Everything's Better in Barryville

It’s the 20th Episode of the Biggest Small-Town Podcast in the World, and we celebrate by celebrating our local fire and ambulance services, who take care of all of us and make us feel safe. It’s also Mike’s Big Birthday, and he compares notes on living and learning with our best girlfriend Martha Worzel, before we take it to the stage to visit Barryville OG punks Basic Bitches making their Bethel Woods debut! 

Plus, singer songwriter Alys Berry drops by to talk about Barryville’s most exciting new music series, and somehow, in the middle of all this madness we take a trip in time back to the Barryville Farmers’ Market and the heady days of Shadfest 2024! It’s an embarrassment of riches on our 20th Show!!! THANKS EVERYONE, WE LOVE YOU ALL!!!

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Johnny and Mike are at the site of the original Woodstock festival, Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, eating their way through the Catskill Cuisine mega event! They’re joined by a cavalcade of celebrity chefs including the Reigning Queen of Soul Food, Melba Wilson, and the ultimate warrior, Anne Burrell, who talks next-level meatballs and so much more! Eat with us, drink with us, and get the hot tips on Southern fried chicken and Sullivan county’s best whisky – this show is hot, hot, hot!

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Spring has sprung with a galaxy of fiestas — Easter, Passover, Earth Day, 4/20, WrestleMania, and so much more! To celebrate this embarrassment of riches, we take a trip through the historic Borscht Belt with photographer Marisa Scheinfeld, and we go on location to cheer on the amazing girls of the Eldred Little League... but not before we visit with the heroes of the Upper Delaware Litter Sweep who are helping to keep our town and our river clean, clean, clean! All this, plus Johnny takes on the local media, Mike tells the best jokes of all time, local faves the Electric Chords come by to play live in the studio, and Tiffany Diamond swoops in with another missive from the Barryville Traffic Helicopter. Can your heart stand it??

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It’s another beautiful day in Barryville with Mike and Johnny who are visited by the beguiling Claire Marin of Catskill Provisions and Pollinator Spirits, who comes bearing 100-proof whisky and so much more! Plus, Mike files his on-the-scene report from the spectacular Yulan St. Patrick’s Day Parade with our favorite color commentator, the Grand Dame of Highland, Martha Worzel, and Tiffany Diamond speaks her mind! Spring is coming soon, can you can feel it? Tune in and turn on, we love you all!!!

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Mike and Johnny — and very special guest co-host Martha Worzel — are joined by the doyenne of Narrowsburg dining, the proprietor of the Heron restaurant, MarLa Puccetti, to talk about the fine art of running a restaurant in a small town. Plus, our new neighbor, Heritage Radio Network Royalty Erin Fairbanks, stops by to talk about movin’ up the county and so much more. And if that weren’t enough, blues superstar Mickey Finn, last seen in Barryville at our 2021 Christmas tree lighting (and now a Grammy nominee!), pops in to play a song with Mike! All this plus Tiffany Diamond in the Barryville Traffic Helicopter – we’re back with a bang, we missed you all!

Photo Courtesy of the Heron Restaurant.

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Nothing beats a smalltown Christmas, especially when you’re in Barryville! Mike and Johnny drown themselves in holiday cheer as they celebrate the best of Barryville and beyond, from our incredible Farmer’s Market and Monteleone’s hydroponic garden, to our Broadway-Quality Tree Lighting, and so much more! Plus, Tiffany Diamond gifts us with her Rice Crispie Treat tips, AND we’ve got and some very big news… congratulations John Pizzolato, our new Town Supervisor! Merry Christmas, God bless us every one!

Photo Courtesy of Paula Campbell.

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While Johnny is out campaigning in the race for Town Supervisor, Mike is joined by global superstar and Barryville resident, the ever-awesome Amber Tamblyn! Mike and Amber talk about haunted houses and keeping Halloween scary before taking a deep dive into the local food scene with Curtis and Priscilla from Barryville’s newest hot spot,  River’s Edge. And if that is not enough, they solve all the world’s problems! A show full of peace, love, sanity… and insanity! We’ve got it all, right here, in Barryville!

Photo Courtesy of NB.

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It’s back to school, plus some Halloween frights with Mike & Johnny’s Fall Special! First up, we welcome Suzanne Morris, the education director from Bethel Woods (site of the original Woodstock festival), who is Mike’s boss at Rock Camp (and so much more) – AND we have the actual kids from Rock Camp doing their Halloween best with an original number called “Are You Scared?,” which may or may not be about the world’s most famous rock concert. If that’s not hot enough for you, we talk to some very real 21st Century Lunch Ladies who are true stars when it comes to taking care of our kids! All this, the news, and a very special announcement! Welcome back, we missed you!!!

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Johnny and Mike go on location with the Eldred Little League, but first, a conversation with famed sports and music writer Dan Epstein, who warns us about the future of baseball! In the news, Johnny takes on the crisis of our local constables, and finally, superstar Lenae Kelty returns to the Barryville spotlight for another surprising performance that will live in our hearts forever. All this plus Tiffany Diamond in the Barryville Radio Traffic Helicopter, cats in trees, and so much more! Only on the Biggest Small Town Podcast in the World.  

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Johnny and Mike bring the party to beautiful downtown Barryville for their Season One Grand Finale, recorded live in front of friends and fans beneath the camel at the fabulous Barryville Oasis! Local superstar Melissa Gilbert brings the charm, and punk rock icons Basic Bitches bring the noise, Mike quixotically challenges Timothy Busfield to a whiffle ball game, and Tiffany Diamond gives a shout-out to local bikers! Meanwhile, Johnny reminisces about seeing Madonna on Johnny Carson! It’s an embarrassment of riches, only on the Biggest Small Town Podcast in the World! 

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