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Welcome to Small Town News, located at the intersection of hardcore journalism and jelly-filled comedy. Each episode we read articles from small town newspapers from around the United States and use them to inspire improv stories. We've got fireworks filled with rattlesnakes. We've got a parade of painfully bad accents. We've got no idea what states border Michigan. But no matter where the story ends, it's all 100% true. Promise. Check our sources. Seriously.

Crescent City, CA - Porch Chat - The Young Barber Paradox

2 mins; December 13, 2023

Crescent City, CA - Rural Human Services Turns Helga into a Pretty Woman

45 mins; December 09, 2023

London, KY - Porch Chat - Bathroom Videos and Bada$z Names

2 mins; December 06, 2023

London, KY - Welcome Back to the Church Potluck, Gabe Kaplan

51 mins; December 02, 2023

Jasper, IN - Porch Chat - Fiddle Faddle vs. Cracker Jacks vs. Richard Dreyfuss

6 mins; November 29, 2023

Jasper, IN - Bigfoot and Gabe Look Up "Dictionary" in the Dictionary

65 hours 44 mins; November 25, 2023

Porch Chat - Tedious Sports Watching

5 mins; November 22, 2023

Back Porch Chat - From Taco Tuesday to Muppet Dogs

28 mins; November 18, 2023

Chillicothe, MO - Porch Chat - AM Cold Medicine vs. PM Cold Medicine

5 mins; November 15, 2023

Chillicothe, MO - Alien Dream Pads Are Best Things Since Unsliced Bread

69 hours 40 mins; November 11, 2023

Waterville, ME - Porch Chat - The Boys Were Not Invited to Brunch

14 mins; November 08, 2023

Waterville, ME - Life Is a Seaworld and Advertising Is Doomed

54 mins; November 04, 2023

Eufaula, AL - Porch Chat - We Name Weather Events

4 mins; November 01, 2023

Eufaula, AL - Breaking News in the Prison Courtyard

50 mins; October 28, 2023

Las Animas, CO - Porch Chat - George Made Boiled Peanuts

10 mins; October 25, 2023

Las Animas, CO - Flashman Tells Us What to Say

49 mins; October 21, 2023

Vermillion, NE - Porch Chat - Small Town Chews & Waffle House Side Orders

10 mins; October 18, 2023

Vermillion, NE Part 2 - The Dark Truth About Our Vermillion Episode

61 hours 5 mins; October 14, 2023

Vermillion, NE - Porch Chat - The Moral Obligation of "The Price Is Right"

5 mins; October 11, 2023

Vermillion, NE - Nothing Is as It Seems in Vermillion

58 mins; October 07, 2023

Sidney, MT - Porch Chat - Herman's Water

2 mins; October 04, 2023

Sidney, MT - We Get Our Agate Rocks Off (Don't Worry We Have a Form for That)

57 mins; September 30, 2023

Longboat Key, FL - Porch Chat - Yoko Ono, Performance Art, and the Throat of Michael Douglas

17 mins; September 27, 2023

Longboat Key, FL - We Build an Island Out of Trash for Our Banana Ball Game

65 hours 27 mins; September 23, 2023

Hamburg, IA - Porch Chat - Guess Those Beans!

7 mins; September 20, 2023

Hamburg, IA - Our Pet Chicken Eats Dirty, Dirty Solo Food

52 mins; September 16, 2023

Yanceyville, NC - Porch Chat - Craig Was in a Kiddie Band for One Day

5 mins; September 13, 2023

Yanceyville, NC - Superman Sells a House with Human Skin Furniture

62 hours 57 mins; September 09, 2023

Caliente, NV - Porch Chat - Big Gravy Is Coming to Town

4 mins; September 06, 2023

Caliente, NV - Why Is Jimmy Carter Crying?

59 mins; September 02, 2023

Tazewell, TN - Porch Chat - Hubby Jenkins Signed My Wagon Wheel

6 mins; August 30, 2023

Tazewell, TN - We Explore the Cumberland Gap (not the Saloon Girl)

62 hours 31 mins; August 26, 2023

Pascagoula, MS - Porch Chat - ChatGPT Presents Small Town News

17 mins; August 23, 2023

Pascagoula, MS - We Cater a Wedding with Fried Pig Parts and Fish Bait

51 mins; August 19, 2023

Baxter Springs - Porch Chat - George Wants a Warn Wet Hug

3 mins; August 16, 2023

Baxter Springs, KS - Joey Chestnut Does the Polka and Has an Intentional Haircut

53 mins; August 12, 2023

Kilgore, TX - Porch Chat - We Get Trashy

4 mins; August 09, 2023

Kilgore, TX - We Get a Slice of Cherry Pie in the Crawlspace

53 mins; August 05, 2023

Tallulah, LA - Porch Chat - Find A Penny

2 mins; August 01, 2023

Tallulah, LA - Part 2 - We Stage "Our American Cousin" with a Happier Ending

48 mins; July 29, 2023

Tallulah, LA - Porch Chat - Fast Food Seafood

6 mins; July 26, 2023

Tallulah, LA - See What You Can Get a Chicken to Do for a Nickel

55 mins; July 22, 2023

Smyrna, DE - Porch Chat - Acceptable Levels of Sickness and Sleep Anger

9 mins; July 19, 2023

Smyrna, DE - There's A Scrooge McDuck Situation in the Basement

58 mins; July 15, 2023

Arkadelphia, AR - Porch Chat - Smurf Glasses and the Hazards of Nostalgia

7 mins; July 12, 2023

Arkadelphia, AR - Craig Plays a Saxophone at the End of the Rainbow

61 hours 11 mins; July 08, 2023

Independence Day, USA - Porch Chat - Homemade Car Bumper Stickers

12 mins; July 05, 2023

Independence Day, USA - Back Porch Chat - Grab a Banjo and Join Us on the Porch

57 mins; July 01, 2023

Pell City, AL - Porch Chat - George Gets Inappropriate with the Ice Machine and Almost Dies

8 mins; June 28, 2023

Pell City, AL - Jackie O. Jumps into the Sheets with Dr. Glasses

78 hours 40 mins; June 24, 2023

Wailuku, HI - Porch Chat - Naming Kids After Famous People

3 mins; June 21, 2023

Wailuku, HI - We Keep Whale Placenta in Our Cooler at the Nickelback Concert

59 mins; June 17, 2023

Harlan, KY - Porch Chat - Clueless Keyless Car Keys Conversation

3 mins; June 14, 2023

Harlan, KY - Our Most Bleeped Episode (so far)

67 hours 11 mins; June 10, 2023

Fairmont, WV - Porch Chat - Dogs (and Us) Ride in Motorcycles

5 mins; June 07, 2023

Fairmont, WV - Guiseppe Needs a Feasibility Study for the Local Freakshow

61 hours 55 mins; June 03, 2023

Hinsdale, IL - Porch Chat - BBQ Sandwiches and Being On Stage in Your Underwear

3 mins; May 31, 2023

Hinsdale, IL- Italian Bigfoot Plans the Perfect Date at the North Pole

56 mins; May 27, 2023

Rice Lake, WI - Porch Chat - Dumpap! Pinhead! Foreign Words!

9 mins; May 24, 2023

Rice Lake, WI - We Develop Iron Jaw from Eating Turkey Ceviche

57 mins; May 20, 2023

Porch Chat - The Great American Novel at the End of the World

10 mins; May 17, 2023

East Greenwich, RI - Porch Chat - Gimmicky Sitcoms and Sentient Cars

8 mins; May 10, 2023

East Greenwich, RI - Jeff Is Terminally Stupid and We Are On It

47 mins; May 06, 2023

Porch Chat - Toast Soup & Utensil Delivery Etiquette

7 mins; May 03, 2023

Back Porch Chat - Have You Ever Tried Slapping Him

23 mins; April 29, 2023

Virginia City, NV - Porch Chat - Transformers and Published Weather

7 mins; April 26, 2023

Virginia City, NV - Jeff Fahey Wants to Be Taller Than Robert Kahn

62 hours 46 mins; April 22, 2023

Tabernacle, NJ - Porch Chat - Jimmy Durante Has a Distinct Singing Voice

7 mins; April 19, 2023

Tabernacle, NJ - We Create a Void by Not Celebrating Presidents' Day

55 mins; April 15, 2023

Spring Break - Porch Chat - A Serious Discussion About Chocolate Laxatives

2 mins; April 12, 2023

Spring Break - Back Porch Chat - Unsanctioned Arm Wrestling and Other Manly Activities

18 mins; April 08, 2023

Shelley, ID - Porch Chat - I Look Like Jeff Goldblum Downstairs

6 mins; April 05, 2023

Shelley, ID - Don't Put Your Lamprey in That

55 mins; April 01, 2023

Granite Falls, MN - Porch Chat - We Talk About the Shaggy DA and Herbie the Lovebug for Too Long

12 mins; March 29, 2023

Granite Falls, MN - Poppin' Fresh Has a License to Pillsbury

53 mins; March 25, 2023

Cordova, AK - Porch Chat - Craig Breaks Up a Cat Fight

8 mins; March 22, 2023

Cordova, AK - Enjoy a Hand and Cheese Sandwich at the Fish Poetry Jam

53 mins; March 18, 2023

Massena, NY - Porch Chat - Shopping at Belk has Gotten Weird

5 mins; March 15, 2023

Massena, NY - Leave it to Beaver to Forget to Wear Pants

56 mins; March 11, 2023

Orange, CT - Porch Chat - Ridiculous Things to Smuggle Through Airports

2 mins; March 08, 2023

Orange, CT - This Episode Begins and Ends with a Milk Flask

53 mins; March 04, 2023

Belle Fourche, SD - Porch Chat - To Live and Die on Amazon

2 mins; March 01, 2023

Belle Fourche, SD - Applesauce Is the Devil's Pudding

47 mins; February 25, 2023

Price, UT - Porch Chat - From Shriner Parades to Cryogenics

10 mins; February 22, 2023

Price, UT - Money for Nothing and Artisanal Terrorism

56 mins; February 18, 2023

Yardley, PA - Porch Chat - Playing Chicken with a Chicken and Deviled Eggs

11 mins; February 15, 2023

Yardley, PA - Daddy Warbucks Gives the Gift of a Meat Bucket

58 mins; February 11, 2023

Antlers, OK - Having an E-Piss-Hany in a Sensory Deprivation Chamber

9 mins; February 08, 2023

Antlers, OK - Wonky Holes, Invisible Girlfriends, & Opportunistic Cannibalism

61 hours 51 mins; February 04, 2023

Londonderry, NH - Porch Chat - Fred Schneider and Sad Commercials

7 mins; February 01, 2023

Londonderry, NH - Massive Prisoner Layoffs at the State Penitentiary

61 hours 50 mins; January 28, 2023

Owosso, MI - Porch Chat - Our Favorite Photos & Other Distractions

9 mins; January 25, 2023

Owosso, MI - Shocking Sleepwalking Bear Discovery at the Downtown Cafe

59 mins; January 21, 2023

Small Town Cruise 2 - Porch Chat - Who Asked for This Duet!

4 mins; January 18, 2023

Small Town Cruise 2 - We Bring a Turkey Bag to Blackbeard's Castle

56 mins; January 14, 2023

Small Town Cruise 1 - Porch Chat - Keith Got a Prank Text

13 mins; January 11, 2023

Small Town Cruise 1 - Getting There (& Back) Is Half the Fun

55 mins; January 07, 2023

Marblehead, MA - Porch Chat - Clothing Tags - A National Tragedy

2 mins; January 04, 2023

Marblehead, MA - To Serve and Protect (Sandwiches and Straw Houses)

51 mins; December 31, 2022

Merry Christmas! - Back Porch Chat - From Puppet Shows to Turkey Carving

25 mins; December 28, 2022

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