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Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
Blue-Light Terror: Passing Bad Checks at Kmart for School Clothes
When Mama and I went back-to-school clothes shopping at Kmart, there was everything: thrills, extreme danger, catfights, and con games.
2024-09-23
04 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
I Turned 55 & Got Old Overnight
I turned 55, and something strange happened. Suddenly 50-year-olds were saying “yes ma’am” and “no ma’am” to me. The people in the TV ads for geriatric drugs and step-in tubs were looking like me. I started mocking millennials and...well, you'll just have to listen.
2024-09-23
03 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
I Was Young, Dumb, & Protesting for Palestinian Terrorists, Too
Perspective from someone who has been there, both as protester and college administrator.
2024-05-10
04 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
Stalkers I've Known (& One Who Remains Unidentified)
Within a week of publication of my memoir, the first stalker appeared. Two more would follow. I never dreamt one of them would sneak into my home.
2024-05-10
05 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
Cheap Beer & Ice Cold Murder
That time I was summoned to Nashville to write a tell-all about a country music legend. Shortly after, I was approached to pen a true crime book about the murder of a bar owner. Two books that were not mine to write.
2024-05-10
04 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
Mama Kitty & the Feral Feline Circus
I know you should let the wild things be wild. But when a hugely pregnant cat is yowling for food at your front door...
2024-05-10
03 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
I'll Die on the Hill of the Southern Accent
Researchers have found that the Georgia version of the Southern accent is fading away. Resist, I say. RESIST!
2024-05-10
03 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
Rutabaga Woman
In a gritty Savannah neigborhood, the Rutabaga Woman shines a light and brings water to the thirsty.
2024-03-10
03 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
Gutters & Stars: An Excerpt From The Cracker Queen
A writing life is nurtured in beautiful, decadent, messy Savannah.
2024-03-10
03 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
First Sermon
My first homily at the age of four. Being Southern, of course the topic had to do with sins against good food.
2024-02-16
03 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
For Women Who Talk Too Much
If your report cards said you talked too much, this story is in your honor.
2024-02-16
03 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
Chicago Stud Muffin
Mama's fondest Chicago memory wasn't of the racial unrest she helped quell. It was of the stud muffin at her door.
2024-01-18
03 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
Mama's Loaded for Bear
Mama Bear springs into action when a crackhead holds her baby sister hostage. You can't make this stuff up, people.
2024-01-18
02 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
Live in Studio: Talkin' Christmas, Cracker History, Evel Knievel, & Mr. Ha-Ha Jones
Lauretta joins WRGA Host Tony McIntosh for a half-hour chat that's kinda all over the place. Entertaining...but all over the place.
2024-01-05
29 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
She Earned This Crown
She was sitting there alone studying. All I could see was a massive, sparkling crown on her head–and a purple sash with glittery words. Clearly, this person wanted to be seen and recognized for whatever the crown and sash denoted.
2023-12-20
04 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
Fall Candle Scents: My Conspiracy Theory
There's more than meets the nose when it comes to those treacly and savory aromas of fall candles. Lauretta busts the conspiracy wide-open in this live studio appearance.
2023-11-14
13 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
Mama's Spotted Shoes
A story about the assumptions we make--and the consequences of lousy artistic skill.
2023-11-14
03 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
My Time in a Spook House in a Stephen King Village
A tale so fantastic I wouldn't believe it--had it not happened to me. Douse the overhead lights, curl up with a hot beverage, and enjoy this haunted house story.
2023-11-14
05 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
Drug Dealer on Campus
Sometimes the one nobody would place a bet on ends up the best redemption story.
2023-09-29
04 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
Runnin' With the Sisters
The nuns and I hit the streets to offer food, cold drinks, and a listening ear to our unsheltered neighbors. Three encounters stand out. This work is incandescent, wrenching, funny, and exhausting.
2023-09-29
03 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
Showdown on the Playground
Let's get ready to RUMBLE! Third-grade style. Recess. My hulk of a nemesis is thirsty for blood. And I'm about to pee down my leg--or possibly not live to see field day.
2023-08-11
04 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
When I Left My Lifeless Body in the Water
A very literal illustration of how life on earth–or in eternity–is merely a breath away.
2023-08-11
03 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
I Have a Little Richard Story
My mother had a lifelong hero–a vivacious musician from just up the road from us in Macon, GA. The undisputed architect of rock-n-roll and the self-described “Beauty on Duty:” I’m talking about Little Richard–Little Richard Penniman. Mama was 13 when her church members flung her forbidden Little Richard records into a bonfire. She never forgave them for it.
2023-06-19
03 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
A Cortege for Benji
The nicer folks would always describe my dog Benji this way: “He’s so ugly he is cute.” That’s the Southern way of saying your dog is bad ugly.
2023-05-21
03 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
My Time With a Psychic Medium
The reading with the psychic medium did not go as expected--for either one of us.
2023-04-12
04 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
The Word That Caused a Hairball
I was 40 before I could say this word without coughing it up like a furball.
2023-03-04
03 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
In the Ladies' Room
You will NOT believe what happened in the ladies' room that day. But you're going to laugh when you hear what did. Be ready.
2023-03-04
03 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
Songs of the Humpback Whale
Think of the sounds in your life that have made a deep, deep imprint. I was blown away when I recently heard such a sound--a sound that transported me back to my 10-year-old self.
2023-02-20
03 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
The Simple Secret to a Happy Life
Science confirms something many of us suspected: the secret to a happy life has nothing to do with wealth or privilege or an easy life.
2023-02-20
03 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
The UNBELIEVABLE Find at the Salvation Army Thrift Store
You hear stories of folks finding priceless works of art or other items of immense value at yard sales and thrift stores. But THIS find couldn't have been better or more shocking.
2023-01-23
02 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
Um...Where's Grandma?!
How a car wreck on a rainy morning led to the panicked question, "Where's Grandma?!"
2023-01-12
02 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
A Gift From Miss Mae
The Christmas gift-giving season is here. I’d like to ask you to think for a moment and recall a gift--a gift of immeasurable value that you’ve received. What would that be? And what made it so precious?
2022-12-18
03 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
My Time Spent in Juvie
Inside a prison for juveniles--amid violence and lockdowns--a way out emerges.
2022-12-05
03 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
Battling a Foe of Ineffable Strength
I fought this dastardly nemesis for 18 long years.
2022-11-23
03 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
Redneck Thanksgivings Mean the Law Eventually Gets Called
Uncle Buddy, PawPaw, Nana, and Cousin Jeanie are all at the table this year. Lord help us.
2022-11-23
13 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
They Wear Rustler Jeans
While at a sacred site in Assisi, Italy, I wonder what might be hiding in plain sight.
2022-11-16
03 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
When Experiencing Despair, Hopelessness, or Anxiety...Do This
2022-09-12
02 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
What Happened After My TEDx Talk
2022-09-07
03 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
What Happened After My TEDx Talk
2022-09-07
02 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
What I Saw in the Fog
I awoke to learn that Terry Kay, my writing mentor and beloved friend, had died. And before I knew it, I found myself in a thin place where something quite numinous happened.A thin place is where one can walk in two worlds – the worlds are fused together, knitted loosely where the differences can be discerned or tightly where the two worlds become one. Thin places aren't perceived with the five senses. Experiencing them goes beyond those limits.
2022-08-10
02 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
The Cracker Queen Crashes the Country Club
You already know it didn't end well. But there's something to be said for self-dignity, too.
2022-08-02
03 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
Ode to the Rascal Who Ruined My Red Velvet Shoes
John Paul Schulz planted many good seeds in his work as a garden designer, writer, and friend. But my first encounter with him was a HOT MESS.
2022-07-17
03 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
Mama's Cigarettes for the Underprivileged
Y'all, the title kinda says it all for this one.
2022-07-06
03 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
Walmart: A Conversation About Fashions & Flesh Therein Exposed
In this live conversation, Lauretta and WRGA Host Tony McIntosh riff on the things you see--and wish you hadn't--at Wally World.
2022-06-23
14 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
This is COUNTRY TALKIN'
In honor and memory of Southern Humorist Lewis Grizzard.
2022-06-06
03 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
The Baby in the Woods
A story about turning away.
2022-06-06
02 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
Living On Purpose
Take heart--and remember that you came into the world perfect, whole, and worthy–and still are. You just have some work to do in order to get back home. Best of all, it's never too late to make that trip.
2022-05-13
03 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
THIS is the Woman You Need to Know (you can thank me later)
"Despite everything, life is full of beauty and meaning," she says. Just wait until you hear her story. You will be moved.
2022-05-04
03 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
Hope Is The Thing With Feathers
Experiencing a true watershed moment for a GED student...
2022-04-14
02 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
Mama & the Man Who Needed a Chance
Mama understood how it felt to be broke and brokedown. So when the stranger had the meltdown in front of her at the grocery store, she knew just what to do.
2022-04-01
03 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
When the Student is the Teacher
Three unforgettable students and the lessons they've taught me.
2022-03-20
03 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
What the Dying Know
A look at the Top 5 Regrets of the Dying. Lots to learn and apply in our own lives now.
2022-03-07
03 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
Women Over 45 Shouldn't Do WHAT?
Pundits and media folks are trying to sell us some serious bunk. Four such "news" pieces are exposed here.
2022-02-21
02 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
My Husband is a Real Buzzkiller
A story about the spouse and his arch-enemy. Why can't we all just get along?
2022-02-07
03 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
Inside the Women's Prison
Thirteen inmates and me. An invitation to tell their stories and be heard. Three hardcore troublemakers on a mission to take down the class by any means possible. How will it all end up?
2022-01-16
03 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
Reasons Why JOY Should Be Our Watchword in 2022
Making the case for joy, no matter what the New Year holds.
2022-01-04
03 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
It Was Still Christmas, Our Christmas
Adapted for radio, this is the story from my memoir about our Christmas traditions. Let's just say "all is calm, all is bright" did NOT ring true for Mama and me in those lean years in the tiny apartment after my parents divorced.
2021-12-22
03 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
The Christmas Miracle at the Redneck Regatta
Everyone knows about the Hallmark Christmas movies, right?Well, here's the Hallmark Christmas movie I would make...
2021-12-15
09 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
Overcoming
From the story of a lesser known civil rights hero to an ordinary woman walking on the street, the human spirit continues to overcome and prevail.
2021-12-06
03 min
Front Porch Views: a Podcast by Lauretta Hannon
That Time The Scary Dude Lunged at Me
That time the explosive threatening 6'4" guy lunged at me--ending up within 6 inches of my face...
2021-11-15
02 min