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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Late-night graffiti hijinks end in a police ambush; A frustrated mother toilet-trains her daughter in a department store; With age comes wisdom as ...
- Added: Feb 15, 2012
- Length: 28:20
Urban dwellers move to the country and encounter a language barrier; A mother who thinks she knows what she's doing tells a birth story that proves...
- Added: Feb 15, 2012
- Length: 28:46
Lovers of fried dough go to great lengths to find sweet treats; A misguided adolescent mistakes puberty for cancer; An American diplomat advises a ...
- Added: Feb 15, 2012
- Length: 28:27
An animal shelter volunteer gets close with an elderly feline; A photojournalist talking to real people affected by economic recession is inspired ...
- Added: Feb 15, 2012
- Length: 28:33
A failed vegetarian kills a deer but can't put a rodent out of its misery; A veteran storyteller goes tough love on his wife's deadbeat brother.
- Added: Feb 15, 2012
- Length: 28:39
A teacher recalls how her experience in a school camping program inspired her to a career in education; A teenage protester at the School of the Am...
- Added: Feb 14, 2012
- Length: 22:49
A nature enthusiast gets major press running buck naked through the woods; A momma mouse rescues her babies from a snake in the kitchen; A blind mo...
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- Added: Feb 14, 2012
- Length: 28:40
- Purchases: 1
A remarkable coincidence can deepen your appreciation of community; A young man who knows way too much about birth is touched by death; A freewheel...
- Added: Feb 14, 2012
- Length: 29:04
A bicycle courier has a run-in with winged beauties; Wilderness adventurers confront a grizzly in Alaska; An underage partier runs from the cops an...
- Added: Feb 14, 2012
- Length: 29:45
Commencement heaps humiliation upon a born loser; An American in Europe is suspected of terrorism; A first-time voter finds that he isn't the only ...
- Added: Feb 14, 2012
- Length: 28:45
A master storyteller recounts the little-known story of a member of the Lewis & Clark expedition; A ripe railroader makes headlines while detained ...
- Added: Feb 07, 2012
- Length: 28:44
Deep in hill country, a writer meets folk with an authentic sense of place; A former teen runaway offers frank insights into life on the run impers...
- Added: Feb 07, 2012
- Length: 28:22
Forest campers try to keep wild animals out of the trash; A rural historian explores the motivation behind storytelling through evocative vignettes...
- Added: Feb 07, 2012
- Length: 29:06
A professional cartoonist recalls her strange path to print; A six-year-old learns that bad things happen to good people; Grab her ass and she will...
- Added: Feb 07, 2012
- Length: 28:43
An amateur brewer goes to great lengths to bring homemade hooch home for the holidays; A first-time mother isn't sure what to expect when contracti...
- Added: Feb 07, 2012
- Length: 29:55
A Boy Scout in full dress uniform smokes a joint in Haight-Ashbury during the Summer of Love; A new home reveals the ever-present flow of blessings...
- Added: Feb 07, 2012
- Length: 29:05
No pen can hold an impulsive pig; A master storyteller recalls a chilling tale of murder on a college campus; A deflowered art student isn't sure G...
- Added: Feb 07, 2012
- Length: 29:18
Bouillon cubes make lousy Halloween candy; A teenager with serious family problems has nowhere to go; An innocent teenage romance is memorialized b...
- Added: Jan 25, 2012
- Length: 27:25
A traveler in Africa runs into characters both inspirational and shady; A fake nametag fools a friend on a bus trip to Churchill Downs; A rough cro...
- Added: Nov 14, 2011
- Length: 29:34
A tricked-out van plays demolition derby with a bully in a pickup truck; An American in Senegal offends her host family by eating catfood; A tween ...
- Added: Nov 14, 2011
- Length: 27:31
