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Sarah Goettsch reads a poem by Maya Jewell Zeller

On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss two films that put characters in difficult situations. The first is “I Swear,” the based-on-real-events story of a man with Tourette’s Syndrome. The other is “Mother Mary,” a film starring Anne Hathaway as a pop star attempting a comeback who is forced to face secrets from her past.

“I Swear” is a look at the life and struggles of a man with Tourette’s Syndrome and the ignorance surrounding it, Dan Webster says.

A hangout comedy set in 2011 Montreal, Chandler Levack’s Mile End Kicks follows a burgeoning music writer in a community of wannabe rock stars and artists. Nathan Weinbender says it uncannily captures its time and place, like a millennial version of Almost Famous.

Enjoy an unexpected diversity of sounds from the southwest including country (Marty Robbins), rock and roll (Duane Eddy), early funk (Dyke & Blazers), and the unclassifiable (Calexico). We'll hear from iconic songwriter/producer Lee Hazelwood who got the Phoenix on the national recording map in the 1950's.

The android, Eugene 2000, treats Lt. Linley's abdominal wound with an electro-laser blast, and Commander Train and former Acting Captain Casey become ominous...

Front Porch Bluegrass Show for Sunday, May 3, 2026

The traps are all new, but the being trapped like rats is the old familiar. Your favorite impenetrable prison drama/talk show is back, and somebody is most certainly going to get MASERed!

Trapped in a hideous sitcom (the terror comes from the laugh-track), the hosts of Trapped Like Rats! (and Cornered Like Lemmings!) come to a startling realization:

Join Zan as she celebrates the MOTHER Affect, how even not maybe knowing your mom doesn't matter, because you can find mother in many things, especially music!