THIS is Ithaca

In Fall Creek, Ithaca, the Lincoln Street Diner serves up comfort food...with attitude. Owner Christopher O’Brien and waitress Jolie Waite tell us what it’s like to be behind the counter, the story of “The Ziffy”, and the shenanigans that make people come back.

Credits

Editing

Florenz Gilly and Marietta Synodis

Music 

The Shoes They Wear, Caveman, Capering, Sylvestor, Chrome and Wax, Floating Whist

All tracks by Blue Dot Sessions.

Jingle

Mosaic Foundation, The Fall Creek Brass Band, Richie and Rosie

What does it take to be a bus driver? TCAT's Desiree Johnson is a second-generation bus driver so she's the perfect person to ask. She takes us on a tour of the job, sharing insights on life and community along the way.

Credits

Music:

Lobo Lobo., Chase and We Follow , Grumpalo

All Tracks by Blue Dot Sessions

In the summer of 2019, long before COVID was a thing, a foreigner and a newfound Ithacan set out to interview the people of this peculiar town in upstate New York, seeking to answer one question: What it is that holds a community together?

Credits

Music:
Turning to You, Closer, Parade Shoes, Town Market
All Tracks by Blue Dot Sessions