Understanding Upstate
by Jim Search and Rob Adler
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About this podcast
Understanding Upstate is a podcast dedicated to exploring what makes Upstate New York such a unique and special place. Each week hosts Jim Search and Rob Adler dive into a new Upstate topic from local monuments like the world's largest Prozac pill, to famous Upstate New Yorkers like Rod Serling, and delicacies only found Upstate like Garbage Plates, Spiedies, and Michigan Red Hots, to better understand what's up... Upstate.
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- Understanding Upstate Update · 1 minAn update for the Spiedie Freaks and Rattle Snake Petes, we're going on a hiatus for a while. But don't worry we've got a backlog of almost 3 years worth of episodes, so get in…
- Ep 147- Understanding Peg Leg Bates Country Club · 40 minThis week we take a look at what was once the largest black owned and operated resort in the United States: Peg Leg Bates Country Club. Founded by the one legged tap dancing…
- Ep 146 - Interview with The Supreme Soup · 59 minThis week we sit down with the Binghamton based rapper and activist, The Supreme Soup, to talk about his career in music and the Binghamton music scene. Check out the music from…
- Ep 145- Understanding Mott's · 35 minThis week we get to the core of Upstate New York's apple dynasty, Mott's. If you've ever popped the top on a portable cup of applesauce you've benefited from the many apple…
- Ep 144- Understanding LUMA Projection Arts Festival · 53 minThis week we return to the bright lights of Binghamton to learn all about the longstanding LUMA Projection Arts Festival, which, if you're reading this the day the episode…
- Ep 143- Understanding Ani DiFranco · 56 minWe close out summer with yet another musician from Buffalo, singer/songwriter (and much more) Ani DiFranco. From starting her own record label, putting out 20 albums, to…
- Ep 142- Understanding the Goo Goo Dolls · 49 minCome along with us this week as we go ga-ga for Goo Goo. From their grimy Buffalo, NY start as the Sex Maggots, to their inevitable pivot to Adult Contemporary chart topping…
- Ep 141- Understanding Woodstock '99 · 1 h 16 minWhat does Hilllary Clinton, Rosie Perez, and DMX have in common? Well, they all played a part in the literal shit show that would come to be known as Woodstock '99. So come along…
- Ep 140- Understanding Buffalo · 46 minThis week we are headed to the Queen City of Upstate New York, Buffalo! From the history of Buffalo to the surprisingly large number of hit singles the Goo Goo Dolls racked up…
- Ep 139- Understanding Kampai Japanese Steakhouse in Vestal, New York · 54 minThis week we are turning up the heat and taking a seat at the hibachi station as we learn about a venerable Vestal institution: Kampai Japanese Steakhouse. We'll chop it up about…
- Summer Vacation Rewind - Understanding Michigan Red Hots · 43 minThings are heating up out there this summer so we are rewinding the tape back to one of our HOTTEST episodes, that's right, we're revisiting one of our MANY hot dog episodes and…
- Ep 138- Understanding Watkins Glen International · 55 minOften in these descriptions we use the phrase "buckle up", but today we mean it, because we're headed to the famous Watkins Glen International race track, host to Formula 1…
- Ep 137- Understanding Turning Stone Resort & Casino · 47 minAs we turn the page to another episode we shift our focus to Turning Stone Resort & Casino. From it's lengthy court battles to establish itself as legitimate in the eyes of the…
- Ep 136- Understanding John McTiernan · 52 minIf you spent any amount of time in front of a TV as a child in the 80's or 90's you are well aquatinted with the work of Albany's own. John McTiernan. He launched the Predator…
- Ep 135- Understanding BC Pops · 49 minTake me to the river because this week we're learning all about one of the greatest Southern Tier traditions, BC Pops on the River! What could be better than popular tunes…
- Ep 134- Understanding IBM · 49 minThis week we are putting BIG BLUE under the microscope. That's right, we're talking about one of the biggest companies in the world, IBM, and it's humble origins in Upstate, NY…
- Ep 133- Understanding Nirchi's Pizza · 1 h 2 minThis week we are serving up a slice of the Southern Tier as we look at a Binghamton institution: Nirchi's Pizza. We've got an episode packed with first hand experiences, reviews…
- Ep 132- Understanding L. Frank Baum and The Oz-stravaganza · 44 minThis week we follow the yellow brick road to L. Frank Baum to learn about his childhood and early days upstate to his success as an author. But there's more behind the curtain…
- Ep 131- Understanding Chautauqua, NY · 47 minChautauqua means many things to many people, and today we're going to get into each of those descriptions. It's a town, an institute, a summer getaway, and a movement that for…
- Ep 130- Understanding the Binghamton Inebriate Asylum · 55 minThough it's gone by many names over the centuries, one fact has remained true, the Binghamton Inebriate Asylum is one spooky looking building. From it's origins as the first…
