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By The Department of History and the Audio and Music Engineering Program at The University of Rochester

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Hear UR is a podcast written and produced by students at The University of Rochester. Each season tells historicals stories about Western New York.

The executive producers for Hear UR are Thomas Fleischman and Stephen Roessner.

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Episodes (26)

Season 4, Episode 2 · 5 months ago

Episode 402 - Bottles and Bootleggers

Bottles and Bootleggers follows the exciting journey of smuggler Ben Kerr as he traverses the icy waters of lake Ontario during prohibition. He lands in Rochester, New York fueling Rochester’s alcohol craving. We investigate the ways alcohol is smuggled, how it's hidden and the ways it affects people. So, how far were Rochesterians willing to go to keep alcohol flowing, and how much violence and crime were they willing to tolerate?

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Season 4, Episode 1 · 5 months ago

Episode 401 - Why Milk?

Why did we start drinking milk? The dairy industry created a prominent supply and demand for milk in our society, but it wasn’t always this way. Before modern milk health regulations, milk was not a common drink, and it was often rampant with disease and caused frequent health issues and infant deaths. The city of Rochester wasn’t immune to the diseases dirty milk caused. Health officials here in Monroe County played an important role in the efforts to industrialize milk. However, their intentions might not have been for the greater good of public health.

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Season 3, Episode 5 · 2 years ago

Episode 304 - The Final Questions

The Fast Ferry has left Lake Ontario, but could there have been an alternate ending? In this episode we take a look into the ferry’s postmortem, its Lake Michigan counterpart, and the state of ferries today.

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Season 3, Episode 4 · 2 years ago

Episode 303 - Barely Afloat

The Fast Ferry is open for business and taking passengers across Lake Ontario, but cracks are beginning to show. In this episode we go over the short but action packed life of Rochester’s Fast Ferry.

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