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Recognition: "Six Hudson Valley Podcasts You Should Be Listening To" (Chronogram, 2018); "Best Regional Podcast" (Chronogrammies, 2020)
12/13/2025
New Episode! "125. No Set Path"
What does it look like to build a creative life without a ladder, a map, or a five-year plan? In this crossover episode, I sit down with Kingston-based cinematographer, podcaster, and all-around creative human Drew English , ...
What does it look like to build a creative life without a ladder, a map, or a five-year plan? In this crossover episode, I sit down with Kingston-based cinematograp…
12/12/2025
Had to come downstate to visit the Rockefeller Plaza tree from upstate
12/07/2025
Stopped by the holiday market and made some friends. Today 12-4pm
Nominations through Jan 31 (and unlike that 'other' pub you don't have to do the very silly every day voting; just one vote, one person is enough)
11/29/2025
Nora and I headed to High Falls this morning to walk off turkey and check out the new observatory built this summer and fall. It’s stunning and just a half mile hike from the parking lot.
11/19/2025
New Episode! "124. The Duffles"
Live from Hudson, NY, it’s an author Q&A with Brian Shaefer and his debut novel Town & Country . Recorded in front of a live audience at Spark of Hudson, Mat moderates a conversation about character, plot, and the worlds of w...
Live from Hudson, NY, it’s an author Q&A with Brian Shaefer and his debut novel Town & Country . Recorded in front of a live audience at Spark of Hudson, Mat modera…
11/12/2025
New Episode! "123. Dog City"
Meet Patrick, owner of Lily’s Natural Pet Store , which just opened its second location after Poughkeepsie in Hudson. We talk dogs—a favorite subject—and why he chose Hudson, why not on Warren Street for his second location, ...
Meet Patrick, owner of Lily’s Natural Pet Store , which just opened its second location after Poughkeepsie in Hudson. We talk dogs—a favorite subject—and why he cho…
11/09/2025
What a great event with author and journalist Brian Shaefer about his debut novel Town & Country at Spark of Hudson last night. It's terrific. He's terrific. Amazing sold-out audience full of Cidiot fans, friends, weekenders and locals. Working on an episode all about it with excerpts!
Get your copy at local bookstore like Spotty Dog Books, Oblong Books, Merritt Bookstore and you can also get it via the Cidiot bookshop on Bookshop.org (indie shops): https://bookshop.org/a/85419/9781668086896
10/22/2025
Live from the ANA in Orlando - Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul cc
10/19/2025
Perfect Sunday walk with Nora at one of our favorites-Columbia County Conservancy in Greenport. Walk to the Hudson, bear left at the squirrel and you’ll find the pagoda with a view of the river and Catskills 🥾🌳⛰️
10/17/2025
I can’t get enough of events with . Tonight was at a barn in Stockport with Bill Buford and Alice Waters. It was farmer and foodie heaven and a reminder to eat what’s in season.
08/13/2025
New Episode! "120. Money Talks in Beacon"
Let’s talk about money and about Beacon. This episode, Mat chats with Lena Rizkallah of Conte Wealth Advisors, who is a Brooklynite-turned-Beaconite financial advisor. Through Lena, we’ll get to know Beacon better, including ...
Let’s talk about money and about Beacon. This episode, Mat chats with Lena Rizkallah of Conte Wealth Advisors, who is a Brooklynite-turned-Beaconite financial advis…
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“Cidiot” refers to a hardened city person who moves to the country and acclimates through experience. After 20 years in Manhattan, my husband Brian and I purchased an 1847 cottage in Dutchess County and have been shifting our lives here even as we clearly have much to learn. For me, it’s reshaped what I see, how I spend time, how I look after myself, and even what joy feels like.
I had planned on writing a series of articles about life up here, but then the Anchor app came along. It’s a podcasting platform so easy to use, I wanted to try it out. I record Cidiot on it and with one click, I can distribute it across more than 10 different platforms including Anchor, Apple, Google, Overcast, Stitcher, Spotify, Pocketcast, Radio Public and more. They also just launched a sponsor-matching program and I got my first sponsor, Flipboard. You can play the latest episodes of Cidiot from this link, as well as access the other platforms here.
Cidiot was written up in Hudson Valley Magazine and recommended by arts magazine Chronogram as one of “Six Hudson Valley Podcasts You Should Be Listening To.” Please share this page and the podcast with people you think will like it.
