The Storytellers Porch
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 of time. Our stories have changed and yet remain the same. We learn from our stories, create with them, and connect through them. By sharing these stories, we create community and by creating community we can heal and have hope.
Grab your favorite drink and come listen to a story with us on the Porch. What drink will you bring?
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Disclaimer:
The primary purpose of The Storytellers Porch (“Podcast”) is to share collective stories with our listeners. As these stories are minimally edited and from real people, the content of the Podcast and/or content created by guests of Podcast, team of Podcast, and all affiliates of Podcast does not constitute advice or services nor does it substitute for any advice from professional services including, but not limited to, medical and mental health services. We invite you to listen to Podcast and by listening you acknowledge that you are not being provided professional advice from Podcast and/or content created by guests of Podcast, team of Podcast, and/or all affiliates of Podcast. The views and/or opinions of the guests and storytellers on The Storytellers Porch Podcast do not necessarily reflect the views and/or opinions of our host, Jill Davis, Podcast, and/or their associates. Always drink responsibly, don’t drink and drive.
Enjoy the stories; Create Community; Find hope.
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 29 minutes
- Episodes
- 23
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2024
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…
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 o…
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 d…
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 …
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.”
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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 pract…
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 her…
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 lov…
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…
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 a…
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…
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 s…
Season 2 Trailer
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 Sout…
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 himse…
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 experien…
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 th…
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…
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 globa…
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…