Dovecote - Dispatches from the Forests of NYC - A City Between Podcast

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The adventure: read a poem and visit a garden every week https://theuplands.substack.com/

Publisher

BSB

Category

arts · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 Dec 2023

Latest episode

1 Apr 2026

Latest episodes

9 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 Apr 2026

   The Aeneid and an April Garden (Brooklyn Side-street)

   Week Two of our poetry and garden project is here (a poem read, a garden visited each week). We arrive in April with Aeneas' "sudden" encounter with his mother Venus in disguise as a huntress on the Libyan cliffs and a humble side-street garden in Brooklyn. To see a full image of the garden and the article for this week head over to https://theuplands.substack.com/p/the-aeneid-and-an-april-garden-brooklyn

2. 

   25 Mar 2026

   Poetry and Garden Project 2026

   The adventure: Visit a garden, read a poem, and share them here with you, each week. The first one for the (old-style) New Year: St. Vincent Millay and (almost) Spring.

3. 

   7 Jan 2026

   "A Review" of Washington Irving (Writer)

   With forays into St. Nicholas, The History of New York, bored lawyers, Peter Stuyvesant's tomb, bumping into President Washington, Knickerbockers, St. Marks-Church-in-the-Bowery, American fun, the West Village, Dutch hobbits, smoke rings, American Aeneid, the Grid, St. Lukes-in-the-Fields, Clement Clarke Moore, Santa, Old Christmas, the Alhambra, Columbus, Rip Van Winkle, The Little Church Around the Corner, Edwin Booth, the Catskills, and old Bars. For illustrations and links head over to https://theuplands.substack.com

4. 

   13 Jun 2025

   The Future of Classrooms: The Garden

   This episode explores how gardens can serve as innovative and effective learning environments, offering a vision for the future of education.

5. 

   29 May 2025

   Read Old Books. Readiness for A.I.

   This episode explores the unique value of reading physical books and how it contrasts with readiness for artificial intelligence.

6. 

   22 May 2025

   We (all) Work in the A. I. Mines, Explained.

   This episode explores the concept of "A.I. mines" and discusses the challenges and implications for education in the modern world.

7. 

   1 Dec 2023

   Dairy Cattle in New York City

   We wonder about the missing herds of cattle in New York City and praise milk. Dispatches from the forests of New York City. For the written verion and images go to dovecote.substack.com

8. 

   1 Dec 2023

   Re-Enchantment of the Hudson Valley - Origins of Central Park

   Re-Enchantment of the Hudson Valley - Origins of Central Park We go in search of the mystical project behind Central Park. Also hamburgers. Dispatch from the forests of New York City. For the written version and images head to dovecote.substack.com

9. 

   1 Dec 2023

   The Lost Sheep of Prospect Park

   The Lost Sheep of Prospect Park. We go in search of the missing Dairy in Propect Park, Brooklyn. Dispatches from the forests of New York City. For the written version, images of the Dairy and more go to dovecote.substack.com (https://dovecote.substack.com)

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.5 / 5

40 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 20 / 100

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Quality

20

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

50

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