cooking consciously, taking time to think about what you really want to eat, and being a little kinder to yourself – and the planet. Following your nose, tu…
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This week, Gilly catches up with the queen of Turkish cuisine, Ozlem Warren. We’ve met Ozlem already on Cooking the Books to talk about her 2020 book Ozlem’s Turkish Table, but this time she’s talking about the side of Turkish cuisine that perhaps we don’t know so well, the vegetables, the sebze, inspired by thousands of years of diverse food histo…
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In this extra, special episode, Gilly is with Angela Clutton, who, with Itamar Sulovitch from Honey and co and Leyla Kazim from the Food Programme, was one of the three judges of this year's Fortnum and Mason Awards. By the time you hear this, the glitz and glamour of these Oscars of the food world will be over for another year. The mass of talent …
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This week, Gilly is with award winning travel writer, Caroline Eden. Her Cold Kitchen in Edinburgh is where we find her comfort cooking up the recipes she remembers from her travels. Her memories take us on the Trans Siberian Railway, through the dark back streets of a winter in Istanbul and the political chaos of a coup in Kyrgyzstan, and remind u…
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