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Welcome to From the Front Porch, a weekly conversational podcast on books, small business, and life in the South, produced by The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in Thomasville, Georgia.
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Thursday May 26, 2016
Thursday May 26, 2016
Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes of those Instagram accounts we all follow? Annie and Chris chat with Lindsay Hopkins of Pen and Paint, an enormously popular Instagram account and Etsy shop based in Albany, Georgia.
Find Lindsay on Instagram and Etsy.
Podcasts we mention:
Books Lindsay mentions:
+ Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
+ Tattoos on the Heart by Father Gregory Boyle (The podcast episode Annie mentions is from On Being with Krista Tippett, found here.)
+ Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt
Thursday May 19, 2016
Thursday May 19, 2016
Want to know if a book's for you? Welcome to Love It or Loathe It, episodes where Bookshelf staffers and friends tell you exactly what they think about a newly released title. In this volume, Annie chats with Bookshelf manager Rebekah and frequent podcast contributor Hunter all about I'm Glad about You by Theresa Rebeck.
Other titles mentioned:
+ Someday, Someday, Maybe by Lauren Graham
+ Are You My Mother?, by Alison Bechdel
+ Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal
+ A Man Called Ove, by Fredrik Backman
+ Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty by Ramona Ausubel
Thursday May 12, 2016
Thursday May 12, 2016
What do you get when you have a bookstore staffer who's also a news junkie? A very special episode of this podcast. Chris and Annie chat with bookseller Sterling Ivey about news in pop culture, favorite news sources, and what he really thinks about morning show hosts.
Sterling's favorite podcasts:
+ Serial
+ Here's the Thing with Alec Baldwin
Books mentioned in this episode:
+ Middlemarch
+ Plato's Republic
+ The First Nazi
+ Kissinger
+ The Whale
+ Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty
Thursday May 05, 2016
Thursday May 05, 2016
We're living in a post-Gone Girl world, which means not all thrillers are created equal. Annie and Chris chat about the books she read in April, including a couple of just-okay novels and one National Book Award winner.
+ Read Bottom Up
+ The Passenger
+ Ordinary Grace
+ We Are Called To Rise
+ Losing It
+ Fortune Smiles
+ Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty
The Adam Johnson Annie references is here.
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Chris' blog is here.
Thursday Apr 28, 2016
Thursday Apr 28, 2016
News flash: Some TV shows are better than others. Chris and Annie wax philosophical about their favorite TV shows for readers, including:
+ Gilmore Girls
+ Arrested Development
+ Breaking Bad
+ Jane the Virgin
+ Mad Men
+ House of Cards
+ Seinfeld
+ The Office
+ The Wonder Years
+ The Bachelor
Related: All 339 Books Referenced in Gilmore Girls
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Thursday Apr 21, 2016
Thursday Apr 21, 2016
Thomasville is the City of Roses, and spring is the town's time to shine! Each year, Thomasville hosts the Rose Show and Festival, and Chris and Annie talk to city event coordinator Sarah Turner about balancing tradition with new ideas, why a festival devoted to roses, and what she's reading right now.
Vote for Thomasville in USA Today's Best Historic Small Town competition!
Check out all the Rose Show festivities -- including parade details and flower show times -- here.
Support Tallahassee's Word of South festival.
Sarah's go-to podcasts:
Books Sarah mentioned:
+ In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware
+ Fed, White, and Blue by Simon Majumdar
+ Tribal by Diane Roberts
+ The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
+ How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
Books Chris mentioned:
+ The Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison
+ Battleborn by Claire Watkins
+ Fortune Smiles by Adam Johnson
Books Annie mentioned:
+ Fortune Smiles by Adam Johnson
Thursday Apr 14, 2016
Thursday Apr 14, 2016
One perk of life in a small town: You can try something just to see if it works. And if it does? Then you've established a new town tradition, like Thomasville's Due South music festival, put on by the Center of the Arts.
Annie and Chris chat with the Center's marketing director, Callie Sewell, about music festivals; the Athens, Ga., music scene; and whether Jane Eyre is overrated.
BUY TICKETS for Due South here.
Books mentioned:
+ Jane Eyre
+ The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls
+ No One Belongs Here More Than You
+ The Nest
+ The Empathy Exams
Podcasts mentioned:
+ Serial
+ The Moth
Thursday Apr 07, 2016
Thursday Apr 07, 2016
How do you raise creative kids? Do small towns foster creativity better than big cities do? Annie and guest Emily McKenna chat about these questions, plus book hangover and what they're reading right now.
Emily is the product developer for Everfan, a superhero and imaginative play company located right above The Bookshelf in Thomasville. Emily is also the owner of You're Maker, where she teaches classes to adults and children.
Books mentioned in today's episode:
- Imagine by Jonah Lehrer
- Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
- A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle (plus the Austin Family Chronicles and Walking on Water
- Dumplin' by Julie Murphy
- Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
- This Is Where You Belong by Melody Warlick (preorder here)
Plus, Chip Kidd's TED talk, and How to review the podcast on iTunes.
Full show notes here.
Thursday Mar 31, 2016
Thursday Mar 31, 2016
The podcast introduces a new co-host with a familiar voice, and Annie recaps the books she read in March, including:
- Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald
- Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman
- The After Party by Anton DiSclafani
- I'm Glad About You by Theresa Rebeck
- Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk
- This Is Where You Belong by Melody Warnick
Annie also menions: American Girls, The Nest, and The Excellent Lombards.
Find the Perfect Days podcast episode here.
Check out this episode of This American Life about American teenagers on social media. (It's fascinating!)
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Thursday Mar 24, 2016
Thursday Mar 24, 2016
Which book wins this year's Out of Print Book Bracket? Listen as Annie and frequent podcast contributor Jordan Jones duke it out over their favorite contemporary classics, including Fates and Furies vs. Looking for Alaska and All the Light We Cannot See vs. Room.
Round One match-ups can be found here.
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Full show notes from today's episode and past episodes here.