{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Kaatscast: the Catskills Podcast","title":"Fall Foliage in the Catskills: Leaf Peeping with the Locals","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2216,"description":"As the leaves change, Kaatscast and Cidiot join up to look at fall foliage on both sides of the Hudson. Cidiot's episode covers the science of leaf color with Cary Institute scientist Dr. Amy Zanne. This one covers the west side: an environmental educator explains why leaves change color, and five more Catskills residents describe how they spend the season and where they go to see it.\nIn this episode\n00:00 Introduction, with a reading of \"Poème d'Automne\" by Langston Hughes\nThe autumn leaves\nAre too heavy with color.\nThe slender trees\nOn the Vulcan Road\nAre dressed in scarlet and gold\nLike young courtesans\nWaiting for their lovers.\nBut soon\nThe winter winds\nWill strip their bodies bare\nAnd then\nThe sharp, sleet-stung\nCaresses of cold\nWill be their only\nLove.\n01:33 Matt Savatgy, environmental scientist in residence in the Onteora School District (Cornell Cooperative Extension / Ashokan Watershed Stream Management Program), on chlorophyll, why trees go dormant, how drought and a wet August affect color, and why the Northeast shares its foliage with places at similar latitudes like South Korea. Favorite spots: the escarpment at North Lake, Ashokan Quarry Trail, Giant Ledge, Overlook Mountain.\n11:57 Milton O'Connell of the Bruderhof community in Platte Clove on fall hikes (Kaaterskill High Peak, Indian Head, Plattekill Mountain, Dibble's Quarry) and the community's fall festival.\n15:41 Painter Christie Scheele on why fall is the season she paints least, what she looks for in late-fall oaks, and driving Route 28 west.\n21:24 Photographer Casey Kelbaugh on shooting foliage in overcast light, iPhone settings, and a one-way hike through Diamond Notch to the West Kill brewery.\n28:10 Ed Ullmanm of Wellness Rx in Phoenicia on fall as a season of reflection, plus his advice on flu shots, COVID boosters and immune support.\n33:05 Samantha Awand-Gortel, manager of Ulster Savings Bank's Phoenicia branch, on preparing finances for winter costs and her favorite views, including the...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/kC2tDKp5AiGoaoITLgiKh3BkshBRrteoATu8VF0pa0c/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80YTAy/ZGM2YzEzZjM2N2Vj/MGNjNzU2NmJmNDQ4/Y2U0OC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}