The Jiffy: Stories From Upstate New York

James Cave

A documentary audio zine about upstate New York, exploring cozy histories, odd mysteries, and personal dispatches from the land of bucolic barns and Kinderhook blobs.Each episode is an upstate odyssey. From high-stakes bake-offs and haunted antiques to roadside cows and quaking trees, host James Cave brings you stories from New York’s non-Manhattan regions told with curiosity, humor, and the occasional text message from a stranger.

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The Jiffy: Stories From Upstate New York

Episodes (31)

Sun Feb 15th A Postcard From Pinkster Fest (Re-Jiffy)
Jan 18th Shaker Mother Ann Lee: A 'True Legend'
Jan 4th To The Clock Tower!!

The Jiffy: Stories From Upstate New York

Feb 15, 2026
16¼ minutes
11 MB

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 18th and 19th cent...

The Jiffy: Stories From Upstate New York

A Postcard From Pinkster Fest (Re-Jiffy)

James Cave

00:00 -16:22