The Porch Swing

Series produced by WFHB

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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

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
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A chaplain-in-training consoles the grieving at a busy urban hospital; A master storyteller is hunted by "patriots" for his refusal to support a po...

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  • Added: Feb 05, 2013
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 1
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War is hell on the holidays; A G-Man home for the holidays takes his fiancee to the Big Apple; A family departs from the Biblical script in a live ...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2012
  • Length: 28:55
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Houseguests speculate about their secretive host during a stay in The Big Easy; Police in Ecuador shake down stoner Americans; A man is mistaken fo...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2012
  • Length: 28:14
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A young man discovers his sexuality and is disappointed; Americans traveling in Europe try to escape an odiferous stalker; An unusual cat doesn't r...

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  • Added: Dec 21, 2012
  • Length: 28:47
  • Purchases: 1
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An adopted son shares a final holiday dinner with the man he calls father; A doting dad carefully screens a suitor of his teenage daughter; Simple ...

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  • Added: Dec 04, 2012
  • Length: 28:52
  • Purchases: 1
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An aspiring rollergirl digs deep to qualify for tournament play; An avid backpacker communes with nature in Death Canyon; A wrong turn during a tri...

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  • Added: Dec 04, 2012
  • Length: 29:03
  • Purchases: 1
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A young lover sneaks inside a girl's bedroom and narrowly escapes parental discovery; A young woman braces for the worst when she tells her conserv...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2012
  • Length: 28:37
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Warm and fuzzy anecdotes of growing up on an Indiana farm in the Fifties; A young woman debunks a family ancestry originating in the wrath of Natur...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2012
  • Length: 28:45
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A woman who has come to terms with herself reads embarrassing obscenity-laden entries from her teenage diary; Bloomington's first female firefighte...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
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A dog with wolf blood reverts to its primordial nature; A troubled young man meets a troubled young woman during their darkest of days; A teenager ...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2012
  • Length: 29:14
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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