Cigarette Mom Podcast with Sarah Beth Terry

Cigarette Mom — Live Morning Episode

Catch this morning’s live episode of Cigarette Mom for candid conversation, fresh stories, hot takes, and a little chaos to start the day.

The World Is Loud. Your House Doesn’t Have to Be.

It’s the Wednesday evening edition of The Porch Paper, and Sarah Beth Terry is sorting through a packed news day—from Canada’s possible new relationship with the European

Operation: Reset to Factory Settings

Sarah Beth checks in from the car after a shower, a Walgreens run and a successful trip to the nail salon. Next up: water, protein, vitamins, new workout shorts and the P

Most Real Years Are Both

At seven in the morning—with the sun rising over the West Virginia hills and a possum eating cat food on the porch—Sarah Beth looks back at how much life can change in tw

That’s Enough for Wednesday

Sarah Beth arrives hot and unfiltered after a disastrous nail-salon visit, then settles in for the September 16 Porch Paper. Today’s stories include the Iran war-powers v

Don’t Despise Small Beginnings

Sarah Beth wakes up to fifteen watercolor-print orders and a timely reminder that small beginnings may be bigger than they appear. This September 15 evening edition cover

Don’t Despise Small Beginnings

Sarah Beth wakes up to fifteen watercolor-print orders and a timely reminder that small beginnings may be bigger than they appear. This September 15 evening edition cover

You’re Still Moving

Sarah Beth Terry delivers Monday’s Porch Paper Evening Edition, covering attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil infrastructure, fuel prices above $100 a barrel, mounting artificia

Just Pick Up the Brush: Faith, Floods and an Ostrich Farm

Sarah Beth Terry brings Monday’s Porch Paper from West by God Virginia, covering the fight over mail-in ballot rules, warnings about artificial intelligence, another disr

Grief and Joy Don’t Take Turns

Sarah Beth Terry delivers the Sunday-night Porch Paper, covering the 25th anniversary of 9/11, political violence, President Trump’s proposed $5,000 dividend, record dies

Taylor Swift’s CMA Return, Pawpaw Season & New Mercies

Taylor Swift has found her cowboy boots, Terry Crews can draw, and Louisville has gathered to celebrate a fruit most Americans couldn’t identify in a police lineup. In t

I Think I Might Actually Be Funny: Date Night, Marmots & Kentucky Wildlife

After spending date night at a comedy club, Sarah Beth Terry reaches a deeply unsettling conclusion: she might actually be funny enough to do stand-up. Before adding ano

Remember September 12: Twenty-Five Years After 9/11

Twenty-five years after September 11, 2001, Sarah Beth Terry remembers the nearly 3,000 lives lost, the first responders still dying from related illnesses, the passenger

A Jellyfish in Kentucky, $100 Oil & Knowing When to Let Go

A jellyfish has apparently turned up in a Kentucky lake, oil has crossed $100 a barrel, and Sarah Beth Terry would like restaurants to remain open during their posted bus

Am I a Dingus? Antique-Mall Manners, Patsy Cline & Porch News

Is Sarah Beth Terry a dingus? A concerned citizen has raised the question, and the Porch Paper is investigating. Before reaching a verdict, Sarah Beth covers escalating

Labor Day, Mary Kay Letourneau & the Watercolor Rabbit Hole

Sarah Beth Terry celebrates Labor Day from the porch with a salute to the people who keep showing up—even when nobody is watching or applauding. Between a history lesson

The First Note Back

This week has lasted four fiscal quarters, and it’s only Wednesday. Sarah Beth returns to the porch with world headlines, West Virginia fall fever, country music news, 8

Bears, Blooms & an Emotional-Support Log

It’s September on the porch, and Sarah Beth has gathered the news so you don’t have to. This edition of the Porch Paper travels from serious headlines and West Virginia r

Porch Report from Sarah Beth Terry | August 31, 2026

Porch Report from Sarah Beth Terry | August 31, 2026

An 8 A.M. Lawn Mower, Country Music Christmas & the Power of the Porch

arah Beth Terry planned to sleep in. Her neighbor—and his 8 a.m. lawnmower—had other ideas. What begins as an emergency meeting of the porch people becomes a gloriously