The Main Course
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First Aired - 05/06/2010 03:00PM
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Ben interviews his father author William Sargent about the implications that the recent Gulf of Mexico oil spill will have on the environment, sea life, and our economy.
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Catch It, Cook It & Eat It Introduction: Gulf Coast Oil Spill (19:35)
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Catch It Cook It & Eat It, Ben Sargent, Heritage Radio Network, White Oak Pastures, William Sargent, oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, should be leaking 4 million gallons per oil a day but its only leaking 200,000 per day, the flow is being impeded, they don't know what the initial explosion was caused by, British Petrolium, Gulf Coast oil spill, the oil rig was bigger than 2 football fields, 11 people died, death blow for that part of the world, Hurricane Katrina, fishermen, fisheries, seafood industry, 40% of our seafood comes from the Gulf of Mexico, there is concern for ice buildup, it is very cold at the bottom of the gulf, what are the potential longterm effects on sea life, totally devastating, shrimp, blue crab, sperm whales, dolphins, dozens of species of birds, endangered species, chemical dispersals, even if you can't see the oil or chemicals its still in the water column, all the shrimp eggs are at the deepest part of the water, blue fin tuna are breeding now, BP said its not their mistake, Trans Oceanic, oil companies have monetary reserves just for this kind of thing, this is a water shed event, nobody is saying drill baby drill anymore, fishermen out of work are now working for BP essentially,Why It Might Be Worse Than We Realize (20:13)
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what happens to the fishermen?, are they reembursed for the time lost and fish they cant catch?, Deepwater Horizon oil spill, band aid approach, the spill is the size of Delaware, in the coming weeks it will become overwhelming, we are addicted to oil, there is so much money tied up in oil, it's like drug dealing, Preisdent Obama, everybody has to step back and look at the big picture, we can't play politics, needs to be solved long term, the economy depends on our environment, we're losing out to countries like China, wind energy, solar energy, America has become a second rate country, will we feel the effects in New York?, there is a concern that the spill could leave the Gulf, might see oil along the beaches of Florida, this might get worse before it gets better, volcano in Iceland, it's a shame we were prepared for this, Santa Barbara spill, Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, how can we help?, William is now writing children's books,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 10/29/2009 08:00PM
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Curtis B. Wayne talks with guest Jake Alspector about the new masters and what they can collectively do about taking responsibility for the entire process of creating the built environment
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New Masters & Change In The Industry (19:42)
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Jake Alspector, Curtis B. Wayne, master builders, Burning Down The House, breaking news!, October 1st broadcast with Henry Gifford, LEED certification process, Henry spoke about this here first, LEED buildings do not necessarily use less energy than the average building, essay by Nikoli Warsoff, New York Times, Charles Gwathmey, Peter Eisenman, The New York Five, Cooper Union, The W Hotel, windows without sill flashings, flashing used to be built into stone, Europeans have a very different system, detailing is worked out with the contractors and the tradespeople after the fact and done in the field, a green building can now have its LEED cerficiation revoked, John Hejduk, tastemakers not heroes, Richard Henderson, USGBC,Pratice Vs. Praxis (28:23)
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the legacy of Charles Gwanthley, golden handcuffs, white buildings, natural materials, Richard Meyer, the Eisenman house in Vermont had to be restored, the aesthetic goals outweighed everything else, constructability, pragmatics, this is not a new argument, flat arches, slanted arch bricks, these buildings have lasted 150+ years, there is a show at Cooper on the history of architectural drawing, 7th st between 4rd and 4th ave, Roberta's, temporary dirt track, low performance motorcycle race, color theory, the more natural light the lighter the color should be, how can we reclaim the title of master builders?, architecture is all inclusive, embracing that concept, modeling for the physical world, Colin Rowe, architect talk isolates us from the public, Terry Gilliam, Bob Siegel, The Smith House, a pristine pavilion that lives in a world without weather, practice vs. praxis, caring about materials lead to fabulous expressions of cast iron structure, Houghten Gallery, feng shui, calculus takes aggregations of data and systematizes it to come to a mean string of data, the mathematics of the ideal villa,Architects: Champions Of The World! (11:55)
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Fairway Market, http://www.fairwaymarket.com, quarry, sustainable materials, new masters, CDA, Jake Alspector, the format of the show is a conversation, no softball questions!, no expensive suits and ridiculous ties!, info@heritageradionetwork.com, Construction & Design Analytics,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 10/04/2009 01:00PM
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Author of Crow Planet, Lyanda Lynn Houpt talks on the Q Report about social interaction amongst crows and their environment. Mo Frechette joins to talk about his experience as a mail order expert.
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Q Report Introduction (9:36)
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Olympics, New York Times, book review, tune in to the issues regarding food policy, conservative website run by National Cattlemen's Newsletter, www.meatingplace.com, James McWilliams, Sarge Gravert, great meat industry contributors, labeling, traceability, arrows aimed directly at the heart of meat industry, cap and trade issues, Portuguese,Author of Crow Planet: Lyanda Lynn Houpt (10:14)
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Seattle, Washington, Crow Planet: Essential Wisdom from the Urban Wilderness, many closely related crow species, the American Crow are typically seen, known to coexist well with man, environments change rapidly, crows adapt well to change, can use previous experiences to determine how they act, crows have memories and can teach younger generations behaivors, intelligence comes in to play, new behaviors amongst crows in last generation is dropping nests or a snail on the road, omnivorous,The Social Intelligence, Language and Environment of Crows (11:01)
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length of sounds, the idea of a predator, food sources, why do crows flock together, families, in Autumn crows find roost sights in the evenings, in the Spring crows nest, crow nannies, a crow can mate for life, mythological and cross cultural meanings, vultures, crows in an urban setting, hang out in the winter on tops of buildings, will eat french fries, in summer they nest in the trees, in urban areas crows nest higher up, serious predators, red tail and broadwing hawks, owls, cats, rats, observation of meaning behind communication amongst crows, researchers learned twenty different crow vocalization, modern researchers believe there are hundreds of unique vocalizations, raccoons, monogamy, in the day they scavenge for food,Mo Frechette puts the M and O in Mail Order (7:29)
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Zingermann's mail order, mail order as next move for independent farmers, biggest challenges of mail order, transportation, shipping, hardest for farmers or people with no retail outlet is getting customers, Zingermann's grew through walk ins, University town, people traffic always changing, catalog companies, Dean and Deluca, coop list acquisitions, abacus mailing list, have to have a list to start, privacy protection, buying names, frequently sending catalogs in the holiday seasons, between eight and a hundred thousand catalogs sent at a time, many mail order businesses are booming during the holiday season, forty to fifty to even ninety percent increase during the holiday season, No Impact Man's no impact,Customer Relations via the Anonymous World of the Interweb (7:00)
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you can be web only but print campaign are important, catalogs are portable, phone system training has always been important, more time spent talking to customers, not an industry standard, gives insight on what the customer wants, sourcing new products, grunt work, tastings of fifty or sixty foods, if any are chosen one or two products per tasting, product selection, the internet isn't always, quality and inventory issues, solicited and sought out,Food Trends and Tips with Mo Frechette (8:29)
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food trends, salumi having a comeback, delivery times are a hard challenge for charcuterie makers, currently happening in Brooklyn, Jewish foods in New York, keeping in touch keeps your customers, Ari Weinzweig's book Guide to Better Bacon, America's greatest fat, includes 42 recipes, Sy Ginsberg's corned beef, you can never over mail your best customers, Mo would suggest a resurgence of butcher shops,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
