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.
Ezra Speaks describes his affection for his shed and how walking between it and his house has shaped his understanding of life and mortality.
4 Jun 2025
Episode 14 - Death
Ezra Speaks answers a listener's question about his perspectives on death and the afterlife, offering his unique insights on the topic in this episode.
21 May 2025
Episode Thirteen - Cancer
Send us a text 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.
1 May 2025
Episode Twelve - Under the Rock
Send us a text 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 Vaccine, and this latest episode, Under the Rock, are reflective of Ezra's mood and focus at that time, or even earlier.
23 Apr 2025
Episode Eleven - Bats and Vaccine
Send us a text 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 reconciliation among our country's warring social and political factions was my ultimate objective for this project. Maybe...ultimately...but there's no denying that my satirical tendencies have come along for the ride.
2 Apr 2025
Episode Ten - Coyotes
Send us a text 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 before finally stating his own position in no uncertain terms. AUTHOR'S NOTE --- I’ve been wrestling with the prospect of this episode’s publication for weeks. Months. Ezra Speaks is a bit of an oddity in the podcast ecosystem.&n...
20 Mar 2025
Episode Nine - Mud Season
Send us a text 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 2025. The deep freeze dynamic Ezra talks about in this episode occurred in the winter of 2023.
31 Jan 2025
Episode Eight - Dijon Pants
Send us a text 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.
12 Dec 2024
Episode Seven - A Christmas Memory
Ezra shares a heartwarming Christmas memory from his childhood as a young and confused caroler, reflecting on the true spirit of the holiday season.
21 Nov 2024
Episode Six - Thanksgiving
Ezra shares expert advice on outsmarting wild turkeys from bird feeders and offers a candid perspective on the underlying tensions in his family's Thanksgiving dinner plans.
14 Nov 2024
Episode Five - The Birds
Send us a textEzra takes the plunge, and reveals the unpleasant truth about his first marriage.
7 Nov 2024
Episode Four - The Bear
Send us a textEzra 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.
23 Oct 2024
Episode Three - Halloween
Send us a textEzra 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.
5 Oct 2024
Episode Two - Leaf Peepers
Send us a textEzra intends to share a Halloween tip with his listeners, but gets sidetracked when he chooses to talk first about an annoying experience he had recently being stuck behind a leaf peeping motorist. He also comments on his wife's apparent lack of sympathy for his annoyance, which adds to his irritation. This commentary goes on long enough that Ezra decides to postpone the Halloween tip until next episode.Next episode --- Episode Three --- arrives October 23, 2024.
28 Jun 2024
Episode One - Summer
Send us a textEzra introduces his program, then offers his commentary on the summer weather in southern Vermont. He grumbles about the effects of climate change, then gives a detailed account of what happened to him one night during a recent power outage.
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