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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
Travel Tips…and an Offer
Send us Fan Mail In a rare single-focus thread this episode lingered in the category of how to handle road trips to max the fun and make the journey feel…
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Don't De-Center Your Loops
Send us Fan Mail One of the challenges erstwhile podcasters are familiar with is how to title an episode so that it accurately represents the discussion and…
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Love the Awkward
Send us Fan Mail As it turns out, both members of the FC2.0 podcast team have reasons to love those moments that feel awkward. David pounces on the comedic…
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Self-Amusement
Send us Fan Mail Sometimes our podcast is recorded from remote locations that are cool. David has been on a beach in the Dominican Republic and Dr Dave has…
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Christian Quality Snobs
Send us Fan Mail We tried on this episode. Really, we did. But the technology gremlins dragged us through three reboots while we were Zoom-casting. Sort of…
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Hotel Room Etiquette
Send us Fan Mail This episode had a grunginess to it. Sorry. Our visual connection while recording was a bit unsettling, though we celebrated the shared casual…
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The Season of Lint
Send us Fan Mail We can't help it when a spoken word triggers a rogue thought. Some of us deal with this as a temptation to guard against. David has learned to…
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When Self-Awareness Fails Us
Send us Fan Mail Our FC2.0 banter is never pre-arranged and generally we enjoy politely deferring to one another as we grope toward the agenda of the day. This…
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Plagiarizing Jesus?
Send us Fan Mail Dr Dave insists that Jesus' words are public domain but that didn't keep David from praying for his forgiveness. At the very least, citation…
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Evidence of Stupid
Send us Fan Mail This episode featured a debate about whether Dr Dave had actually done something that can only accurately be labeled as stupid. David tried to…
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Gaslit, Godly & Cheap
Send us Fan Mail One of the fascinating ways we all learn is to pay attention to the instruction others receive. You deserve college credit for listening to…
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He Gets Us - Do We Get Him?
Send us Fan Mail There's something in the air. Consider the fact that students and visitors to Asbury in Wilmore, KY, are encountering the thick, upending…
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The EQ of Edward Scissorhands
Send us Fan Mail Loyal FC2.0 listeners know that we Davids pride ourselves in being unscripted. The funny David was trained in improvisational comedy through…
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"You broke the treadmill!" (Relax, Nadean…)
Send us Fan Mail David's new mic quality emboldened us. We bravely spoke of Punxsutawney Phil, and wondered aloud about what a meeting with Mephibosheth might…
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Smell the Interruption
Send us Fan Mail Hardly a day goes by when we don't face something unexpected. But somehow the normalcy of interruptions doesn't weaken their power to ruin a…
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Uh-uh. OK. Ya.
Send us Fan Mail Get your notepads ready. This episode drops some sweet skills on our FC2.0 listeners. All of us have had occasion to either deliver some…
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LIFE CHURCH: Your Prayers Were Answered
Send us Fan Mail One of the great mysteries of life is how little we know about the way prayers grow tipping points of change. But it's sure to fun to imagine…
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Do less. Be more. For example, ask THIS question less…
Send us Fan Mail Happy New Year, everyone! We greeted 2023 with some deep conversation about how to upgrade our Christmas card strategies, four words that…
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Grovel…Gargle…Gravel
Send us Fan Mail There is no denying that this episode might be painful for listeners. David's otherwise pleasant voice got walloped by some seasonal bug. But…
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The Meta-Snow-In Holiday Family Episode
Send us Fan Mail Keen regular listeners might pick up on the undercurrent of anxiety we two Davids shared in this 30 minutes. Families. Holidays. Stress. We…
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Belt loops missed, a pedophile look, and TV news anchor advice…
Send us Fan Mail We began in earnest critique mode and got stuck there during this episode. But we also managed to pivot into appreciation as we divided the…
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"Sorry. It's in a 5 ounce bottle."
Send us Fan Mail The FC2.0 duo is, after all, only human. Perhaps when one of us shows up to record with an axe to grind (hmmm, could be Freudian slip), a…
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Regrettable Public Performances
Send us Fan Mail David is on the cusp of doing a comedy gig in Sarasota for a largely Amish-Mennonite crowd who will have just enjoyed a huge luncheon feast…
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WHO*E - Our Wordle-Like Thanksgiving Challenge
Send us Fan Mail A bonus treat for loyal FC2.0 listeners. We release this episode a day before you sit in traffic on your way to a Thanksgiving feast with…
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Elon or Eustis?
Send us Fan Mail We were downright silly on this episode of FC2.0. If you listen carefully you might be able to pick up on the moment the conversation pivoted…
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"That's a great idea…OR…"
Send us Fan Mail Mark this moment. Our loyal FC listeners have agonized with David as he's toiled and failed to make his new, refrigerator-size microphone…
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A Prairie Dog Sing-a-Long
Send us Fan Mail This episode allowed us to unpack one of our epic shared memories from decades ago as well as a very fresh experience one of us had among…
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Hurry Isn't Funny
Send us Fan Mail Dr Dave blames himself for this one; he knows better. There's actually research about taking a minute to turn on our brain's "joy switch"…
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Hotel Havens
Send us Fan Mail This FC 2.0 episode reflected the season of being at odds with one another that seems to have enveloped all of us. It's not just politics…
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Unlikely Worship Songs
Send us Fan Mail In Dr Dave's temporary youth pastor responsibilities he scrambles for creative ways to help kids. Idea testing is a crucial part of that…
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Mind Manipulation Tips
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of FC 2.0, David proudly brought his own research discoveries into the conversation. He confessed that his purpose was to work…
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David's Best Buy-Pass Experience
Send us Fan Mail Can you remember a time when you anticipated an amazing, long-awaited breakthrough? Research has shown that the joy in such expectation soars…
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Neighborly Sweat vs Podcasting Sweat
Send us Fan Mail We survived a disruption in the wifi meta-verse to deliver this podcast to our loyal listeners. But this effort was not without some strain…
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Rude Neighbors?
Send us Fan Mail This episode provoked painful self-discovery, courtesy of David's neighbor. She innocently mowed her lawn while our one-armed comedian…
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Outrage
Send us Fan Mail Don't listen to this complaint fest unless you enjoy others' misery. We were a mess today. A fun mess…but a mess, nonetheless. As we pledge to…
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The Glory of a Secretive Speedo
Send us Fan Mail Having launched into our episode with radio voice impressions that were borderline annoying, the bulk of our time was dedicated to satisfying…
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When Heaven Giggles
Send us Fan Mail First things first. It's David's birthday and it was pure delight to share 32 minutes on this precious day of celebration with the entire…
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Tubing - It's Not Always a Lake Frolic
Send us Fan Mail At the outset, we have a prayer request for our loyal FC2.0 listeners. David has a pinched nerve that keeps his left arm at penguin gesture…
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Be Polite, Mind Your Manners…and Fluff
Send us Fan Mail Too many of us are confounded by the unclear rules of being a good guest. Accidentally rude is still rude. We tore into some situational…
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Eulogy Rehearsals
Send us Fan Mail In a next-level encouragement attempt we tried an experiment in eulogizing one another. We role-played. Untethered our imaginations. Spoke…
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Our Longsuffering Wives
Send us Fan Mail Off-handedly, many of us who've been married for more than a decade might use the word "patient" to describe our spouses. That's accurate but…
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Sub-dudes
Send us Fan Mail We've all been there. Whether the sixth slice of pizza put us in a temporary food coma, or a heavy conversation left its residue as we pivot…
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The Holy Use of Unholy Words
Send us Fan Mail Today we converged to address a common challenge among Christians: when is it OK to cuss? FAIR WARNING: Pod-heads hungry to hear either…
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The Paradox of Giggling (not Googling) Wisdom
Send us Fan Mail Every once in a while the podcast drifts into the deep end of the pool where it takes a little bit of effort to stay afloat. If the catch is…
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This Might Not Go Well
Send us Fan Mail It's not uncommon that one of the Daves comes into an episode with something sticking in his craw. (BTW, that word, "craw", is yet another…
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Childlike Spontaneity: Why is it irritating?
Send us Fan Mail Some FC2.0 episodes pursue legit questions and come up with helpful insights. Not this one. We named (and demonstrated) how frustrating it can…
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A Heckler Society
Send us Fan Mail Long before social media made it convenient and even normal to critique, attack, and lob judgement bombs on one another, comedians have had to…
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"Senator Zay, when will gas prices come down?"
Send us Fan Mail Let it never be said that Fresh Catch 2.0 does't look out for the interests of the common person. Under the probing, persistent questions of…
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Is Clark Griswold Timeless?
Send us Fan Mail It's summertime. That means some schedule shifts at the world HQ for Fresh Catch 2.0, and this week's road trip by Dr Dave is the first of…
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The Art of the Hum Snub
Send us Fan Mail It's only because we love our listeners that we're willing to put our painful moments to good use. When David took Pappy to the airport last…
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David on Display
Send us Fan Mail Have you ever been around someone who's so well-built you hardly want to look at them? David's surprising shirtless look was impressive enough…
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Picture Your Cheekiest Problem - Lance It? or Tase It?
Send us Fan Mail Onomatopoeia. What a great word to describe perfect word choices, where the sound of the word itself represents its essence. In today's…
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The Letdown
Send us Fan Mail It was bound to happen. Life doesn't let us cruise along the Merry Road, giggly companions at our side in a constant posse posture of…
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SLONG - Yet Another Word Innovation
Send us Fan Mail Dictionaries try to keep up with the times. Words begin somewhere. They are tugged and twisted into shape by many folks until they settle into…
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Cuzzle Up
Send us Fan Mail We are not afraid to mash words together so we can say what we mean. I guess that's why David described himself on our new FC2.0 artwork cover…
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A Weekend Like No Other - Take THAT, Ron Burgundy!
Send us Fan Mail On Maundy Thursday, the Fresh Catch duo worked hard on the Flip Factor. Table flipping…finger flipping…joy switch flipping… BTW, did you know…
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Unpacking the Sigh
Send us Fan Mail What does a sigh mean? Is it ever positive to hear someone sigh after you make a request? This podcast began 24 hours later than normal, which…
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The Strategic Meta-verse
Send us Fan Mail When David connected after a comedy gig with YFC USA's top strategist, Seth Baker, he was enchanted enough to invite him onto our podcast…
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Avoid the Hungry Eyes of Playfulness
Send us Fan Mail It's St Patrick's Day and Dr Dave's birthday. For many of his friends, this is a day of haunting remembrance about the time a few years ago…