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Kernal's Boys: Behind The Book

Kernal's Boys: Behind The Book

By: Joanne Ivey
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Heartbreak, survival, old timey pioneers, the American, southwest, small little towns in the heart of New Mexico and Texas. If these things are interesting to you as they are to me, then I think you'll be really happy to listen to this podcast where I speak with my grandmother about a book she released a couple years ago that has brand new stories I promise, that you've never heard before unless you're a time traveler.

Anyways, without any more ado, here is the podcast Kernal's Boys: behind the Author.

Joanne D Ivey 2026 Art Literary History & Criticism World
Episodes
  • Episode 1: Intro

    Episode 1: Intro
    Jan 18 2026

    A warm and heartfelt intro episode where the host chats with his grandmother about how her book was born from the true stories of Robert Noel “Nogi” Longuemare, a brilliant old storyteller with a near-photographic memory of growing up in the rough-and-tumble Southwest, especially New Mexico mining country and small towns like Socorro. Over weekly lunches at a Mexican restaurant in El Paso, Nogi’s vivid tales of outlaws, hardship, and survival pulled her in like a movie, and she began collecting notes with hopes of turning them into a book. Life (and raising seven kids) delayed the project for years, but after Nogi passed, she finally finished the book out of love, guilt, and determination, with help from family and encouragement from her community. The episode sets up the podcast as a “director’s cut” companion to the book, where future episodes will read chapters, share extra memories, and bring these forgotten frontier stories to life.
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    18 mins
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