How do you start a mass movement? In this case, all it takes is the distant ring of a bicycle bell. And it begins: around one thousand people on bicycles, moving together. This is Slow Roll Buffalo. Seamus helped to start the event as a way to

Train-a-Bull Dogs / Trainable Dogs

May 30th, 2019 11m 40s

Nuggs is a dog. He was picked up by the City of Buffalo Animal Shelter as a stray. His hobbies include shaking toys, crunching on bones really loudly, and going on fun walks. Nuggs is accompanied by a human, Julie, who is a volunteer with the F

Hop Hop: The Superego

May 23rd, 2019 10m 59s

Musician Jaz Frazier performs as her superego Hop Hop, which gives her license to let loose and be “weird and extreme” on stage. But there’s a lot of groundwork that goes into writing the songs she performs. And making time to make music can be

Getting High on As and Bs

May 16th, 2019 15m 15s

Lisa has experienced homelessness and addiction. She’s at the Matt Urban Hope Gardens, which provides housing for once chronically homeless women. But she’s not a resident… Attribution: The sound effect ‘cinematic heart machine beep’ is by ba

Kickin' Ass On Wheels With a Queen City Roller Girl

May 9th, 2019 10m 53s

Roller Derby is a sport that is becoming increasingly popular in Western New York. We’re rolling with Sigourney Cleaver, a skater in Buffalo’s Queen City Roller Girls, as she kicks ass on game day. You’ll be transported to the unforgiving, phys

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LIFTED Season 2 Preview

Apr 25th, 2019 1m 41s

We're back! It's been a while, but since you last heard from us, we've been hearing more from you. In Season Two of LIFTED, there are even more real-life stories to be heard, experiences to explore, and stereotypes to smash. LIFTED profiles the

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BONUS EPISODE: Metal Guy

Oct 11th, 2018 6m 38s

In this bonus episode, we hear more from Rick Smith, businessman and owner of Silo City. In 1940, Rick’s grandfather founded a textured metal company. Rick talks about his experiences growing up knowing that he was expected to become the 3rd ge

Frontiersman of Silo City

Oct 4th, 2018 11m 38s

In 2006, Rick Smith bought an abandoned industrial site now known as Silo City. At one time, it was the biggest grain port on the planet. But the grain industry has long since croaked in Buffalo, and most grain companies left decades ago. So wh

All About The Beer

Sep 27th, 2018 8m 41s

Vandra Ruppel is Buffalo’s first female head-brewer, but she doesn’t like to focus on that. She just focuses on making good beer.

8 Year Wait

Sep 20th, 2018 8m 6s

In 2014, Nadeen Yousef and her family arrived in the USA as refugees. She now runs her own business ‘Macrame by Nadeen’ from Buffalo’s West Side Bazaar. But it took 8 years to get here.

Forging a Future

Sep 13th, 2018 8m 53s

Andrew Chambers found an anvil in his father’s workshop, and eventually decided to become a blacksmith. What does Andrew think the future holds for the millennia-old job?

The Art of Compromise

1 Sep 6th, 2018 10m 18s

George K. Arthur has had a prolific political career. George takes us back to 1963 to explain how a favor to a friend and a small merry-go-round set him on the road to one of his first big elected positions. Music: Sneaky Snooper by Audionau

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LIFTED Preview - Released Sept 6 2018

Aug 30th, 2018 2m

A weekly podcast of real-life stories brought to you by Rise Collaborative. LIFTED profiles the people and perspectives in an American community. Through telling stories of people starting something new, people striving for personal goals and p

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