Podcasts are a great new way to learn. They are like radio shows in digital audio files that you can download and listen to on your computer, iPod, or MP3 player. They range from downloadable versions of actual radio shows such as the "Prairie Home Companion" to programming made exclusively for this exciting new medium. Here are the first of this new breed. All of them are available as downloads from within Apple's iTunes and some can be downloaded directly from a website.
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BBQ Central. Hosted by Greg Rempe in Cleveland, Ohio. His informative interviews usually run about 20 minutes and include a wide range of experts from Steve Raichlen to welders who make cookers. Available for subscription from iTunes.
BBQ Forum. Hosted by Ray Basso of, these are interviews with people who are regulars on the BBQ Forum message board. Many of them are also regulars on the competition circuit. Interviews are of various length and run from 11-46 minutes.
Barbecue Secrets. Hosted by Ron Shewchuk, author of the excellent book, "Barbecue Secrets", in North Vancouver, British Columbia, this new podcast is aimed at the backyard chef and is full of tips on technique. (Full disclosure: some clown called Meathead is a regular guest).
Splendid Table. Lynne Rossetto Kasper is a great cook, great teacher, great interviewer, and her laugh is impossible to resist. Her weekly radio show in NPR begins with a chat with Jane and Michael Stern, mavens of road food and joints and hangouts from coast to coast. Also a regular guest is Josh Wesson, the most unpretentious of all wine geeks. You can subscribe to the podcast free from her website or via iTunes.
AmazingRibs.com is all about the Zen of Barbecue, cooking ribs, and all kinds of BBQ recipes and techniques: Baby back ribs, spare ribs, pulled pork, beef brisket, chicken, turkey, steak, lamb, barbecue sauces, rubs, side dishes, with the net's best buying guide to barbecue smokers and cookers.
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