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The Jiffy: Stories From Upstate New York

A documentary audio zine about upstate New York, with host James Cave as your bumbling Virgil. So far, The Jiffy has taken you to Pinksterfest in Kinderhook, vintage base ball games in Kingston, the elephant-filled corner office of the Ulster County Clerk, a forest of quaking trees in the Catskills, and up into the clock tower in Chatham – it"s a show about New York"s non-Manhattan regions, forever in search of the Kinderhook Blob.

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31:03

"Your Friend, Frederic E. Church," According to My...

The Jiffy: Stories From Upstate New York ·

2026/04/26

This year marks the 200th birthday of Frederic Church, the Hudson River School painter whose mountaintop home, Olana, helped shape how Americans imagined upstate New York. To kick off a three-part series for Frederic Church 200, James starts where Chur...

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47:55

Upstate At Large

The Jiffy: Stories From Upstate New York ·

2026/04/12

In this first episode of season two (!!) I'm taking an overdue look the concept of an "upstate" New York. What is it? Where is it? Can I go to it? And who is it for? We start at Ward's Point, the southernmost point in New York, and look northward, and ...

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16:22

A Postcard From Pinkster Fest (Re-Jiffy)

The Jiffy: Stories From Upstate New York ·

2026/02/15

Send a text The podcast is still on a bit of a hiatus while I produce "Little Pod" (a limited series with Olivia Muenter). I'll be back with new episodes here soon, but in the meantime, I'm re-sharing this episode about Pinkster Festival – a Black cultural celebration with Dutch colonial roots – which was revived for the first time in more than 200 years last year. Pinkster began as a Dutch Christian holiday but evolved into a vital gathering for enslaved and free Black New Yorkers in the 18t...

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16:22

A Postcard From Pinkster Fest (Re-Jiffy)

The Jiffy: Stories From Upstate New York ·

2026/02/15

Send a text The podcast is still on a bit of a hiatus while I produce "Little Pod" (a limited series with Olivia Muenter). I'll be back with new episodes here soon, but in the meantime, I'm re-sharing this episode about Pinkster Festival – a Black cult...

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55:34

Shaker Mother Ann Lee: A 'True Legend'

The Jiffy: Stories From Upstate New York ·

2026/01/18

Send us a text Mother Ann Lee is one of the most consequential (and least understood) figures in early American religious history. In just ten years in the colonies, during the chaos of the American Revolution, she helped give rise to a movement that would shape communal life, labor, design, music, and belief across America (and even Europe) for generations. This episode of The Jiffy traces Ann Lee's life from industrial Manchester to upstate New York, from persecution and imprisonment to th...

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55:34

Shaker Mother Ann Lee: A 'True Legend'

The Jiffy: Stories From Upstate New York ·

2026/01/18

Send a text Mother Ann Lee is one of the most consequential (and least understood) figures in early American religious history. In just ten years in the colonies, during the chaos of the American Revolution, she helped give rise to a movement that woul...

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22:39

To The Clock Tower!!

The Jiffy: Stories From Upstate New York ·

2026/01/04

Send us a text In the first episode of the New Year, we get as close to the concept of time as possible: by climbing into Chatham’s 1872 clock tower with village timekeeper Stephen Piazza. Here are some things we learned: It's very steep to the top and hard to do with a microphone and really large headphones.Don't touch the pendulum.Why heat and cold change a pendulum’s paceHow gravity pulls on the gear train differently from 12 to 6And why a tiny turn smaller than a 64th of an inch can mean ...

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22:39

To The Clock Tower!!

The Jiffy: Stories From Upstate New York ·

2026/01/04

Send a text In the first episode of the New Year, we get as close to the concept of time as possible: by climbing into Chatham’s 1872 clock tower with village timekeeper Stephen Piazza. Here are some things we learned: It's very steep to the top and ha...

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69:59

Friend of The Jiffy: "Music Person" Presents A...

The Jiffy: Stories From Upstate New York ·

2025/12/21

Send us a text Dylan Tupper Rupert joins the show today in my first-ever feed drop to take us on a ride-along with her podcast "Music Person!" It's the first part in a three-part series for her show, dedicated to mapping out how the Hudson Valley’s history, density, and seasons shape a vibrant indie music scene today. In part 1, which we feature here, Dylan visits Hannah Cohen, Sam Evian, Flying Cloud Studios, and Big Pink (and Jenn Pelly and Olivia Bee make some cameos). Go check out Dylan's...

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70:00

Friend of The Jiffy: "Music Person" Presents A...

The Jiffy: Stories From Upstate New York ·

2025/12/21

Send a text Dylan Tupper Rupert joins the show today in my first-ever feed drop to take us on a ride-along with her podcast "Music Person!" It's the first part in a three-part series for her show, dedicated to mapping out how the Hudson Valley’s histor...

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12:16

A Break For Local Holiday News And Gossip

The Jiffy: Stories From Upstate New York ·

2025/12/07

Send a text While on a holiday break in December, I'm sharing this special episode featuring local news and gossip from the Rhinebeck Gazette of the 1800s, available through the Hudson River Valley Heritage Historical Newspapers Archive. I'll be back t...

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12:16

A Break For Local Holiday News And Gossip

The Jiffy: Stories From Upstate New York ·

2025/12/07

Send us a text While on a holiday break in December, I'm sharing this special episode featuring local news and gossip from the Rhinebeck Gazette of the 1800s, available through the Hudson River Valley Heritage Historical Newspapers Archive. I'll be back to normal programming soon. In the meantime, be sure to stock up on your boots, shoes, and rubbers! These news items are from the following issues: Rhinebeck Gazette: Dec. 1, 1857Rhinebeck Gazette, Dec. 8, 1857Rhinebeck Gazette, Dec. 22, 1857...

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44:04

Don't Mess With Taylor

The Jiffy: Stories From Upstate New York ·

2025/11/23

Send a text What is the job of a County Clerk? In Ulster County, it can mean managing DMV processes, preserving 300-year-old land records, and keeping the legal paper trail of everyday life in order. But earlier this year, that job landed one local off...

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44:04

Don't Mess With Taylor

The Jiffy: Stories From Upstate New York ·

2025/11/23

Send us a text What is the job of a County Clerk? In Ulster County, it can mean managing DMV processes, preserving 300-year-old land records, and keeping the legal paper trail of everyday life in order. But earlier this year, that job landed one local official, Taylor Bruck, inside a national constitutional standoff. Only a few months into his role as Acting County Clerk, Taylor received something unusual: a legal judgment from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, asking him to accept and proc...

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22:09

A Sleep Hike To The Empty Space

The Jiffy: Stories From Upstate New York ·

2025/11/09

Send a text Sometimes things get too stressful here at The Jiffy, a podcast about upstate New York that really takes you places. And when this happens, I lace up my hiking boots and guide you on a restful Sleep Hike, where I do the hiking, while you do...

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22:09

A Sleep Hike To The Empty Space

The Jiffy: Stories From Upstate New York ·

2025/11/09

Send us a text Sometimes things get too stressful here at The Jiffy, a podcast about upstate New York that really takes you places. And when this happens, I lace up my hiking boots and guide you on a restful Sleep Hike, where I do the hiking, while you do the sleeping. I've been told that my methods could use some training, so in this episode we visit Anna Yang and Alex Artymiak, the co-founders of Empty Space. Empty Space is a sound studio in Old Chatham, New York, with ancient singing bowls...

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17:04

The Old Ball Game

The Jiffy: Stories From Upstate New York ·

2025/10/26

Send us a text It’s a brisk October afternoon in Kingston, New York, for the final game of the Vintage Base Ball 2025 season between the Kingston Guards and the Ulster Nine. We're at Herzog Field, beside the Catskill Mountain Railroad Station and the Hannaford parking lot, to watch two teams play baseball by 1864 rules. From “ballists” and “muffins” to hand-caught fly balls and gentlemanly arbitration, this episode dives into the language, spirit, and spectacle of vintage base ball cult...

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17:04

The Old Ball Game

The Jiffy: Stories From Upstate New York ·

2025/10/26

Send a text It’s a brisk October afternoon in Kingston, New York, for the final game of the Vintage Base Ball 2025 season between the Kingston Guards and the Ulster Nine. We're at Herzog Field, beside the Catskill Mountain Railroad Station and the Hann...

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16:33

Leaf Peeping With The Best Of Them

The Jiffy: Stories From Upstate New York ·

2025/10/12

Send a text It’s peak leaf peeping season, and I'm bringing this episode to you from The Leaf Watch Desk deep in the Woods of the James Cave Instagram Feed. This year’s official Leaf Watch Leaf, as voted by listeners, is the Northern Red Oak, and it’s ...

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16:33

Leaf Peeping With The Best Of Them

The Jiffy: Stories From Upstate New York ·

2025/10/12

Send us a text It’s peak leaf peeping season, and I'm bringing this episode to you from The Leaf Watch Desk deep in the Woods of the James Cave Instagram Feed. This year’s official Leaf Watch Leaf, as voted by listeners, is the Northern Red Oak, and it’s putting on quite a show. In this episode, I hike the Windham Path in the Great Northern Catskills with Francis X. Driscoll, a 12-year veteran “leaf spotter” for I LOVE NY’s Fall Foliage Report. Together, we talk about how New York’s iconic fa...

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