2019 Fall class notes on chocolate
Planning team:
Ogechi
Alexis
Victoria
Aidan
Kennedy
to do list: paper card with facts
- create comparison card
Hosting team:
Indira
Will
Oliver
Kayde
Chloe
Errin
Documentation team:
Mel
Hannah
Klimisha
Seun
Delina
to do list:
- consent process
- video setup test
- task list for video editing
For Monday, Dec 9, Tables 2 and 3 have been reserved
Here are the readings to prepare for the Monday Dec 9 Chocolate Event:
First, one page on how to taste chocolate
Then, Planet Money has done some episodes on chocolate:
Episode 601 is called The Chocolate Curse:
https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/02/04/383830776/episode-601-the-chocolate-curse
annotation 1 intro: 2:15 - 2:40
annotation 2 Big Cocoa: 2:51
Two more episodes that mention chocolate
https://www.npr.org/2018/11/26/670881105/bonds-rating-agencies-and-chocolate
annotation 1: 7:36 - 8:20
One that's more about chocolate manufacturing (the things people can get super interested in WITHOUT THINKING ABOUT WHERE THEY COME FROM):
https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2017/12/27/573812426/episode-544-the-m-m-anomaly
And NPR's chocolate TAGS: https://www.npr.org/tags/133600046/chocolate
How to Make Radio That's Good:
1. Where do stories come from
2. For example
3. Glomming on
4. The Art of the Interview: pointing to choice, info -- what do people know? do they know how to read labels? do they know where levers to change the system are?
5. Writing
6. Taping an Interview (mic)
7. Putting music to words
8. Takes 2 & 3
9. Back in the Present Day (Snap Judgment)
Hilarious cacao ordering page:
https://miamifruit.org/blogs/news/tropical-fruit-season-guide
A more standard one:
https://www.cacaofruitco.com/products-1
Last class possibility:
Tuesday, Dec 17 10-12 BML 10