The Front Porch Podcast

In this long-awaited final installment of the staff spotlight series, Hailey is here to tell us about her new album, Dove. We talk about her artist name, Mr. Marigold, what it has to do with a fish-shaped purse, her creative process, and what it takes to make an album while working full-time at Front Porch.  Listen to Dove by Mr. Marigold on Spotify here. Follow Front Porch on Instagram and support us financially. Theme song is by Lifegrid.

This week, on our penultimate staff spotlight, Front Porch's director Joel Drenckpohl hops on the pod to talk about his backyard, how to make radically inclusive space, and where we might find the modern commons. Music on the episode is by QKSND, who you can find on Spotify, and our theme song is by Lifegrid, who you can find on Bandcamp. Support Front Porch on our website or on venmo @frontporchslo Keep up to date with all Front Porch happenings on our Instagram, @frontporchslo

For the second installment of our staff series, 2nd-year intern Emily Biekert jumps on the mic to talk about friendship in post-grad life. Where do we find them? How do we make them? When no longer in the controlled college environment where ANYONE in your proximity could reasonably be a friend, it takes a little more intentionality.  Music on this episode is by QKSND, who you can find on Spotify, and our theme song is by Lifegrid, who you can find on Bandcamp.  Keep up to date with everything going on at Front Porch on our Instagram. Support our work on venmo @frontporchslo, or on our website. 

This week, we are back after a little hiatus with the first installment of a new series.  For the next few weeks, we will be put up some conversations with the staff of Front Porch on things they are passionate about, projects they're working on, or just subjects they think the people should know about. Up first is our Associate Director Dom Floyd on self-care, and the radical potential of incorporating such a practice into our lives.  Music on the episode is by QKSND, who you can find on Spotify, and our theme song is by Lifegrid, who you can find on Bandcamp.  Keep up to date with everything Front Porch is doing this quarter on Instagram @frontporchslo. Support our work here at Front Porch on venmo @frontporchslo. 

What's the deal with Easter? Another holiday special with the director of Front Porch, Joel Drenckpohl.   Music on the episode is by QKSND, who you can find on Spotify, and Lifegrid, who you can find on Bandcamp.  Keep up to date with everything Front Porch is doing this quarter on instagram @frontporchslo. Support Front Porch on venmo @frontporchslo, or on our website.  

Dedicated to the memory of Kennedy Love, a forever friend of the Front Porch.  Why do we put kids in jail? What is restorative justice? Why does the US hold a quarter of the globe's incarcerated population? What does gardening have to do with any of this? Sarah Maloney talks about addressing these issues through her Landscape Architecture senior project, "A Garden Can Cultivate An Inmate: Reimagining Youth Incarceration." Check out her project, and all the terrific work of the graduating Landscape Architecture students, at cplaseniorshow.com Music on this episode is by QKSND, who you can find on Spotify, and Lifegrid, who you can find on Bandcamp.   Keep up with everything going on at Front Porch on our instagram @frontporchslo.  Support Front Porch on venmo @frontporchslo or on our website.  

In the final installment of "White Christian Nationalist," we explore what lives on the other side of a church defined by white christian nationalism. Who is reimagining Christianities? Are we allowed to call it quits? What does a road trip tell us about Christianity and the GOP? Our guests this week: M'Lynn Martin David Jackson Mason Mennenga, host of A People's Theology Podcast Matthew Melendrez, host of the Roll Down Podcast Tyler Mitch Nadine and Theo Our music this week is by QKSND, who you can find on Spotify, and Lifegrid, who you can find on Bandcamp, and our friend Chris, who used to sit down at the keys in Front Porch and provide delightful ambient jazz to accompany your studies. Keep up to date with everything going on at Front Porch on instagram @frontporchslo. Support on venmo @frontporchslo or at frontporchslo.org/donate

This week in our miniseries, "White Christian Nationalist," we get into the history of the combining of forces of empire and Christianity, and how this fusion of systems has formed the unsavory threads of the Christian tradition that mobilized many of those who attacked the Capitol on January 6th of this year. Our guests: David Jackson, an artist and musician who you can find on Instagram @dayvidya and on Spotify at Day Vidya. Matthew Melendrez, cohost of the podcast The Roll Down. M'Lynn Martin, SLO county local and youth pastor in San Diego. Mason Mennenga, host of the podcast A People's Theology. Our music for the episode is by QKSND, who you can find on Spotify, and and

Our first installment of a three-part miniseries on white christian nationalism. Three guests, three stories of christian nationalism from California to South Dakota. What is christian nationalism? How does it show itself not just in those worst cases of an attack on a federal building, but in run-of-the-mill church culture throughout the US? Over the next three weeks, we will be sharing stories and insights from people who have witnessed christian nationalism, how it got here, and how we might see a new sort of Christianity on the other side. Guests this week: Mitch F. Mason Mennenga, you can find him on Twitter, or on his podcast, A People's Theology, wherever you get your podcasts. M'Lynn Martin Music on the show this week is from QKSND, who you can find on Spotify, and Lifegrid, who you can find on Bandcamp. Keep up to date with everything going on at Front Porch on our instagram. Support Front Porch on venmo @frontporchslo or on our website.

If you've been following along, we skipped episode 24.  It was a timely one on the holidays with FP alum Sophie Carnevale, and I didn't get around to the edit in December.  But here we are, and January already felt like it was 10 months long, so we're basically in the holidays again, right? A belated holiday special.  Music on the show: QKSND, who you can find on Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/artist/1KzHzwHQyxsmUgaUDpQkau?si=weWhTQfDRjinUxE-otJdow Our theme song is by Lifegrid, find his music at lifegrid.bandcamp.com