
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
Night Mail Express - Episode 007 - 2024 Presidential Post-Election Special
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Gerry Marletta & Tony Pikramenos
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Season 99
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Episode 7
TIMETABLE:
- Opening Theme: 0:00
- Gerry’s Intro: 0:43
- Harry Crane Called It: 0:55
- It Was Obvious All Along: 2:17
- Abortion Wasn’t Enough: 3:31
- The Latino Vote: 6:23
- Turnout: 7:16
- Theories on Why Harris Lost: 8:19
- What Dems Should & Shouldn’t Do: 13:16
- Gerry’s Concern for His Daughter: 18:36
- The Latino Vote Redux: 21:12
- Relative Strength of the Candidates: 25:45
- Even More About Latinos: 26:47
- Immigration & the Economy: 27:24
- Immigration, Legal & Otherwise: 30:51
- More Evidence Please: 41:13
- What a Trump Administration May Bring: 45:34
- Potential for Political Violence: 51:22
- Trump Is Not Hitler: 54:56
- Other Reasons for Criticizing the Trump Administration: 56:47
- It Might Be Worse Than We Think: 57:40
- Or It Might Be Better: 59:26
- Definitely Worse: 1:00:33
- How To Boil a Frog: 1:01:21
- No, for Sure Better: 1:03:26
- Course Correction on the Left: 1:04:01
- Trump May Be a Symptom: 1:06:33
- This May Be a Global Phenomenon: 1:08:19
- Trump May Be a Symbol: 1:09:32
- Differences Between U.S. & Other Places: 1:10:41
- Different Perspectives: 1:13:53
- Someone’s Right & Someone’s Very Very Wrong: 1:15:42