ROCtales
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Highlighting the weird and wonderful history of the Rochester & Finger Lakes region, drawing connections between the past and present, and boosting local voices that aren’t normally heard.
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OCT 31, 2019
A Haunting in Bergen
It's a Halloween episode! We decided to test our podcast equipment in a location we found on the Haunted History Trail. We still don't know if there were any ghosts, but if there were they had some fun with our equipment!
39 MIN
MAY 22, 2019
The Forgotten Dead
Rochester has a long relationship with poverty and death. We compare how the poor were treated at the end of their lives 150 years ago versus now. Learn about the Highland Park "bone yard", and visit a local non-profit that makes caskets for Rochest...
38 MIN
FEB 27, 2019
Roctales: the Preview
If you grew up in Rochester, you learned a handful of names and places at an early age. It wasn't until we got older that we discovered there was much more to the city on the Genesee than Kodak and Sam Patch. Here's a quick preview of Roctales, the...
1 MIN
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