Fresh Catch 2.0

Send us Fan Mail Every once in a while our goal of entertaining FC2.0 podheads gets diverted. Today's marriage 'mutual therapy session' was one of those occasions, so we apologize. It was an eye-opener to discover that the two Davids might prefer alternate confrontational stylings from their beloved spouses. But is that such a surprise? Don't we generally imagine an easier path...

Send us Fan Mail We agreed, albeit with a tad bit of hesitation, that anyone in the entertainment industry is fair game for snarky critiques. Hmmm. Why didn't we scrutinize David, a professional comedian, with that same lens? There's a lot of brain bias at work in what we remember, when we remember it, and what we feel entitled to do with those memories. This was a festive frolic.

Send us Fan Mail There was a bit of turkey coma at work in this episode, as the Daveys skipped around like there was no script to follow. Imagine that. Could have been their energy drink of choice at work. Maybe it was the painful memories revisited that cancels a particular location (Soldier Field) as a destination of choice. Perhaps it was fear of the quick witted Lance men, Larry and Justin. Or...

Send us Fan Mail Apologies to those loyal Freshies who were looking for a tasty after dessert listening treat. David was preoccupied with Rosemary and other herbic delights he was basting on his slow-cooking turkey. He didn't mean to sound elitist with his obsession about extra virgin olive oil. Doing his best temporary Ridley Scott impression, his cooking certainty needs no one else's a...

Send us Fan Mail At the outset, Dr Dave made it clear that he refused to be pinned down with the binary (YES or NO) question: do you have a cold? How fun to live in an age of limitless, self-constructed meaning-making! Of course, we should all engage in a bit of research that will help us make good judgements. Was David's joke funny? Guffaws in Carmel were only giggles at an event in Ohio. (L...

Send us Fan Mail With loyal listeners skyrocketing into the double digit teens, the Davidic Duo began laying plans for taking care of our fan base. Can we take our Fresh Catch 2.0 conversation on the road? If so, where should we go? Our on-air brainstorming got a bit self-absorbed. But we want to fight against our instincts and actually be responsive to those who imagine that hosting us at your fa...

Send us Fan Mail We need good friends…spouses… anyone …to let us know when we stray from who we want to be. That's how we become self-aware. (Thanks, Dr. Linhart!) Maybe that's how we learn how to pray so that others can get a word in edgewise. Too many words, too much fog. On behalf of podcasters everywhere, we apologize. This offer is good for one week only. 

Send us Fan Mail It turns out that the Daves really love each other. So we got kind of slobbery here. Laughing all the way. Join us?

Send us Fan Mail As the sun rose in the mountains, Dr Dave was able to join David for some laughs…a day later than normal. But the stories rose to the occasion, no doubt due to the after-glow from encountering earnest tourist-pleasers serving fantastic BBQ the night before. When the response to every menu item or playing card color choice here near Winter Park, CO, is  "excellent!",   it...

Send us Fan Mail David caught Dr Dave in the midst of a Texas whirlwind and his lame "howdy" efforts revealed just how much he was at the end of his rope. Too many…too much…too… everything . The cockroach was bow-legged. The barista demonstrated Middle East hospitality, not Texan. All of this in spite of multiple BBQ meals drinking his favorite pop (or soda if you're from New York),...

Send us Fan Mail How do you prefer your text messages? Short and sweet? Sprinkled with love? There's lots of room for variety here and, as a public service, the Davidic Duo decided to help clean up the confusion. Not sure if we did. But the funny David was really on his game…you can tell he's out and about doing more gigs these days. Meanwhile, Dr Dave was a laughing soundtrack.

Send us Fan Mail It's been a minute since it was only the David twosome doing an episode. So naturally, we needed to be sure we weren't dodging some unpleasantry that might hurt our relationship. Given that we boys aren't inclined to get straight after it, the wandering was both fun and enlightening. We're just moving in our friendship like Oxford scholar Robin Dunbar says old...

Send us Fan Mail Many little children are delighted by surprises, even scary ones. Adults prefer predictability. That's why this episode's ambush start was so fun. Thx to Roger for helping us bounce into our time together with so much energy. We chatted about the art of catching each other off guard, and wondered about David's smoking fantasy. In our world you aren't keeping it...

Send us Fan Mail It might surprise you to know that, not one, but both of our podcast hosts are published authors. (We know this because puny book sales don't lie!) But our special guest this episode, Dave Veerman, is an accomplished author and editor with a youth ministry DNA. And…he's a loyal Fresh Catch 2.0 listener!! Since these things don't seem to belong together we invited hi...

Send us Fan Mail The life of a celebrity is fraught with danger at every turn. Is my next public event going to ruin me or make me a household name? Will my hosts provide the Green Room necessities as spelled out in my contract? From which shadowy corner will the paparazzi jump out, cameras a-clickin'? This episode pulls back the curtain on the burden of notoriety that comedian David Dean car...

Send us Fan Mail If our podcasts could be evaluated purely on the basis of how often and long we laughed, this one might rank near the top. The two Daves hosted Dr Ron Coffey of Huntington University, their distinguished VP for Student Life. But we worked really hard to pull him back into the life we shared with him decades ago, when the rules of youth ministry engagement hardly existed and creati...

Send us Fan Mail Her song, featuring the unparalleled harmony of James Taylor, is "Don't Try So Hard" . So, we didn't. Seriously. This podcast was effortless. We barely showed up. It was so easy to poke fun at ourselves you could almost feel our souls yawning while we enjoyed yet another giggle-fest. Maybe we were deflecting. We began a conversation about the business side of c...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever said something that you almost immediately wonder about where that came from? The title of this podcast was an utterance 10 seconds before we concluded…it cannot be explained or understood without context. Even then, it might be indefensible. But what you've come to expect from the two Daves is what we delivered in this episode: we are who we are. It's just...

Send us Fan Mail The night was stormy at FC2.0's operational HQ. You'd think among the Amish, who work religiously to stay  off the power grid, an electrical outage would be no big deal. So…because that's what you'd think…it was no big deal. We broadcast from a parking lot where some wayward Amish avoided landline hookups but hosted a nice cell signal. It's a good thing we...

Send us Fan Mail Dr Dave records from one of the great Christian camps in America and ornery Dave feels the need to splash cold water on his prayer team vibe by challenging his taste in music. It is really cool when God connects the dots. So why is it when we try to mix and match the variety of experiential species, we're left with largely disturbing images? Still giggling…

Send us Fan Mail On some occasions you know if you spend much time in small talk you may never get to what you really wanted to chat about. In this episode we explored the art of being abrupt…and whether there's a loving way to cut someone off before their droning leads you to a sinful response worse than being rude.

Send us Fan Mail Grab a mirror to practice your own De Niro delivery technique alongside the Davidic Duo. Confrontational possibilities are endless. For David, it's the 8-yr old boy kicking his seat on a rare flight where he's burdened to sit among the commoners. He'd love to go all Goodfellas on him, hopefully haunting the kid's sleep with an enduring memory. Dr Dave imagines...

Send us Fan Mail To be accurate, we're not exactly sure that Dr Dave's extra-long shorts qualify as clamdiggers . We've been banished to fashion uncertainty. We Daves simply do not know what works to wear in public anymore…even when the bar is set to 4-H fair standards. Against that backdrop, there was also David's report of a zesty celebration of life after the tragic death of...

Send us Fan Mail There's, of course, a story behind this title. Our lawyers(?) have advised us to not actually publish the details in this podcast description. The audio file is incriminating enough. If you're inclined to be judgmental, please skip this episode. If you work at Wal-mart, please find something else to do with your 35 minutes. If your name sounds like it belongs to either o...

Send us Fan Mail It was a sprite and lively tour for the podcast, no doubt provoked by David's "too close" Zoom proximity in order to get our sound just right. Imagine the salesman who says, "I can get you quality sound but you'll have to live with this unsettling image." The picture blew us up into talking about the burden of being a bit too big. But we settled into...