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S5E1 Rural Housing
So if our population isn't growing...why can't we find places to live? In this episode, Leif sits down with Adam Bosch, President and CEO of Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress, and Vanessa…
S4E7 Water Works
What exactly happens behind the scenes for clean, safe drinking water to come out of your kitchen faucet? It turns out, there are marvels of engineering and health science right under our feet, but…
S4E6 Breweries
Name a multi billion-dollar New York State industry that has grown five-fold in the last decade. (Not much of a quiz question when you can see the title of the episode, but work with me here.) Craft…
S4E5 Policy Chats: Sullivan County Legislators Matt McPhillips and Cat Scott
After a shake up in the composition of the Sullivan County Legislature after last November's elections, the nine-person governing body is looking younger than ever. In this episode, we catch up with…
S4E4 Extended Cut: Aviation, Corruption, and Local History Books with John Conway
This is the full interview with John Conway for our episode in May 2024 on local aviation and the Sullivan County Airport. In it, John talks about how he goes about conducting local history research,…
S4E3 Airport Redevelopment and Sullivan County's Aviation History
In this episode, we hear from the new Sullivan County Airport Superintendent, Julian Motola, on the ongoing development of a brand new terminal at the Sullivan County International Airport, supported…
S4E2 Rail Trails Update
There's a 50-mile biking/walking path being built that will span the entire length of Sullivan County, north to south. It's a feat of design and community cooperation, and it's (slowly) moving closer…
S4E1 For the Birds
Have you noticed geese flying back recently? Or robins plucking worms and berries from your snow-less yard in the middle of the winter? Locally and globally, bird populations and migration patterns…
S3E10 Food Insecurity Redux: School Lunches
How do all of those public school meals get made every day? What regulations govern what food can and can't be served to K-12 students? This week, we sit down with Sullivan West Central School…
S3E9 Food Insecurity Redux: Checking in with "A Single Bite"
What's the status of rural food insecurity in (sort of) post-COVID rural America? "A Single Bite" Executive Director Audrey Garro drops in to talk about the current state of food insecurity in the…
S3E8 Stories From Sullivan: Researching the Local Opioid Epidemic
In 2021, overdose death rates in Sullivan County were 108% higher than the New York State average. How did we get here? Are our efforts to fight this epidemic keeping things from getting even worse,…
S3E7 Trash Solutions: Waste to Energy
What if we could solve our landfill problem and power our homes with a single solution? In this episode, Dutchess County Executive Bill O'Neil and Dutchess County Resource Recovery Agency Executive…
S3E6 Made in the Catskills: New York City's Famous Water Supply
New York City's water is internationally renowned for its crisp freshness straight from the tap. Pizza shops in California and Florida have it shipped thousands of miles at great expense just to make…
S3E5 Catskills Real Estate Roundtable
What's the deal with Catskills real estate? As home prices and interest rates fluctuate and the region undergoes a rapid resurgence on scales unseen for decades, it's time for an update on the…
Catskills Hiking Trails
What's the deal with the hiking trails that are...everywhere? Who's taking care of them? And how did those stone steps that are built into the side of mountains for our convenience end up there? New…
S3E4 A Liberty Dispatch: New Developments at Sullivan 180 and YEG
Sullivan 180 CEO Denise Frangipane and Youth Economic Group Researcher Angel Burgos drop by to give us the latest updates from two Liberty-based organizations that are finding innovative ways of…
S3E3 Egg Prices
Why are egg prices so...weird? This week, we're talking about eggs, economics, and influenza with Daniel Brey, owner of Brey's Egg Farm in Bethel, New York, and Karyn Rispoli, Egg Market Reporter and…
S3E2 Composting
So what's the break-down of our local composting efforts? (Pun indisputably intended.) In this episode, we're joined by Thompson Sanitation Owner Krissy Walsh, Delaware County Solid Waste Coordinator…
S3E1 Let's Talk about the Weather
Eight-time Emmy-nominated meteorologist Joe Rao drops in to give us the rundown on why we've had such weird weather lately, how the weather-forecasting industry has changed over time, and what we can…
S2E15 The Bashakill
Jackie Broder from the Basha Kill Area Association and the Mamakating Environmental Education Center and Samara Ferris from the Bashakill Vinyards stop by to celebrate the environmental and economic…
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WJFF - Close to Home with Leif Johansen has published 67 episodes since February 2021, covering topics in Documentary, Government.
WJFF - Close to Home with Leif Johansen is currently sporadic with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 36m.
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