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#TheChocolateLifeLIVE Calendar and Archive
News, views, and conversations on topics in cocoa and chocolate streamed live to YouTube, LinkedIn, and Facebook.
Scheduled Live Streams
“The Busiest Intersection in the World” – Shibuya, Tokyo
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Friday, March 24th – Episode 101
Topic: Who Buys Chocolate and Why? Exploring Changing Demographics
Topic: Who Buys Chocolate and Why? Exploring Changing Demographics
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Tuesday, March 28th – Episode 102
Topic: TBD
Topic: TBD
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Friday, March 31st – Episode 103
Topic: TBD
Topic: TBD
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TheChocolateLifeLIVE will be intermittent during the dates – April 3rd through 21st – of The Cross Country Craft Chocolate Odyssey.
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Future Guests and Topics
Have an idea for a future topic? Let us know in the comments.
Have an idea for a future topic? Let us know in the comments.
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Clay Gordon
UPDATED: About The Chocolate Wire
The Chocolate Wire is a hyper-focused press/pr aggregation and pitch service for the specialty/craft cocoa and chocolate industry. The Chocolate Wire’s mission is to promote the efforts of this diverse group of producers and makers around the world.
TheChocolateWire
March, 2023
TheChocolateLifeLIVE – 100th Episode Special
Episode 100 of #TheChocolateLifeLIVE streams on Tuesday, March 21st, from 12:00~13:00 EDT.
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLifeLIVE – The Chocolate War 2023
Episode 99 of #TheChocolateLifeLIVE streams Friday, March 17th from 12:00~13:00 EDT.
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLifeLIVE – What Can An AI Tell Us About Chocolate?
Anything new? Surprising? Episode 98 of #TheChocolateLifeLIVE streams Tuesday, March 14th from 12:00~13:00 EDT. That’s right folks, it’s Daylight Savings Time here in the US already.
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLifeLIVE – How Cool is COOL?
Episode 97 of #TheChocolateLifeLIVE streams from 12:00~13:00 EST on Friday, March 10th
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLifeLIVE – Making an alt.Milk Chocolate
Episode 96 of #TheChocolateLifeLIVE streams from 12:00~13:00 EST on Tuesday, March 7th.
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLifeLIVE – Healthy: What’s in a Word?
Episode 95 of #TheChocolateLifeLIVE streams from 12:00~13:00 EST on Friday, March 3rd.
TheChocolateWire
February, 2023
TheChocolateLifeLIVE – Alternative Ingredients
Episode 94 of #TheChocolateLifeLIVE streams from 12:00~13:00 on Tuesday, February 28th.
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLifeLIVE - Non-Traditional Pairings: Chocolate with Whaaaat?
Episode 93 of #TheChocolateLifeLIVE streams from 12:00~13:00 on Friday February 24th.
Clay Gordon
UPDATED: TheChocolateLifeLIVE – February AMA & Chocolate News
Episode 92 of #TheChocolateLIVE streams on Tuesday, February 21st from 12:00~13:00 EST.
Clay Gordon
TheChocolateLifeLIVE – Valentine’s Day Retcon
Episode 91 of #TheChocolateLifeLIVE streams Friday, February 17th from 12:00~13:00.
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLifeLIVE – Announcing the 3rd AVPA “Chocolates Processed at Origin” Contest
Episode 90 of #TheChocolateLifeLIVE will stream on Feb 14th – Valentine’s Day – from 12:00~13:00 EST.
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLifeLIVE – The Adventures Continue: The Cross Country Craft Chocolate Odyssey
Episode 80 of #TheChocolateLifeLIVE streams from 12:00 EST on Friday, February 10th.
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLifeLIVE – 2023 Craft Chocolat Challenge Results Show
Episode 88 of #TheChocolateLifeLIVE streams on Tuesday, February 7th from 12:00~13:00 EST.
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLifeLIVE – In The (Chocolate) News
Episode 87 of #TheChocolateLifeLIVE streams live on Friday, February 3rd from 12:00 EST.
TheChocolateWire
January, 2023
Lead + Cadmium + Chocolate Does NOT Have to Equal Fear
The words lead, cadmium, and chocolate in the same sentence are a perfect storm for clickbait. Add kids into the mix and the topic is pretty much guaranteed to lead the 11 o’clock news because the optics are scary.
Keith Ayoob
TheChocolateLifeLIVE – Labeling for Packaging Deep Dive
Episode 85 of #TheChocolateLifeLIVE streams worldwide from 12:00~13:00 Friday, January 27th from ChocolateLife HQ in Brooklyn, NY.
TheChocolateWire
Updated: TheChocolateLifeLIVE – Rating and Judging Chocolate (Bars)
Episode 84 of #TheChocolateLifeLIVE streams from 12:00~13:00 on Tuesday, January 24th on YouTube, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLifeLIVE – Where Does Chocolate Come From?
Episode 83 of #TheChocolateLifeLIVE streams Friday, Jan 20th from 12:~13:00 EST.
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLifeLIVE – The 15th Anniversary Show
Episode 82 of #TheChocolateLifeLIVE will be a celebration of the fifteen years of the history of TheChocolateLife. Streaming live from 12:00~13:00 EST on Tues, Jan 17th.
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLifeLIVE – Chocolate in NYC Today, Rhonda Kave @ Roni-Sue Chocolates
Episode 81 of #TheChocolateLifeLIVE streams from 12:00~13:00 EST on Tuesday, January 10th.
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLifeLIVE – Reexamining Retail Markup
Episode 80 of #TheChocolateLifeLIVE streams from 12:00~13:00 EST on Friday, January 6th.
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLifeLIVE – The Languages of Cocoa and Chocolate
Episode 79 – the first episode of 2023 – of #TheChocolateLifeLIVE starts streaming from 12:00~13:00 EST on Tue Jan 03, 2023.
Clay Gordon
December, 2022
TheChocolateLifeLIVE – Looking Forward, Looking Back
Episode 78 – the last episode of 2022 – of #TheChocolateLifeLIVE streams on Friday December 30th from 12:00~13:00 EST
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLifeLIVE: Deconstructing the Epicurious Guide to Chocolate
Episode 77 of #TheChocolateLifeLIVE streams on Tuesday, December 27th from 12:00~13:00 EST.
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLifeLIVE – The $100 Chocolate Bar
Episode 76 of #TheChocolateLifeLIVE streams from 12:00~13:00 EST on Friday, December 23rd.
TheChocolateWire
UPDATED: TCLLIVE – Awards Analysis Nerdgasm & AMA
Episode 75 of #TheChocolateLifeLIVE streams on Tuesday, December 20th from 12:00~13:00 EST.
Clay Gordon
TheChocolateLifeLIVE – with Bhavani V / Diamond Custom Machines
Episode 74 of #TheChocolateLifeLIVE streams Friday, December 16th, from 12:00~13:00 EST.
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLifeLIVE – Dustin Cornett / The Craft Chocolate Challenge
Episode 73 of #TheChocolateLifeLIVE streams on Tuesday, December 13th from 12:00~13:00 EST.
TheChocolateWire
UPDATED :: TheChocolateLifeLIVE – Cocoa Runners’ Spencer Hyman
Episode 72 of #TheChocolateLifeLIVE streams live on Tuesday, December 6th from 12:00 EST.
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLife::LIVE - Raven Hanna, The Molecular Muse
Episode 71 streams live on Friday, December 2nd from 1200~13:00 EST.
TheChocolateWire
November, 2022
TheChocolateLife::LIVE – Downscaling Chocolate Production Case Study
Episode 70 streams Tue, Nov 29th from 12:00~13:00 EST.
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLife::LIVE – The Past, Present, and Future of Cacao?
Episode 69 streams live from 12:00~13:00 EST Friday, Nov 25th.
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLife::LIVE – AMA Innovation News
Episode 68 of #TheChocolateLifeLIVE streams on Tuesday, November 22nd from 12:00~13:00 EST.
TheChocolateWire
Updated: TheChocolateLife::LIVE – 2nd Generation Chocolate
Episode 67 streams live from 12:00 EST Friday November 18th.
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLife::LIVE – Where the Wild Chocolate Grows w/ Rowan Jacobsen
Episode 66 streams live on Tuesday, November 15th from ChocolateLife World HQ in Brooklyn, NY, NY beginning at 12:00 EST.
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLife::LIVE – Meet the Director: Denise Speck
Episode 65 streams live from ChocolateLife World HQ in Brooklyn, NY beginning at 12:00 EST Friday, Nov 11.
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLife::LIVE – Leslie Agyare / Three Mountains Cocoa
Episode 64 streams live from ChocolateLife World HQ in Brooklyn, NY starting at 12:00 EST on Tuesday, November 8th.
Clay Gordon
On The Road Again, Again
Episode 63 streams live from ChocolateLife World HQ (in Brooklyn, NYC) starting at 12:00 EDT Friday, November 4th.
TheChocolateWire
October, 2022
I was traveling internationally 22 days in October.
TheChocolateLife::LIVE – On The Road Again
Episode 62 of #TheChocolateLifeLIVE streams on Tuesday October 4th beginning at 12:10 EDT.
Clay Gordon
September, 2022
TheChocolateLife::LIVE – CADMIUM 2.0
Episode 61 streams live from 12:00 EDT Friday, Sept 30 w/ special guest and ChocolateLife contributor Keith Ayoob. Join us as we explore the topic of cadmium in chocolate in depth – with a close look at an influential source of (mis)information on this topic.
Keith Ayoob
TheChocolateLife::LIVE – Top Q&A About Chocolate on Social Media
Episode 60 streams live from 12:00 EDT on Friday, September 16th. This is a “live remote” from Prescott, Arizona, where I am taking a much-needed break.
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLife::LIVE – Is Modern Slavery Really REAL Slavery?
Episode 59 streams live starting at 12:00 on Tuesday, Sep 13. Please help me spread awareness of this topic by using the hashtag #DontBuyTheLie.
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLife::LIVE – Roasting Deep Dive
Episode 58 starts streaming live Friday, September 9th at 12:00 EDT. In this episode we take a look at approaches/techniques and equipment used for roasting cocoa. Questions are encouraged and appreciated!
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLife::LIVE – Breaking Pairing Boundaries
Episode 57 streams live beginning at noon NYC time on Tuesday, September 6th. This stream builds on the Learning to Taste live stream – so you may want to watch that one first if you have not already.
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLife::LIVE – Does Ben+Jerry+Tony = Greenwashing?
OR: The Good, The Bad, & The Greenwashing! Episode 56 streams live on Friday, Sep 2nd from 12:00 EDT and is a continuation of the discussions about what chocolate is ...
TheChocolateWire
August, 2022
TheChocolateLife::LIVE – What IS Craft Chocolate?
Episode 55 of TheChocolateLife LIVE streams on Tuesday, August 30 from 12:00 EDT. Having done a deep dive into what chocolate legally is (and isn’t) here in the US recently, it’s way past time to take a stab at what Craft Chocolate is (and isn’t).
Clay Gordon
TheChocolateLife::LIVE – What is Chocolate?
Episode 54 streams live on Friday, August 26th from 12:00 EDT and is a deep dive discussion of the standards of identity for chocolate in the US Code of Federal Regulations – plus other applicable regulations chocolate makers should know about.
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLife::LIVE – How I Learned To Taste ... Anything & Everything
OR: How I approached training my palate on my journey to becoming a professional chocolate critic. Streaming worldwide on Tuesday, August 23rd, from 12:00 EDT.
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLife::LIVE – Chocolate Claims DEBUNKED
Misinformation travels six times faster than the truth, and for some reason, bad information is sticky – resistant to being accepted as wrong. In this live stream I give debunking some erroneous claims about chocolate a go.
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLife::LIVE – Dallas Chocolate 2022 Festival Preview
Live stream with my special guest, festival founder/organizer Sander Wolf, begins at 12:00 EDT on Tuesday, August 16th.
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLife::LIVE – Brazilian Chocolate Tasting
Streaming worldwide from NYC starting at 12:00 EDT on Friday August 12th.
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLife::LIVE – The International Markets for Specialty Cocoa
A look at the international markets for cocoa and where specialty cocoa fits.
TheChocolateWire
July, 2022
I was traveling internationally much of the month – twice to Brazil and also to Colombia. There are quite a few posts from those adventures, but no live streams this month.
June, 2022
TheChocolateLife::LIVE – Innovation Part 2: 2022 Summer Fancy Food Show Roundup
Episode 48 streams live Tuesday, June 14th from 12:00 EDT.
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLife::LIVE – Innovation, Trends, Awards
Episode 47 streams live on Friday, July 3rd from 12:00 EDT. This is part one in a two-part series surrounding my return to the Fancy Food Show for the first time since June/July 2019.
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLife::LIVE – María Jiménez Rojas / Daarnhouwer
“A month in the life of a specialty cocoa specialist” streams worldwide live from ChocolateLife HQ in Brooklyn, NY on Friday, June 3rd starting at 10:00 EDT / 16::00 CET.
TheChocolateWire
May
UPDATED: TheChocolateLife::LIVE – Chocoa 2022 Preview (Unofficial)
Episode 45 streams live from Brooklyn, NY starting at 12:00 EDT on Tuesday, May 31st.
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLife::LIVE – Solar Drying Cocoa w/ GrainPro’s Diego Lara
Streaming WorldWide LIVE from Brooklyn NY on Friday, May 27th beginning at 12:00 EDT.
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLife::LIVE – Can Chocolate be Raw? Paleo? + a Fad(?) & AMA
As with most things cocoa and chocolate, answers to questions about chocolate being raw or paleo are prefaced by, “It depends on what you mean by raw / paleo.”
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLife :: LIVE – Connecting Ethics, Sustainability, & Transparency to Impact
Episode 42 (as everyone knows, 42 is the answer to the ultimate question of Life, the Universe, and Everything) streams LIVE worldwide from Brooklyn, NY on Friday, May 20th from 12:00 EDT.
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLife::LIVE – Bryan Graham / Fruition Chocolate Works
Episode 41 streams LIVE worldwide from Brooklyn, NY starting at 12:00 EDT on Tuesday, May 17th.
TheChocolateWire
UPDATED – TheChocolateLife :: LIVE – Constructing Transparent Transparency Reports
Episode 40 streams LIVE worldwide from Brooklyn, NY starting at 12:00 EDT on Tuesday, May 10th.
TheChocolateWire
UPDATED: TheChocolateLife :: LIVE – Deconstructing “Transparency” Reports
Episode 39 streams LIVE worldwide from Brooklyn, NY from 12:00 EDT on Friday, May 6th.
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLife :: LIVE – Samir Giha, Cacaosuyo, Perú
Episode 38 starts streaming to you live from Brooklyn NY & Lima, Perú at 12:00 EDT / 11:00 PET Tuesday, May 3rd.
TheChocolateWire
April
TheChocolateLife::LIVE – Philippe Juglar / AVPA
Episode 37 streams live worldwide from NYC/Paris from 12:00 EDT Friday, April 29th.
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLife :: LIVE From the Front w/ Miki Mistrati
Episode 36 streams LIVE from 12:00 EDT / 17:00 BST on Tuesday April 26th.
Clay Gordon
TheChocolateLife :: LIVE – Carlos Eichenberger, Danta Chocolate, Guatemala
Episode 35 starts streaming live at 12:00 EDT on Friday, April 22nd.
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLife :: LIVE – Heinde & Verre
Note the earlier start time! Episode 34 streams live from 10:00 EDT (16:00 CET) on Tuesday, April 19th.
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLife LIVE - Deep Dive into Cut Tests
Episode 33 streams live starting at 12:00 EDT on Friday, April 15th.
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLife :: LIVE – with Chantal Coady
Episode 32 streams live starting at 11:00 am EDT – that’s 16:00 British Summer time – on Tuesday, April 12th.
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLife :: LIVE – Deep Dive into Continuous Tempering
Episode 31 streams live on Friday, April 8th from 12:00 EDT.
Clay Gordon
TheChocolateLife :: LIVE – Judging Quality
Episode 30 streams live from 12:00 EDT on Tuesday, April 5th.
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLife :: LIVE – The Penn State Chocolate Short Course
Episode 29 streams live on YouTube, Facebook, and LinkedIn on Friday, April 1st starting at 12:00 noon EDT.
TheChocolateWire
March
TheChocolateLife::LIVE – Yes, Virgil, There IS Such a Thing as Bad Chocolate
Episode 28 streams live worldwide on Tuesday, March 29th from 12:00 EDT.
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLife :: LIVE – Melangers Deep Dive
Episode 27 streaming LIVE worldwide on Friday, March 25th from 12:00 EDT.
Clay Gordon
TheChocolateLife::LIVE – Jeff Abella / Moka Origins
Episode 26 streams worldwide LIVE from 12:00 EDT, Tuesday, March 22ndWi.
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLife::LIVE – Mass Balance & Other Cautionary Tales
Episode 25 streaming worldwide LIVE from 12:00 EDT, Friday, March 18th.
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLife :: LIVE – Mackenzie Rivers / Map Chocolate & The Next Batch School
Episode 24 streaming worldwide live on Tuesday March 15th from 12:00 EDT – Daylight time here in the US.
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLife::LIVE – Words. Beliefs. Actions. Consequences.
Episode 23 streaming worldwide live on Tuesday March 11th from 12:00 EST.
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLife :: LIVE – Nick Davis, One One Cacao, Jamaica
Episode 22 streaming worldwide live on Tuesday March 8th from 12:00 EST.
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLife :: LIVE – Chocolate Styles, Ancient & Modern
Episode 21: Streaming live from 12:00pm EST Friday March 4th
TheChocolateWire
TheChocolateLife :: LIVE w/ Max Gandy / Dame Cacao
Episode 20: Streaming live Tue Mar 1 from 12:00 EST.
Clay Gordon
February
TheChocolateLife :: LIVE – Printing & Packaging 101
Episode 19: Streaming live from 12:00pm EST Friday February 25th
Clay Gordon
TheChocolateLife :: LIVE w/ Damion Badalamenti
Streaming live from 12:00pm EST Friday February 22nd
Clay Gordon
TheChocolateLife :: LIVE – the blacklist
Streaming live from 12:00pm EST Friday February 18th
Clay Gordon
TheChocolateLife :: LIVE – w/ Shawn Askinosie
Streaming LIVE on Tue Feb 15 from 12pm EST
Clay Gordon
TheChocolateLife :: LIVE – Learning to Taste (Chocolate)
Streaming LIVE on Fri Feb 11 from 12:00 EST.
Clay Gordon
TheChocolateLife::LIVE – Wolter Chocolates, Tabasco, MX
Tue Feb 8 starting at 12:00 EST
Clay Gordon
TheChocolateLife :: LIVE – Co-Packing 101
Friday, February 4th, 12:00 EST
Clay Gordon
TheChocolateLife :: LIVE – Derek Pedersen & John Malik
The first in the new Tuesday series that focuses on individuals in cocoa and chocolate.
Clay Gordon
January, 2022
TheChocolateLife :: LIVE – Global & DR Cocoa Studies Part 2
Friday, January 28th starting at 10:00 EST / 16:00 CET.
Clay Gordon
TheChocolateLife :: LIVE w/ Terry Collingsworth, International Rights Advocates
Friday, January 21st, 12:00 EST.
Clay Gordon
TheChocolateLife :: Live – 2021 Global Cocoa Study Preview
Friday, January 14th beginning at 12:00 EST.
Clay Gordon
TheChocolateLife :: LIVE – Learning to Teach Chocolate Making
Streaming LIVE Friday, January 7th from 12 noon EST.
Clay Gordon
December, 2021
TheChocolateLife :: LIVE – ESG & Sustainability Reporting
Friday, December 31st starting at 12 noon EST.
Clay Gordon
TheChocolateLife :: LIVE 2021 Year in Review
Friday, December 24th starting at 12 noon EST.
Clay Gordon
TheChocolateLife :: LIVE w/ Carolina Pozo, MUZE Chocolate
Streaming Live on Friday December 17th starting at 12 noon EST.
Clay Gordon
TheChocolateLife :: LIVE w/ Lars Saquero Møller, Agroclimatica
Streaming Live on Friday December 10th starting at 10am EST.
Clay Gordon
TheChocolateLife :: LIVE w/ Heather Terry, GoodSam Foods
The next stream in the regularly-scheduled series of interviews LIVE streamed to YouTube (on The Chocolate Wire channel) and Facebook (The Chocolate Life page and the Salones Internacionales de Cacao y Chocolate group).
Clay Gordon
November, 2021
TheChocolateLife :: LIVE w/ Christopher Curtin
The next stream in the regularly-scheduled series of interviews LIVE streamed to YouTube (on The Chocolate Wire channel) and Facebook (The Chocolate Life page and the Salones Internacionales de Cacao y Chocolate group).
Clay Gordon
TheChocolateLife :: LIVE w/ Arcelia Gallardo
Participate LIVE Friday, November 19th at 12 noon EST.
Clay Gordon
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