Helping Friendly Podcast

Welcome back to HFPod On Tour (Live)! Today we recap Night 7 of Phish's 2022 Summer Tour in Bethel, NY! Brian & Jonathan are joined by Devin Rogerino & Henry Schwab to discuss the show. --- Tune into our LIVE SHOWS every Monday & Wednesday at 4:30pm ET + 1pm ET following each show of Summer Tour! Please subscribe to OSIRIS MEDIA on Apple Podcasts to hear BONUS HFPod Episodes as well as all of Osir...

Welcome back to HFPod On Tour (Live)! Today we recap Night 6 of Phish's 2022 Summer Tour in Bethel, NY! Brian, Megan & Jonathan are joined by David Early and Jenn Moore to discuss the show. --- Tune into our LIVE SHOWS every Monday & Wednesday at 4:30pm ET + 1pm ET following each show of Summer Tour! Please subscribe to OSIRIS MEDIA on Apple Podcasts to hear BONUS HFPod Episodes as well as all of...

Welcome back to HFPod On Tour (Live)! Today we recap Night 5 of Phish's 2022 Summer Tour at The Mann Music Center in Philadelphia, PA! Brian, Megan & Jonathan are joined by Felicia D'Ambrosio to discuss the show. --- Tune into our LIVE SHOWS every Monday & Wednesday at 4:30pm ET + 1pm ET following each show of Summer Tour! Please subscribe to OSIRIS MEDIA on Apple Podcasts to hear BONUS HFPod Epis...

Welcome back to HFPod On Tour (Live)! Today we recap Night 4 of Phish's 2022 Summer Tour at The Mann Music Center in Philadelphia, PA! Brian & Megan are joined by Scott Marks + Tim Donahue and Kevin Hogan of Wook+ to discuss the show. --- Tune into our LIVE SHOWS every Monday & Wednesday at 4:30pm ET + 1pm ET following each show of Summer Tour! Please subscribe to OSIRIS MEDIA on Apple Podcasts to...

Today we take a listener's suggestion (shout-out to @wickedmonkey1) and dive into the Lemonwheel. Highlighting the overlooked nature of the festival, we discuss the sound of Summer 98 + the brilliant soundcheck jams from 8/14, and then dive into the festival as a whole. Celebrating the mellow vibe of the jamming, we discuss why it deserves more of a glance from listeners. --- Tune into our LIVE SH...

Welcome back to HFPod On Tour (Live)! Today we recap Night 3 of Phish's 2022 Summer Tour at in Bangor, MA! RJ, Jonathan & Megan are joined by Henry Schwab, Derek Hartley and Robert Ker to discuss the show. --- Tune into our LIVE SHOWS every Monday & Wednesday at 4:30pm ET. Please subscribe to OSIRIS MEDIA on Apple Podcasts to hear BONUS HFPod Episodes as well as all of Osiris Media Ad Free! Osiris...

Welcome back to HFPod On Tour (Live)! Today we recap Night 2 of Phish's 2022 Summer Tour at Great Woods in Mansfield, MA! RJ & Megan are joined by Heather & Brian Parker to discuss the show. --- Tune into our LIVE SHOWS every Monday & Wednesday at 4:30pm ET. Please subscribe to OSIRIS MEDIA on Apple Podcasts to hear BONUS HFPod Episodes as well as all of Osiris Media Ad Free! Osiris Live is coming...

Welcome back to HFPod On Tour (Live)! Today we recap the tour opener of Phish's 2022 Summer Tour at Great Woods in Mansfield, MA! Brian, Megan & Jonathan are joined by Robert Ker & Dana Slattery to breakdown the varied jams, the vibes of the show, the delicacy of Phish's ballad playing in 4.0. --- Tune into our LIVE SHOWS every Monday & Wednesday at 4:30pm ET. Please subscribe to OSIRIS MEDIA on A...

Today we run through our Summer 2022 Wishlist in anticipation of Summer Tour with the dudes from Wook+. --- Tune into our LIVE SHOWS every Monday & Wednesday at 4:30pm ET + we'll be live at 1pm ET the day after each show this summer for Quick Hit Recaps! Please subscribe to OSIRIS MEDIA on Apple Podcasts to hear BONUS HFPod Episodes as well as all of Osiris Media Ad Free! Visit Sunset Lake CBD and...

Today we pick up the thread celebrating Phish's evolution throughout 1992. We're joined by Alex May, long time fan, to discuss the Summer 1992 Tour. Alex was lucky enough to catch Phish play a HORDE set, a solo two-set show, and a Santana opening set. We discuss the differences of each, and how the band evolved throughout the six weeks on the road. --- Tune into our LIVE SHOWS every Monday & Wedne...

Today we're focused on Europe Summer 1998 w/ very special guest Jenn Moore. Jenn toured with Phish throughout the Summer 1998 Europe Tour and shares her stories about the tour w/ a specific focus on the second night of Prague in 1998. --- Tune into our LIVE SHOWS every Monday & Wednesday at 4:30pm ET + we'll be live at 1pm ET the day after each show this summer for Quick Hit Recaps! Please subscri...

Today we're jumping into the Tour Finale two night run at Sugarbush Ski Resort from July 2-3, 1995. We discuss the vibe of the shows + the wild sound of Summer 1995 & whether or not it could've endured for another tour + how the band evolved moving towards December 1995. --- Tune into our LIVE SHOWS every Monday & Wednesday at 4:30pm ET + we'll be live at 1pm ET the day after each show this summer...

Today we're dipping back to Summer 2000 to focus on the PNC 2000 run from 6/28-28/00. Highlighted by incredible high energy jams in Gin and Drowned -> Rock & Roll, we discuss the band's mindset six months past Big Cypress, and just a few months shy of their hiatus. --- Tune into our LIVE SHOWS every Monday & Wednesday at 4:30pm ET + we'll be live at 1pm ET the day after each show this summer for Q...

Today we're joined by Bruce Robinson of The Great Beyond, and Brian Weber (@JiveGoose) of the Almost Always There Podcast, to discuss Trey's sit-in with Goose on 6/25/22, and begin a much needed conversation around the similarities and differences of both bands. --- Tune into our LIVE SHOWS every Monday & Wednesday at 4:30pm ET + we'll be live at 1pm ET the day after each show this summer for Quic...

Welcome back to HFPod On Tour (Live)! Today we discuss Phish's June 1988 run at Nectar's from June 19 - June 21, 1988. We discuss what was happening in the world at the time + dive into three THREE Set Shows. --- Tune into our LIVE SHOWS every Monday & Wednesday at 4:30pm ET + we'll be live at 1pm ET the day after each show this summer for Quick Hit Recaps! Please subscribe to OSIRIS MEDIA on Appl...

Welcome back to HFPod On Tour (Live)! Today we discuss Phish's Run at SPAC on June 19 & 20, 2004. We discuss the challenges of the era, highlight the jams played, and debate the worth of going back to listening to 2.0 Phish. --- Tune into our LIVE SHOWS every Monday & Wednesday at 4:30pm ET + we'll be live at 1pm ET the day after each show this summer for Quick Hit Recaps! Please subscribe to OSIR...

Welcome back to HFPod On Tour (Live)! Today we run through Phish's August 2012 Run from 8/15 in Long Beach to the east coast & back to the midwest, capping off on 8/29 in OKC. We discuss the jamming evolution as they worked up towards Dick's 2012. --- Tune into our LIVE SHOWS every Monday & Wednesday at 4:30pm ET + we'll be live at 1pm ET the day after each show this summer for Quick Hit Recaps! P...

Welcome back to HFPod On Tour (Live)! Today we sit down with Rob Mitchum to discuss Phish's 6/13-14/97 Summer Europe Tour Opener from Dublin. We discuss the band's evolution at this point in time and what the massive debuts from this run did for the band as they set out for the final six months of 1997. Read Rob's Phish Essays! Listen to Rob on 36 From The Vault! --- Tune into our LIVE SHOWS every...

Welcome back to HFPod On Tour (Live)! Today we recap Phish's Spring 2022 Tour. --- Tune into our LIVE SHOWS every Monday & Wednesday at 4:30pm ET + we'll be live at 1pm ET the day after each show this summer for Quick Hit Recaps! Please subscribe to OSIRIS MEDIA on Apple Podcasts to hear BONUS HFPod Episodes as well as all of Osiris Media Ad Free! Visit Sunset Lake CBD and enter the promo code HFP...

Welcome back to HFPod On Tour (Live)! Today we recap the tour finale of Phish's 2022 Spring Tour in Noblesville, IN! Brian and RJ breakdown the fascinating 34min Sand + dive into some pressing questions about the band's lack of evolution since 2021, no-repeats, slow jams, and more. --- Tune into our LIVE SHOWS every Monday & Wednesday at 4:30pm ET. Please subscribe to OSIRIS MEDIA on Apple Podcast...

Welcome back to HFPod On Tour (Live)! Today we recap the seventh night of Phish's 2022 Spring Tour in Noblesville, IN! Brian, Jonathan and Megan are joined by David Schlesinger (@slesss) to discuss the vibe at Deer Creek, the fun micro jams from Set I, the brilliant YEM > A Wave of Hope, and the joy of reinvention in the Slow Maze encore. --- Tune into our LIVE SHOWS every Monday & Wednesday at 4:...

Welcome back to HFPod On Tour (Live)! Today we recap the sixth night of Phish's 2022 Spring Tour in Noblesville, IN! Brian, Jonathan and Megan are joined by Ben Gardner and Paul Orehovec (@poorlifechoices) to break down night one at Deer Creek, discuss the old school approach to setlist crafting, the return of repeats in the tour, and the great jamming in Everything's Right + DWD. --- Tune into ou...

Welcome back to HFPod On Tour (Live)! Today we recap the fifth night of Phish's 2022 Spring Tour in Charleston, SC! Brian and Jonathan are joined by Mike Gottfried (@pipergolf) to break down the band's second night in Charleston, discuss the unique song selection throughout the show, the surprise bustouts in the encore, and the brilliant jamming in S2. --- Tune into our LIVE SHOWS every Monday & W...

Welcome back to HFPod On Tour (Live)! Today we recap the third night of Phish's 2022 Spring Tour in Charleston, SC! Brian and RJ are joined by Matt Higgins to break down the band's first night in Charleston, discuss their penchant for returning to songs within jams, whether or not we're in the midst of a "No Repeat" run, and much more. --- Tune into our LIVE SHOWS every Monday & Wednesday at 4:30p...

Welcome back to HFPod On Tour (Live)! Today we recap the third night of Phish's 2022 Spring Tour in Orange Beach, AL! Brian, Megan & Jonathan are joined by Charlie Dirksen and Scott Marks to discuss the first weekend of Phish's Spring 2022 Tour + the debate over the history of Phish's song "Quadrophonic Toppling." --- Tune into our LIVE SHOWS every Monday & Wednesday at 4:30pm ET. Please subscribe...