FPP – French Press Podcast

Mark Yoder, a veterinarian, joins the podcast to share his animal care expertise and instructions for stopping dangerous drivers on the highway.

The promised story about the almost assault experienced by the Hochstetler’s on their 2021 West Trip.

Reuben shares about his high-octane encounter with fireworks on the highway.

Reuben and Theodore share about the Red Woods and the red necks in northern California.

A baby, car trouble, and a canoe trip have in common? They all involve Jeff and Louisa!

This is a throwback episode from July, 2015. Reuben, Eric, and Leighton recorded this episode.

Reuben and Theodore share their top 5 spots they are looking forward to seeing on their 4-week vacation.

Reuben observed (and recorded) criminal activity of a paraglider. Jeff shares the trauma of crossing the Canadian border with a slingshot.

Leighton tells the story of a syringe found in his car. Here are links for Reuben’s sermon and Leighton’s sermon.

Jeff brings another jingle. We have the Daz Bough of candy, Dubbelzout black licorice.

Jeff shares his experience in trying to kill a teenage mouse.

Leighton, Reuben, and Theodore taste some really expensive chocolate and Reuben asks Leighton how to use his new glasses as a tool.

It’s finally over. The Nut Madness saga is done. Pecans won! What do you call a wild group of Amish men?

Round #2 of the nut madness tournament is complete. There was a bracket buster!

Lot’s of feedback from our listeners and another round of nut madness. How would you keep a cat out of your garage? Leighton needs some help.

Mitch shares about why Goshen isn’t as bad as Theodore makes it sound like and pecans seem to be unstoppable.

Leighton visits a sugar shack nearby and also visits what he thought was a fish fry supporting an Amish school. Theodore explains the depths of Marshall County fraud and why the roads in Marshall County are terrible.

We discuss what it means to institutionalize Christianity. Leighton’s dad, Paul, delivered some of the best coffee maple syrup drink.

Reuben shares his experience with cutting back on input and spending more time thinking. Should this be a “Stop the Noise” movement? Jeff mentioned how our society has lost the art of unexpectedly visiting people, which was common in Louisa’s (Jeff’s wife) childhood in Costa Rica. brings Krave for our edible and Theodore discusses how […]

Louisa shares the Costa Rican “Splash” tuna and Leighton tells two stories. His car was stuck and he fought a raccoon. We didn’t get to discuss “deep thinking” but we’ll discuss it next week. If you haven’t voted, go to our IG page and checkout the Polls highlight. Today’s coffee was donated from Leighton’s friend […]

Theodore brings the most expensive coffee and we compare cereal to drinkable conterpart. Reuben posted a poll on Instagram asking how much time do you spend “deep thinking”? We will discuss this question in the next episode.

Jeff tells the story of how everything went wrong when he went to Costa Rica with Louisa. Theodore tells us where “butterfly” comes from.

Leighton shares about Andy Stanley’s Leading Through Uncertain Times. Jeff teases his travel problems—everything went wrong. He’ll go in detail next week. Reuben insists that his taste is more refined than the others. Theodore brought 10 year old cheese from September Farm.

Jeff brings coffee, Coke, and candy from Costa Rica. Do you know what kind of salt to use in your softener? We don’t either. Help us out.