The Night Mail Podcast
According to Yankee Dictionary: A Compendium of Useful and Entertaining Expressions Indigenous to New England, by Charles Haywood, “night mail” is the name “given to a New England through train that rattles across the countryside during the hours of darkness with its sleeping cars, mail, express, a smoker, and a coach with a few dozing lumberjacks and college boys traveling cheap, with perhaps a milk car or two on the head end.”In that same amiable spirit, we’d like to present The Night Mail Podcast from Felchville Village in Reading, Vermont, hosted by us, Gerry Marletta and Tony Pikramenos. We’ll chat about this and that, discuss matters of local interest, and offer up simple amusements to pass the time. You can find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and other podcast platforms. A new episode drops every couple of weeks. The town library website (readinglibrary.org) also has a link to episodes and information. The email address for the podcast is nightmailpod@gmail.com. Or you can write us a note, postcard, or letter. Address it to Night Mail, then put it in the little free library that sits in the front yard of the town library. No stamp required.
Episodes
TIMETABLE:
- Overture: 0:00
- Intro: 0:29
- Maple Creemee (MC) Opening Remarks: 0:41
- Soft-Serv vs. Hard: 2:23
- Base Mix: 4:27
- Creemee vs. Soft-Serv: 5:46
- MC History: 7:29
- Base Mix Producers: 9:02
- Honorable Mention: 9:56
- Other Recs: 11:17
- Runner-Up: 16:25
- The Winner: 19:15
- Exit Music: 25:42
TIMETABLE:
- Opening Theme: 0:00
- Welcome Mat: 0:42
- Roller Derby Timeline: 1:15
- Ashley Koetsier Intro: 3:40
- Bio: 3:55
- Her Derby History: 6:08
- Effect of the Pandemic: 8:21
- Initial Interest in Derby: 10:45
- Derby Types: 14:39
- League, Team & Association: 17:28
- Volunteers: 23:31
- Where They Play: 24:44
- Bouts: 26:08
- Her Derby Hats: 27:00
- Derby Season: 30:23
- Revenue & Expenses: 32:14
- Travel: 36:05
- Number of Players: 37:21
- Derby Culture Then & No...
TIMETABLE:
- Intro: 0:00
- Opening Theme: 1:21
- Welcome Mat: 2:05
- Chew the Fat: 2:46
- Loose Threads: 10:43
- The Reading Rambler: 13:59
- Extinct Local Products: 1:02:30
- From the Attic: 1:03:25
- Song Swap: 1:10:07
- The Reading Rambler Bids Adieu: 1:37:17
- Switch Track: 1:37:31
- Reading Review Review: 1:38:00
- Happenings: 1:44:51
- Public Domain Performance: 1:46:19
- Ephemeral: 1:52:43
- Here’s Your Hat: 2:00:00
- Closing Theme: 2:00:34
- Outro: 2:00:43
- Way Outro: 2:02:0...
TIMETABLE:
- Opening Theme: 0:00
- Welcome Mat: 0:41
- Nips & Nibbles: 1:37
- Derailment: 3:08
- Nips & Nibbles Resume: 7:15
- Mailbag: 8:03
- Found Sound (The Fourth): 10:33
- Camp Erika: 21:21
- Reading Review Review: 34:57
- Extinct Local Products: 42:14
- Happenings: 43:32
- Switch Track: 45:14
- From the Attic: 45:44
- Public Domain Performance: 54:50
- PDP Special Report: 1:00:33
- Here’s Your Hat: 1:08:11
- Closing Theme: 1:09:06
- Outro: 1:09:10
- Way Outro: 1:10:08
TIMETABLE:
- Opening Theme: 0:00
- Welcome Mat: 0:43
- Mailbag: 1:37
- Shaking Out the Welcome Mat: 3:44
- Reading Review Review: 3:58
- Extinct Local Products: 13:48
- From the Attic: 14:35
- Song Swap: 18:14
- The Reading Rambler Bids Adieu: 43:41
- Switch Track: 43:56
- Word of Mouth: 44:21
- Public Domain Performance: 49:35
- Loose Threads: 54:49
- Here’s Your Hat: 1:04:36
- Closing Theme: 1:05:12
- Outro: 1:05:17
TIMETABLE:
- Opening Theme: 0:00
- Intro: 0:43
- Bios: 1:10
- Tony’s Career Path: 7:08
- Gerry’s Grit: 9:00
- Berklee: 12:14
- Gerry’s Job: 15:26
- Gerry’s Music: 18:05
- Tony’s Favorite Author: 19:02
- Tony’s Spiritual Journey: 22:03
- Gerry’s Taste in Music: 25:03
- Our Love of Vermont: 30:40
- Gerry’s Life Path: 38:51
- Tony’s Sense of Humor: 41:39
- Tony Gets Canceled: 44:10
- The Lady Doth Protest Too Much, Gerry Thinks: 1:05:35
- AI: 1:21:01
- Closing Theme: 1:46:13
TIMETABLE:
- Opening Theme: 0:00
- Welcome Mat: 0:43
- Local News & Views: 2:27
- From the Attic: 48:19
- Extinct Local Products: 1:00:11
- Reading Review Review: 1:02:03
- Happenings: 1:13:34
- Lisa Kaija Calls It a Night: 1:17:22
- Switch Track: 1:17:36
- Hack: 1:18:05
- Public Domain Performance: 1:20:00
- It’s All Fun & Games: 1:25:43
- Soap-Landia: 1:37:50
- Reader’s Corner: 1:44:25
- Here’s Your Hat: 1:46:30
- Closing Theme: 1:48:12
- Outro: 1:48:19
TIMETABLE:
- Opening Theme: 0:00
- Welcome Mat: 0:44
- Nips & Nibbles: 1:34
- Mailbag: 11:02
- Local News & Views: 35:07
- The Reading Rambler: 59:19
- Reading Review Review: 1:39:36
- Recs & Reviews: 1:48:39
- The Reading Rambler Hits the Road: 1:55:10
- Switch Track: 1:55:23
- Extinct Local Products: 1:55:52
- From the Attic: 1:56:54
- Public Domain Performance: 1:59:40
- Ephemeral: 2:04:12
- Here’s Your Hat: 2:13:55
- Closing Theme: 2:14:54
- Outro: 2:14:59
TIMETABLE:
- Opening Theme: 0:00
- Gerry & His Family Search for America: 0:43
- What Ken Burns Is Up To: 1:24
- Boston: 3:22
- Lexington: 8:35
- Tony & Heather’s Time in the Area: 20:03
- From the Attic: 22:03
- Public Domain Performance: 27:43
- Public Domain Pages: 31:08
- Here’s Your Hat: 33:19
- Closing Theme: 34:00
- Outro: 34:05
TIMETABLE:
- Opening Theme: 0:00
- Intro: 0:45
- Where Kevin Kaija Worked & What He Did: 1:04
- The Welcome Mat: 15:15
- Nips & Nibbles: 17:06
- The Reading Rambler: 21:57
- Kevin Officially Joins the Conversation: 24:38
- Price of Food: 24:52
- Subsidies & Small Farms: 26:14
- Phosphorus: 28:06
- Commodification: 30:38
- Fertilizer: 34:39
- Greenwashing: 37:07
- What a Weed Is Worth: 42:18
- Efficiencies, Lobbyists & Wellbeing: 43:17
- Convenience & Vari...
TIMETABLE:
- Opening Theme: 0:00
- Welcome Mat: 0:44
- Chew the Fat: 1:28
- Loose Threads: 2:28
- Local News & Views: 7:44
- Recs & Reviews: 18:00
- Reading Review Review: 20:17
- Extinct Local Products: 30:34
- From the Attic: 31:39
- The Reading Rambler Hits the Road: 35:44
- Switch Track: 35:56
- Happenings: 36:26
- Dribs & Drabs: 42:38
- Public Domain Performance: 47:00
- Ephemeral: 52:03
- Here’s Your Hat: 57:48
- Closing Theme: 58:35
TIMETABLE:
- Intro: 0:00
- Opening Theme: 0:30
- Welcome Mat: 1:13
- Topics to Be Discussed: 1:23
- Food Assistance Programs: 2:01
- Tish Lewis & the Food Shelf: 9:43
- Trump & the Deficit: 30:46
- DOGE: 35:39
- Wait & See or Seen Enough: 38:03
- Peeling Onions vs. Smashing Watermelons: 47:31
- Trying to Keep an Open Mind Without Your Brain Falling Out: 52:26
- Immigration & Food: 54:44
- The Economic Picture: 57:24
- Peak Uncertainty: 1:00:43
- Trump...
TIMETABLE:
- Intro: 0:00
- Opening Theme: 0:27
- Welcome Mat: 1:08
- Chew the Fat: 2:16
- Nips & Nibbles: 7:57
- Monkey Pudding Face: 22:20
- Sugaring Time at the Kinney Place: 36:12
- Mailbag: 38:18
- Reading Review Review: 39:05
- Extinct Local Products: 43:54
- From the Attic: 45:32
- Entr'acte: 53:09
- Happenings: 53:58
- Recs & Reviews: 56:20
- Public Domain Performance: 1:09:22
- Reader’s Corner: 1:13:37
- Matchbook Histories: 1:16:10
- Here’s Your Hat: 1:19:55
- C...
TIMETABLE:
- Opening Theme: 0:00
- Welcome Mat: 0:44
- Chew the Fat: 1:26
- Loose Threads: 3:22
- Chew More Fat: 21:24
- More Loose Threads: 23:10
- Extinct Local Products: 26:10
- The Reading Rambler: 27:53
- Reading Review Review: 49:55
- Happenings: 54:36
- Switch Track: 58:31
- Chew Even More Fat: 59:16
- Public Domain Performance: 1:08:18
- Gone but Not Forgotten: 1:12:42
- Recs & Reviews: 1:26:35
- Here’s Your Hat: 1:32:32
- Closing Theme: 1:33:10
TIMETABLE:
- Intro: 0:00
- Opening Theme: 0:51
- Welcome Mat: 1:33
- Town Meeting History: 2:27
- History of Rap: 4:09
- Happenings & House Cleaning: 5:06
- Fiscal Year Confusion: 11:01
- Tax Exempt Orgs: 12:09
- Okemo Valley TV: 17:55
- World Record: 22:15
- See-Sawing Budget: 23:39
- The Informer: 25:28
- Delinquent Tax Report: 36:31
- Grasshopper Lane Bridge: 44:13
- Selectboard: 45:35
- Historical Society: 46:46
- Planning Commission: 47:50
- Listers & Auditor: 49:36
- Me...
TIMETABLE:
- Intro: 0:00
- Opening Theme: 0:38
- Welcome Mat: 1:23
- Mailbag: 2:30
- Ephemerals (w/ Stephen D'Agostino): 4:24
- Recs & Reviews: 33:10
- Extinct Local Products: 42:17
- Local Egg Shortage: 43:21
- Challenger Feed Is What You Need: 44:24
- Reading Review Review: 45:14
- Intermission: 58:24
- Happenings: 59:19
- Reader’s Corner: 1:02:36
- Public Domain Performance: 1:03:00
- Wintertime PSA’s: 1:09:37
- It’s All Fun & Games: 1:13:07
- Here’s Your Hat: ...
TIMETABLE:
- Opening Theme: 0:00
- The Welcome Mat: 0:44
- Pastor Christian Huebner Intro: 1:30
- Where He Grew Up: 3:13
- Calling to the Ministry: 4:46
- His Parent’s Faith: 7:07
- Love of Music: 8:40
- College & Seminary: 10:14
- Brownsville Church: 14:25
- The War of the Bells: 15:11
- More on the Brownsville Church: 16:50
- Five Ways to Measure Church Health: 19:07
- A Sense of Balance: 22:08
- Leadership, Volunteers & Support Staff: 27:21
- People’s Day-to-D...
TIMETABLE:
- Intro: 0:00
- Opening Theme: 0:14
- Chew the Fat: 0:59
- Happy Anniversary: 2:55
- Welcome Mat: 3:28
- Twixmas Recap: 4:24
- Loose Threads: 11:12
- The Reading Rambler: 13:24
- The Reading Rambler Hits the Road: 52:59
- Bumper: 53:13
- The Boys Are Concerned about Their Health: 53:16
- Extinct Local Products: 1:03:45
- Reading Review Review: 1:04:55
- From the Attic: 1:09:00
- Happenings: 1:13:32
- Switch Track: 1:18:23
- Two Mysterious Tales of the Unexplained: 1:...
TIMETABLE:
- Intro: 0:00
- Opening Theme: 0:20
- Welcome Mat: 1:04
- Nips & Nibbles: 1:55
- Mailbag: 11:43
- The Reading Rambler: 15:06
- Recs & Reviews: 51:04
- Extinct Local Products: 52:19
- Word of Mouth: 53:06
- The Reading Rambler Hits the Road: 1:02:01
- Switch Track: 1:02:17
- It’s All Fun & Games (Whamageddon): 1:02:44
- Hidden Gems: 1:14:00
- Matchbook Histories: 1:53:18
- Public Domain Performance: 1:55:57
- Public Domain Pages: 2:00:49
- Here’s Your Hat:...
TIMETABLE:
- Welcome Mat: 0:00
- Gerry’s Intro (adapted from Old Christmas out of The Sketch Book of Washington Irving): 0:37
- The First Noel, Lewis James w/ Male Quartet & Orchestra, 1929: 1:13
- Christmas Time Seems Years & Years Away, Manuel Romain, 1910: 2:29
- The Toyman's Shop, Arthur Hall, 1923: 4:29
- Hark the Herald Angels Sing, Henry Burr, 1907: 6:30
- A Christmas Carol, Arthur Fields, 1923: 7:50
- On A Good Old Time Sleigh Rid...
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