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The Storytellers Porch
by Jill Davis
Welcome to The Storytellers Porch, a cozy podcast featuring real stories with collective impact.As you begin to listen to each episode, we ask you to imagine yourself on your favorite porch somewhere, sitting with your favorite beverage in a comfortable rocking chair, and relaxing with your favorite people. Perhaps the sun is setting, the fireflies are beginning to flicker, you hear an owl hoot, and you watch the fire glow. Our host Jill Davis brings out a tray of delicious snacks and treats and sets them on a wooden barrel that sits in the middle of the assortment of chairs. Each seat is ready for our storyteller, our friends, and you. Take a sip, have a bite, and get ready for another wonderful evening on the Porch.Here on the Porch, we hear real stories of courage, tragedy, rejection, triumph, joy, grief, and all the other wonderful aspects of existence that make us the unique humans that we are. Stories are the way that humans have made sense of our existence from the beginning
Episodes
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Finding Hope in Unexpected Places with Toby Dorr
"We are not defined by our mistake... We are defined by our character." - Toby Dorr, bestselling author, host of Fierce Conversations with Toby, and today's guest on The Storytellers Porch Welcome to The Storytellers Porch! Join Jill as Toby recounts her experiences of resilience, reinvention…
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Meeting Donny Osmond and Heartfelt Connections with Kerry Kruegler
"I met Donny Osmond. The moment was real. I had to keep telling myself that it was real, though. I had to focus pretty hard to understand it was really happening." - Kerry Kruegler, today's guest on The Storytellers Porch Welcome to The Storytellers Porch! Experience the magic of Kerry's journey…
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Pillowcases and Connections with Heather Wilde
Remember all that you have accomplished. Today on the Porch, Heather Wilde joins Jill while sipping coffee and Bailey's. Come on over and grab a seat with your favorite drink while Heather and Jill discuss Heather's teaching career, her belief in being a good person, and the legendary pillowcases...
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Learning the Charleston with Harry Slick
"Every time we started to go to school, the old gray mare would wait till we got out on the road, right by our house, and then she'd go back into the ditch with the buggy that she was hitched to and head for the barn." Welcome to the Storytellers Porch! Today, Jill is joined by Mrs. Barbara Ewing...
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Peace, Solitude, and More Lessons Learned on the Farm
"The reason my great-great-grandparents came over here was for freedom and hope for their family. To start this generation and to give generational hope and freedom of living. Some place like here." - Deb Nyenhuis, today's guest on The Storytellers Porch Following the trend of last week's episode...
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Lessons Learned on the Farm
Trigger warning: This episode contains dialogue of life on a sheep farm, which includes mentions of hunting and the death of animals. No animal cruelty is discussed. "When somebody walks in my practice, they're in my house. I want them to be at home." - Mark H. Wright, DDS, today's guest on The...
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Life Continues after Loss
"I can look to the seasons, and I can look to the controlled burns and the growth that comes up a week later and use that as a reminder: that nature, and the seasons, and those cycles have been here long before we have and will be here long after. And I think that's really all the hope I need." -...
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A Little Bit of Whiskey and a Lot of Community
What do you do when you get a call saying you have to fix your 130-year-old barn that is falling down and causing a hazard to your neighbors? You grab some friends, some beer, some food, and some love and figure it out. In today's exciting episode, Jill Davis and Emily Chase Smith talk about the...
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A Daughters Love and a Brownie Camera
This episode of the Storyteller's Porch begins with our host Jill Davis and her daughter, Gracie as they open a discussion about life growing up, Jill's parents (Gracie's grandparents), and much more. Our drink of choice for the porch this episode is Strawberry Pineapple Rebel made by Gracie's...
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Mom Said It Was a Pickup but It Was Also a Love Story
Today's episode of The Storyteller's Porch begins with a signature drink to honor our host's Jill Davis' "daddy", peppermint schnapps. (Check out the show notes on The Storytellers Porch blog page at https://thestorytellersporch.com/mom-said-it-was-a-pickup-but-it-was-also-a-love-story/ to see…
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Sometimes It Was Pretty Hard to Pay the Taxes
Iced water and bubbly in hand, our host Jill Davis and Emily Chase Smith walk through the history and genealogy of the sprawling farm inherited in Kansas. The farm began as a homestead in 1888. Made possible by the Homestead Act, Jill's great grandfather, George Albert Henery elected for the...
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So You've Inherited a Family Farm… Now What?
We begin season two of The Storytellers' Porch with our host Jill Davis and her long-time friend and co-host, Emily Chase Smith. Jill Davis has been helping people identify their dreams, tell their stories and share their ideas with the world for the past 30 years. She is a coach, speaker…
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Season 2 Trailer
Welcome to Season Two of The Storytellers Porch, where we will be hearing tales of the Farm, with your host and storyteller, Jill Davis. These are the stories we share around the dinner table, tell in front of the campfire, and listen to on our porch. This is a place where tales are told and...
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Scott Ohlgren, Pepsi, and Getting Out of the Story You're In
Join us for the second half of Scott's adventure into the great unknown and how he found friendship and hope. Taking the money he earned in Colorado and headed out into the world, he ends up in South Africa. Sometimes hope shows up in a bottle of warm Pepsi. How does hope show up for you? Trigger...
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Scott Ohlgren, Double Espresso, and $99 to London
Join Scott Ohlgren and Jill as they travel back in time to the 1970s. This two-part story is of a young man searching for adventure and truth. Scott starts out in Wisconsin and manages to find himself on adventures in Colorado, Michigan, Europe, Africa, and all over the world. Travel with him...
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Emma, Gracie, Sangria, and a Dance Party
Watch Emma and Gracie's dance party here! Emma Pell and Gracie Packard share their story of college, Covid, courage, dance parties, and a glass of sangria on the Porch today. Each generation experienced the beginning of covid from a different perspective. This is the story of two close friends in…
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Amy and Artie, Iced Coffee, and The Delicate Balance of Luck and Chaos
Amy Porter shares her parenting story with Jill on the Porch today. Amy's story is one of balanced chaos during Covid, of sweet hope, of concern, and of a medical system that made a difference in the life of Amy, Artie and her family. Join Jill and Amy with a glass of iced coffee as we Celebrate...
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Toni Gierhart, Sweet Tea, and 15 years of choosing hope
Join Toni and Jill on the porch as they share a glass of sweet tea and celebrate 15 years of Toni's sobriety. Toni shares her story of a parent's love, overcoming addiction, and her willingness to do what is difficult to restore her relationship with her children. Toni's story is a one of love,...
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Roger Butts, Cheerwine, and Finding Love in the Dark Side of the Soul
Roger Butts, Chaplain and author, shares a glass of Cheerwine with Jill on The Porch. This is everybody's story of the Dark Night of the Soul. As our world emerges from such a night through the global Covid pandemic, Roger's story is a bright light of love and joy after that dark night. Love…
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Vivian Cobb, Earl Grey, and Walking on the Edge with Covid
Bring your favorite drink and join us this week on the Porch as our host Jill Davis and her guest Vivian Cobb share a cup of Earl Grey. While discussing Vivian's Covid experience Jill and Vivian find all things always come back to love.
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Emily Chase Smith, extra-iced water, and Seven Minutes in Heaven or Six minutes in hell
Jill Davis meets with her guest Emily Chase Smith on The Porch, discussing divorce, dating, and a bit of drama.
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Welcome to the Porch
Join Jill Davis on The Porch where she shares what inspired her to create this show.
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Sue Sume, Irish, and The Stories We Carry With Us
Come along with us for the first guest podcast on The Storytellers Porch. Join Jill Davis and Sue Sume on The Porch as they discuss the meanings of stories in their lives, their shared families, and the community impact a story can bring. What drink will you be bringing to The Porch today?
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to The Storytellers Porch, a cozy podcast featuring real stories with collective impact.As you begin to listen to each episode, we ask you to imagine yourself on your favorite porch somewhere, sitting with your favorite beverage in a comfortable rocking chair, and relaxing with your favorite people. Perhaps the sun is setting, the fireflies are beginning to flicker, you hear an owl hoot, and you watch the fire glow. Our host Jill Davis brings out a tray of delicious snacks and treats and sets them on a wooden barrel that sits in the middle of the assortment of chairs. Each seat is ready for our storyteller, our friends, and you. Take a sip, have a bite, and get ready for another wonderful evening on the Porch.Here on the Porch, we hear real stories of courage, tragedy, rejection, triumph, joy, grief, and all the other wonderful aspects of existence that make us the unique humans that we are. Stories are the way that humans have made sense of our existence from the beginning
HOSTED BY
Jill Davis
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How many episodes does The Storytellers Porch have?
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Welcome to The Storytellers Porch, a cozy podcast featuring real stories with collective impact.As you begin to listen to each episode, we ask you to imagine yourself on your favorite porch somewhere, sitting with your favorite beverage in a comfortable rocking chair, and relaxing with your...
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The Storytellers Porch is created and hosted by Jill Davis.
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