Home brewing topic on NPR's "On Point" on Friday

Just saw this on facebook. NPR's On Point interview show usually has very interesting and informed guests and the host is a thoughtful interviewer. Friday (10/1) they're apparently going to do a whole hour on home brewing. I wonder who they'll interview from the home brewing community.



http://www.facebook.com/OnPointRadio
http://www.onpointradio.org/

Sweet I'll have to listen I love their programming

No one can resist my Schweaty Balls.

I bet it's ray Daniels

I think Papa C...

Homercidal said:

I think Papa C...

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I agree.....He seems to be the voice of homebrew.

Maybe the guys from Basic Brewing? They already have the voices for NPR...

Homercidal said:

Maybe the guys from Basic Brewing? They already have the voices for NPR...

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O God no, please, no.

It is my bud Randy who runs The Modern Brewer in Cambridge, MA. Great guy, very cool and smart. It will definitely be worth listening to, and if you can't listen live, you can get it on the podcast.

It's on right now.
http://www.onpointradio.org/2010/10/homebrewed-beer

Brad Ring, publisher of Brew Your Own magazine.

Rich Heller, president of the Beer Barons of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Randy Barill, manager of Home Brew Emporium in Cambridge, MA.

WBUR is having a Fund Drive currently. Is the show still going to be a 1 hour broadcast or the 30 minutes of show and 30 minutes of fundraising?

At least when they go blind they can still listen to the radio.

Yeah, too bad they had to have this show during the fund drive, maybe the podcast will be edited. I didn't learn much that I didn't already know from reading this forum the past 7 months, but at least it was good publicity for homebrewing.

The podcast is about 47 min, they took out the fund drive stuff. Also, BYO put up the recipes from the show: http://byo.com/component/resource/article/2194-recipes-from-byo-on-nprs-qon-pointq-oct-1-2010

any link to the podcast?

http://www.onpointradio.org/media-p...+Homebrewed+Beer&pubdate=2010-10-01&segment=2

That's the stream, for an actual mp3, check back here http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast.php?id=510053 after about 5:30pm today, looks like the current day's shows get posted about then.

This should be the permanent link to the mp3:
http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/330/510053/130273819/WBUR_130273819.mp3

Tyvm

And which listener gets quoted first, even before they go to the phones? That would be yours truly.

Mike in Hickory, NC is pretty giddy right now. Hah.

Sweet. Can't listen live but I'll check out the podcast.

Homercidal - not sure if you can get Michigan Radio (104.1 from GR or 91.1 in Flint) up in Reed City but they broadcast OnPoint at 9PM tonight.

I'm about halfway through the podcast, and I'd say the host is perfect for this topic- he's like most people who know little to nothing about homebrewing. He's scared as all get out to get tipsy at work.

He asked if the brewer was putting rodents into the lambic.

So, is it worth a listen?

Cheers for Modern Homebrew Supply!

Those guys are awesome. Even though the store is tiny, the staff is always friendly and helpful (and they have good quality malts).

fun little podcast

I love Tom's show. He balances politics, relevant news, and culture very well. The fact that he would blend in a show on homebrewing is a testament to the variety of his broadcasts.

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Primary: Edwort's Haus Pale Ale, Founder's Breakfast Stout clone
Secondary:
Bottled: Nugget Nectar clone, Green Flash clone, IIPA

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I want to go to there.

arturo7 said:

So, is it worth a listen?

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It was a nice "fluff" piece on the hobby. A good introduction for people who didn't know we existed, or were curious about homebrewing. And a good chance for homebrewers to call in a brag about what they were doing. It obviously wasn't meant to be an in-depth "brewnerd" podcast ala Brewstrong or Basic Brewing. But it was great to hear "us" being talked about.

It may have been more fun to have been able to listen to it live rather than the stream, I may have even called in and bragged about my 50th barleywine.

Don't go into it expecting a lot of depth, but if you are doing something and put it in the background, it will be a good timekiller.