Talking Responsible Travel on the Heritage Radio Network's Q-Report

Talking Responsible Travel on the Heritage Radio Network’s Q-Report

whl.travel
22 September 2009

On Sunday 10 October, Ethan Gelber, editor of this blog and at present visiting New York City, appeared on Heritage Radio Network‘s Q-Report to talk about responsible travel and whl.travel.

A full recording of the conversation with hosts Katy Keiffer and Patrick Martins is available online here. (The segment with Ethan begins at 30 minutes and 22 seconds into the broadcast or can be jumped to by scrolling down the page to the segment entitled ‘Ethan Gelber of www.whl.travel Talks About Responsible Tourism’.)

Heritage Radio Network (HRN) bills itself as

“a cutting edge internet-based radio station designed to protect and advance our country’s rich cultural roots in the form of interviews, reflections, musings and ramblings from America’s leading farmers, food mavericks, filmmakers, artists and tastemakers. The live radio shows are then uploaded onto heritageradionetwork.com where content is archived into audio bits and pieces and searchable by keywords or phrases. This is an unprecedented venue for future historians who want to research their past, our present.”

Launched in April of 2009, HRN now broadcasts more than 10 shows weekly, most focusing on some aspect of the food industry. However, as the network grows, other aspects of popular culture will come under the microscope. In all cases, “the programming reflects the progressive views of the founders, and incorporates a philosophy that chronicles and celebrates the growing movement to change how Americans eat, and by extension think, about the planet.”

“It was great to be able to bring whl.travel to the attention of HRN listeners,” said Ethan. “The changes in America – and around the world – to how people consume, whether that consumption be of food, other resources or the hospitality of overseas hosts, is one whl.travel is pleased to see chronicled by HRN. We hope somehow to continue to add to the creative mix and to highlight the importance of responsible travel to ever broader audiences.”