The Porch Swing
Series produced by WFHB
A weekly showcase of true stories told by real people
Our stories are our lives. Stories bring us together. They reveal our differences and celebrate our common experiences. We share ourselves through stories as we gather with friends, family, and strangers around kitchen tables and campfires, in backyards and on front porches. Have a seat on The Porch Swing for true stories told by real people.
110 Pieces
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An aspiring writer learns how to document life happening to everyone but him; A young daredevil braves a fierce water slide; A skeptic of the super...
- Added: Feb 17, 2012
- Length: 29:06
A freshman drummer embarrasses herself in front of a high school crush; An Army veteran returning home battles a mid-flight hijacking of his wits; ...
- Added: Feb 17, 2012
- Length: 29:14
A student participating in a wilderness challenge gets lost in the woods; A Marine wounded in Vietnam learns the truth about the war; A WWII vetera...
- Added: Feb 24, 2012
- Length: 28:01
A bovine interpreter seeks udderly safe shelter from a storm.A man who lost his father to cancer draws strength from a man he never met.A construct...
- Added: Mar 02, 2012
- Length: 28:07
A young man exploring his sexuality bounces between old flames and new; A student studying abroad is dumbstruck by a frozen wonderland; A youngster...
- Added: Mar 14, 2012
- Length: 28:26
A college alum reminisces about his bohemian campus lifestyle; An exotic family vacation is the setting for an illegal encounter with a sea mammal;...
- Added: Apr 06, 2012
- Length: 28:33
A real-life "giving tree" offers comfort and continuity to the brokenhearted; A four-year-old shaves his head in solidarity with his cancer-stricke...
- Added: Apr 06, 2012
- Length: 23:58
A story told as a diary entry recalls the life of a six-year-old Jewish kid in post-WWII Canada; Crawdads in Barbie's pool and margarine tub boats ...
- Added: Apr 06, 2012
- Length: 20:38
An Air Force radio operator recalls his haphazard training and deployment in WWII; It's love at first sight between a Native American and a poofy d...
- Added: May 11, 2012
- Length: 28:30
A silly subterfuge staged by a bored teenager has new relevance for his adult self; A family pondering the whereabouts of a soldier son spots thei...
- Added: May 11, 2012
- Length: 28:58
An aspiring writer's mother convinces him that modeling is a path to literary success; Amateur birdwatchers give conflicting reports after spotting...
- Added: Aug 13, 2012
- Length: 29:18
A series of close calls test a young woman's constitution; A European refugee recalls the stifling confines of a Catholic boys' school in Franco-er...
- Added: Aug 13, 2012
- Length: 28:22
Marauding monkeys punctuate recollections of a year spent in India at an impressionable age; A young woman inadvertently takes her mother to a play...
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- Added: Aug 13, 2012
- Length: 29:18
- Purchases: 1
Vivid vignettes from a single mom living on a commune in the Seventies; Alcohol transforms a normally reserved young man into a party animal; An Am...
- Added: Aug 29, 2012
- Length: 29:35
Long-forgotten loose ends land a newlywed in the slammer; A mother comes to terms with her offspring's determination to follow an unlikely dream; S...
- Added: Sep 04, 2012
- Length: 29:12
A collegiate football player aggravates his coach by doing his job too well; A woman orphaned at a young age pays sweet tribute to her stepfather; ...
- Added: Sep 10, 2012
- Length: 29:23
An avid backpacker shares mishaps and marvels encountered while exploring a national park; A vagabond finds the Lone Star State more worrisome than...
- Added: Sep 20, 2012
- Length: 29:08
An existentialist crisis prompts pondering of family roots; If you want become best friends with someone, just hit them with your car; A spiritual ...
- Added: Oct 01, 2012
- Length: 28:55
A basement is saved from flooding by a masticating family; A camper braves the coldest night of the year in a Mongolian circus tent.
- Added: Oct 05, 2012
- Length: 19:54
An author tells the tale of her family's embarrassing surname; An accident-prone woman recalls her many unintended demonstrations of slapstick humor.
- Added: Oct 15, 2012
- Length: 29:14
