Back Porch Stories

by Chuck Stead

Chuck Stead is a Story Teller, author and college professor from the Ramapo Mountain Region of lower New York State. These are his stories of a happy, curious, and eventful childhood amongst the mountains, streams, and streets of the village known as Hillburn, New York. Here we meet Chuck's family and friends through stories passed down from his elders as well as those experienced by the author himself. Some are the sweet and ...   ...  Read more

Podcast episodes

  • Season 3

  • The Ketchup Eating Contest

    The Ketchup Eating Contest

    Ever been to a fair? State, local or otherwise? Have you ever won a prize somewhere along the Fairway? Chuck Stead did... with a little help from a special friend we'll never forget. If you'd like to order copies of "Back Porch Stories", (they make great Christmas/Chanukah gifts), just click here: https://www.bkstr.com/ramapostore/product/back-porch-stories-159491-1 Please Subscribe, Follow and join us each Friday for the next Back Porch Story... and spread the word by sharing a link with friends and family. And don't forget to give us that coveted 5 STAR RATING!!!. Thanks for listening.

  • Hooky At Indian's Cove

    Hooky At Indian's Cove

    Hooky: What happens when curiosity outpaces sitting in a classroom at a desk. It's an age old problem. However, if your Hooky adventure takes you into a wooded cove where a world class story teller spends his days, it just might be worth it! If you'd like to order a copy of "Back Porch Stories", click here: https://www.bkstr.com/ramapostore/product/back-porch-stories-159491-1 Please Subscribe, Follow, Like, and join us each Friday morning for the next Back Porch Story... and if the spirit moves you, give us a 5 Star rating and tell us how our Stories remind you of your own. Thanks for listening.

  • Corner Duty

    Corner Duty

    Kindergarten has begun. The tears and homesick laments have passed and Chuck is slowly but most assuredly developing his very first posse! He's also experiencing his first out of home disciplinary experience. But what happens when discipline turns out to be kind of... fun?

  • First Day

    First Day

    Remember way back to that very first day of kindergarten? It's both exciting and challenging as we all must learn for the first time what it feels like to be away from the family and home we know and love. And yet, it is as important and meaningful a right of passage as birth itself. So sit back, relax and remember the way it was on your "First Day". If you'd like to order a copy of "Back Porch Stories", click here: https://www.bkstr.com/ramapostore/product/back-porch-stories-159491-1 Please Subscribe, Follow, Like, and join us each Friday morning for the next Back Porch Story... and if the spirit moves you, give us That 5 Star rating and tell us how our Stories remind you of your own. Thanks for listening.

  • Everything Can Be Something Else

    Everything Can Be Something Else

    Is the world getting bigger, smaller... or is it our place in it and what we do to it - and to each other, that changes our perspective of its size. This very podcast is just one example of how we can expand and multiply relationships like never before. No matter how you look at it, when all is said and done... we need each other. So, with that in mind, thanks so much for coming back to share yet another Back Porch Story. If you'd like to order copies of "Back Porch Stories", just click here: https://www.bkstr.com/ramapostore/product/back-porch-stories-159491-1 Please Subscribe, Follow and join us each Friday for the next Back Porch Story... and spread the word by sharing a link with friends and family. And don't forget to give us that coveted 5 STAR RATING!!!. Thanks for listening.