Ezra Speaks: a rustic chronicle
Ezra comments extensively on the weather, the changing seasons, his wife’s behavior, his family’s dynamic, hot-button issues particular to rural Vermont, and mortality. He's a good story teller, but not the most reliable narrator. He is opinionated, contankerous, and susceptible to conspiracy theories. Some may find him charming. Others may find him offensive. Some may find him both.
Episodes
15 episodes
Episode Fifteen - The Shed
Ezra describes his shed, and confesses his affection for the building. He then explains how the routine of walking from his shed to his house has contributed to his understanding of life and how it may end.NOTE: "Ezra Speaks"...
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14:34
Episode Fourteen - Death
Ezra responds to a query from a listener who wants to know what he thinks about death and the afterlife.
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6:20
Episode Thirteen - Cancer
Ezra reveals that he's been diagnosed with cancer, and that he will refuse treatment.NOTE: Ezra has been diagnosed with cancer. The author has not.
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7:04
Episode Twelve - Under the Rock
Ezra pushes back against those who have criticized his recent commentary on social and political issues. Author's Note: I began work on these recordings about three years ago. The tone of the previous episode, Bats and ...
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6:52
Episode Eleven - Bats and Vaccine
Janine is away for the night, looking after the grandchildren, so Ezra has a couple of extra beers, and states his anti-vax position in no uncertain terms.Author's Note: In the note attached to Episode Ten I made it sound like reco...
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3:44
Episode Ten - Coyotes
Ezra lays out the pros and cons of hound hunting, a method used to control the local coyote population, which is gaining popularity. This practice has stirred some controversy in Vermont, and Ezra attempts to give both sides their due bef...
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19:28
Episode Nine - Mud Season
Ezra discusses the cause and effects of mud season, an annual weather event in southern Vermont, and attempts to explain why mud season is especially bad this year.**Actually, snowfall in this region has been plentiful this winter of 202...
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7:16
Episode Eight - Dijon Pants
Ezra grumbles about the cold January weather, comments on a neighbor's struggle with frozen pipes, then takes apart a marketing strategy for men's pants.
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10:28
Episode Seven - A Christmas Memory
Ezra gets off to a rough start in this episode, listing the things he doesn't like about the Christmas holiday. But he manages to let that go, and moves on to a memory of himself as a happy, albeit confused, young Christmas caroler.
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9:59
Episode Six - Thanksgiving
Ezra shares a few tips on how to prevent wild turkeys from taking over the bird feeder, then offers his view on the cause beneath the growing tension in his family regarding Thanksgiving dinner.
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12:32
Episode Five - The Birds
Ezra takes the plunge, and reveals the unpleasant truth about his first marriage.
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10:24
Episode Four - The Bear
Ezra expands on his theory that his wife is a prankster, and stumbles into an aspect of his past that he’s not entirely comfortable with.
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8:40
Episode Three - Halloween
Ezra addresses a listener who has challenged his claim that he is a Vermonter, and also his taste in music. Then he finally gets to his Halloween tip, which involves the use of a family pet to guard against ghosts.
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11:32