Fresh Catch 2.0

Send us Fan Mail Loyal listeners, how would you describe FC2.0 to those wanting a podcast referral? We get so captivated by our conversations that we imagine you might like to listen in. A bit too narcissistic? Probably. Our 47th president is setting the pace for all of us. But we also hope that when you hear us rave about a TV or movie experience that we enjoyed you might find our reviews helpful...

Send us Fan Mail Please forgive the tease behind this episode's title. While we did pounce on up-to-the-minute headlines (Roger's advice), it seemed out of character for us to do so. In post-production reflection, Dr Dave could not help but wonder what was driving our comedian's pursuit. We invite our loyal and embarrassingly small audience to be armchair psychologists and consider...

Send us Fan Mail We recorded our podcast with a national time stamp in the background, prompting David to ask about the apparent friendliness between former presidents attending Jimmy Carter's funeral. Our ensuing conversation ranged far and wide, with two helpful takeaways, we hope. The first is to enlarge your vocabulary. The second is to practice a lovely "slow your roll" respons...

Send us Fan Mail True confession. This episode's title might promise more than we delivered. It may be that we could have pivoted toward something as helpful as our title offers, but we a) didn't (don't) plan what we talk about, and b) are easily distracted. So when David started spinning into movie character voices we rolled with it. And Dr Dave (usually the helmsman to steer this...

Send us Fan Mail The day after might actually be too soon to declare that we've made it through another Christmas season. But for the sake of our podcast, we celebrated being mostly done. For example, we learned that David officially disinvited Karen Carpenter's holiday music from his listening experience before the 25th had even ended. We wondered aloud whether seasonal pageantry proves...

Send us Fan Mail On this last episode before Christmas, we shared the unspoken goal of offering loyal listeners a gift worth cherishing. It took us a bit of stumbling around some Granny and Gramps memories (rehearsal for table talk next week) before we found a way to be helpful. Please remember for years to come how your Fresh Catch Santas introduced you to Shame Judo—an invaluable, yearlong skill...

Send us Fan Mail Loyal Freshie podheads know that "unpredictable" is sort of our brand here. We love the chance to deliver something uncontrived and savory in the moment. Today we pulled back the curtain a bit on why this tastes so good, exploring moments of edgy comedy that might offend both Amish and gay communities while searching for a simple way to help churches dodge dodginess. Enj...

Send us Fan Mail It all begins when we stand in our morning closets, selecting how to present ourselves to the world on any given day. For whatever reason, David felt like showing a bit of skin during this episode, and his unzipped exposure led us to fondly remember the Bee Gees and disco days. During a rare podcast recorded a mere hours before David earns a living doing a comedy gig, we treated o...

Send us Fan Mail Anticipating a great holiday feast with family, we offer this episode as a public service to those who might not naturally be wired to give thanks. Predictable scenarios await. Expect to be annoyed. Spend a few precious turkey-brining moments getting your heart soaked in juices that make gratitude front and center. Maybe you will whisper a prayer of gratitude for your two pod-host...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we accidentally came out of the closet. Starting playfully (as we are wired to do), we made a big deal out of our husky voices. That led to cowboy talk, man talk, Mike Tyson talk, and Jesus talk. Ultimately, we confessed our love for Yellowstone in public and wondered how Jesus might interact with our favorite cowboy, Rip. Come, wonder with us.

Send us Fan Mail This episode migrated from a frisky frolic around what research might do to break down the authenticity of love to some vulnerable sharing. First, David "other-disclosed" (he's working his way to brave SELF-disclosure) about a story from a friend. But that laid the trap for Dr. Dave to reveal fresh pain from not being noticed. Along the way, our apologies to the wor...

Send us Fan Mail At a certain age, men seem to make peace with how they will present their bellies to the world. We celebrated our shared contentment with having enough in the round to thump soundly, but the topic triggered a frat initiation memory for Dr. Dave that may be hard to un-hear. You've been warned.

Send us Fan Mail Our Fresh Catching immediately jumped into the festivity of the day and we could never quite get dislodged from discussing Halloween. It's not like there aren't other storylines to tackle. Next week, for example, we might elect the Great Pumpkin as our president. If so, Pappy will be happy…unlike the costume mask David will ask him to wear tonight. But WHERE will he WEAR...

Send us Fan Mail We know we're biased, but from start to finish in this episode, it felt like we set a new record of hard laughter during a single show. Admittedly, we road the coattails of last week's wedgie guffaws. But then, as often happens in FC2.0, we got to eavesdrop on David's therapy-seeking confessions to Dr. Dave. Let's just say it might take some healing before we c...

Send us Fan Mail Like a psalmist's lament, we opened this episode in honest acknowledgment that we delivered a poor podcast last week. David was pretty quick to assign blame and he's probably right. But to his credit, he also ushered us into a warmer space of reflecting on our good times. Favorite memories, decades old, had us giggling like crazy. It may be that Kool and the Gang will re...

Send us Fan Mail It's a movie. It's a metaphor for life. And by the time you finish listening to this podcast, you may turn it into your prayer. Enjoy. (Cue banjo…)

Send us Fan Mail We danced with a bit of syrup from Love Potion #9 today. Eventually, we scrambled out of our hugfest hole to properly poke fun at some of our recent experiences. But the real payday came as Dr Dave shared the incredulous story of a church friend's unfiltered comments to his dental hygienist. Color us wistfully mocha-skinned.

Send us Fan Mail It takes a while to crack open our windows of transparency. David unpacked the wonder of being named #2 instead of Jr., revealing a memory of Pappy that earned him a place on Dr Dave's psychoanalysis couch. A 48-year old original parable got dropped into the discovery conversation, bubbling up unresolved resentment for one of our most loyal Freshies. There's gold in this...

Send us Fan Mail If you prefer your podcasts to jump around a bit, this one's for you. We advanced the theory that comedians benefit from being overweight or slightly un-handsome. We got confused about how to pronounce a British singer's name. We called out David's (once) good friend from the humor industry, Andrew Stanley, for being a botoxer. And after hearing about David's l...

Send us Fan Mail As a rule of thumb in this largely lighthearted podcast, we two Davids talk about our political perspectives in hushed tones. But whispers can backfire on us. They sometimes do better at communicating and, as we freely admit, they can also just creep us out. Especially if the topic happens to be pet consumption. WARNING: This episode offers Dr Dave's surprising slant on how t...

Send us Fan Mail We'd love to hear from loyal listeners who live somewhere outside of the Midwest … what are garage sales like in your community? Dr Dave was given a pass from his three-day duty to record this episode as the haggling was happening on the opening morning of their bizarre bazaar where the cars are usually parked. For some folks, it's more about the social interaction than...

Send us Fan Mail This episode's title was tough to land. If you've come to love our distinctively free-wheeling conversations at FC2.0, you'll enjoy this dance fest. We routinely pounced on and hijacked one another's topics, took them for a quick surfboard ride, then quickly caught another wave. One of the foamy curls we hung ten on was David's admission that he likes laug...

Send us Fan Mail Relationships being the confusing Matrix-adventure that they are, everything we notice about someone, each smidgen of communication (in whatever form), and gestures of give and take can get over-analyzed. It spills over into what we see on the TV screen, even when the DNC is our main primetime option. It also includes delivering saucy gifts to a hip-hindered neighbor who's lo...

Send us Fan Mail Dave V and Roger V, we heard you. The week of August 8, 2024, will go down in history(!) as a shameful betrayal by the two lame hosts of FC2.0. Although, if you listen carefully to the details of this week's podcast, it does seem like one David owns more of the responsibility for our non-transmission than the other does. But, hey, since there's no "I" in team,...

Send us Fan Mail Keenly connected to contemporary headlines, your FC2.0 team jumped into the controversy surrounding the opening ceremony at the Olympics. As a result, we also took a swim in the Social Media River, mindful that even the Seine running through Paris may be less murky and polluted, especially for Christians. Thank God that Dr Dave's middle name is both a calling and a gift … we...