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Porchlight
Yellow stylized text that reads "Porchlight with Tom Roznowski"

Porchlight with Tom Roznowski offers WFIU listeners a weekly invitation to visit the familiar and the forgotten through recorded song, original story, and the occasional everyday expert.

Cattle horn car.
Past
Tom Roznowski
The past has too many witnesses to establish any certainty as to what actually happened.
The S.A. Smith Factory, Brattleboro, Vermont.
Christmas
Tom Roznowski
East/West Germany.
Friends
Tom Roznowski
Two-year-old girl gleefully running.
Run
Tom Roznowski
Bide-A-Wee Cabin.
Place
Tom Roznowski
  • Hoagy Carmichael
    Hoagy
    Tom Roznowski
    One of those personalities you'd love to have a beer with. He'd be buying. You'd be listening
  • Hotel Vendome, Evansville, Indiana.
    Sleet, Styles, and Story
    Tom Roznowski
    Music has saved lives. We make it ourselves. What else do you need?
  • Vintage postcard of a Gary, Indiana glass factory.
    Work
    Tom Roznowski
    I got a few skills and I means to use ‘em.
  • Button Factory, Warsaw, New York
    Wardrobe
    Tom Roznowski
    But can you tell me your hat size?
  • C.G. Conn Musical Instrument Factory in Elkhart, Indiana
    Handmade
    Tom Roznowski
    The handmade in tools, clothing, and crafts: It's not just how these artifacts contribute to our existence but also what is contributed by the act of creating them.
  • Maryland Casualty Building
    Time
    Tom Roznowski
    Time is the most precious resource. We will never have enough. We always waste too much.
  • An early 20th-century classroom.
    Childhood
    Tom Roznowski
    A turn early in the journey determines direction rather than destination.
  • Negro League baseball team The Homestead Grays.
    Baseball
    Tom Roznowski
    If baseball ever ceases to be America’s pastime, it says far more about the nation than the sport.
  • State Fair Coliseum.
    Beatles
    Tom Roznowski
    The Beatles wrote, performed, and recorded all of their songs in a little over 7 years.
  • Birds
    Tom Roznowski
    Yes, they depart for warmer climates in the winter. But their intention is always to return.