Helping Friendly Podcast

This week we're excited to be talking with Chris Pandolfi of the Infamous Stringdusters. They just released an excellent album, Laws of Gravity, and they're on tour! Here are the dates, but over the next week they'll be in the Bay Area, Southern California, Vegas, and Colorado. In the next couple of months they'll be all over the Midwest and back on the West Coast. It's a great concert experience....

Thanks for tuning in this week! We made it to episode 100, so we decided to take this time to reflect back on the first 99 episodes and talk about some notable conversations, the lessons we've learned, and how much this podcast means to all 3 of us. We also want to reiterate how thankful we are to all of our listeners for your support, ideas, feedback and enthusiasm. We'll keep going as long as yo...

This week's guest is Daniel Pinchbeck, the author of How Soon Is Now?, which comes out on February 20. It's a fascinating and timely book that talks about how we can collectively get out of the ecological and environmental disasters we've gotten ourselves into. You can read more about Daniel here. This is a bit of a departure from our typical subject matter, but the overlap of consciousness, psych...

This episode we are joined by Holly Bowling. Holly is a classically trained pianist who came to phans' attention when she transcribed and adapted the Tahoe Tweezer for the piano. Since, Holly has released two solo albums of reimagned phish and grateful dead songs for the piano that can be found on her website here and the royal potato family label. Holly is also currently on tour, with a lot of up...

Today our friend and returning guest Arthur helps us recap the recent 3-night run at the Barcelo Maya Resort in Mexico. Of course, we have some clips of music throughout. Hope you enjoy. Please subscribe and review us on iTunes and follow us on Twitter. Also like us on Facebook. And check out CashorTrade for face value tickets to shows across the country. If you are on Stitcher, give us a review....

This week we're joined by Craig and Jen, who help us recap the recent MSG New Year's Run. We kick off the episode with a quick catch up with Tom Marshall, who tells us about what's coming up on Under the Scales. If you haven't checked out his podcast, you should absolutely get on it. We have included some tracks from the MSG run, of course, which are detailed below. There was a lot to discuss, hop...

This week it's just Brad, RJ and Jonathan, talking about 2016 Phish, holiday music, favorite albums of the year, and a lot more. We also want to take this moment to say thank you to all of you for listening and supporting us all year. We're very excited about this podcast in 2017—lots of great guests and shows already planned. Have a great holiday, and we'll see you back after the MSG run! And bec...

This week, Brad and RJ got together to talk about the greatness that is Phish in December, specifically, December 1997. Nineteen years ago, they were driving through snow to see shows and the payoff was big. They'll talk about the highlights from this special month and then play a set for your listening pleasure. Music below. Please subscribe and review us on iTunes and follow us on Twitter. Also...

This week, we're excited to chat with Jefferson Waful, Lighting Designer for Umphrey's McGee and Producer for CID Entertainment (and a long time Phish fan). This was a really fun conversation, chatting with Jefferson about his career, lighting, the jam band scene, and of course his Phish journey. We also talked about and included some music from one of Jefferson's favorite shows, 12.31.93. We incl...

We had the privilege of interviewing Marco Walsh, Board President of The Mockingbird Foundation and a prominent member of the Phish. Net community who's given countless hours of his time over the years. This interview gave us the chance to talk in depth about the history of the site and the Foundation, while hearing about the incredible work that all the volunteers have done for 20+ years. We of c...

This week, we're joined by Rob Mitchum, who helps us recap Phish Fall Tour 2016. There's a lot to discuss, and as usual, Rob brings great perspective and analysis. There's a lot to discuss! We of course include some tracks as well, which are below. The music starts around 1 hour, 17 minutes. Hope you enjoy. Please subscribe and review us on iTunes and follow us on Twitter. Also like us on Facebook...

We're all sad to hear news of the passing of Sharon Jones. Jonathan took some time last night to say a few words and put them together with some tunes. Seems like the thing to do is keep on dancing. Love ya, Sharon. Music: (Intro) Phish - I Just Wanna See His Face* (2009-10-31) Sharon Jones And The Dap Kings - How Long Do I Have To Wait For You? Phish - Shine A Light* (2009-10-31) Phish - Suzy Gre...

Today we bring you a different kind of conversation. Over the past several weeks, there has been a lot of conversation online about harassment and abuse of women at Phish shows and in the community more broadly. We invited three ladies on to talk about this, Felicia, Shelly and Jen. This episode was informed by the work of Brian Colligan, who wrote a piece about this topic. We borrowed the episode...

Today we're excited to share our interview with Tom Marshall! We appreciate him coming on to share his experiences, perspectives and stories. He also shares some big news about a project he's been working on, which you'll hear more about in the coming days. Check it out. Here's Tom's Soundcloud, which has some great tracks. We included some music, including TAB 5.11.99 (they play Sleep and Blue &...

Halloween delivered! I'm joined by Jonathan, who talks to us about this epic show, which of course included a cover album—David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust. We included a couple clips from this three-set show, as there's plenty to go back and revisit. Fall Tour is now behind us, but we have lots of listening and catching up to do. We'll be putting out a couple of episodes within the next week or two, i...

For today's Quick Hit we discuss the first 3 nights of Vegas with Jonathan and Brad. We included a clip from each of the 3 nights. It's been a great run, and we'll be back to review the Halloween show tomorrow! Who knows what tonight will bring. You can download the Quick Hit here. Let us know how you like these short reviews, and let us know what we can do differently and better. Intro/outro musi...

For today's Quick Hit we discuss night 2 of Grand Prairie with Matt. We included a clip from the Waking Up Dead. A lot of fans are sad today, because Phish didn't do what they want them to. God never listens. Let us know how you like these short reviews, and let us know what we can do differently and better. Intro/outro music: Yo La Tengo, Autumn Sweater Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

Today's Quick Hit features Seth joining us to discuss last night's show in Grand Prairie, Texas. We included a clip from the I've Always Wanted It This Way, which includes some interesting jamming that features a fairly new sound! Let us know how you like these short reviews, and let us know what we can do differently and better. Intro/outro music: Yo La Tengo, Autumn Sweater Hosted on Acast. See...

For today's Quick Hit, RJ is joining us from Georgia after two nights at the Verizon Wireless Amp. in Alpharetta. This was a great pair of shows with terrific second sets including several notable jams and songs. We've included a couple of clips at the end for your listening pleasure. We hope you enjoy and thank you for listening! Intro/Outro Music: Yo La Tengo, Autumn Sweater Hosted on Acast. See...

For today's Quick Hit from Nashville night 2, we're joined by Justin Bruce. He talks about meeting Trey, hometown shows, and of course, Tweezer. We included a clip from that one. Shout out to Drew for asking for a Tweezer. This is the 2nd Nashville run in a row where he has delivered (2nd jam in Mike's Song last summer). Hope you enjoy, and thank you for listening. Intro/Outro Music: Yo La Tengo,...

Hey everyone! We're back with a Quick Hit from Nashville night 1. We were joined by Kate, who saw her first Phish show, ever, last night. Wow! What a night, with a sit-in with Bob Weir, some incredible songs/moments. Our friend Scott, a Dead Head first and foremost, tweeted this about last night. Food for thought. Hope you enjoy, we've included a clip from Julius as well as the Miss You with Bob W...

Hey everyone! Today we're doing a Quick Hit on both Charleston night 2 and Jacksonville. Hope you enjoy, we've included a couple clips from the shows as well. Intro/Outro Music: Yo La Tengo, Autumn Sweater Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fall Tour is back, and with the new tour comes a new round of Quick Hits! Today we're joined by our childhood friend Brian, who fills us in on the show last night in Charleston. We included a clip from the Cities. Here's the full setlist, via Phish.net, and you can download the show from LivePhish.com. Enjoy! Intro/Outro Music: Yo La Tengo, Autumn Sweater Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

Phish released an album! We review the album, Big Boat, with Josh and David. We appreciate them joining us to talk about the latest Phish release. Here's Jonathan's review of Big Boat. And here are the recent interviews with Trey and Page for the WSJ, posted by previous HF Pod guest Al Paul. Check those out. Lastly, we're leaving our poll open—asking people to vote on their favorite Phish studio t...

This week, it's just us, and we are sharing the tour opener from Summer 1999. This show is from Sandstone Amphitheater (details below), and there are a lot of gems in here. We're trying something a little different—instead of discussing the show in detail after we play the music, we have a shorter discussion up front, and then just leave you to the music. Let us know what you think! And here's the...