Kaatscast: the Catskills Podcast
Kaatscast

Kaatscast

Voted #1 regional podcast in the 2022 Chronogrammies!
Kaatscast is a biweekly podcast covering history, arts & culture, outdoor adventure, sustainability, and local interviews from New York's Catskill mountains and Hudson Valley. Celebrate the Catskills with Kaatscast!

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Landscaping in Zone 5 with Zone4 Landscaper Mel Bellar
Local Business Nature Home And Garden

Landscaping in Zone 5 with Zone4 Landscaper Mel Bellar

May 23, 2023

When Mel Bellar established his Andes, NY landscape design company, the Catskills were considered "zone 4" on the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map. Thanks (?) to climate change and warmer winters, the region is now solidly in "…

CRISP on the front lines: Invasive Species Emerging in the Catskills
Science Wildlife Invasive Species

CRISP on the front lines: Invasive Species Emerging in the Catskills

May 9, 2023

Spring has sprung in the Catskills, and with the reemergence of our native flora and fauna, invasive species are also happy to awaken. Catskill Regional Invasive Species Partnership (CRISP) director John Thompson tells us wh…

Financial Literacy at Ulster Savings Bank
Community Local Business

Financial Literacy at Ulster Savings Bank

April 25, 2023

April is Financial Literacy Month! It's also National Jazz Appreciation Month, National Fresh Celery Month, Foot Health Awareness Month, World Landscape Architecture Month, and National Soft Pretzel Month. But let's just sti…

Remembering Hank Rope
Community Fishing And Hunting People

Remembering Hank Rope

April 11, 2023

Just two weeks before the start of trout season, the Catskills lost a paragon of angling. Henry "Hank" Rope, Jr. wore out a pair of wading shoes every year, fishing Catskills creeks and tributaries. Hank shared his love of t…

Radio Catskill 90.5 FM WJFF
Arts & Culture Community Local Business Local Journalism

Radio Catskill 90.5 FM WJFF

March 28, 2023

Radio Catskill hit the airwaves in 1990 and operated out of a hydro-powered station in Jeffersonville. But when a building was recently offered in nearby Liberty, WJFF shed its 30-year skin and relocated to the now fully-ren…

Black Bears 🐾 Sharing Space
Wildlife Home And Garden

Black Bears 🐾 Sharing Space

March 14, 2023

As Catskills black bears emerge from hibernation, we spoke with three bear experts –– wildlife rehabilitator Kristine Flones, and conservationist couple Patti and Bill Rudge –– who shared some handy tips for coexisting peace…

About the Host

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Brett Barry

Brett hosts and produces Kaatscast from Silver Hollow Audio, in the heart of the Catskills. He teaches podcasting and audio production in the Digital Media & Journalism dept. at SUNY New Paltz.

Brett graduated from Syracuse University’s television, radio & film program and worked as an associate documentary producer for several years before launching a career in voice-overs in 2002. He returned to Syracuse 10 years later for a graduate degree in television-radio-film.

Brett is represented in NYC by Access Talent for television and radio commercials, audiobooks, promos, and narration. He’s the host of public radio’s "Sound Beat" and the voice of India’s English-language network, Zee Café. He has narrated more than 100 audiobooks.