All Episodes
Understanding Upstate — 140 episodes
Ep 136- Understanding John McTiernan
Ep 135- Understanding BC Pops
Ep 134- Understanding IBM
Ep 133- Understanding Nirchi's Pizza
Ep 132- Understanding L. Frank Baum and The Oz-stravaganza
Ep 131- Understanding Chautauqua, NY
Ep 130- Understanding the Binghamton Inebriate Asylum
Ep 129- Understanding The Chenango Canal
Ep 128- Understanding Melville Dewey and the Dewey Decimal System
Ep 127- Understanding Dirty Dancing
Ep 126- Understanding Utica Tomato Pie
Ep 125- Understanding the Negro League Baseball Teams of Upstate New York
Ep 124- Understanding Phelps Mansion
Ep 123- Understanding Elmira
Ep 122- Understanding the Syracuse Nationals
Ep 121- Understanding Grace Jones
Ep 120- Understanding Ernie Davis
Ep 119- Understanding The National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum
Ep 118- Understanding The Breweries of Upstate New York
Ep 117- Understanding The Susquehanna River
Ep 116- Understanding Murphy's Island
Ep 115- Understanding the Blizzard of '77
Ep 114- Understanding Schenectady
Ep 113- Understanding The Cider Mill of Endicott, NY
Holiday Rewind - Understanding Peppermint Pigs
Ep 112- Understanding the Genesee Keg Tree
Ep 111- Understanding Buffalo's Tom and Jerry
Ep 110- Understanding Santa's Workshop and North Pole, NY
Ep 109- Understanding the General Clinton Canoe Regatta
Ep 108-Understanding Lacrosse
Ep 107-Understanding the Broome County Forum Theatre
Ep 106- Understanding Albany
Ep 105- Understanding Upstate NY’s Contributions to Horror
Ep 104- Understanding the Urban Legends of Upstate NY
Ep 103- Understanding the True Horror of Upstate NY
Ep 102- Understanding the Fox Sisters
Ep 101- Understanding SerlingFest 2025
Ep 100- Understanding Wegmans...Live!
Ep. 99- Understanding Wegmans (#FBF Episode)
Ep. 98- Nick Parisi Interview
Ep. 97 Understanding Niagara Falls
Ep 96- Understanding the Niagara Movement
Ep 95- Understanding Saratoga Springs
Ep 94- Understanding Ross Park Zoo
Ep 93- Understanding the Woodstock Rock Festival
Ep 92- Understanding Ithaca
Ep 91- Understanding the New York State Fair
Ep 90- Understanding Paul Reubens
Ep 89- Understanding Cornell Chicken
Ep 88- Understanding Utica's Stanley Theater (and Swifty's)
Ep 87- Understanding Beef On Weck
Ep 86- Understanding the Attica Prison Uprising
Ep 85- Understanding the Clinton Correctional Facility Jailbreak
Ep 84- Understanding McIntosh Labs
Ep 83- Understanding the Rochester Royals
Ep 82- Theodore: Binghamton Rapper and Activist
Ep 81- Understanding Champion Sportswear
Ep 80- Understanding the Rochester Red Wings
Ep 79- Understanding The Seneca Lake Wine Trail
Ep 78- Understanding Grover Washington, Jr.
Ep 77- Understanding the Binghamton Hip-Hop scene w/Blizz The Illest
Ep 76- Understanding The Colored Musicians Club of Buffalo, NY
Ep 75- Understanding the Kazoo Capital of the World: Eden, NY
Ep 74- Understanding the Syracuse Comedy Scene with Abdul Hadi
Ep 73- Understanding Jim Boeheim
Ep 72- Understanding Alfred Hot Dog Day
Ep 71- Understanding the North American Pinball Championship
Ep 70 - Understanding Binghamton's Parade Day
Ep 69 - Understanding Garbage Plates
Ep 68 - Understanding DICK'S Sporting Goods
Ep 67 - Understanding Skate Estate in Broome County
Ep 66 - Understanding Buffalo's Film Row
Ep 65 - Understanding The Tallest Buildings in Upstate New York
Ep 64 - Understanding Denny's on Vestal Parkway
Ep 63- Understanding Xerox
Ep 62- Understanding Dinosaur Bar-B-Que
Holiday Regift- Understanding Peppermint Pigs
Ep 61- Understanding The It's A Wonderful Life Museum and Festival
Ep 60- Understanding The Syracuse Orange
Ep 59- Understanding Tops Friendly Markets
Ep 58- Understanding Jim's Steakout
Ep 57- Understanding The Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena
Ep 56- Understanding Philadelphia Cream Cheese's Upstate Origins
Ep 55- Understanding Stephen Myers: Abolitionist and Underground Railroad Conductor
Ep 54- Understanding The Triple Cities Comedy Scene with Stephen Brown
Ep 53- Understanding Serial Killers of Upstate NY
Ep 52- Understanding Upstate NY's Mythical Aquatic Monsters
Ep 51- Understanding Upstate Hauntings, Part II
Ep 50- Understanding SerlingFest 2024
Ep 49- Understanding the '32 and '80 Winter Olympics
Ep 48- Understanding Buffalo's Pan-American Exposition of 1901
Ep 47- Understanding The Jazz Fusion Scene of Western NY
Ep 46- Understanding The Hull-Grummond Cigar Company
Ep 45- Understanding Salt Potatoes
Ep 44- Understanding Upstate Utopian Societies
Ep 43 - Understanding The Finger Lakes
Ep 42 - Understanding The International Boxing Hall of Fame
Ep 41 - Understanding Cus D'Amato's KO Boxing Gym
Ep 40 - Understanding the Catskill Game Farm
Ep 39 - Understanding Rattlesnake Pete
Ep 38 - Understanding Johnny Hart
Ep 37- Understanding Michigan Red Hots
Ep 36- Understanding NXIVM
Ep 35- Understanding Genesee Brewery
Ep 34- Understanding The Buffalo Metro Rail
Ep 33 - Understanding The Binghamton Whalers
Ep 32 - Understanding Jell-O
Ep 31 - Understanding The Upstate Film Industry
Ep 30 - Understanding The Carrier Dome
SPECIAL EP - Understanding Upstate: The Documentary!
Ep 29 - Understanding Arch Merrill: Poet Laureate of Upstate New York
Ep 28 - Understanding The Erie Canal
Ep 27 - Understanding The First Ice Cream Sundae
Ep 26 - Understanding the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
Ep 25 - Understanding The Rumble Ponies
Ep 24 - Understanding The Pats' Big March
Ep 23 - Understanding Roberson Museum
Ep 22 - Understanding Stewart's Shops
Ep 21 - Understanding Stellar Human: A Conversation w/ LaRue Simmons
Ep 20 - Understanding The New York Oil Boom
Ep 19 - Upstate Roundup
Ep 18- Understanding Griselda Records
Ep 17 - Understanding Kodak
Ep 16 - Understanding Thousand Island Dressing
Ep 15 - Understanding The Binghamton Masonic Temple
Ep 14 - Understanding The Rewrite: PART TWO
Ep 13 - Understanding The Rewrite: PART ONE
Ep 12 - Understanding The Borscht Belt
Ep 11 - Understanding Endicott Johnson
Ep 10 - Understanding Peppermint Pigs
Ep 9 - Understanding The Buffalo Bills
Ep 8 - Understanding How NOT To Hold A Mob Meeting
Ep 7 - Understanding How To Take On A Rockefeller
Ep 6 - Understanding Wegmans
Ep 5 - Understanding Rick James
Ep 4 - Understanding Spiedies
Ep 3 - Upstate Hauntings
Ep 2 - Understanding Rod Serling
Ep 1 - What's Up... Upstate?
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