Established | 2009 |
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Founder | Patrick Martins |
Headquarters | Brooklyn, NY |
Key people | Caity Moseman Wadler, executive director |
Website | www |
Heritage Radio Network is an independent 501(c)3 non-profit covering the world of food, drink and agriculture. The member-supported radio station has more than one million monthly listeners in over 200 countries. [1]
In 2009, largely inspired by Carlo Petrini and his pirate radio station in Italy, Radio Bra Onde Rosse, Patrick Martins founded the Heritage Radio Network in the back of Roberta's in Bushwick, Brooklyn. [2] The radio studio was built using two re-purposed twenty-foot shipping containers. [3] [4]
Since its inception, Heritage Radio Network has broadcast more than 4,000 shows and produced more than 30 regular weekly programs about such topics as food technology, beer, cheese, food history and politics, and cocktails. [1] Shows feature guests ranging from chefs, food policy analysts, farmers, restaurateurs, musicians and artists. [5] Previous guests have included Alice Waters, Michael Pollan, Joan Dye Gussow, Éric Ripert, Florence Fabricant, Marion Nestle, Danny Meyer, [6] Jamie Oliver, [7] Anthony Bourdain [8] and more. [9] [10] [11] All shows are archived and accessible on the Heritage Radio Network website and through iTunes and Stitcher Radio. [4]
Title | Host(s) / Cast | Topics | Debut |
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A Taste of the Past | Linda Pelaccio | Culinary History | December 10, 2009 [12] |
Agave Road Trip | Lou Bank & Chava Periban | Mezcal and Agave Spirits | June 9, 2020 [13] |
All in the Industry | Shari Bayer | Interviews with the Hospitality Industry | January 8, 2014 [14] |
Back Bar | Greg Benson | Cocktails and Culinary History | December 15, 2020 [15] |
Beer Sessions Radio | Jimmy Carbone | Craft Beer and the Brewing Industry | March 12, 2010 [16] |
Buenlimón Radio | Mariana Velasquez and Diego Senior | Spanish Language Food & Culture | September 10, 2017 [17] |
Bushwick Podcast | Luke Griffin | Hyperlocal Coverage of the Bushwick Neighborhood | September 27, 2018 [18] |
Cooking in Mexican from A to Z | Aarón Sanchez, Zarela Martínez | Home Cooking | October 28, 2020 [19] |
Cooking Issues | Dave Arnold, Nastassia Lopez | Cooking Advice | June 29, 2010 [20] |
Cutting the Curd | Cara Warren, Diane Stemple, Anne Saxelby (former) | Cheesemaking & the Cheese Industry | June 7, 2009 [21] |
Eat Your Heartland Out | Capri Cafaro | Culinary History, The American Midwest | July 2, 2020 [22] |
Eat Your Words | Cathy Erway | Interviews with Cookbook Authors | October 9, 2009 [23] |
Eating Matters | Jenna Liut | Food Policy and Sustainability | July 11, 2014 [24] |
Feast Meets West | Lynda Liu | Asian Culture & Food | January 11, 2017 [25] |
In the Sauce | Alison Cayne | The Business of Consumer Packaged Goods | September 4, 2018 [26] |
Japan Eats | Akiko Katayama | Japanese Cuisine | May 11, 2015 [27] |
Meant to be Eaten | Coral Lee | Food & Culture | September 12, 2017 [28] |
Meat and Three | Caity Moseman Wadler, Kat Johnson | Food News, Food & Culture | May 11, 2018 [29] |
My Welcome Table | Jessica B. Harris | Culinary History | January 18, 2012 [30] |
Opening Soon | Jenny Goodman and Alex McCreary | Opening Restaurants | May 7, 2019 [31] |
Pizza Quest | Peter Reinhart | Professional and Home Pizza Making | May 16, 2021 [32] |
Processing | Zahra Tangorra & Bobbie Comforto | Conversations about Food & Grief | January 16, 2020 [33] |
Snacky Tunes | Greg Bresnitz, Darin Bresnitz | Music & Food | July 13, 2009 [34] |
Soul by Chef Todd Richards | Todd Richards | Southern Food | October 20, 2020 [35] |
Speaking Broadly | Dana Cowin | Interviews with Women in Food | January 11, 2017 [36] |
The Big Food Question | HRN Staff | Food News | July 22, 2020 [37] |
The Farm Report | Lisa Held | American Agriculture | April 5, 2009 [38] |
The Line | Eli Sussman | Chef Interviews | September 20, 2016 [39] |
The Speakeasy | Damon Boelte, Sother Teague, Greg Benson | Cocktails and Hospitality | January 12, 2011 [40] |
Time For Lunch | Hannah Fordin, Harry Rosenblum | Kids | March 27, 2020 [41] |
What Doesn't Kill You | Katy Keiffer | Food & Agriculture Policy | October 16, 2011 [42] |
Hosted by Greg and Darin Bresnitz, a pair of twins with long-running connections to the worlds of hospitality and music, Snacky Tunes is a talk show that pairs interviews with chefs and musicians. Most episodes include live musical performances interspersed with the musicians' interviews. [43]
Title | Host(s) | Genre | First episode aired | Final episode aired |
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After the Jump | Grace Bonney | Design | April 9, 2012 | December 23, 2014 |
A Hungry Society | Korsha Wilson | Food Media | September 8, 2017 | July 26, 2020 [44] |
Arts & Seizures | Mike Edison | Music, Counter Culture | May 15, 2011 | August 15, 2018 [45] |
Chef's Table | Dorothy Cann Hamilton | Chef Interviews | May 9, 2012 | January 2, 2017 |
Modernist Breadcrumbs | Michael Harlan Turkell, Nathan Myhrvold, Francisco Migoya | Bread and Baking | October 4th, 2017 | December 19, 2018 [46] |
In February 2013, Heritage Radio Network was named one of Saveur 100 Favorite things of 2013. [5] Heritage Radio Network is the recipient of a grant from The Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and Culinary Arts. [1]
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