CountrySlide

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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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Nov 14, 2025 · 1 hr 5 min
53: Wild Trout Trust with Shaun Leonard
Shaun Leonard, director of the Wild Trout Trust talks with the guys about the challenges facing our native trout and what makes them so incredible and able to adapt to conditions worldwide. Our rivers aren't in a great shape, although as Shaun recalls...
Nov 7, 2025 · 1 hr 23 min
52: Mental Health with Mark
This week, Richard and Richard are joined by Mark, former Army Chaplain, Church of England minister and farmer, for a thoughtful conversation about faith, farming, and mental health in rural Britain. From Normandy beaches to North Oxfordshire fields,...
Oct 31, 2025 · 59 min
51: ABBA, Brandecosse and the truth about Waterproofs
Following on from the high level conversation last week, we offer you respite from the effects of nights drawing in and the clocks changing with imagery you never knew you wanted and stories which explain a lot about our hosts. There's also some...
Oct 24, 2025 · 1 hr 29 min
50: Frostbitten with Nigel Vardy
Nigel Vardy is an outdoorsman in every sense of the word; he grew up in the Peak District fishing for his dinner and hunting for his tea and exploring the woodlands around his home. He is now an accomplished mountaineer, adventurer and motivational...
Oct 17, 2025 · 1 hr 2 min
49: £35million Lemurs
We catch up with Richard, Callum and Richard after a couple of weeks apart and explore what £35 million could achieve if spent on improving things for British wildlife. Richard P talks about some of the current funding available and the...
Oct 10, 2025 · 59 min
48: Defra Peat Map Failure and Richard's Mother
We welcomed 2 guests on this weeks episode, Cat Frampton and Richard's mother A.A Prideaux. Cat talks with Richard and Richard about the England Peat Map released in May 2025 and the problems and errors which have designated reservoirs, walls, hedges...
Oct 3, 2025 · 1 hr 4 min
47: Our Favourite Trees
The gang are back together and taking every detour available. They shatter our image of Richard Negus, take us down a tangent around the perceptions of traditional management activities vs modern land management and question whether Callum's job is in...
Oct 1, 2025 · 15 min
The Mullet: Is it too late to build a business from my hobby?
The Mullet is our small rural business and marketing advice mini-series, brought to you by Richard P and Callum of CountrySlide. Gareth from Wales (which isn't on another planet as Callum likes to believe) has written in asking whether it is too late...
Sep 26, 2025 · 1 hr 4 min
46: Autumn Days When the Grass is Jewelled
This week Callum couldn't make it so we've brought in a stunt double in the form of Poor Producer Amy. Together the Richards and Amy talk about the signs of Autumn - everything from bats to hedges, fruits to frosts! The trio also discuss a recent...
Sep 19, 2025 · 1 hr 22 min
45: Positive Forestry with Nick and Matt
This week we interview Matt (Aspect Forestry and Rural Management) and Nick (Kilmaha Forestry) about what actually happens in forestry and the moves in the last 20 years away from bare monocultures and towards more diverse and sensitive plantations....
Sep 16, 2025 · 31 min
News1: Environment vs Food Production and Outdoors for All
Access to nature and an increase of arable land going into environmental schemes are the hot topics this week. A recent study has shown that 42.3% of farmers across the UK reduced their cropped arable area to take part in agri-environment schemes for...
Sep 12, 2025 · 54 min
44: Hedgerow Fest, Political Reshuffles and Coasteering
A download of information about the fantastic Hedgerow Fest in Ireland, what the recent changes in government could mean for rural communities, and how Wild Justice can sometimes be an ally. Callum eventually turns up after a day of no signal and...
Sep 9, 2025 · 25 min
The Mullet: When to go all in on your own business
The Mullet is our small rural business and marketing advice mini-series, brought to you by Richard P and Callum of CountrySlide. Whilst feeding us with Pheasant burgers hot off the grill at the Game Fair, Hugo asked how to tell when it's time to grow...
Sep 5, 2025 · 1 hr 6 min
43: Back to School...in France?
After a month off from regular podcast recording, we've wrangled Richard N and Callum into giving us the lowdown on what they did over the summer holidays. Callum has been to France in search of fine food, family friendly lakes and adventures with his...
Sep 2, 2025 · 23 min
The Mullet : How to grow when the algorithm is against you
The Mullet is our small rural business and marketing advice mini-series, brought to you by Richard P and Callum of CountrySlide. This episode we answer a question from Danum Blades about how to get around the meta algorithm which appears to be...
Aug 29, 2025 · 41 min
42: Game and Wildlife Conservation with Nick Von Westenholz
We sat down with Nick Von Westenholz CEO of the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust and had a conversation about what it has been like for him so far, the challenges facing rural wildlife and landowners and managers in 2025, the function of...
Aug 26, 2025 · 1 hr 20 min
41: Live at FolkEast!
A little bonus episode in the form of Richard interviewing Richard about hedgelaying and his book live on stage at FolkEast. There's even a little preview of what the audiobook might sound like! CountrySlide is a podcast that looks at farming,...
Aug 22, 2025 · 37 min
40: The Cornish Episode with Avian Sandercock
Richard P sat down with Avian Sandercock - regular cohost of the Guns on Pegs podcast, ex-gin distiller, current gin drinker, woodland manager and proud Cornish man. The pair talk about Cornwall's different coastlines and Avian's struggle to find...
Aug 15, 2025 · 41 min
39: Farmer Clusters and the Importance of Data with Megan and Lizzie from GWCT
Farmer Clusters have been referenced more times than we can count in the last 38 episodes so we went straight to the source and arranged a conversation with Megan Lock and Lizzie Grayshon from GWCT who facilitate Farmer Clusters, work with waders,...
Aug 8, 2025 · 41 min
38: Protecting Rural Life with Tim Bonner
We interviewed Tim Bonner, Chief Executive at Countryside Alliance, and asked him about working in/around politics, upcoming policy and legislative changes which will affect shooting, what has changed in the last 20 years, the impacts of social media,...