Get Schooled: Jack's "Food Studies 101" Syllabus

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by Jack Inslee, Executive Producer, HRN

Podcasts are cool, yes. Podcasts are also educational tools, and education is the driving force of democracy - especially in food.  No other freely available resource in the world, to my knowledge, offers an audio library like ours. If you're a long time listener, you already know this.

Our 8,000 + podcasts are essentially a virtual masters degree in Food Studies. Nothing can compare to a hands on classroom experience with legendary professors like Marion Nestle or Krishnendu Ray, both of whom are frequent guests on HRN, but making your way through our free catalog of raw, unguarded conversations with those at the forefront of the food revolution comes pretty damn close.

If you're new to the network, or don't know where to start, let me outline a sample syllabus for you...a syllabus playlist, if you will.

 

CULINARY HISTORY

TasteofthePast
A Taste of the Past

hosted by Linda Pelaccio

 

MODERNIST COOKING AND CULINARY SCIENCE

Cooking-Issues
Cooking Issues

hosted by Dave Arnold

 

FERMENTATION & LIBATION

Fuhmentaboudit
Fuhmentaboudit!

hosted by Chris Cuzme & Mary Izett

 

SCHOOL MEALS FOR K-12

Inside_School_Food
Inside School Food

hosted by Laura Stanley

 

CHEESE 101

Cutting-the-Curd (1)
Cutting the Curd

hosted by Greg Blais, Emily Acosta (host emeritus Anne Saxelby)

 

THE ART OF FOOD

THE FOOD SEEN red
The Food Seen

hosted by Michael Harlan Turkell

 

AGRICULTURE, FARMING, and THE FUTURE

Greenhorn-Radio
Greenhorns Radio

hosted by Severine von Tscharner Fleming

 

The-Farm-Report
The Farm Report

hosted by Erin Fairbanks

 

CRITICAL POLICY IN FOOD

Eating-Matters
Eating Matters

hosted by Kim Kessler

 

What-Doesn_t-Kill-You
What Doesn't Kill You

hosted by Katy Keiffer

 

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