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First Aired - 06/14/2009 01:00PM
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Patrick, Mark, and Ed talk about keeping industry sustainable and green with guests Curtis Wayne, Chris Diamond, and Meredith Bergmann.
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Introduction & Curtis Wayne (12:59)
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Mark turns 43 tomorrow, Green Industires, LEED, Leadership in Energy and Envirnomental Design, luan wood is not green, helping architects construct their dreams, computers are isolating the new generation of architects, new buildings in New York, realizing potential with empty buildings, breaking new ground with design, neighborhood community board, zoning laws in new york, it takes years before construction ever starts, there are underground streams, sometimes building construction can affect a neighbor building, New York has a lot of good bedrock, Brooklyn is more of a sandbar, Curtis Wayne,Construction Sustainibility with Curtis Wayne & Chris Diamond (15:20)
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Chris Diamond, sustainibility consultant with Steven Winters, Chris helps make buildings more sustainable, buildings are taking the most energy to build and sustain, New York buildings are up for a century or more, shipping container is repurposing something that's already had a life and therefore sustainible, using virgin steel is okay when longevity is in mind, make sure you don't illuminate a room when it's not being used, energy management systems are becoming more prevelant, cut down energy consumption by turning off lights, daylight sensors, payback on energy management system takes twelve years or less, energy costs are subsidized in the United States, energy bill pays for the fuel and the infrastructure, acid rains from coal burning plants make huge coal ash piles, these ash piles are a risk and are hidden from the public, the new all glass skyscrapers aren't so bad, the materials that bond the glass together are not efficient, mass versus glass, glass coatings keep heat out, in the end glass will never perform that well, factories converted into lofts are efficient, carbon footprint of producing cement is pretty high, the composition of concrete has been changing, fly ash, connected back to the way romans made concrete with volcanic ash, climate determines energy technology, glue, in the late 1970s Germany started climate change discussions, Germany made naturally efficient cooling buildings, gadgety buildings, Seamans, control systems, Romans didn't make tall buildings, caulk guns and spray foam can help,Seal Tight and Ventilate Right (16:40)
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the best way to reduce energy is to seal the building, seal tight and ventilate right, controlling radiators, costs fifty dollars to put a control on a radiator, fresh air shafts do not provide fresh air, furniture and carpets affect air quality, bamboo flooring, natural wall coverings, master switch to kill all lighting circuits, Ikea is a good company, green label plus certified carpet, FSC wood, particle board is evil, what are the benefits for having more green and sustainable materials, Battery Park City Housing Authority standards are a great place to research, the European Union has great energy standards, American private industry has stepped up, zero VOC plywood, Huffington Post, Viacom building has a fresh air shaft, Energy Star is a result of the first energy crisis, our government is lagging far behind, environmental toxins could be a culprit in autism, Hearst Corporation had one of the first post 9-11 green buildings, how the average person makes a change,Green Media Solutions with Meredith Bergmann (22:30)
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green film productions, conservation comes from good planning, the film industry is about money, it's difficult to make a greener production, recycling and waste is an easy way to help, LED technology has become useful in the studio arena, biodiesel saves money on a film shoot, biodiesel is cheaper in the east, hybrid cars were used 45 perent of the time on the film shoot, where are these companies in the environmental arena, the Producers Guild of America has been instrumental, www.PGAGreen.Org, digital films make a difference in the environment, catering was all organic, saved about 14,000 plastic water bottles by using metal instead, Focus Films, www.greenmediasolutions.net, this movie inspired NBC to change its thoughts on Green, 30 Rock is very green, Meredith Bergmann, Green Media Solutions, Meredith explains a film shoot, Brooklyn stages, Paramount, Fox, Universal, Disney, Away We Go the movie, Meredith prevented 49 percent of waste going to the landfill on the Away We Go shoot,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 05/17/2009 12:00PM
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Patrick and Katy speak sourcing and cheese with Steve Jenkins of Fairway Market, Cruz Goler of Lupa and Nikki Rose.
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Introduction and Show Summary with Patrick Martins and Katy Keiffer (5:09)
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Sourcing cheese and Greece,Sourcing with Steve Jenkins of Fairway Market (7:02)
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Dean and Deluca, Fairway, cheese, sourcing master, original NYC gourmet food industry, fresh pasta, extra virgin olive oil, scarcity, corruption in olive oil industry, Raffetto Pasta, Greek olives, color to determine quality, Balduccis, Palermo, Eli,NYC Cheese Movements: Origins (6:38)
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NYC cheese, availability of European specialties, distress cheeses, cookbooks determined which cheeses to look for, Waverley Route, MFK Fischer, Brie, raw milk, aged 60 days, cheese outlaws, similar to charcuterie regulations,American Artisanal Cheese: A Primer (7:45)
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American artisanal cheese, brainy cheesemakers, new tradition, American and Canadian self-taught cheesemakers, American originals, Dry Monterey Jack, Ig Vella, derivatives of other older varieties, best in the business, traceable olive oil, Steve Jenkin's labeling, food enthusiastic shoppers, history, ferment, unique, Red Hook Fairway,Lupa and Roman Cuisine with Chef Cruz Goler (6:57)
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Testaccio, bresaola, grandmother, Italian butcher neighborhoods, 5th floor cooking, seasonal market-driven food, peasant food philosophy, all parts of the animal, culinary school, French influence, Mario Batali, serving size and portion control, lesser cuts, Roman trattoria, definition of Lupa cuisine,Italian Uproar and Authentic Pizza with Cruz Goler (7:04)
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american pizza, new pizza place, cross-cultural cooking, dbgb, food carts, comfort food, water effect on pizza, local products, Daniel Boulud, Ferran Adrian, nature is not constant, lupa restaurant,Nikki Rose and Crete's Culinary Sanctuaries (6:16)
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agritourism, teach chefs production of Greek specialties, cultural heritage, resistance to change, tourism and community being ruined by tourism machine, lack of interest in farming, artisan production, wine makers, land for shepards, eco-tourism, Crete's Culinary Sanctuary, travel,Tourism in Greece with Nikki Rose (4:24)
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kokkari, tour of cretes culinary sanctuary, rich history, labyrinth museum, ross daily, organic winery, botanists, mountaineers, www.cookingincrete.com, professional seminars, public programs, olive oil production class, 4000 years of agricultural production,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 04/04/2010 12:00PM
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Patrick Martins and Mike Edison speak to Ben Flanner about rooftop farms, Scott Smith about BBQ, and Jason Boog about the iPad and the future of publishing.
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Easter Intro (13:26)
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Patrick Martins, Tekserve, Mike Edison, Ben Flanner, BBQ, Scott Smith, sustainability, media bistro, ipad, cryogenics, Steve Pope, Brooklyn Grange, punching through new ideas!, slowing metabolism, miracles!, kfabe, a million pounds of soil on the roof, Jason Boog, Erik Hoffner, huge flat warehouses, great open spaces, growing food right in NYC, using space to grow food, Roberta's was a autobody shop, can any roof sustain all that soil?, structural engineer, Gaia Institute, Steve Menkowitz, Styrofoam mixed with soil, roots need gaps in the growing medium, Rub BBQ, championship style BBQ, electric wood burning oven, no full sized logs, EPA, the amount of smoke produced, filtration systems, whole hogs, lamb shoulders, non-regional style means more freedom, Nat is tagging/engineering, operators are standing by, the operator is Nat,Ben Flanner and Brooklyn Grange (14:56)
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why the resistance to change the city?, why is it so hard?, everybody in bk thinks their property is worth a whole lot of money long term, landlords see their building as an ATM machine, a new revenue stream, a roof garden adds value and WOWlue, amazing simplicity, growing a little of everything, 1300 tomato plants, kale, chard, herbs galore, fun things!, puntarelle, treviso, purple tomatillos, purple okra, thai chilis, peppers do great on the roof, how can you sell such a diversity?, demand far exceeds supply, the city is receptive but wont give us cash, city offers a tax credit, the tax credit goes straight to the landlord, the DEP, Christine Quinn, venture capitalists, www.brooklyngrangefarm.com, cattle grazing on the roof, Mike wants a rooftop ranch, a typical head of cattle takes 1-2 acres, goats!, bee keeping is legal now, its no fun anymore now that its legal, mead, step-by-step of getting the farm up, source your soil, lightweight porous soil, pizzas to the cop shop, Putzmeister, dumping stuff on the roof, Bobcat frontloader, lifting palates with a crane, Green Roof membrane, drainage system, shooting and dropping soil, a million pounds!!!, what did the people farm when the Dutch ran the island?, short growing season, legumes grow well cuz they can handle heat and don't need much maintainence, chickory, lettuces, what produces the most / least?, ground cherries are great but produce the least, nightshades,Brooklyn Grange vs. Commercial Farms (11:02)
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is this cheaper than farmers market food?, how does it compare to Pathmark?, a little bit of scale, once you have an ecosystem going and have paid off yr debts you have eliminated a lot of transportation costs, Scott is one of the few sustainable BBQ guys, amazing belly is worth an extra $2, not adding a lot to it, sustainable pigs look as good or better than commodity in terms of fat content, sustainable pigs, making your own bacon, beautifully fatty meat!, vertical farming won't cut off traditional farmers, produce is lacking in NYC, all the good produce is getting used upstate, this benefits the community as an example, Roberta's, Gwen, the San Francisco film festival, Al Qaeda, not much work for the architects,Scott Smith of Rub on BBQ (8:29)
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Polaroid means sleaziness to Mike, porn mags got a lot of amazing Polaroids, naked pictures of Chuck Berry, secrets of BBQ, trial and error, every pit is different, 10,000 hours until you are a virtuoso, you can tell from how the fire is burning, you can vibe it, you are only limited by the time you can spend on it, seperate your grill into a hot side with burning fuel and a meat side with a temperature gauge, BBQ rabbit, rabbit is too lean to BBQ, domesticated duck is good, wild duck is too lean for BBQ, chuck roast is not bad for BBQ, Scott has smoked chucks for friends, brisket and shortrib are ideal for BBQ,Erik Hoffner of Orion Magazine (16:01)
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Erik Hoffner, Orion Magazine, Michael Pollan said local is the new organic in Orion Magazine, howd you get into mushrooms?, its mushroom season soon, Erik got into mushrooms in California, one giant mushroom in Oregon, chantrelles, trumpet size, keep it dank and dark, its easy and cheap to grow your own shitake, mushrooms go great with BBQ, chantrelles are great just in butter, you can grow shitakes as big as portabellos, grilling mushrooms, the travesty of factory meat, eating a half pound of ground beef is like driving an SUV for 10 miles, the way we raise meat is responsible for 20% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, mimick nature, grassland can sequester as much methane as the cows can put down, free range rotationally grazed, can you feed the world like that?, some places can grow grass better than others, is it better to bring beef in from Chile than to buy local?, eat meat more like an ingredient than a main course entree, David Chang says meat needs to cost more period, completely grass fed is not as consistently fatty and delicious, Josh Ozersky, grass fed corn finished is a good comprimise, try Argentinian beef, www.Orionmagazine.org, leave a comment!, Mike is thinking about magic mushrooms, map of meat,Steve Pope on Easter, Eggs, and Chickens (7:54)
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Steve Pope, Easter, the egg, the healing powers of the egg and chicken, the rooster would crow three times, easter egg hunts are a fertility ritual, the chicken has been a good traveler throughout time, the nutrition of chickens kept people healthy, chicken soup, smooth chicken broth, chicken fat shmaltz, coating the throat, some of all this has been lost, boil that chicken!, break the larger bones to open the bone structure and release marrow, the rites of spring,Jason Boog on the iPad (19:22)
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Yankees vs Red Sox, iPad vs Everyone, Jason Boog, Galleycat, the death of print, free media publicity for steve jobs, crazy Apple fans, really just a big iPhone, its not even an iPhone, iPhone is not a good phone, having a computer in your pocket, don't buy the first generation of any Apple product!, mediabistro.com, GalleyCat.com, how much should a digital book cost?, content costs money, people think they should be able to read everything for free, 99 cents is NOT enough for a book!, thats what the library is for, books are better friends than a stream of electrons, people are used to 99 cents for everything from Apple, Patrick's comic moment, you wanna make a steak you need fire!, a crap novel is crap no matter how you read it, digital books are great for self-publishing, planned obselescence, from production to consumer culture, format wars are decided by the pornographers, iPads are just porn delivery devices, the most popular pirated book online has been the Kama Sutra, eighty percent of Google searches are sex related, Mike prefers porn stars over amateurs, so many people are willing to offer their opinions on things for free, Seton Hill,Jason Boog on the Future of Publishing (14:17)
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Apple iStore is changing pricing, Amazon versus Publishers, silding scale for Hollywood movies, indie publishing, the experience of an author is going to change drastically, Mike's publisher turned down his free content, Undertaker was undefeated 18-0, Vince McMahon's wife is running for Senate, Mike doesn't want to be pessimistic, Wrestlemania,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
