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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 presence of God that has a lot of people talking about revival. The "He Gets Us" TV ads during the Super Bowl and beyond have people chirping more about Jesus. Next week a movie will open at the theaters that talks about the Jesus...

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 Chicago's legendary Second City, so his skills are formidable. But when we gave our attention to measuring an entirely different skillset – how  we score on indicators of Emotional Intelligence (EQ) – we came up short. We stayed true to...

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 look like. (Does  Groundhog Day exasperate farmers?) By stretching our pronunciation muscles, this episode helped prep David for comedy in Portlandia. Since his words, especially,  come back to haunt him, we decided to articulate well....

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 perfectly-chilled vibe. Unanticipated and unwelcome events spike our alert-o-meters, rev up our hearts, and sometimes send us to bed with throbbing temples. If we just learned to giggle more as they hit us we'd all be better of...

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 communication that's met with glazed-eye unresponsiveness or you've been the un-responder yourself, offering a few guttural sounds in an attempt to be less harsh than the Boring Moment deserves. We've got some tips for navigating t...

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 we can trace how these cause-and-effect connections work. Today's episode was a celebration in hearing ourselves talk. Clearly . David's expensive Yedi microphone finally delivered the audio quality he paid for months ago. Sho...

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 deserve thought and prayer, and a confession that we couldn't stop giggling about. You may be asking, "How does listening to FC2.0 benefit me?" Yup. That gets at the question of the day.

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 he's a seasoned performer, and the show must go on…even when we're not making a buck to record FC2.0. If you like watching Yellowstone , you might enjoy David's John Dutton impersonation. And no one will like Dr Dave&apos...

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 get it. We feel it with you. When beloved children & siblings convene infrequently, the stakes are high for us parents. As Christmas clean-up begins and household quiet returns we  intuitively conclude something about whether the families...

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 question. There's both good and bad in how easily we Davids jump to conclusions about how we would improve something if it were ours to upgrade. As we groped our way down humility's spiral staircase we ultimately celebrated those who...

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 little tolerance might be granted as we simultaneously seek to record an entertaining podcast and get after what the real issue is. David pounced with a bit of ferocity on all the noise-making celebrations surrounding Brittany Griner's rele...

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. While we swapped stories about the epic bombs both of us have delivered in front of large audiences,  it felt like the truest undercurrent of this episode was to fortify David's heart for Sunday's upcoming challenge among those who...

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 friends and family. And if you are heading to a vegan hosted shared experience, you've got shared empathy from one of us and disdain from another. What to talk about around the table? Well, we fixated on one word quite a bit during this pod...

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 from helpful to useless (not to be confused with David's weekend comedy destination in Florida – EUSTIS …). We offered mumbly assistance to those needing escape from their Life-Is-Annoying trend line. In fact, we probably added frustrat...

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 work. OK, maybe you laughed as a first response rather than empathize with our technologically challenged friend. Understandable. We routinely do the same. In fact, that might be our brand. The same poking pattern showed up in the stories w...

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 Colorado wildlife. The chance to lean into any moment allows us to be nourished and surprised by God's love . In one instance it was projectile vomiting amidst gale-force wind and rains during a Bears-Packers road trip game. The other, as r...

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" before tasking it with creative demands like…well…providing an entertaining podcast. But right from the jump his urgent demeanor subdued his funny pod-ner, steering the conversation into highbrow matters of importance. (Excep...

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. It's Mac vs Android… Indiana potholes vs San Diego seagulls… the Hampton Inn vs Ritz-Carlton… general life-angst vs momentary bliss. This tug-of-war might compel you to choose sides. Don't take the bait; just enjoy our sparring a...

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 process; David offered savvy insights about why deconstructing Bruno Mars' Uptown Funk might not be the way to go. Then he jumped into a wondrous riff about how a famed British naturalist might narrate the movements of two students seek...

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 magically hidden tricks of influence on Dr Dave. (Curiously, David had not reckoned with the fact that a secretive manipulation agenda might actually lose its advantage when it becomes publicly disclosed on a podcast, even one with less li...

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 almost as high as the actual experience might deliver. Of course, most of us vividly recall when those hopes were dashed in disappointment because what we worked so hard for simply didn't come to fruition. This week's episode captu...

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, however under appreciated it is by funny David. Perhaps he luxuriates in a continuous expectation of Green Room privilege as is befitting a paid entertainer. At any rate, what he does with his sweatiness contrasts with Dr Dave's post-pro...

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 podcasted. How could she not know that David – camped on his deck with his extravagant smart phone plugged into his ears – was trying to record something funny and worthwhile for worldwide distribution? Our complaints soon expanded. How insen...

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 loyal listeners, better next time.

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 David's thirst for understanding the psychological profile of a high school swim team manager. So, Dr Dave obliged – not by referencing some data base of published research – but by sharing candidly about his personal experiences. This...