CountrySlide

SideCountry Network

CountrySlide is a podcast that looks at farming, conservation, wild food and life in the British countryside.

Hosted by Richard Negus, Callum McInerney-Riley and Richard Prideaux.

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103 episodes
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March 20 · 39 min
71: A Glimpse into the Past
This week, we’re doing something a little different. Richard Negus sits down for a chat with his mother. Together, they travel back 90 years to explore a bygone era of Southwold and Lowestoft, sharing first-hand memories of growing up in the heart of...
March 13 · 58 min
70: One for the Fans
We welcome Forester (in every sense) Nicholas Adams onto the podcast. Richard, Callum and Nick discuss everything from the voices in your head, to who killed the bear and how to get your Fern ticket in a conversation which takes a few minor detours...
March 6 · 1 hr
69: No, not that kind
The two Richard's.... try to hold it together and have an honest talk about everything from politics, to education, to brain types, to villages within cities and the economy of rural villages. CountrySlide is a podcast that looks at farming,...
February 27 · 56 min
68: Are you on the list that no one knows about?
Your three hapless hosts sat down with it in mind to record a serious episode about Deer culls, subsidies and fly tipping. Instead they pulled each other off the rails and swan dived into elephant shaped deer and how to discover businesses which may...
February 20 · 49 min
67: Purdey, NEC and Beavers
A random mix of topics crop up this time with tenuous links more fragile than a spider's web (one of those wispy ones you find in the UK, not a real thick Australian/jungle species) Join us to catch up on the Purdey Awards, the Great British Shooting...
February 18 · 43 min
Bonus: Great British Shooting Show 2026
As appears to be becoming tradition, Richard P and Callum once again went to the Great British Shooting Show and after a day of wandering the hall, fondling shiny things, eating and drinking rubbish and talking to hundreds....well, probably...
February 13 · 55 min
66: Life, Education and Sheds
Richard and Callum are left to their own devices talking about life recently, attending educational training as an adult, sheds, Asian Hornets, the British Shooting Show, Peter Mandelson and Tripods. Not a particularly rural episode this week, we'll...
February 6 · 1 hr 4 min
65: Awards, Advice and Announcements
This episode encompasses the Eat Game Awards, Schoffel and GWCT Awards, Advice for the government about how to help rural communities and livelihoods, and a few special announcements! CountrySlide is a podcast that looks at farming, conservation and...
January 30 · 1 hr 7 min
64: Big Farmland Bird Count and Operation Turtle Dove with Mark Nowers
Mark Nowers is our guest on the podcast this week to talk about the upcoming GWCT Big Farmland Bird Count and his day job with Operation Turtle Dove. Mark's interest in the natural world and particularly birds started at a young age and the knowledge...
January 23 · 1 hr 3 min
63: Irreplaceable Kit, Unwanted Skills and Food Culture
A last minute double booking leaves Richard P and Callum at the helm to answer questions sent in by our patrons.Topics vary from what's been googled recently to how we can improve connection to rural matters through food, to favourite flavours, a...
January 16 · 1 hr 1 min
62: Schöffel Countryside Awards with Marcus Janssen and Alastair Leake
Marcus Janssen and Dr Alastair Leake talk to Richard P and Callum about the Schöffel Countryside Awards as we enter their second year. From the creation of the awards, to the nomination and judging process, right through to creating a special award...
January 9 · 1 hr
61: Poultices, Perfect Light and Analysing Pupils
In a bid to understand each other's work a little bit better, we divulge what we think Joe Public doesn't know about our jobs. Be prepared to hear about tame vets, styles, lighting, savoy cabbage, reading people and working to often awkward timelines....
January 2 · 1 hr 4 min
60: New Year's Honours - Our Way
This year the guys each choose their picks for an OBE, Knighthood and elevation to the House of Lords... Somehow during this they also manage to cover: Meat, Hugo's special brine, Gold Blue Peter Badges, heroic Turtledoves, gangsters and how to wind...
Dec 26, 2025 · 1 hr 6 min
59: Boxing Day Hunt and Inheritance Tax
Merry Christmas to you all! The trio are full of festive spirit(s) as they talk about the realities of trail hunting and what happened with the law surrounding the initial ban on hunting. They also discuss the recent back pedalling on changes to...
Dec 19, 2025 · 51 min
Sacrifice at Christmas : The Tragedy of Solomon Browne
This is a different episode for us, but it's one we felt compelled to share. On 19th December 1981 a dramatic rescue played out on the English coast, involving a stricken cargo ship being driven towards a rocky shore by a storm. It's an important...
Dec 19, 2025 · 45 min
58: Champagne and Tractor runs
As we wind down to Christmas a more relaxed show is in order - this week we talk simply about plans for the big day and what gifts we would bestow on our PM, Keir Starmer. If you happen to be close to Arundel - this weekend there is a tractor run...
Dec 12, 2025 · 1 hr 9 min
57: 2025 Christmas Gift Guide
They say that you should only repeat good things, but we decided to rebel and repeat our Christmas Gift Guide format once again this year! If you're reading this in 2035 then I apologise that we have now repeated it 10 times... Following the usual...
Dec 5, 2025 · 45 min
56: Rural economies, booze and visualising time
The variances in rural economies, machines breaking the peace, questionable home brews and an unexpected turn into how we view time - can you point at January? Richard and Richard attempt to navigate unpredictable seas on the good ship CountrySlide...
Nov 28, 2025 · 1 hr
55: The Budget, BBC and Leslie Dolphin
The dream team discuss budget predictions, the farmer's protesting in London, announcements about minimum wage and the impacts on many rural businesses, martial arts, an insider's perspective of the BBC (thank you to Anna Jones and Andy Wilman) and...
Nov 21, 2025 · 1 hr 3 min
54: One Year of CountrySlide
We're 1! It's been a fantastic year of recording, editing and reading comments and reviews on the show. We've loved every minute of it and to celebrate we sat down as usual to record and episode, as usual. This week the guys talk about the news that...