The Front Porch Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

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.

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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.

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This week, we hear from Lisa Swartz who is running the campaign #DivestTheCSU to get the largest 4-year university program in the US to divest entirely from the fossil fuel industry. We talk university endowments, structural versus individual action, and how to create a new future not dependent on fossil fuels.  

Their first coalition meeting is open to all on Monday, 2/8, at 6pm.  Join via zoom here, passcode is 704842. They will meet every Monday thereafter at the same zoom link.  

Join Divest the CSU's Slack here.  

Join Divest the CSU's email list here.  

Email Lisa at divestthecsu@gmail.com

Thanks to Ben Slope for his music on the show, you can find him as QKSND on Spotify. Thanks to Austin Gandler for our theme song, you can find his work under the name Lifegrid on Bandcamp.

Support Front Porch through venmo @frontporchslo, or on our website.

Content warning: this episode deals with themes of suicide and disordered eating that may be triggering to some listeners.

This week, sophomore Kallie Kidder hops on the mic to talk about eating disorders, what treatment looks like, and the structural causes of mental health crises. You don't want to miss this one. 

Check out the book Kallie mentioned, Anti-Diet: Reclaim your Time, Money, Well-Being and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating, by Christy Harrison. Available wherever fine books are sold.

Thanks to Ben Slope for his music on the show, you can find him as QKSND on Spotify. Thanks to Austin Gandler for our theme song, you can find his work under the name Lifegrid on Bandcamp.

Support Front Porch through venmo @frontporchslo, or on our website.

This week, FP alum Erik jumps on the pod to share his expertise in saying "I don't know," navigating the powers that be in Cal Poly engineering, and what the heck the "real world" is.  

Music this episode:

• opening track by QKSND, find him on Spotify.  
• Theme song by Lifegrid, find them on Bandcamp.  

Support Front Porch on venmo @frontporchslo, or on our website here. 

Lo-fi beats are made by humans, not robots! This week, we have Ben Slope on the show. Ben makes the lo-fi tunes that are featured on many episodes, and we talk about entering the largely anonymous world of lo-fi music, creating during the pandemic, and some of his inspirations. Check out his music under the name QKSND on Spotify here.  

Want to know what Front Porch is up to this quarter? Head to Front Porch's Instagram! 

Want to support Front Porch? Find us on venmo @frontporchslo or click here.  

Our theme song is by Lifegrid, find him on bandcamp here.  

Christmas in the midst of a pandemic--perhaps we can learn a little from the circumstances how absurd Christmas really is, and how it might provide new opportunities for our more rebellious energies.  

Check out Field Day in SLO on Joel's recommendation!

A great book on Christmas is Christmas: A Candid History by Bruce Forbes.  

Music this episode:

beats by QKSND, find him on Spotify

theme song by Lifegrid, find him on Bandcamp

This week--if after college is the "real world," then is during college...the "fake world"? What would make it so fake?  And Danielle shares what she's learned from her time in start-up culture. Ben and Danielle are a couple of Front Porch alum's learning to navigate the "real world."

Check out Weyes Blood on Danielle's recommendation.  

Support Front Porch on Venmo @frontporchslo, or on our website here. 

Keep up to date with everything happening at Front Porch on our instagram.   

Our music:

QKSND, find him on Spotify. 

Lifegrid wrote our theme song, find him on Bandcamp.  

Headspace, being (accidentally?) religious in college, and our general inconsistency as people.  Mike is a Cal Poly/Front Porch alum, and resident expert on talking ad nauseam about things he knows nothing about.  

Mike is reading Don't Think of an Elephant by George Lakoff.  

Find the Flat Earth documentary on Netflix.  

Find The Root Beer Lover here.  

For terrific short stories, Mike recommends George Saunders.  

For everything Front Porch is up to--from free meals, to book clubs, to free coffee, to our weekly worship gathering, and everything in between--keep up on our instagram here.  

Support Front Porch on our website here or through venmo, @frontporchslo.  

Music on this podcast is by some lovelies in the Front Porch community--QKSND and Lifegrid.  You can find QKSND on Spotify here, and Lifegrid on bandcamp here.  

This week--what does depression look like during a pandemic?  Among other things, like the Chicago Bean, a visit to Minneapolis, and going outside.  

Donate to Tabitha's fund to get her a replica of the Bean on Venmo.  Her handle is @tabitha-tolsma

Book referenced: How To Weep in Public by Jacqueline Novak

Keep up to date with all things Front Porch on our Instagram here.  

Support Front Porch financially here or on venmo @frontporchslo.  

Music/Sounds:

• QKSND, find him on Spotify here.  
• theme song by Lifegrid, find him on Bandcamp here.  
• sounds of Minneapolis are from the All Gas No Brakes video of Minneapolis protests.