The Night Mail Podcast

By Gerry Marletta & Tony Pikramenos

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 r... more

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How many episodes does The Night Mail Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 73 episodes available.

The Night Mail Podcast episodes:

June 18, 2025The Night Mail Podcast | Episode 043 2025-06-12
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
...more
1h 49min
June 09, 2025The Night Mail Podcast | Episode 042 2025-05-28
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
...more
2h 16min
May 18, 2025Night Mail Express - Episode 010
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
...more
36min
May 06, 2025The Night Mail Podcast | Episode 041 2025-04-16
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 & Variety: 47:10
Trump’s Cuts & the Local Food Shelf: 52:13
Government’s Role in Food Systems: 54:41
The Business of Farming: 1:00:49
Canada’s Model: 1:07:29
DOGE: 1:11:21
Government Employees: 1:12:13
What Vermont Could Do : 1:13:34
Price of Food Revisited: 1:15:56
More on Subsidies: 1:20:01
Supporting Small Farmers: 1:27:48
Agritourism: 1:29:46
Reading Farms Back in the Day: 1:30:51
The Vermont Brand: 1:36:20
Local Dairies: 1:38:19
King Korn: 1:39:55
The Reviewing of the Notes: 1:41:00
More That Vermont Could Do: 1:41:51
Crop Commodification: 1:46:05
More on Kevin’s Background: 1:47:07
Extinct Local Products: 1:50:59
Happenings: 1:52:41
Closing Theme: 1:58:26
...more
1h 59min
April 22, 2025Night Mail Express 009 - 2025-04-16 - Food Banks
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 Is Either a Genius or Evil or an Evil Genius or Clueless: 1:05:24
Service vs. Manufacturing: 1:15:16
Steelmanning: 1:17:53
Trump-Speak: 1:18:34
Third Party Blues: 1:25:08
Closing Theme: 1:25:47
Outro: 1:25:51
...more
1h 27min
April 22, 2025The Night Mail Podcast | Episode 040 2025-04-16
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
...more
59min
April 07, 2025The Night Mail Podcast | Episode 039 2025-04-03
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
Closing Theme: 1:20:57
Outro: 1:21:04
...more
1h 23min
March 24, 2025The Night Mail Podcast | Episode 038 2025-03-19
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
...more
1h 34min
February 25, 2025The Night Mail Podcast | Episode 037 2025-02-25
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
Memorial Day Committee & Cemetery Commission: 59:09
Level of Involvement at Town Meeting: 1:05:20
More on Cemeteries: 1:10:08
Regional vs. Local: 1:11:33
Law Enforcement: 1:21:39
Education: 1:22:51
From the Attic: 1:42:31
Public Domain Performance: 1:48:56
Here’s Your Ballot: 1:53:27
Closing Theme: 1:54:32
Outro: 1:54:39
Potty Break: 1:55:13
...more
1h 56min
February 10, 2025The Night Mail Podcast | Episode 036 2025-02-05
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: 1:19:40
Closing Theme: 1:20:37
Outro: 1:20:41
...more
1h 21min

FAQs about The Night Mail Podcast:

How many episodes does The Night Mail Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 73 episodes available.