Nicholas Freudenberg is Distinguished Professor of Public Health at CUNY's School of Public Health at Hunter College. He is also co-director of the New York City Food Policy Center at Hunter College.

On this week's Food Talk, Mike packs 3 great interviews into the hour. First, we hear from baker, writer, and teacher, Susan Reid of King Arthur Flour, for some great spring baking tips.

This week on In the Drink, Head Sommelier of DANIEL, Raj Vaidya, comes into the studio to speak with us about developing his early passion for fine cuisine, food, and of course, amazing wines.

Learn about some of the assistants to your favorite celebrity chefs on this HRN Community Sessions segment! Mariana Cotlear, former assistant to José Andres, sits down with Laura Ryan, assistant to chef Tom Colicchio, and Mandy Oser, former assistant to chef Eric Ripert.

Katy Keiffer rings in 2013 by talking about the upcoming season of Straight, No Chaser! Tune in to hear about recent studies on hydraulic fracturing, and how its methane byproducts make it no more environmentally sound than burning coal.

The summer's winding down, and on this week's episode of Hot Grease, Nicole Taylor is tasting some end-of-summer wines. But first, Nicole talks food headlines with HRN President Jack Inslee.

This week's episode of Cooking Issues starts off with a slightly off-topic discussion: food aesthetics. Tune in to hear Dave Arnold and Nastassia Lopez talk about the the importance of the appearance of a dish or cocktail versus its taste.

On this week's episode of Straight, No Chaser, Katy Keiffer is joined in the studio by Jean Halloran. Jean has worked on food safety and sustainability issues at in the Yonkers Office of Consumers Union for the last 25 years.

This week on Beer Sessions Radio, Jimmy Carbone has a "tasting" of all sorts of people from the beer industry.