Front Porch Book Club Podcast
Grab your book and iced tea and join the Front Porch Book Club, your no-commitment, casual, and eclectic podcast about books. We examine the relationship between characters, the worlds they live in, and what that means to us.
Latest Episode
82: The Song of Achilles Part II
Linny and Nancy delve into commentary about Achilles and Patroclus, the main characters in Madeline Miller's retelling of the Iliad in her novel, The Song of Achilles. Miller was inspired to write this book to better understand Achilles' terrible rage when hearing of...
82: The Song of Achilles Part II
Linny and Nancy delve into commentary about Achilles and Patroclus, the main characters in Madeline Miller’s retelling of the Iliad in her novel, The Song of Achilles. Miller was inspired to write this book to better understand Achilles’ terrible rage when hearing of the death of his friend, Patroclus. Miller writes a story of a loving relationship, but this interpretation is by no means new or universal. Over the centuries, there have been differing interpretations of their relationship with every generation wrestling with what it was and what it means.
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About Front Porch Book Club
I honestly was blown away by the deep dive Nancy and Linny did into SPARKS LIKE STARS and really appreciated the personal perspectives they brought.
Nadia Hashimi, Author
Every month the Front Porch Book Club features two episodes on our selected book. In the first episode Linda and Nancy introduce the book and discuss their thoughts. In the second episode, Linda and Nancy are joined by the author or an expert to delve deeper into the book. Our book selections are eclectic: fiction, autobiography, history, memoir, investigative journalism, and classics. They are books that give us insights into how we may be more intentional, creative, and loving.
Recent Episodes
28: Dawne Curry unpacks Born a Crime
Dr. Dawne Curry takes us on an incomparable journey through South Africa's social and political structures that set up Apartheid and led to its eventual dismantling, all the while relating it to Trevor Noah's experience. Grab your suitcases -- we're going on a trip!...
27: Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
His father was white. His mother was Black. Trevor Noah was "illegal" in South Africa. He recounts his experience under Apartheid, unmasking the system's brutality with candid humor. Join us as we discuss Noah's Born a Crime. --- Support this podcast:...
26: This Mortal Life Also
Linda interviews co-host Nancy, along with Timothy W Scholl about the writing and production of This Mortal Life Also, a play about Dietrich Bonhoeffer. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frontporchbookclub/support
25: No Ordinary Men by Elizabeth Sifton and Fritz Stern
Linny and Nancy dig into this biography of the courageous actions of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Hans von Dohnanyi in the German Resistance to Nazism. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frontporchbookclub/support
Meet The Hosts
Growing up, Nancy always had her nose in a book. She never remembers not loving to read books. Linda, on the other hand, hated libraries and spent her childhood trying to lure Nancy away from books into some other activity that she thought would be way more fun. That’s right – we’re sisters. Nancy was more of an introvert and Linda was more of an extrovert. But, somewhere along the way, Linda started loving books and Nancy started loving talking about books. Nancy is a recovering academic in Nebraska who writes and Linda is a licensed counselor in Pennsylvania.