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Episode 1.
I read this novel in the dialect of its characters.
Looking for Pork Chop McQuade is a modern fiction set in rural Appalachia. The cast is a colorful set of folksy characters. While on the surface, the story holds a great deal of humor. It actually addresses big life issues. These include duplicity, paranoia, mental illness, codependency, abuse, loss, and grief.
After her father’s death, Cupcake McQuade becomes the caregiver for her great uncle, Faucett McCaughy. Named for her mother’s obsession with desserts, she also offers emotional support to her sister, Cookie.
In this episode she and Cookie learn that Faucett has been arrested. And you, the listener, get to meet the cast of characters.
Meet Cupcake McQuade. She is the main character who takes care of her great uncle, her eccentric spouse and her depressed sister.
Faucett is her ninety-four-year-old great uncle whose mind isn’t what it used to be and Bob, aka. Pork Chop, Cupcake’s husband, isn’t keen on him living so close to them.
Then there’s Thomas Jeffery, Cookie’s husband, who wants only one thing–to see his wife happy.
Episode Eight, Cages
Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 00:13:31 | Recorded on January 31, 2026
Episode Thirteen: The PartyDownload file | Play in new window | Duration: 00:10:46 | Recorded on February 5, 2026
Episode Twelve: Daniel Invites Cupcake to a PartyDownload file | Play in new window | Duration: 00:10:01 | Recorded on February 3, 2026
Episode Eleven: Enter Jimbo, the MechanicDownload file | Play in new window | Duration: 00:09:42 | Recorded on February 2, 2026
Episode Ten: He Can’t Call Her CupcakeDownload file | Play in new window | Duration: 00:05:15 | Recorded on February 2, 2026
Episode Nine: Odie’s DinerDownload file | Play in new window | Duration: 00:07:23 | Recorded on February 1, 2026
Episode Seven: A Chicken is the Most Pitiful of All BirdsDownload file | Play in new window | Duration: 00:08:26 | Recorded on January 30, 2026
Episode Six: Bob’s RantDownload file | Play in new window | Duration: 00:10:12 | Recorded on January 29, 2026
Episode 5: Bob Wants SupperDownload file | Play in new window | Duration: 00:08:21 | Recorded on January 28, 2026
Episode Three: Uncle Faucett Goes HomeDownload file | Play in new window | Duration: 00:07:59 | Recorded on January 27, 2026
Episode Three: Momma and the Snack Cake TruckDownload file | Play in new window | Duration: 00:08:35 | Recorded on January 26, 2026
Episode Two Looking for Pork Chop McQuadeDownload file | Play in new window | Duration: 00:08:04 | Recorded on January 25, 2026
Episode One: Uncle Faucett Goes to JailDownload file | Play in new window | Duration: 00:11:53 | Recorded on January 24, 2026
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By Darlene Franklin CampbellEpisode 1.
I read this novel in the dialect of its characters.
Looking for Pork Chop McQuade is a modern fiction set in rural Appalachia. The cast is a colorful set of folksy characters. While on the surface, the story holds a great deal of humor. It actually addresses big life issues. These include duplicity, paranoia, mental illness, codependency, abuse, loss, and grief.
After her father’s death, Cupcake McQuade becomes the caregiver for her great uncle, Faucett McCaughy. Named for her mother’s obsession with desserts, she also offers emotional support to her sister, Cookie.
In this episode she and Cookie learn that Faucett has been arrested. And you, the listener, get to meet the cast of characters.
Meet Cupcake McQuade. She is the main character who takes care of her great uncle, her eccentric spouse and her depressed sister.
Faucett is her ninety-four-year-old great uncle whose mind isn’t what it used to be and Bob, aka. Pork Chop, Cupcake’s husband, isn’t keen on him living so close to them.
Then there’s Thomas Jeffery, Cookie’s husband, who wants only one thing–to see his wife happy.
Episode Eight, Cages
Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 00:13:31 | Recorded on January 31, 2026
Episode Thirteen: The PartyDownload file | Play in new window | Duration: 00:10:46 | Recorded on February 5, 2026
Episode Twelve: Daniel Invites Cupcake to a PartyDownload file | Play in new window | Duration: 00:10:01 | Recorded on February 3, 2026
Episode Eleven: Enter Jimbo, the MechanicDownload file | Play in new window | Duration: 00:09:42 | Recorded on February 2, 2026
Episode Ten: He Can’t Call Her CupcakeDownload file | Play in new window | Duration: 00:05:15 | Recorded on February 2, 2026
Episode Nine: Odie’s DinerDownload file | Play in new window | Duration: 00:07:23 | Recorded on February 1, 2026
Episode Seven: A Chicken is the Most Pitiful of All BirdsDownload file | Play in new window | Duration: 00:08:26 | Recorded on January 30, 2026
Episode Six: Bob’s RantDownload file | Play in new window | Duration: 00:10:12 | Recorded on January 29, 2026
Episode 5: Bob Wants SupperDownload file | Play in new window | Duration: 00:08:21 | Recorded on January 28, 2026
Episode Three: Uncle Faucett Goes HomeDownload file | Play in new window | Duration: 00:07:59 | Recorded on January 27, 2026
Episode Three: Momma and the Snack Cake TruckDownload file | Play in new window | Duration: 00:08:35 | Recorded on January 26, 2026
Episode Two Looking for Pork Chop McQuadeDownload file | Play in new window | Duration: 00:08:04 | Recorded on January 25, 2026
Episode One: Uncle Faucett Goes to JailDownload file | Play in new window | Duration: 00:11:53 | Recorded on January 24, 2026