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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.

Cedar Rapids YWCA.
Traveling
Tom Roznowski
Travel abroad can reveal the world much like classic novels can reveal the past. You may leave disheartened but you'll always leave wiser.
A few characters sitting at a table.
Characters
Tom Roznowski
Symphony Society.
Classical
Tom Roznowski
The Ogunquit Playhouse.
Act
Tom Roznowski
The Horn & Hardart Automat in Times Square.
Cash Money
Tom Roznowski
  • O' Henry Schoolhouse.
    Story
    Tom Roznowski
    More than anything else, story helps us define what is true and what is worth remembering.
  • Greyhound bus terminal and restaurant in Scranton, PA.
    Leap
    Tom Roznowski
    The steps taken immediately before a leap will determine the distance covered.
  • 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
    An appreciation of the Yuletide season from the perspective of passing time.
  • East/West Germany.
    Friends
    Tom Roznowski
    The value of genuine acceptance outside of the family you were born into cannot be underestimated.
  • Two-year-old girl gleefully running.
    Run
    Tom Roznowski
    Watch kids run. Spontaneous. They don't care how far. They don't care how fast.
  • Bide-A-Wee Cabin.
    Place
    Tom Roznowski
    The significance of place in our lives is both functional and spiritual. Our birthplace, our addresses, our final resting place all help to identify us and tell our story on this earth. Where we are in place also constantly calls upon us to be aware of the present moment.
  • 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.