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