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
95: Life Lessons from a Parasite
Our book for January is Life Lessons from a Parasite by John Janovy, Jr. John is one of the world's pre-eminent parasitologists. In his book we learn all about parasites -- the minuscule life forms that live inside other organisms. We learn about the scientists that...
95: Life Lessons from a Parasite
Our book for January is Life Lessons from a Parasite by John Janovy, Jr. John is one of the world’s pre-eminent parasitologists. In his book we learn all about parasites — the minuscule life forms that live inside other organisms. We learn about the scientists that study them. And, we are introduced to how theories about parasites and infections help us understand how infected words and ideas become parasites in our modern-day life. Linny’s traumatic experience in high school biology was a challenge for her in reading about dissection, but both Linny and Nancy learned a lot about parasites and then enjoyed discussing the generalizations into how words and ideas travel through populations.
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
8: Jennie Cole-Mossman on Where the Crawdads Sing
Linda and Nancy welcome Jennie Cole-Mossman, child and family counselor, to the front porch to discuss Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens. We discuss the importance of attachment and bonding to young children and relate that to the story of Kya, abandoned by her...
7: Where the Crawdads Sing
Linda and Nancy discuss Delia Owen’s New York Times bestselling book, Where the Crawdads Sing. This book tells the riveting story of Kya, a young girl abandoned by her family in the North Carolina swamp, her journey to young womanhood, and her entanglement in the...
6: Dr. Don Wilhite talks drought in This Blessed Earth
In This Blessed Earth by Ted Genoways, we read about Dr. Don Wilhite, international expert on drought. In this episode Don joins us on the front porch to tell us about the critical challenge of drought and its impact on food production. Dr. Wilhite was the founding...
5: This Blessed Earth
Linda and Nancy discuss This Blessed Earth by investigative journalist Ted Genoways. This nonfiction book follows a year in the life of a Nebraska farm family and examines the social, political, emotional, economic, and environmental challenges facing the people who...
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.