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.
The Night Mail Podcast
The Night Mail Podcast | Episode 022 2024-04-17
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Gerry Marletta & Tony Pikramenos
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Season 1
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Episode 22
TIMETABLE:
- Welcome Mat: 0:00
- Lisa Hern-Silvester Intro: 1:24
- Lisa’s Bio: 4:35
- Living in Reading: 11:40
- Lisa’s Other Town Position: 15:44
- Selectboard—Definition: 22:49
- Town Commissions & Committees: 24:26
- Selectboard—Definition Redux: 27:00
- Running for Selectboard: 27:47
- Attending Selectboard Meetings: 33:32
- Becoming a Selectboard Member: 34:17
- Traits Suitable for the Selectboard: 36:26
- Some Catching Up to Do: 38:28
- Lisa’s Priorities: 40:16
- School: 49:40
- Selectboard & Other Organizations: 51:38
- Local Business: 54:05
- The Nature of Change: 55:15
- Role of the Selectboard in Affecting Change: 58:22
- Pump Track: 59:25
- “Citizens Brigade”: 1:03:50
- Tech & Town Government: 1:08:37
- More About Serving on Selectboard: 1:14:04
- Changing of the Guard: 1:15:36
- Important Public Figure: 1:20:12
- Personal Anecdote: 1:21:17
- Outro: 1:24:39
