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Recognition: "Six Hudson Valley Podcasts You Should Be Listening To" (Chronogram, 2018); "Best Regional Podcast" (Chronogrammies, 2020)
07/16/2025
New Episode! "119. The Mid-Hudson Libraries"
“Libraries are rooms of requirement.” — Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, Executive Director, Mid-Hudson Library System This week on Cidiot® , we’re talking libraries — not just the quiet, book-filled havens you remember, but vibrant c...
“Libraries are rooms of requirement.” — Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, Executive Director, Mid-Hudson Library System This week on Cidiot® , we’re talking libraries — not j…
07/04/2025
You know it’s summer when only has lobster roll on his mind. Thanks
06/16/2025
New Episode! "118. Music in the HV"
“This area attracts talented creative people seeking opportunities to play out, all seeking opportunities to play with each other.” — MK Scully Join MK Scully, afternoon host and promotions director at WKZE in Red Hook, as Ci...
“This area attracts talented creative people seeking opportunities to play out, all seeking opportunities to play with each other.” — MK Scully Join MK Scully, afte…
06/11/2025
Push for service with
05/28/2025
New Episode! "117. Neverstill"
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 ...
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 tasti…
05/26/2025
New spaces. New views.
05/11/2025
Breaking news we've all been expecting to happen ... eventually - in The Daily Catch
Starting June 1, drivers parking at the Amtrak station in Rhinecliff will need to pay to leave their vehicles, marking the first time Amtrak is implementing its own paid parking system at a train station in New York State. Lots in Hudson and Poughkeepsie are not run by Amtrak. According to Amtrak sp...
05/01/2025
Thank you for coming to and the sneak preview opening for members here in . I’ve missed my GF chicken teriyaki! Yum. 🍜
04/30/2025
New Episode! "116. Cidiot, Come Hither"
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...
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 …
04/18/2025
Cidiot, hither. Poem coming soon.
04/16/2025
New Episode! "115. Your Home is Your Castle"
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 ...
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 re…
03/29/2025
Popped in to visit a friend at and stayed for a flight. Chenin Blanc, Riesling, yum. Really cute, warm tasting room on upper Warren Street in Hudson next to
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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.
