Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon

True Southern stories. Some funny. Some heartbreaking. Some a bit of both. Short commentaries on everyday encounters turned extraordinary. Encouraging, uplifting stuff, mostly. Equal parts grit and grace.

 

Draw up a chair. Lean in. Listen close. 

 

Lauretta Hannon is a commentator for WRGA in Rome, Georgia. Her radio stories are compiled here in the Front Porch Views podcast. 

 

Episode 59: Passing Bad Checks at Kmart

Episode 58: I Turned 55 & Got Old Overnight

Episode 57: I'll Die on the Hill of the Southern Accent

Episode 56: Mama Kitty & the Feral Feline Circus

Episode 55: Cheap Beer & Ice Cold Murder

Episode 54: Stalkers I've Known (& One Who Remains Unidentified)

Episode 53: Gutters & Stars--An Excerpt from The Cracker Queen

Episode 52: Rutabaga Woman

Episode 51: For Women Who Talk Too Much

Episode 50: First Sermon

Episode 49: Mama's Loaded for Bear

Episode 48: Chicago Stud Muffin

Episode 47: She Earned This Crown

Episode 46: My Time in a Spook House in a Stephen King Village

Episode 45: Mama's Spotted Shoes

Episode 44: Fall Candle Scents: My Conspiracy Theory

Episode 43: Drug Dealer on Campus

Episode 42: Showdown on the Playground

Episode 41: When I Left My Lifeless Body in the Water

Episode 40: I Have a Little Richard Story

Episode 39: A Cortege for Benji

Episode 38: The Word That Caused a Hairball

Episode 37: In the Ladies' Room

Episode 36: The Simple Secret to a Happy Life

Episode 35: The Sound That Took Me Back to 1979

Episode 34: The UNBELIEVABLE Find at the Salvation Army Thrift Store

Episode 33: Um...Where's Grandma?!

Episode 32: A Gift From Miss Mae

Episode 31: My Time Spent in Juvie

Episode 30: Redneck Thanksgivings Mean the Law Eventually Gets Called

Episode 29: They Wear Rustler Jeans

Episode 28: When Experiencing Despair, Hopelessness, or Anxiety...Do This

Episode 27: What Happened After My TEDx Talk

Episode 26: What I Saw in the Fog

Episode 25: The Cracker Queen Crashes the Country Club

Episode 24: Ode to the Rascal Who Ruined My Red Velvet Shoes

Episode 23: Mama's Cigarettes for the Underprivileged

Episode 22: This is COUNTRY TALKIN'

Episode 21: The Baby in the Woods

Episode 20: Living on Purpose

Episode 19: THIS is the Woman You Need to Know (you can thank me later)

Episode 18: Hope Is The Thing With Feathers

Episode 17: Mama & the Man Who Needed a Chance

Episode 16: When the Student is the Teacher

Episode 15: What the Dying Know

Episode 14: Women Over 45 Shouldn’t do WHAT?

Episode 13: My Husband is a Real Buzzkiller

Episode 12: Inside the Women's Prison

Episode 11: Why JOY Should Be Our Watchword in 2022

Episode 10: It Was Still Christmas, Our Christmas

Episode 9: The Christmas Miracle at the Redneck Regatta

Episode 8: When the Scary Dude Lunged at Me

Episode 7: News Flash!

Episode 6: Not Your Usual Ghost Story

Episode 5: Mama and the Therapist

Episode 4: If I Were the Devil

Episode 3: The House of Waffles

Episode 2: A Cat Tale

Episode 1: Mama & The Chain Gang