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.

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The Night Mail Podcast | Episode 056 2026-04-01

April 15, 2026 • Gerry Marletta & Tony Pikramenos • Season 1 • Episode 56

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TIMETABLE:

Intro: 0:00
Opening Theme: 0:21
Welcome Mat: 0:52
T & G Compare Their Various Ailments: 1:59
Loose Threads: 31:09
Night Mail Correspondent: 40:09
Word of Mouth: 1:00:16
Extinct Local Products: 1:06:53
From the Attic: 1:07:57
T & G Bid Adieu to the Reading Rambler: 1:18:45
Switch Track: 1:18:58
Public Domain Performance: 1:19:28
Reader’s Corner: 1:24:35
Not Fade Away: 1:26:30
April Fools: 2:15:21
Here’s Your Hat: 2:18:39
Closing Theme: 2:19:22
Outro: 2:19:31

Gerry Marletta

Co-host

Tony Pikramenos

Co-host