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Fresh Catch 2.0
Professional funny guy David Dean and ancient youth ministry thought leader Dr. Dave Rahn giggle-chat about anything & everything, mindful to include Jesus (it's the best joy upgrade we can offer). Casual eavesdroppers are welcome. Our fantasy is for loyal Freshies to rival the Deadheads. Jump in with us for ~30 minutes weekly!
Episodes
- Fresh Catch 2.0
It's a Bentley
Send us Fan Mail We don't actually know who our loyal listeners are, but we suspect 16-year-old boys are not our demographic. But COULD they be? This episode…
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David's Moral Reckoning at Pizza Hut
Send us Fan Mail We started this episode with plenty of self-congratulations. It needed to be done and, frankly, we're not sure we'll get it from anyone else…
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I AM somebody!
Send us Fan Mail The term "micro-aggression" is in our popular culture nowadays. It's a reference to the little ways things are said or done that actually hurt…
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"Houston, we have a problem."
Send us Fan Mail When loyal FC2.0 listeners have built their week around the expectation of our podcast being delivered by Thursday midday and it shows up on…
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The Cancer Giggle
Send us Fan Mail Raise your hand if you've got a really good friend who's a comedian. If you know, you know. Most of the world thinks of entertainers as their…
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"I don't do well with people anymore."
Send us Fan Mail To our most loyal listeners…will you PLEASE let us know if you think we're trending towards being crotchety old men too much for your taste?…
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"It's All Good."
Send us Fan Mail "Whatever." "If you say so." There are more of these poor inauthentic ways we avoid transparency. Lots of them are favorite weapons of those…
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Dementiated & Demeaned
Send us Fan Mail Therapy is intended to help you get in touch with your feelings and act in a way that respects their power without letting them carry you…
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Productive Stink
Send us Fan Mail We don't actually do our podcast in the same room, so if one of us has been working out and smells like it…or more likely, has been eating…
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Crackers on the Riverbank…Don't Fact-Check Us
Send us Fan Mail As is more common than not for a free-wheeling Fresh Catch frolic, we bounced around with butterfly nets trying to catch the giggles this…
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Whiiiiite Castle!
Send us Fan Mail Too many Yelp food reviews don't address our basic eating patterns - not ours. David opened the door for today's Glutton Support Group with…
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Solar Totality Can't Heal Heart Envy
Send us Fan Mail Though 90 minutes apart we shared a moment with each other (and much of the nation) when Mother Earth's one true moon moved to block Father…
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David's Hoist Chair Proposal
Send us Fan Mail It became apparent during the course of this unrehearsed episode that David deserved recognition for his unusually advanced empathy. It…
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Taylor Swift Could Fix This
Send us Fan Mail Sorry about the clickbait title. In this episode Dr Dave's blood pressure rose in recalling how Donald Trump hawked Bibles that he…
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Ring Your Bell
Send us Fan Mail It's tourney time - have you placed your bets? Entered your office pool? Filled out your brackets? As countless men recover from their planned…
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The (Ambidextrous) Green Bow Tie
Send us Fan Mail "X" marks the spot. In today's episode, it led to an ego-bruising delay of our scheduled recording. One feature of FC2.0 is that we Davids…
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The Unsettling Wave
Send us Fan Mail Many of us live in privacy and no space is more sacred than our bedrooms. It may not surprise loyal FC2.0 pod-heads to learn that David not…
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Our Own Spectrum
Send us Fan Mail Unfortunately for loyal Florida listener, Paul Coy, we confounded his well-deserved shout out (a 3 hour drive to hear David entertain!) by…
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Elites & Their Hypotheticals
Send us Fan Mail We're hoping our loyal FC2.0 listeners appreciate the therapeutic breakthrough that took place on this episode. It's possible that our growth…
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Sorry!! (Not Sorry)
Send us Fan Mail On this episode David was kind enough to articulate the difference between apologies that are sincere and those that are perfunctory. (To…
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The Wooden Spoon of Comfort
Send us Fan Mail If we were submitting an episode of FC2.0 for Grammy consideration (is that possible?), this might be the one. The giggles threaded their way…
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Mailed It In Without Uniforms
Send us Fan Mail For our many podheads who count on our 30 minute conversations to time your workout or ease you into sleepy-town, we apologize. Today's…
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Dude Wipes & Garden Rakes
Send us Fan Mail Some delays are due to natural causes. Planes don't fly on time when storms and fog are everywhere. In a similar way, your FC2.0 podcast is 24…
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Glowing
Send us Fan Mail Some people have a glow about them. After connecting with them, you can FEEL the warmth of life being transferred your way. That's glow. And…
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Ol' Carl the Ref Needs a Hug
Send us Fan Mail Don't you just love it when you discover how some things, when smushed together, make for a great tasting treat? As we zig-zagged through…
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The Naughty List
Send us Fan Mail Our first podcast of 2024 had a bit of holiday residue in it. Forgive us for being a bit distracted by news of who's on the Epstein list. And…
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Wobbling Into 2024
Send us Fan Mail If you prefer an orderly conversation that leads to a clearly defined end in mind you are likely frustrated by our affection for…
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Holiday Upgrades Pt 2: Hayschtacking
Send us Fan Mail Comedians have keenly trained ears; it's not fair to ask them to hear what's going on in the world like us common folks do. "Blessing and…
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Norman Rockwell in an 8-Hour Idaho Line
Send us Fan Mail Most times we title an episode based on what we actually discussed. But in this case, we have to apologize for not smashing together the two…
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Holiday Upgrades Pt 1: Gaslighting Grandma
Send us Fan Mail Your FC2.0 hosts are here to serve, and we are keen to be helpful during the chaos of Christmas season. We worked really hard to not camp too…
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Thanksgiving Entitlement??
Send us Fan Mail It's a weird juxtaposition. A day that's intended to set aside our normal patterns of self-absorbed living in order to aim every spotlight at…
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Holiday Tips
Send us Fan Mail It's Thanksgiving Eve and both of the Ds are ramping up for family time in the days ahead. In order to be at our best we thought it wise to…
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Choosing Your Funeral Playlist
Send us Fan Mail If you're a loyal FC2.0 podhead and you're frankly tired about our health-related discussions lately, we hear you. Frankly, we're tired of…
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The Pink Eye Episode
Send us Fan Mail It's gotta be fresh for us to catch it in our giggle net. (Brilliant podcast branding, right?) Today's topic was unavoidable. And if you…
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Angst. What's Going On?
Send us Fan Mail We didn't giggle as much in this episode. Take that into account if you're looking for a podcast to enjoy while you nibble on your comfort…
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"Don't look at me!"
Send us Fan Mail Have you ever been humbled by someone who doesn't care about your otherwise impressive credentials? In the world of youth ministry the rules…
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The Extreme Sport of Throwing Darts
Send us Fan Mail It may be that you had not reckoned with the risk involved in professional dart throwing. Well, on the heels of tough news for dart-ists…
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We Ultracrepidarians
Send us Fan Mail First of all, shout out to sometime-listener Seth Baker for enlarging our vocabulary. Our podcasts often assert what we think we know for…
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Local Knowledge Expertise…at the Railroad Tracks
Send us Fan Mail People who are devoted to being as productive as possible will likely dismiss the hidden value in our podcasts. We talked today a lot about…
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Sketchy Endorsements? Just Cut to It!
Send us Fan Mail Two themes dominated our conversation in this episode. The first was to consider how, why, when, and where we might be inclined to feel like…
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Sleeping, but Still Responsible
Send us Fan Mail The ancient Greeks cherished the sort of virtue dissection we enjoyed on this episode. Maybe. Some of it. We politely described the plentiful…
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"This is why I hate coming over here!"
Send us Fan Mail The implicit covenant we two Davidic hosts have with our loyal listeners is that we will be honest. Today's episode should be reassuring to…
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What if You Don't Give a Lick?
Send us Fan Mail In clear violation of FC2.0 protocols, David brought a pre-meditated agenda to this podcast episode. But — as is common — the cultural norms…
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Leveraging Yelp for Self-Gain
Send us Fan Mail Apologies to loyal pod-heads for the clunky sound. The host hotel for our Philly-based remote recording will NOT receive a good review from…
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Neighbor Cindy Bat-Brooms David's Bedroom
Send us Fan Mail An episode's title seldom captures the wide-range of frolic loyal pod-heads can enjoy. We only hope we don't bury the lead. In the truest…
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Helpful Knowledge
Send us Fan Mail Loyal listeners might have noticed the 24 hour delay in our FC2.0 podcast this week. We apologize for any disruption to your workout routines…
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QR Codes, Outstretched Necks, & Essential Oils
Send us Fan Mail Our FC2.0 questionable artistry is based on a weekly commitment to start recording without having or sharing any plan for our 30 minutes…
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Listener Poll: Are We Middle School Boys?
Send us Fan Mail The evidence about what tickles our fancy is indicting (to borrow a word from the week's headlines). We fessed up about lots of things that…
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Barbie, IBS & AI Poetry
Send us Fan Mail We sometimes wonder if listeners experience our 30 minute episodes flying by as quickly as we do when we laugh practically non-stop through…
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Grandpa Does the Gritty
Send us Fan Mail David's stories about his aging father, affectionally known to Freshies as "Pappy", often make us giggle and squirm at the same time. We love…
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"Mangled Episodic Memories?"
Send us Fan Mail This phrase popped up early in our conversation as we poked around the dumpster fire of David's livestream efforts in last week's podcast. It…
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Climb Every (Loew's) Mountain
Send us Fan Mail Adventures. Risk-taking. Living on the edge. No one wants to settle into comfort zone habitats as a way of life. Our buddy is currently…
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The Art of the Poke
Send us Fan Mail Comedy is art. Much of life, though we'd prefer scientific certainty and control, is also art. We make decisions every day based on intuitions…
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The Dreaded "Too Earthy" Rebuke
Send us Fan Mail WARNING: If you fancy yourself to be a bit delicate, this FC2.0 episode might be one to avoid. We migrated back to proper decorum by the time…
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DD's word pounce: "MISERLY"
Send us Fan Mail We have so much fun in the unplanned conversations we record for FC2.0 and the joy of including others is pure bonus. You can try this at…
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Los Amigos: The Prelude
Send us Fan Mail Giddy. Twitchy. Probably a bit too "inner circle" for great entertainment. But – true to form – our FC2.0 brand is to give listeners a front…
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Vent and Sin No More
Send us Fan Mail Is there efficacy to venting? (Sorry. That reads like the title of an article in the Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences…pretty sure that's…
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The Crayon Message: "Don't Love"
Send us Fan Mail Our staggered start for recording today was not that unusual. We often slide Zoom times around to accommodate our other important activities…
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Control at All Costs
Send us Fan Mail David surrendered graciously because Dr Dave hits the buttons for our podcast. When it comes to the TV remote control our wives concede that…
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Shout Out to the Shirtless Guys (please…we can't hear)
Send us Fan Mail Being on vacation or in the DR usually means near-the-beach conditions for David's Zoom connection. Today's Florida location was no exception…