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“This area attracts talented creative people seeking opportunities to play out, all seeking opportunities to play with each other.” — MK ScullyJoin MK Scully, afternoon host and promotions director at WKZE in Red Hook, as Cidiot® digs deeper into the local music scene. Who are the local bands? Where would you go to see them? We talk about both as well as about songs about the area. Genre wise, it's everything. Singer-songwriter-folk to rock and roll to metal to funk bands to (great) cover bands.Link to resources mentioned on the episode:MK on Instagram: @mk.ultramaticWKZE 98.1 FMRadio WoodstockRadio KingstonMat's audiobook produced at WKZE (via Amazon and Audible)Home from Here with John Burton ShowDIY Kingston - @diykingston Utopia Studios (Bearsville Studios), Woodstock Reddit/Hudson Valley: https://www.reddit.com/r/hudsonvalleyLocal bands you should know:The Felice BrothersThe BandThe Big TakeoverWhat?SchmaveSeymourWestern SkiesSchwizzBluestone QuarryMatt DuncanMiles Taylour Leo LovechildLocal venues with music:Unicorn Bar, Kingston Snug Harbor, New Paltz The Lemon Squeeze, New Paltz The Park Theatre, Hudson Bearsville Theatre, WoodstockTubbys, KingstonAvalon Lounge, Catskill Songs about the area:“The Catskills Stole My Heart,” Burnell Pines “County Road 14,” Dante De Felice“Story of Fred Short,” Marco Benevento“My Enemies”, James Felice (2025)Thank you for listening to Cidiot® , the award-winning podcast about living the Hudson Valley. Sign up for the newsletter and review/rate the shot at Cidiot.com.©2025 Mat Zucker Communications. Cidiot® is a Registered Trademark

In Episode 117 of Cidiot®, host Mat Zucker sits down with Christy Counts, the president and founder of Neverstill Wines, a New York State-based winery with a tasting room right in Hudson, NY. Christy shares her journey from wine enthusiast to entrepreneur, detailing how she built Neverstill Wines with a focus on sustainability, community, and a deep love for the Hudson Valley.Christy discusses her philosophy behind the Neverstill label, including her commitment to minimal intervention winemaking and supporting local farmers. She also talks about the inspiration behind the name "Neverstill"—a nod to the ever-changing nature of wine, the landscape, and life itself. The episode delves into the distinct character of Hudson as a destination for wine enthusiasts, artists, and urban transplants, and how Neverstill Wines is designed to be a gathering spot for locals and visitors. Christy and Mat discuss the importance of fostering community through wine and the growing New York State wine economy. Terms to know for this episode:Minimal intervention: A winemaking approach that limits additives and manipulation, letting the grapes and terroir shine.Tasting room: A dedicated space where visitors can sample and purchase wines directly from the producer.Flight: Curated selection of wines, usually 3 to 6, often presented for tasting comparison and explorationLinks from the episode:Visit Neverstill Wines, 739 Warren St., Hudson, NY Follow Neverstill on Instagram for updates on new releases and events: @neverstillwinesFeast & Floret 13 South 3rd St., Hudson (Restaurant - dinner or weekend brunch pick)The Quiet Botanist, 426 Warren St., Hudson (Shop)Talbott & Arding, 202 Allen Street, Hudson (Cheese & Provisions Market)Quinnies, 834 Route 66, Hudson (Restaurant - lunch pick)Other Regional Wine & Bev Links:Dutchess County Wine Trail (Dutchess County Tourism)"Hudson Valley Wineries" (recent feature in HV Magazine)"Artisanal Beverage Makers in Columbia County" map (Columbia County Tourism)Shawangunk Wine Trail (13 wineries across the region)Thank you for listening to Cidiot®, the award-winning podcast about living the Hudson Valley. Tune in and raise a glass with us!Special promotion from Neverstill: Drop by Neverstill Tasting Room on Warren Street and mention "Cidiot," and you'll get a complimentary wine tasting. Certain restrictions apply. For a limited time.  Thanks, Christy!©2025 Mat Zucker Communications. Cidiot® is a Registered Trademark.

This episode was inspired by a spontaneous poetry commission on the street in Hudson, NY. A poet named Jacqueline crafts “Cidiot, Come Hither,” and Mat takes stock of escaping bubbles and breaking routines. Thanks so much for listening. Please rate and review Cidiot® and sign up for the show's newsletter at Cidiot.com.Links to places and resources mentioned in the episode:Moto Coffee, Hudson, NY (https://www.motocoffeemachine.com/)Walkway Over the Hudson, Poughkeepsie, NY (https://walkway.org/)Innisfree Garden, Millerton, NY (https://www.innisfreegarden.org/)Hudson Food Festival, June 7, 12-6 pm, Henry Hudson Riverfront Park, Hudson, NYThe Workshop Experience, May 10 and 11, Hillsdale, NY area (https://www.theworkshopexperience.org/)Hudson Valley Food Truck Festival, June 21, Barton Orchards in Poughquag, NYUpstate Art Weekend, July 17-21 https://www.upstateartweekend.org/aboutDestination Dutchess Calendar https://destinationdutchess.com/calendarTrixie's List (Hudson, NY) https://www.trixieslist.com/©2025 Mat Zucker Communications. Cidiot® is a Registered Trademark.

Meet Madeline Hung of Castle, a finance app that helps homeowners save time and money managing their homes. Madeline says she's a San Francisco cidiot trying to recreate her Bay Area lifestyle here in the Hudson Volley. She and her husband Hugo have created a service that does two things: One is to understand the money you're saving, and the second part is to help you optimize and save. Their average customer, as you'll hear, is saving $10,000.00. That's real money.  “It seems like it all should be knowable,” says Madeline.Terms you should know for this episode:DIY - Do it yourselfSEDI - Someone else does itLinks:Head over to www.getcastle.com to sign up for your two-week free trial of the Castle mobile app today. Vote for Cidiot® for Regional Podcast in the Chronogram Readers Choice Awards through May 15, 2025.Thanks for tuning in this season. Please send in feedback and rate and review the show at Cidiot.com. Most of all, come visit. ©2025 Mat Zucker Communications. Cidiot® is a Registered Trademark.

Ready for something different? On this episode of Cidiot®, you'll hear from John Burton, host of the popular podcast “Home From Here.” Hear John's history from Rhinebeck to New York City to Westchester—and his plans to get back up here to the HV. As John explains, he wants to get back to his people. The people of the Hudson Valley are “Sophisticated and simple at the same time, smart and funny at the same time.” John puts it all out there. We talk about his wife's incredible cancer journey, his own challenges with mental health, music in the Hudson Valley, and the Lifted Project - coming up Sunday, April 6, at the Center for Performing Arts in Rhinebeck. It's a unique one-day musical experience bringing together a huge group of musicians to perform original music to support and provide visibility for four amazing nonprofits. Tickets are just $25. Towards the end, we also discussed our idea for a ‘Cidiot Immersion Class,' which I really want to do, and we even started to program its curriculum. Let me know if you're game to help. Meanwhile, act quickly for tickets for Sunday, April 6:The Lifted Project: https://liftedproject.org/ Venues mentioned:Paula's Runway Cafe Airport (Beacon) The Rhine Cellar (Rhinebeck)Barton Orchards (Pougquague) Joseph's Italian Steakhouse, Hyde ParkHudson Valley Musicians Facebook Group  Also:Mat on Home from Here show - episode 217 (MixCloud) or More Links (the show's website)Valley Girls Podcast (thank you for introducing us)Thanks for listening to Cidiot, the award-winning podcast about moving from the city to the Hudson Valley.  Come visit.©2025 Mat Zucker Communications. Cidiot® is a Registered Trademark. 

What can we learn from the nature—and animals—around us? Meet Jessica Morgenthal, host of the new, already award-winning “Resilience Gone Wild” podcast. Mat's been a guest, and now Jessica is one on Cidiot®. Tons of talk about donkeys, goats, chickens, sea turtles, beehives, and more. Nature can be loving, nature can be harsh. The answers we're looking for are sometimes right in front of us. And at the end, bonus: you'll hear the real difference between turtles and tortoises. Links: "Resilience Gone Wild" podcast links to listen Mat on Episode 20 of "Resilience Gone Wild" The Biggest Little Farm (film) What the Chicken Knows by Sy Montgomery (book) Thanks for tuning in. Come visit.Cidiot® 2025. All Rights Reserved

“We're trying to create the best version of a night out” — Mike Burdge of Story Screen CinemaThe arts are huge in the Hudson Valley, including film and cinema. In this episode, Mat talks to Mike Burdge of Story Screen Cinema about independent film and theatres in the Hudson Valley. Hear Mike and his partner Diana DiMuro's story, from working in hospitality and hosting after-hours movie pop-ups to owning their own unique cinemas—first in Beacon now in Hudson. Mike also shares how they decide what to show for so many different audiences on just three screens and gives a candid explanation of ticket prices, concessions and permission to sneak stuff in. Mat loves this cinema—there's a table at your seat plus a bar and movie-themed food and drinks. Better yet, Mike may have agreed to help Mat achieve one of his major bucket list items to do an ensemble sing-along of a movie musical. Mike and Diana also helped Cidiot create a big list of movies and TV shot in the Hudson Valley that you might want to watch. See the list on the Cidiot blog. Maybe we'll create a Cidiot film festival!Links for mentions in the episode: Story Screen (Hudson) Upstate Films (Rhinebeck, Saugerties, Woodstock) The Movie House (Millerton) Poughkeepsie Underwear Factory Mike writing about film in ChronogramThanks for tuning in. Come visit. Cidiot® 2025. All Rights Reserved

Welcome to Season 8 of Cidiot®! Mat kicks off by re-grounding us in what partly makes the Hudson Valley so special—the space. Inspired by local young writer Will Forge and his new book “Hudson Valley Reveries,” Mat helps us lose ourselves among an iconic Shawongunk tree. Will writes, “Patricia herself was a peculiar sort….. preferred the company of trees to people…” Will's advice for cidiots is also Mat's for this season opener. Let's appreciate where we're at, think about where we're at, understand the history—and appreciate the story of it.  Excited to have you tune in to the show—so much more coming this season.  “I want more people to come to the area and appreciate where they are coming to.” — Will Forge Links: Support Will and read his book (Amazon): http://bit.ly/42CQnhx Hudson Valley Writers Center: https://www.writerscenter.org/ Writers in the Mountains: https://www.writersinthemountains.org/ Cidiot Episode 85: Camp Catskill: https://www.cidiot.com/85-camp-catskill/ Cidiot® 2024. All Rights Reserved

This little light of mine….  For the Season 7 finale of Cidiot, and just in time for Winter Solstice, Mat explores the idea and need for light in the darkness. There are three themes of light: the light that guides you; the light that cheers you; and the light that helps you believe. Thank you to everyone who participated this season. Special shout-outs to editor Isaac Rostan and my husband Brian Fuhr. Join the Cidiot newsletter at Cidiot.com to be ready for next season.  Quote:  “Lighthouses don't go looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.” Anne Lamott  Links: Hudson Athens Lighthouse Preservation Society LGBTQ+ Allied A Capella Singers of the Hudson Valley Cidiot Episode 50: Hudson River Lighthouses Banque Chocolate, Hudson Valley Girls Podcast Barnfox - Cidiot day pass over still available Gulden Farm Cidiot® is the award-winning podcast about moving to the Hudson Valley, produced and hosted by Mat Zucker. Please rate & review the show at Cidiot.com, join the mailing list, and get in touch about what you like—and what you'd like to hear about. And come visit. Cidiot® 2024. All Rights Reserved. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cidiot/support

“Stories tell you what's important to people.” - AJ Schenkman Thanks to Jennifer Santiago and Jenny Leifer of The Valley Girls podcast, I was introduced to a writer and public school teacher A.J. Schenkman. He writes a lot about area history and has published multiple books including “Patriots and Spies,” Wicked Ulster County,” “Washington's Headquarters in Newburgh” and most recently the beautiful illustrated children's book “Franklin's Trees.”  As you'll hear on this episode of Cidiot®, A.J.'s brand of writing and teaching is “History Made Seamless,” which means making history accessible. We talk about how he got into writing about history, Eleanor wanting a place of her own away from mother-in-law, witness trees, stories from the FDR National Historic Site, elk, and  A.J.'s new illustrated book: “Franklin's Trees.”  “A good book will transform you through time,” he promises so excited to share this conversation and a slew of stories about FDR, Eleanor, trees, and more.  Links to highlights from this episode: Franklin's Trees, by A.J. Schenkman (Muddy Boots publishing) A.J. Schenkman's blog “History Made Seamless” Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site Val-Kill, Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site Historic Huguenot Street (New Paltz) A.J. on Literary Hudson Valley (YouTube) Cidiot Episode 29: Eleanor Was Right Thanks to the Valley Girls Podcast and their new show, Literary Hudson Valley. Cidiot® is the award-winning podcast about moving to the Hudson Valley, produced and hosted by Mat Zucker. This episode was brilliantly edited by Isaac Rostan. Please rate & review the show at Cidiot.com, join the mailing list, and get in touch about what you like—and what you'd like to hear about. And come visit. Cidiot® 2024. All Rights Reserved. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cidiot/support

Hudson, New York is still a new place for me, so this episode Cidiot tries to take a short cut to getting to know why the way things are. I find the best way to do this is through people who've been here for years and who reflect the way things are and maybe even shape them.  Meet Mark Allen, a film-maker, a writer, a radio host, and yes, a former go-go boy. Mark and I both grew up in the 70s and 80s, though I was not a go-go boy nor featured in Paper Magazine. He is prolific and provocative and is generous and hilarious sharing what he sees.  We talk about Hudson's culture, about video, dinner parties, the waves of gays, advice for cidiots—and of course the back alleys of Hudson. Links highlighted in episode: About Mark Allen Mark Allen's YouTube channel “Are Hudson's Sidewalks Safe for NYC Tourists” (Youtube): Time & Space Limited, Hudson: Wax museum, Lake George Cidiot® is the award-winning podcast about moving to the Hudson Valley. Please rate & review the show at Cidiot.com, join the mailing list, and get in touch about what you like—and what you'd like to hear about. And come visit. Cidiot® 2024. All Rights Reserved. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cidiot/support

Carole Osterink writes The Gossips of Rivertown, a blog that is news and commentary (and takes its name from a novel by a Hudson writer). It's a must-read for all of us who live here. This episode tune into Carole's story, how she chooses what to cover, if she considers herself a journalist andtr advise if you want to start a hyperlocal news sources like it in your town.  I hope you have something like it where you live. And I hope it's written by someone like Carole.  Hyperlocal newspapers & blogs (pls send in more!): A Little Beacon Blog (Beacon) Croton History & Mysteries (Croton) The Daily Catch (Red Hook and Rhinebeck) Daily Freeman (Ulster, Green & No. Dutchess Counties) The Gardiner Gazette (Gardiner): The Gossips of Rivertown (Hudson) The Highlands Current (Philipstown, Cold Spring, Garrison) The Hudson Valley Pilot (Rhinebeck) Hudson Valley One (Ulster County) Hudson Valley Post IMBY (several counties) Kingston Wire (Kingston)  Mid-Hudson News Ossining History on the Run (Ossining) Tgazette (Taghkanic) Plus, Mat is recently interviewed on the Rhinebeck Scoop podcast about Cidiot. There also are many good visitor and travel blogs to the Hudson Valley but that's a separate list. Let me know if I should put one together.  Cidiot® is the award-winning podcast about moving to the Hudson Valley. Please rate & review the show at Cidiot.com, join the mailing list, and get in touch about what you like—and what you'd like to hear about. And come visit. Cidiot® 2024. All Rights Reserved. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cidiot/support

This episode, Mat shares the news of moving—still within the Hudson Valley of course. Some thoughts on change and new opportunities. Some questions too. Are you still a cidiot if you move back to a city?  Links to what's mentioned: The Corner Counter, Red Hook Red Hook Stationery Co., Red Hook Taste Budd's, Red Hook Pause Dog Boutique, Rhinebeck Trixie's List Story of Hudson Wylde, Hudson Little Rico Cafe, Hudson Cidiot® is the award-winning podcast about moving to the Hudson Valley. Please rate & review the show at Cidiot.com, join the mailing list, and get in touch about what you like—and what you'd like to hear about. And come visit. Cidiot® 2024. All Rights Reserved. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cidiot/support

What is it about water? The Hudson River is the central fixture of the Hudson Valley, so Mat honors it as the muse and focus of this episode. He shares a poem by William Cullen Bryant about the Hudson, “A Scene on the Banks of the Hudson” which will take you from the shores of Beacon to, well, who knows where you will go. Tune in and come visit. Links highlighted: The Hudson River Maritime Museum Riverkeeper William Cullen Bryant via Academy of American Poets “A Scene on the Banks of the Hudson” (Poem) Friends of Clermont Historical Site The Effects of Water on Mental Well-Being (Espyr) Episode 50 - Hudson River Lighthouses Cidiot® is the award-winning podcast about moving to the Hudson Valley. Please rate & review the show at Cidiot.com, join the mailing list, and get in touch about what you like—and what you'd like to hear about. And come visit. Cidiot® 2024. All Rights Reserved. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cidiot/support

This episode, Mat talks to Freddy Pikovsky, co-founder of Barnfox. Barnfox is a co-working community across the Hudson Valley, with locations in Hudson, Kingston, Livingston Manor, and Poughkeepsie. Freddy shares how early experiences in the outdoors inspired him, moving from the city to the Hudson Valley, the original intent for Barnfox, and what it is today.  Don't miss this: Freddy also has a special offer for Cidiot® listeners — a free day pass at any Barnfox location to experience it yourself. Visit: https://barnfox.com/cidiot-day-pass/ https://barnfox.com/cidiot-day-pass/  Other Links Barnfox: https://barnfox.com/ Co. in Rhinebeck: https://www.coworkwith.co Freddy's book Back to the Land on Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/FARM-LANDS-Back-Land-Outdoor/dp/1452173338) or via Chronicle Books: (https://www.chroniclebooks.com/products/farm-land-s-back-to-the-land) Music credits:  "Ebbs and Flows" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Wholesome" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Cidiot® is the award-winning podcast about moving to the Hudson Valley. Please rate & review the show at Cidiot.com, join the mailing list, and get in touch about what you like—and what you'd like to hear about. And come visit. Cidiot® 2024. All Rights Reserved. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cidiot/support

Join Cidiot® for a conversation with Ryan Wexler, a local volunteer fire captain to hear about what it's like to be a firefighter. Mat learns about ways to volunteer and support local fire departments, why you should buy a 911 sign for outside your home, why the best time to have an emergency is at night, where animals fall in the rescue cue, when “the tones” hit, and more.  Links mentioned: FASNY Museum of Firefighting - Hudson NY: https://fasnyfiremuseum.com/ Greenport Fire Department: https://www.townofgreenport.com/fire-department.html Cidiot Episode 9: "Red All Over" https://www.cidiot.com/9-red-all-over/ Get a 911 Sign for your home: Next Generation Signs - Ghent, NY : https://www.nextgensignsinc.com/ Matthew Signs - Stockport, NY: https://www.facebook.com/matthewsignsllc Cidiot® is the award-winning podcast about moving to the Hudson Valley. Please rate & review the show at Cidiot.com, join the mailing list, and get in touch about what you like—and what you'd like to hear about. And come visit. Cidiot® 2024. All Rights Reserved. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cidiot/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cidiot/support

Cidiot's last crossover event was Episode 77 with Brett Barry of Kaatscast: The Catskills Podcast. Well, I just discovered the new Valley Girls podcast, so synchronized to release at the same time, here I interview them about their show, and they interview me on their pod. Jenny Leifer and Jennifer Santiago are hosts of the Valley Girls Podcast. We talk about why they started their show, telling the Hudson Valley story one character at a time. They give a bit of advice for cidiots, we play the hilarious Hudson Valley geography game, and we end with their go-to-spots, which include Mills Mansion and swimming holes. Good timing for that. Links mentioned on this episode: Listen to the Valley Girls Podcast:  valleygirlspodcast.com  Follow them on Instagram: @ValleyGirlsPodNY Mat's Rural & Country Podcast list on Goodpods: https://goodpods.com/curated-lists/podcasts-for-rural-and-country-living Episode 77: The (Other) Best Regional Podcast:  https://www.cidiot.com/77-the-other-best-regional-podcast/ Vanderbilt National Historic Site (Hyde Park, NY): https://www.nps.gov/vama/index.htm Cidiot® is the award-winning podcast about moving to the Hudson Valley. Please rate & review the show at Cidiot.com, join the mailing list, and get in touch about what you like—and what you'd like to hear about. And come visit. Cidiot® 2024. All Rights Reserved --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cidiot/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cidiot/support

You know I love chickens, but my biggest curiosity is with cows. So was very excited to talk to Kyle and Amanda from Gulden Farm. Kyle and Amanda grew up in the area and join us for a special episode about farming. We talk about Kyle's journey to Montana and back,  the story of Gulden Farm, what it means to farm sustainably, my cidiot questions about cows, and even about that great logo I love. Plus, to tempt you to try their amazing grass-fed meats and products, they're offering Cidiot listeners a 10% discount now through July 31, 2024 at their store. Just use CIDIOT2024 at checkout (Certain limitations may apply.) Cidiot® is the award-winning podcast about moving to the Hudson Valley. Please rate & review the show at Cidiot.com, join the mailing list, and get in touch about what you like—and what you'd like to hear about. And come visit. Photos provided by Kyle & Amanda. ©2024 Cidiot® is a registered trademark. All rights reserved.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cidiot/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cidiot/support

90% of podcasts don't publish more than three episodes. And of the 200,000 shows that do go beyond three, 90% will quit after 20 episodes. So hitting 100 episodes like Cidiot® does this month is a rare bird. Or, well, maybe a rare goat.  For Episode 100 and this milestone in regional podcasting history, Mat brings back some favorite moments and favorite voices to punctuate the journey from city to country.

Cidiot®'s back! Jason Bover, photographer, foodie and founder of Ulster Eateries Unfiltered, joins to kick off Season 7. He shares with Mat his relationship to the Hudson Valley, growing up in the food and bev business and local ingredients. We talk about the Ulster Eateries Unfiltered Facebook group as well as the gatherings and its VIP discount card supporting local restaurants, not to mention his appearance on "Kitchen Nightmares" and meeting Gordon Ramsey. Jason also just started his own coffee brand, Tiny Dog Coffee, bagged and packaged here in Saugerties. Join Ulster Eateries Unfiltered for free on Facebook. Get the VIP Foodies Card for discounts to more than 70 businesses and support local. Buy online at Ulster Eateries Unfiltered website: ($20) or available in person for $15 at: Kingston Candy Bar (Uptown Kingston) Twin Ravens Coffee Company (Ellenville) Village Pizza (New Paltz)  Some of Jason's picks: Urban Fork, Kingston Mexico Lindo, Kingston El Mercadito, Kingston Salt and Fire, Kingston Kingston Standard, Kingston Dallas Hot Wieners Half Moon Rondout Cafe Supernatural, Hudson Moto, Hudson Lagousta's Lucious, New Paltz More Jason Bover links: Wedding photography: Above Weddings Tiny Dog Coffee As featured in HudsonValleyOne: Follow the Foodies Kitchen Nightmares Ep 6 - Gordon Ramsey special guest "Love Bites" Hudson Valley Garlic Festival - 9/28—9/29/24 Cidiot is the award-winning podcast about the Hudson Valley. Host and executive producer Mat Zucker and editor Isaac Rostan. 2024 Cidiot® is a registered trademark. All rights reserved. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cidiot/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cidiot/support

It's holiday time and this episode is coming to you live from Hudson Winter Walk and a live performance. Mat closes out this amazing season of Cidiot® by sharing what he got from Spotify Unwrapped about the show as well as his own lessons and moments of which he's proud. So lucky to have you all season. Episode 100 is coming up so be sure to send in ideas or a voicemail message wishing the show something good! Links: Episodes for Season 6 on Cidiot.com Cidiot Bookstore on Bookshop dot org Join ConnectHV (free) The Brothers That Just Do Gutters Dutchess Tourism Co. coworking on Instagram Thank you for listening to Cidiot, the award-winning podcast about learning to live and love life in the Hudson Valley. Visit ⁠⁠Cidiot.com⁠⁠ for more information, itineraries on the blog and to join the free Cidiot newsletter. ⁠Follow Cidiot on Instagram at ⁠Cidiot.hv⁠.⁠  Copyright 2023. Cidiot® is a registered trademark. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cidiot/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cidiot/support

“Pick one exercise in every plane of motion” — Jakob Roze Jakob is this episode's special guest. Originally from the Catskills, schooled in Saratoga, started a business in New York, and now back upstate, we talk about moving his work here, the relationships between newcomers and locals, and play a round of the Cidiot geography game. And with winter coming on, in part three, Jakob also gives me a recommended plan, there's mention of bone mineral density, I clarify I am not 80 but I think I have to buy some weights for winter.  Links for this episode: RozeFit Coaching: ⁠https://rozefit.com/⁠ ⁠How to Stay Motivated to Workout During the Winter⁠ (RozeFit blog) Wildflower Farms, Gardiner, NY Sam's Point at Minnewaska State Preserve, Cragsmore, NY  Book: The Comfort Crisis, Michael Easter (available via Cidiot bookstore) Thank you for listening to Cidiot, the award-winning podcast about learning to live and love life in the Hudson Valley. Visit ⁠Cidiot.com⁠ for more information, itineraries on the blog and to join the free Cidiot newsletter. Follow Cidiot on Instagram at ⁠Cidiot.hv.⁠  Copyright 2023. Cidiot® is a registered trademark. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cidiot/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cidiot/support

Where should we grow old? Is the Hudson Valley a good place for aging? More and more people think so. And when you find your place, how should we plan for it? How can we stay in our home? How can we get around? What kind of resources are available?  Choosing to move from the city to upstate and now past 50, yeah, Cidiot® wants to know all this and more. So Mat talks to Brian Jones of the Dutchess County Office for the Aging who debunks myths about the department (no, they don't just send people to retirement homes) and shares info about the great resources and programs that offices like ours in Dutchess County offers. Brian has tips for successful aging and how to "stay on the upside of dirt." It's really fun conversation, plus Brian has an awesome voice - no wonder he'll soon be an announcer for local college sports teams.  Dutchess Office for the Aging (dutchessny.gov/aging) Tel: 845-486-2555 Links of things mentioned in the episodes: Go Go Grandparents Meals on Wheels Help at Home Rhinebeck at Home (aging in place group) Silver Sneakers Falls Prevention Checklist County Calendar Pickleball Courts (Quiet Cove) Overmountain Conservation Area Friendship Centers in Dutchess County Sunwise Aging Services & Care Management Thank you for listening to Cidiot, the award-winning podcast about learning to live and love life in the Hudson Valley. Visit ⁠Cidiot.com⁠ for more information, itineraries on the blog and to join the free Cidiot newsletter. Follow Cidiot on Instagram at ⁠Cidiot.hv.⁠ Copyright 2023. Cidiot® is a registered trademark. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cidiot/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cidiot/support

In a special spontaneous episode, Cidiot takes you live to the New York Sheep & Wool Festival at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds (October 21-22, 2023). Mat has no idea what he's looking at but luckily Rachel Zive and her partner Sam Barnett are there to guide us all through the fabric and the animals. We learn so much including advice for beginners, celebrity knitwear designers, and terms from the fiber folk community. Links mentioned in the episode: New York State Sheep & Wool Festival Andrea Mowry Andrew Mowry on YouTube Tessellated Vest pattern on Ravelry Bleu Belle Bijoux Copyright 2023. Cidiot® is a registered trademark. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cidiot/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cidiot/support

What makes the Hudson Valley special for creative people? This episode, Cidiot talks to Jordan Koschei about building ConnectHV, a creative “network of networks” for creative people in the Hudson Valley and Jordan's idea of “digital terroir.” It's about having a sense of place even for a digital network. And just as we're building on the soil of Hudson Valley's past, maybe the future will build on this. I think it's the most thoughtful conversation about living in the Hudson Valley I've had in a long time. Tune in.  And if you're a creative in the Hudson valley — designer, podcaster, coder, food & bev, business, anything — Jordan has a very broad definition of creative “If you're not actively destroying thing, you're a creative” — be sure to go to ConnectHV.com and sign up for free. Plus we hear his favorite two places — natural and human — places in the Hudson Valley. Links to what's mentioned in the episode: Connect HV Hudsy Hudson Community Incubator River Valley Guild The Cabincast Podcast Lake Minnewaska State Park --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cidiot/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cidiot/support

Mat gives an update on the gardening project, including flowers vs. vegetables competition. Though his voice notes, you probably get too close to the amateur he is and the struggles he faces — not to mention the neglect he embodies. Links to what's mentioned in the episode: Sam's video on how to properly weed (YouTube) Stark Blooms (Instagram) Photos of before and after weeding (Instagram) Thank you for listening to Cidiot, the award-winning podcast about learning to live and love life in the Hudson Valley. Visit ⁠Cidiot.com⁠ for more information, itineraries on the blog and to join the free Cidiot newsletter. Follow Cidiot on Instagram at ⁠Cidiot.hv.⁠ Copyright 2023. Cidiot® is a registered trademark. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cidiot/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cidiot/support

Upstate, living in a small town, I pop into all my favorite spots all the time. I try to always buy something but I'm also a bit of a gossip and always want to know what's new. People ask about the show, and several people have been on it as you know.  This episode of Cidiot®, you'll meet a favorite store-owner-new friend Marie of Red Hook Stationery Co. in the Village of Red Hook, NY. Her store is my new favorite place to get gifts, paper or cards and you'll know why when you tune into this episode and get to know her and her story. Plus, you'll hear how she and her husband finally bought their house.  And for Cidiot listeners, Marie has a special discount of 15% of any one item at Red Hook Stationery Co. through October 2023. Certain exclusions may apply. Links mentioned in this episode: Red Hook Stationery Co., Red Hook, NY The Ozone, Red Hook, NY Ulster County Small Business Resources Olana Historic Site, Hudson, NY Greig Farm, Red Hook, NY Poet's Walk Park, Red Hook, NY Scenic Hudson Thank you for listening to Cidiot, the award-winning podcast about learning to live and love life in the Hudson Valley. Visit Cidiot.com for more information, itineraries on the blog and to join the free Cidiot newsletter. Follow Cidiot on Instagram at Cidiot.hv. Photo: Red Hook Stationery Co. Copyright 2023. Cidiot® is a registered trademark. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cidiot/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cidiot/support

Do you love where you live? Mat sure does. Already a champion, advocate, even a shill for people moving to the Hudson Valley, Mat takes it to the next level by becoming a Certified Tourist Ambassador in Dutchess County. In this Cidiot® episode, you'll hear about the experience as well as advice for visiting from two other 'graduates.' Plus, there's a un/related story about a spider! Beacon (from Nicole) City of Beacon Bank Sq. Coffehouse Long Dock Park Dia: Beacon Dover Plains (from Dawn) Dover Stone Church Lucky Orphan's Horse Rescue Kelly's Creamery and Kelly's Husband's Truck Dutchess Tourism (from Melaine) Dutchess Tourism Discover Dutchess Destination Guide Dutchess Tourism Certified Tourist Ambassador Program Thank you for listening to Cidiot, the award-winning podcast about learning to live and love life in the Hudson Valley. Visit Cidiot.com for more information, itineraries on the blog and to join the free Cidiot newsletter. Follow Cidiot on Instagram at Cidiot.hv. 2023. Cidiot is a registered trademark. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cidiot/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cidiot/support

After missing it last year, Mat explores the big annual event that is Upstate Art Weekend. More than 130 artists participate across the Hudson Valley, including Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester counties. Mat shares the differences between culture in the city versus the country and talks to a New York-based artist, Lauren Cohen at “Brian's Yard Sale.” It's hilarious. Artists and galleries mentioned in this episode: Upstate Art Weekend website Judith Pfaff Foundation in Tivoli, NY “Stories of the Post-Natural” curated by Art Works of Change (Randy Jayne Rosenberg, Bonny Lebowitz and Belén Millan) Available Items in Tivoli, NY “Shelf Life”  (artist Laurene Leon Boym) Mother-in-Laws gallery in Germantown, NY “Brian's Yard Sale” by Lauren Cohen “Darkening Skies” curated by Front Room Gallery (artists Pamela Longobardi and Susan Knipperberg) More recommended art galleries in the area: Pinkwater Gallery, Kingston NY (as featured in Episode 78) Equis Art Gallery, Red Hook NY Verse Workshop, Red Hook NY Tivoli Artists Gallery, Tivoli NY Front Room Gallery, Hudson NY Cidiot® is the award-winning Hudson Valley podcast. Sign up for the newsletter and subscribe to episodes on your favorite platform via Cidiot.com. Come visit. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cidiot/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cidiot/support

Why do we move here? To either open—or eat at—restaurants like Bimi's. And live in—or visit—towns like Chatham. This episode is about Bimi's Canteen and Bar, about Ellen & Chris, about a deliciously quaint village called Chatham, NY. Cidiot visits Bimi's, hears the story, the backstory and visits the restaurant and the downstairs speakeasy. As you'll hear from Ellen, the story of Bimi's is heartwarming, their journey up here is illuminating, she has advice for people opening a business, why Bimi's is celiac safe, plus she'll share her favorite places in the Hudson Valley as well.  And if you're thinking of planning a weekend to Chatham, on the Cidiot Farm Fresh blog you'll find the first in a new series of Cidiot Weekender Itineraries —ideas for 72 hours or a weekend in Chatham. Thanks to Ellen & Chris for helping me put it together. And stop by Bimi's Canteen & Bar, where if you mention Cidiot, between now and September 30th, you may get treated to a glass of bubbly! Cidiot® is the award-winning podcast about moving to the Hudson Valley and just loving it. Come visit. Links for this episode: Chatham: Bimi's Canteen ⁠Village of Chatham⁠ Fahari Bazaar Columbia Land Conservancy Trails Ben Gable Savories Gentle Time Farm Grimaldi Farm The Blue Plate Crandall Theatre Chatham Brewing The Shaker Museum Kinderhook Farm Samscott Orchards, Kinderhook, NY Hawks Roost Farm, East Chatham, NY Beyond: Six Depot Coffee, West Stockbridge Four Fat Fowl, Stephentown, NY Lost Lamb Bakery, Stockbridge, MA Gaskins, Germantown, NY Rivertown Lodge, Hudson, NY The Stage Coach Inn at Race Brook Lodge, Sheffield, CT Gedney Farm, New Marlborough, MA --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cidiot/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cidiot/support

Mat finally takes up gardening but in the safety and security of an adopted small garden plot at Four Corners Community Farm. It's a learning experience for sure, so join him via his audio journal as he tries to grow vegetables vs. flowers. Links: Four Corners Community Farm Old Dutch Village Gardening Club Garden Pals National Garden Association Thanks for listening to Cidiot®, the Hudson Valley's most awarded podcast. Would love to hear from you about what you would love to hear about so write in at Cidiot.com and review the show while you're there. Come visit. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cidiot/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cidiot/support

This episode is all about cheese. Who doesn't love it? To answer them all, Cidiot interviews Lauren Cunningham-Housman, owner of The Corner Counter, a new cheese and provisions shop in Red Hook, NY. Lauren worked for years with iconic cheese purveyor Murray's Cheese in New York City, and combining her business school education and her experience in (and love of) cheese, built a plan to open her own shop. I ask her how she chose the Hudson Valley, about her journey from intern to opening her own business. I also ask about geography. Is the Hudson Valley special for cheese? And how should one buy cheese? What should I bring to a dinner party? Can we eat the rind? What's her desert island cheese? This episode is a cidiot primer on cheese, including “affenage” — day care for cheese and facts about cheese you might not know such as there are just four ingredients in cheese, and ideas I never thought about like the seasonality of cheeses. Tune in to learn, taste with your ears and have a laugh. Plus, for a limited time as part of the grand opening, Lauren is offering Cidiot listeners 10% off cheese and charcuterie when you use the secret code GOATS at checkout. Links to things mentioned in the episode: Episode 15: Town for Sale The Corner Counter, Red Hook, NY Talbott & Arding, Hudson, NY Cheese Louise, Kingston, NY Montgomery Place, Red Hook, NY Thanks for listening. Please rate and review Cidiot in the Apple or Spotify podcast stores or simply leave us a review directly through Cidiot.com. Cidiot® is a production and registered trademark of ©2019-2023 Mat Zucker Communications. Come visit. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cidiot/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cidiot/support

Sometimes the show takes you to new places, and sometimes the way to get there is the destination. U.S. Route 9 is historic—for much of the portion in New York State, it's The Albany Post Road. Join Cidiot® for a very personal driving tour from Poughkeepsie to Kinderhook with sites, stops and history along the way. Be sure to see the surviving markers, a system developed by Ben Franklin, including the iconic 100-mile marker in Rhinebeck. Below are some of the places mentioned w/links for more info. Poughkeepsie to Hyde Park: Marist College Culinary Institute of America FDR Presidential Library and Museum Vanderbilt Mansion Staatsburgh to Rhinebeck: River & Post restaurant Mills Mansion (Staatsburgh State Historical Site) Habitas on Hudson Patty's Pet Palace The Beekman Arms Le Petit Bistro Samuels Sweet Shop Oblong Books (book recommendations on Episode 77) Rhinebeck Farmer's Market 100 Mile Marker (picture on Cidiot Instagram) Northern Dutchess Hospital Co. coworking Dutchess County Fairgrounds Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome Red Hook: Maizeland (Van Ness House) Taste Budd's Cafe Annabelle's Village Bake Shop The Corner Counter Localvore Historic Village Diner (The Halfway Diner) The Elmendorph Inn Rose Hill Farm Greig Farm Lasting Joy Brewery Clermont to Claverack: Tousey Winery Hearty Roots Community Farm Suarez Family Brewery Alltown Fresh Mx Morningstar Farm Claverack to Hudson: Olana Historic Site Visit Hudson NY site Wylde Hudson coffee & bar MOTO coffee Hudson Wine Merchants The Maker Hotel Rivertown Lodge L'il Debs Oasis Baba Louie's pizza Stuyvesant to Valatie: Samascott Farms Martin Van Buren National Historic Site Thanks for listening to Cidiot. Send in comments via the contact form on Cidiot.com, and if you'd like to sponsor an episode or be a content partner this season, please get in touch as well. Meanwhile, great news. Cidiot is up again for a 2023 Chronogrammie readers choice award for Regional Podcast in the Arts & Entertainment category. Vote now (and often) through May 15, 2023. Sources for this episode: Croton History.org, Historic Red Hook, Poughkeepsie Journal, Rhinebeck NY Past & Future, Wikipedia. Photo: Brian Fuhr. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cidiot/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cidiot/support

Welcome to Season 6 of Cidiot®! I'm excited to talk about 700,000 acre-big Catskill Park, "America's First Wilderness," with Ryan Penny, owner of Camp Catskill in Tannersville, NY. In two parts, we'll cover what drew Ryan to the Catskills, about starting his store in Tannersville, spotting a cidiot, and about Catskill Park, including his four favorite spots "inside the blue line." We also get into Kaaterskill Falls and the controversy of its claim as the tallest waterfall in New York state. We also talk about micro spikes, crampons and how I shouldn't wear my Stan Smiths into waterfalls. In part two, we cover culture, including the story and connection of Rip Van Winkle. You'll want to wake up for this. Be sure to check out these links: Tannersville: Cidiot Guide to 5 Places To Visit Nearby (on the Cidiot.com blog) Camp Catskill store (Use promo code CIDIOT10 for 10% off. For a limited time.) Episode 55: Hike Your Own Hike (with Sean of Mountain-Hiking.com) Cidiot® is a registered trademark, hosted and produced by Mat Zucker. Visit Cidiot.com for more info including sponsorship and partnership opportunities. Original music created by Space Studios. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cidiot/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cidiot/support

Cidiot closes out Season 5—the show's biggest yet—with reflections on what worked and what's ahead. Thank you for making Cidiot one of the Hudson Valley's biggest and most loved shows. Stay warm catching up on past episodes and watching the Cidiot anthem video, available here, via Cidiot.com, and on YouTube. Thank you for our sponsors and partners this season, including El Sueco and the Don, Greig Farm, Hudson Valley Kitchen Design Center, Hudson Community Incubator, Taconic Toastmasters Club, Sunflower Market in Woodstock and Rhinebeck, and Scot Hastie of Pardee's Agency (A World Company). Thank you to all the guests this season, including Ben Senterfit and Paul Rivers Bailey, Andrew Addotta, Allison Chawla, Jeremy Franson and Sandra Franson, Emily Sachar, Osun Zotique, Robinson Greig, Elizabeth Sobol, Mary Howard and four other Taconic Toastmasters, Diane Parisella, Kathy Stevens, Brett Barry, Suzanna Hermans, Amy Zimmerman, Amanda Stromoski, Kendra Sinclair and Jared Vengrin, Alissa Hessler, Anne Sanger and Amy Krane. Cidiot 's new season begins March 2023. Would love hear your ideas and comments and please rate & review the show at Cidiot.com or on Apple Podcasts. Stay in touch via Cidiot.com, join the newsletter and follow on Instagram. And come visit. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cidiot/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cidiot/support

I love color. I'm fascinated by color. I have questions. Amy Krane is an architectural color consultant as well as a real estate broker. And get this: she has her own podcast on color called Let's Talk (Paint) Color with colleague Amy Woolf. On this episode in three fun, chatty parts, Amy and I talk about her journey upstate (she's not a newbie) and then becoming a color consultant and then into my thousand questions about color especially for rural homes, historical homes - starting with why are barns red - or as you'll hear Falun Red - and what about painting your outbuildings the same color as your house? And then she surprises with what color was researched to paint your front door for $6,000 more in resale value. You'll also hear about her philosophy called “Fit In, Stand Out.” Part 1: About Amy's Journey Part 2: Mat's Color Questions Part 3: Mistakes to Avoid and Hudson Valley Favorites Thanks for listening to Cidiot. Until December 22nd, you can help change history by voting for Cidiot for Listener's Choice in the prestigious Signal Awards in the Lifestyle category. Currently one of six finalists and gunning for gold. Amy's Links: Company site - AmyKraneColor.com Let's Talk (Paint) Color Podcast Other Links Mention in the Episode: The Garden Conservancy Open Days A Way to Garden Podcast (Margaret Roach) Hancock Shaker Village (Pittsfield) The World's Most Famous Colorist: A Short Story (Amazon) Episode 9: Red All Over Thanks so much to Scot Hastie at Pardee's Agency and to Sunflower Market, with stores in Woodstock and Rhinebeck, for supporting Cidiot this season. How to contact Scot: email: shastie@pardeesinsurance.net phone: 845-331-0025 x1940 web: Pardee's Agency (A World Company) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cidiot/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cidiot/support

Ash trees are dying fast. Not just at our house, but across the Hudson Valley. This has made me learn a lot about taking care of trees (e.g., the PINE method for tree care: prune, inspect, nourish and extend), meet a shirtless tree caregiver, and find an expert to ask all my questions about insurance. Scot Hastie of Pardee's Agency in Kingston, NY, thankfully came to rescue us cidiots, tackling a thorough Q&A across homeowners, auto and commercial insurance. We talk about what insurance covers (and doesn't) when it comes to trees falling, septic systems breaking, hitting animals, running a business out of your home, and more. You'll find the full Q&A on the Cidiot blog: https://www.cidiot.com/blog/insurance-qa-for-cidiots/ Here's how to contact Scot Hastie directly; tell ‘em Cidiot sent ya: email: shastie@pardeesinsurance.net phone: 845-331-0025 x1940 web: Pardee's Agency (A World Company) Thanks to Scot Hastie at Pardee's Agency in Kingston and to Sunflower Market, with stores in Woodstock and Rhinebeck, for supporting Cidiot this season. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cidiot/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cidiot/support

Meet a couple who makes a leap, not just in moving upstate, but by restoring a motel. Cidiot talks to Kendra Sinclair and Jared Vengrin who have just opened the Reclaimed Motel in Red Hook in Dutchess County, New York. Jared grew up here, met Kendra in college and now they've together been lovingly updating this motel along the Albany Post Road with a view of the Catskills. With fantasies of being Moira from Schitt's Creek and furnishing it with vintage items within a 20-mile radius, they've designed it with a nod to 1960s motor lodge experience, including fun, comfortable and groovy. Hear about their experience, why they made the choice, motel history featuring Robert Redford, and some advice about visiting the Hudson Valley in the winter months including maple tapping! Thanks Kendra and Jared for the special offer. Reclaimed Motel is offering Cidiot listeners 10% off on your first stay. Just enter CIDIOT in your reservation form. Links mentioned: Reclaimed motel: Site | Instagram (@reclaimedmotel) New York State Small Business Development Center From Wreck to Reno (The Daily Catch) Thank you Sunflower Market, with stores in Woodstock and Rhinebeck, for supporting Cidiot. Long.Live.Local. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cidiot/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cidiot/support

It seemed like a giant beehive was in our willow. Or was it? What should a cidiot do anyway? This episode is about the little critters that fill our lives—and our properties—in the Hudson Valley. Bees, wasps, bats, snakes, spiders, chipmunks, frogs, beavers—and more. Tune in for an education and a giggle. Links: Beaverland, Leila Philip (new book!) Beekeeping in the Hudson Valley and Catskills Episode 78 Brett Barry shares his snake (and bear) stories Pestmasters Blog Spotted Laternfly (Scenic Hudson) Rethinking the Humble Beaver (Scenic Hudson) Sponsors: Sunflower Market (Woodstock, Rhinebeck) Photo: Brett Barry of Kaatscast podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cidiot/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cidiot/support

Let's talk more broadly about this movement to the country and the experience for each of us. I speak to artist and photographer Alissa Hessler, founder of Urban Exodus, a project and podcast. She is also author of Ditch The City and Go Country: How to Master the Art of Rural Life From a Former City Dweller, which is how I first found out about her. You can already tell she's a role model for me. From her studio in Maine, Alissa talks about her move to the country, what she's learned, the impact on her life, the stories she's chronicled in others, advice for you, and of course about the Hudson Valley. We also start to get our heads around winter coming and what she does to get through and thrive in it. Spoiler: canning and a dance party! Links to what's mention in the episode: Urban Exodus (blog) Urban Exodus (podcast) Ditch The City and Go Country: How to Master the Art of Rural Life From a Former City Dweller (book) Cidiot Bookshelf (on bookshop.org) Related episodes: 72. Flatlanders 76. Hudson Valley Bookshelf Thanks to our sponsor Sunflower Market with stores in Woodstock and Rhinebeck. Sunflower is devoted to deepening symbiotic relationships through clean and sustainably sourced food. Visit their site and follow them on Facebook and Instagram. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cidiot/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cidiot/support

When you think of art in the Hudson Valley, your head probably goes to the Hudson Valley School and the river, mountains and landscapes of Thomas Cole and Frederick Edwin Church. You know, dead old white men. Anne Sanger runs the Pinkwater Gallery in uptown Kingston. She's an artist and her gallery focuses on women artists of the Hudson Valley. We talk about her journey to the Hudson Valley, taking a wrong turn—or was it a right turn—and becoming an artist. We also chat about the types of artists she represents and the etiquette and advice for newbies like me shopping for art. Yes, you can sometimes borrow it! Thanks to our sponsor Sunflower Market with locations in Woodstock and Rhinebeck. Sunflower is devoted to deepening symbiotic relationships through clean and sustainably sourced food. Visit their site and follow them on Facebook and Instagram. Pinkwater Guide to Art in the Kingston Area: GALLERIES IN KINGSTON In Uptown / the Stockade: Pinkwater Gallery Headstone Gallery In Midtown: Monument In the Rondout / the Strand: Artport Kingston West Strand Gallery On Route 28 (between Kingston and Woodstock): The Lockwood Gallery FALL LEAF PEEPING + ART Art OMI in Ghent Storm King in the lower Hudson Valley near Windsor Opus 40 in Saugerties Annual Art Events in Kingston Art Walk Kingston in September O+ Festival in October Art Instruction for Adults Woodstock School of Art Kingston Ceramics Studio --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cidiot/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cidiot/support

In a special cross-over in honor of International Podcast Day, Cidiot talks to this year's winner of the Chronogrammie for regional podcast (we got runner-up!) Brett of Kaatscast podcast. It's no wonder he won. A pro in audio with a very handsome voice and a public radio style podcast, Brett has recording more than 60 episodes of Kaatscast as well as audiobooks and driving tours of the Catskills. Recorded outside at Ole Savannah's in Kingston on the water, we talk about how working in audio leads to producing driving tours of the Catskills and his award-winning podcast (!) and we also compare the Catskills and the Hudson Valley and talk about bears and snakes. Ick. Be sure to also tune into Brett's interview of Mat on his new episode of Kaatscast. Links Kaatscast podcast Brett's scenic tours (free) of the Catskills at Drive28.com North South Lake (Tannersville) Dibbels Quarry The Best Rural & Regional Podcasts (Cidot.com blog) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cidiot/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cidiot/support

If you love books, you'll love this episode. Cidiot gets local, pro recommendations from Oblong Books in Millerton and Rhinebeck, The Chatham Bookstore in Chatham, Rough Draft Bar & Books in Kingston, and several Cidiot listeners. Links here and on the episode page on Cidiot.com Books mentioned: One Hundred Miles From Manhattan, Guillermo Fesser (memoir) The Rural Life, Verlyn Klinkenborg (memoir) This Poison Heart, Kalynn Bayron (novel) Please Wait To Be Tasted: L'il Debs Oasis Cookbook (cookbook) The Blade Between, Sam J. Miller (novel) Elegy For An Appetite, Shaina Lowe-Banayan (memoir) Diamond Street, Bruce Edward Hall (history) The Story of Historic Kingston, Stephen Blauweiss and Karen Berelowitz Our Country Friends, Gary Shteyngart (novel) A Ship Made of Paper, Scott Spence (novel) Fifty Acres and a Poodle, Jeanne Marie Laska (memoir) Country Matters: The Pleasures and Tribulations of Moving from a Big City to an Old Country Farmhouse, Michael Kora (memoir) Typecast, Andrea J. Stein (novel) Bookshops: Cidiot bookshop (Bookshop.org) Oblong Books (Rhinebeck and Millerton) Rough Draft Bar & Books (Kingston) The Chatham Bookstore (Chatham): Golden Notebook (Woodstock) Inquiring Minds (Saugerties) Magpie Bookshop (Catskill) Spotty Dog (Hudson) Half Moon Books - used (Kingston) Merritt Bookstore (Millbrook) H.A.S. Beane Books - used (Red Hook) Hobart Book Village (Hobart) The Bookloft (Great Barrington, MA) Rodgers Book Barn (Hillsdale) Other: Murders in the Hudson Valley Podcast (Apple) Welcome new sponsor: Sunflower Market, with stores in Rhinebeck and Woodstock, is devoted to deepening symbiotic relationships through clean and sustainably sourced food. Visit their site, follow on Facebook & Instagram. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cidiot/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cidiot/support

A big part of why we love the Hudson Valley and Catskills is because of the farms and the animals. In this awesome, moving, eye-opening, and hilarious episode, you'll meet the fabulous Kathy Stevens and hear how Catskill Animal Sanctuary in Saugerties got started and its mission. You'll learn about Noodles, a blind horse named Buddy, and a cow named Tucker, what Kathy calls 'random acts of callousness' and about the Underfoot Family. “The tours change people,” Kathy explains. You'll also get advice on how to engage with animals on a tour (i.e., take your sunglasses off, sit down, don't make a loud sound), CAS's unique programming, and why and how to volunteer. We find a job for Mat. And yes, yes, yes, Kathy and I will together make animal sounds. Catskill Animal Sanctuary website (donate, volunteer, programming) Herd Around The Barn podcast (Kathy's award-winning show) Welcome new sponsor: Sunflower Market, with stores in Rhinebeck and Woodstock, is devoted to deepening symbiotic relationships through clean and sustainably sourced food. Visit their site and follow them on Facebook and Instagram. Past episodes on animals: 46. Pets 44. Chicken Run 41. Meet A Farmer 35. Animals --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cidiot/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cidiot/support

Super-short episode today while Cidiot prepares  for a big, big, big fall sprint of shows starting September 1. Get on the free Cidiot newsletter to not miss a thing! Cidiot Anthem (Audio only): Apple Music, Spotify, Soundcloud Cidiot Anthem (Video): YouTube --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cidiot/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cidiot/support

Four years since the show debuted! What a good time for a State of the Cidiot. In this special episode, Mat reflects on what Cidiot has accomplished so far along with birthday messages from several listeners, including Mark, Katie, Allison, Irwin, Adam—and of course superfan Leslie, Mat's mom. Thanks for supporting and enjoying Cidiot, the award-winning podcast about life in the Hudson Valley, Catskills, and Berkshires. A few things you can do to make this birthday special: Rate and review Cidiot on Apple podcasts or via Cidiot.com. Sign up for the free Cidiot newsletter. Shop for merch and books through Cidiot.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cidiot/message

Is there an equivalent for cidiots in Maine? Yes there is! In fact, Mainers have their own dictionary of phrases I was excited to learn on our two-week vacation. It got me thinking about doing nothing and doing everything. I'll share my update on our to-do list and Robinson Greig sends in an update from Greig Farm. Sign up for the Cidiot newsletter for free. Subscribe at Cidiot.com with your email address. Other links: Discover Upstate Art Weekend July 22-24, 2022. Info here. Thanks to our sponsor Hudson Valley Kitchen and Design Center. Mention Cidiot for $500 off your project $5,000 or more. Info here. Send in a quick birthday message to Cidiot with the microphone at Cidiot.com My favorite Mainer phrases: "From Away" - from somewhere elsewhere than Maine "Flatlander" - someone raised at low altitude "Happier than a clam at high tide" - happy "Tighter than a bark on a tree" - tight "All stove to hell" - in bad shape --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cidiot/message

Newburgh is one of the oldest towns in New York State and frequently talked about as a city coming around. Cidiot spoke to Diane Parisella, who with her business partner Lisa Morgan, own Designed Grind Cafe at the Newburgh Mall and started The Newburgh Market, held on Sundays from April through the end of October in the mall parking lot 10am-3pm. Hear about the market, their business, what's coming to the mall, her favorite places in the Hudson Valley, and more on Newburgh itself. Stop by Designed Grind Cafe and tell 'em Cidiot sent you and get 10% off a delicious coffee. Thanks for listening to Cidiot and our sponsors Hudson Valley Kitchen Design Center and Taconic Toastmasters Club. Follow Cidiot on Instagram (@cidot.hv) and subscribe to the free newsletter on the home page at Cidiot.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cidiot/message

I asked our new sponsors at Taconic Toastmasters Club to help me be a better presenter on air for you. They went through a few of my episodes and tell me what I'm doing right—and maybe could be better. I'm a believer in self-improvement and I'll take a few tips wherever I can get them. Including about owls. Want to develop and polish communication and leadership skills in a fun, friendly, supportive environment? Join Taconic Toastmasters Club at their next meeting at the Columbia County Chamber of Commerce, 1 North Front St, Hudson, NY (Use rear entrance). The club meets the first and third Wednesdays of the month at 5:30 PM. See their website. Follow Cidiot on Instagram and please send a birthday message at Cidiot.com. Just click on the microphone in the corner and mention your name and a favorite episode. By July 1 if you can. You can also subscribe for free to the Cidiot newsletter. Thanks. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cidiot/message

Let's go further north. Health. History. Horses. And culture. Cidiot has a one-on-one conversation with Elizabeth Sobol, President and CEO of Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC). You'll hear about Elizabeth's journey to leading SPAC, her discovery and full on love of Saratoga, what's on this season, from jazz to the ballet — plus a delicious innovation “Choreographer's Feast “ — dancers do eat! And in part three, Elizabeth shares her recommended itinerary of where to go for a weekend in Saratoga. Thanks to Elizabeth and SPAC, Cidiot is giving away two tickets to "Voice and the Violin" with Joshua Bell & Larisa Martinez, performing with the Philadelphia Orchestra on Friday, July 29, 2022. What's your cidiot story? Send it in for your chance to win. Details on how to enter on the episode 69 page at Cidiot.com. Deadline is Friday, June 24th at midnight EST. Thanks for listening to Cidiot and our sponsors Hudson Valley Kitchen Design Center and Taconic Toastmasters Club. Follow Cidiot on Instagram (@cidot.hv) and subscribe to the free newsletter at Cidiot.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cidiot/message

It's strawberry season! Yes, I can't eat them sadly, but you probably can happily. In this special episode breaking from our usual schedule, hear directly from Robinson Greig at Greig Farm on best practices of what to look for and how to pick them. Thanks for listening to Cidiot, the award winning podcast about moving to the Hudson Valley, Catskills and Berkshires. Subscribe to the newsletter and follow us on Instagram. Photo courtesy of Greig Farm. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cidiot/message