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Small Town News

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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.

Latest episodes

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Baker City, OR - Porch Chat - Of Cellphones & Poo-Pourri

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Jul 25
21 min

Baker City, OR - We Read Google Reviews for Prostitutes... for Real

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Jul 18
58 min

Munster, IN - Porch Chat - The Many Lives of Buster Poindexter and the Many Lies of Mr. Ed

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Jun 20
17 min

Munster, IN - Never Mind the Gene Behind the Curtain

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Jun 13
1 h 10 min

Way Back Porch Chat - We Almost Do an Episode but Godzilla Gets in the Way

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Jun 6
1 h 07 min

Back Porch Chat - Buy Me A Nice Cigar and You Can Call Me Al

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May 30
50 min

Corinth, MS - Porch Chat - Quiznos Sponge Monkeys & the Canadian Midwest

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May 23
25 min

Corinth, MS - We Will Not Take A Hot Air Balloon & the Devil Makes a Marshmallow

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May 16
1 h 01 min

Back Porch Chat - Everything You Didn't Care to Know About Child's Play

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May 9
1 h 03 min

Chanute, KS - Porch Chat - Have You Guys Ever Eaten Bee Pollen?

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May 2
22 min

Chanute, KS - Craig Gets a Tone at the Safari Petting Zoo

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Apr 25
1 h 06 min

Orleans, MA - Porch Chat - Live Music, Fake Audiences, & The Ray Stevens Rabbit Hole

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Apr 18
27 min

Orleans, MA - We Pull the Old Cape Codder & It Doesn't Sound Right

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Apr 11
57 min

Bethel, AK - Porch Chat - From All You Can Eat Shrimp to the Bond Family

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Apr 4
20 min

Bethel, AK - We Are in Alaska but Keep Talking About McDonalds in New Zealand

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Mar 28
55 min

Porch Chat - Spinal Tap, Woody's Dad, and Donald the Janitor

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Mar 21
16 min

Benson, AZ - Porch Chat - Winter Olympics Talk Somehow Segways into Murder Sentencing

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Mar 14
18 min

Benson, AZ - We Examine the Crossroads Between Wisdom Teeth and the Gates of Heaven

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Mar 7
54 min

Auburn, CA - Oh Say Can You Remember the Anthem?

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Jan 3
16 min

Auburn, CA - We Colon the Process & Shoeless Joe Plays Basketball with the Devil

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Dec 27 2025
1 h 03 min

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