Helping Friendly Podcast

For today's Baker's Dozen recap (show 5, "powdered"), we're joined by our old friend Scott, who has been on the podcast before. We of course play some tunes and break down the show. We also feature a review from Scott from last night. Keep those coming, they're great! Here's the setlist from last night. If you haven't yet, check out JamBase's "The Skinny" review of last night as well. Guess what?...

Well, night 4 was certainly jam-filled. This was a show for the ages. We're joined by Chris and Shawn to break this down. Chris played an integral role in the "Wilson" NFL Films piece, and Shawn has created the "Bakers Beat" for this run. We appreciate their contributions! We play some of the Lawn Boy and some of the Crosseyed & Painless. Wow. We also feature two submissions we got last night from...

We're really excited to chat with Felicia today about her experience so far at MSG and, of course, donuts. She tells us about how the partnership between Federal Donuts and Phish came together, and how they actually pulled this thing off. Congrats to Federal Donuts for such an amazing contribution to this run. So much more in store. We also play a bit of the Moma Dance from night 2, which Felicia...

To break down MSG night 3 (red velvet night), we have returning guest Wade to help us break it down. He wants to share a little of the Waves as well. We also feature two submissions we got last night. Keep them coming! Record your (

Strawberry night! We discuss night 2 of the Baker's Dozen run at Madison Square Garden with Becca and Andrew. Spoiler alert: They had fun. Elliot checks in again for a night 2 review of the donuts and the preshow atmosphere. Remember to send in your Baker's Dozen mini reviews by taking a voice memo on your phone and sending it to us at helpingfriendlypodcast at gmail dot com. Bonus points if you i...

The Baker's Dozen has begun! We discuss night 1 with Myke and Dianna, two frequent guests! We talk about the show, and DONUTS, and play some music from last night. If you haven't yet, check out Myke's new podcast All In With Aqueous! We also feature a recording that was emailed to us last night from the show by Elliot! Record your (

We're back with a Quick Hit from Pittsburgh, we're joined by Risher, a long-timer listener and first time guest! He shares his thoughts on the show we play some of the Prince Caspian. Here's the Phish.net setlist and LivePhish.com link. We have some new details on our live podcast recording Saturday, 7/29 in NYC. RSVP today! And please support us on HF Pod Plus, if you can. Intro/outro music: Subl...

The Quick Hit from last night is with our good friend Patrick. We chat about the show and play some of the Down With Disease from last night. The picture we use is also his. Here's the Phish.net setlist and LivePhish.com link. We have some new details on our live podcast recording Saturday, 7/29 in NYC. RSVP today! Intro/outro music: Sublime, Doin' Time Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...

Today's Quick Hit is with Josh Korin, we're glad to have him back! We play some of the blissy, amazing Carini from Chicago night 3. Here's the Phish.net setlist and LivePhish.com link. If you haven't yet, RSVP for our live podcast recording Saturday, 7/29 in NYC. It's shaping up to be an awesome afternoon, with both the PhanArt art show and the #twibe gathering happening at the same venue, America...

Today's Quick Hit is with Mike, we appreciate him joining us! If you like what you hear, check out HF Pod Plus! Here's the full setlist, via Phish.net, and you can download the show from LivePhish.com. And here is the invite for the live event we're doing in NYC on Saturday, 7/29. See you there. Intro/outro music: Sublime, Doin' Time Photo via Keith Griner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...

Hey! Happy Summer Tour! We're back with Quick Hits, and it's great to be back. Matt and RJ break down the tour opener from Chicago. Enjoy! If you like what you hear, check out HF Pod Plus! Here's the full setlist, via Phish.net, and you can download the show from LivePhish.com. And here is the invite for the live event we're doing in NYC on Saturday, 7/29. See you there. Intro/outro music: Sublime...

Two quick things for you: First, starting this Saturday, July 14, we'll be back with Quick Hits for each of the Summer Tour shows. Look out for those! Also, because Brad, Jonathan, Matt and RJ will all be together at the Baker's Dozen, we'll be recording a LIVE podcast on Saturday, July 29. It will be held at American Beauty, and will run concurrently with the PhanArt art show. Details below. We h...

This week we're thinking about Summer Tour, and we're revisiting our first summer Phish shows. We feature music and discussion about each of our first summer Phish experiences, and we really hope you enjoy it. Music we play is below. We also have another installment of "Our intent is all for your delight," where we touch on Jason's experience, which he detailed in our recent survey.  We'd apprecia...

We've been talking a lot about the survey we put out there to all of you, about how Phish has impacted your life. This is the first look at those results, including an interview with Julie about her journey, and a longer conversation and some music with Zac, who has been on the show before and helped us put this survey together. We play some music (selections below), and we hope you enjoy. We enco...

This week we're joined by 2 old school fans, Lee and Jamie, who share their Phish journeys and memories with us. They have been seeing shows since 1990, and we discuss and play a show they were at from the Capitol Theater, 5.14.92. We hope you enjoy this discussion and the music! The setlist is below, and set 1 music starts around 31 minutes and set 2 starts around 1 hour 57 minutes. If you can, p...

This week we're back with part 2 of our detailed look into Tweezer! For part 2, we'll be going into 2.0 and 3.0 Tweezers. Lots of discussion and many many clips. Below are the clips we chose. We received a ton of great feedback on part 1, so we're excited to get this one out to you all. As with last time, Matt is driving the bus on this one. He's done a ton of work on this, and here's a link to th...

This week we take a moment to say farewell to a man who has touched and influenced so many in our scene, Colonel Bruce Hampton, Ret. He has often been referred to as a "godfather of the jam scene," and he was respected and loved by so many. He was a leader of the jamband scene, as it grew from the clubs of the late 80s and spawned H.O.R.D.E. in the early 90s and through to today. He passed surroun...

This week it's just RJ, with a short intro and a set of music from 1992. The music details are below. In this episode, I mention the project we're embarking upon, getting input in a survey from all of you on how Phish has impacted your life. We'll create at least one episode with the responses, maybe more, depending on how it goes. So please respond and pass along to your friends. If you haven't y...

This week, it's just Brad and RJ, breaking down 7.8.99. It was fun to go back and listen to this show and reorient ourselves to the millennial sound. Jonathan was at the show, but wasn't able to join the recording, so we do a dramatic reading of his comments. If you haven't yet, please check out HF Pod Plus. And check out some awesome podcasts from some friends of ours—Brokedown Podcast and Beyond...

This week we'll be listening to and discussing 4.8.94, from State College, PA. It's just us this week, and we enjoyed reflecting on this show. We discuss and play both sets, and hope you enjoy! Here's our first episode, from 11.30.95, which we mention on this episode. And if you haven't yet, check out Brokedown Podcast and Beyond the Pond, two new music podcasts. Please subscribe and review us on...

We're really excited to be releasing this interview with Joel Cummins of Umphreys McGee! Brad caught up with Joel while the tour was coming through Phoenix. Fun conversation about Umphrey's and Phish, with some music as well (tracks and timing below). Also, pretty cool that you can hear members of the band practicing in the background, as this was recorded backstage. We had a great time with this...

This week we discuss the Phish St. Louis '93 release with guest Scott Bernstein. We're happy to have Scott back, and we had a fun conversation about this release of two very different shows from the same year. The shows that are being released are April 14 and August 16. Two great shows. We of course include some clips as well as some discussion. Hope you enjoy. Here's a link to the piece JamBase...

We're trying something new this week, offering a twice a month bonus podcast through HF Pod Plus, which is powered by the Patreon platform. The content will be focused on "this month in Phish history." So please check it out here, and if you can support us, please do. We appreciate everything you as listeners do to keep us going and help us out. And keep the feedback coming. Have a great week. Hos...

For many (most?) fans, there’s no greater gift at a Phish show than a Tweezer. Phish experiences are formed and strengthened based on single performances of this song. Shows can be saved by its appearance, soaring out of the speakers with Superman cape and all. Our friend and collaborator Matt is the brains behind this episode, and we're grateful to him for taking this on and putting this awesome...

Hello friends! This week we're doing something different: we're playing Dead. Jonathan took the lead on this experiment, and we hope you'll like it. If you do, we may do it more in the future. Let us know what you think. The Grateful Dead has of course been a huge influence on all of us, and we wanted to share some of our thoughts and the Dead's music with our listeners. The music in this episode...