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Episode 216: "A Talk With God"

A loose porch sermon that turns cosmic questions into a funny, blunt, and oddly tender chat with God.

Fred turns a Stevie Wonder nudge into a porch-side conversation with God, and the humor works because it stays plainspoken. The episode keeps reaching for big questions without dressing them up: afterlife as continuity, divinity as bigger than gender, and mystery as something…

Final Free Episode: Protecting Our Children

A fierce farewell that turns a common slogan into a hard-edged moral argument.

Fred's Front Porch closes out its free run with a blunt case for what protecting children should mean. The episode moves from a goodbye to free listeners into a broader look at money, labor, religion, history, and gun violence, and Fred's plainspoken certainty turns a familiar…

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  1. 1

    Episode 213: "Eyewitness Testimony"

    Hidden gem

    Fred recounts a frightening incident where his rescue dog Speedy Shine bit him during a moment of panic, exploring how past trauma affects animals and the journey of building trust and setting boundaries in their relationship.

    ·19m·1 clip
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    Episode 216: "A Talk With God"

    Hidden gem

    In this surreal episode, host Fred has an extended conversation with God, who appears as various figures including Valerie Bertinelli, Carl Sagan, and Aaron Sorkin.

    ·28m·3 clips
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    Final Free Episode: Protecting Our Children

    In this final free episode, Fred critiques societal hypocrisy around protecting children, arguing that focus on drag queens and LGBTQ+ issues distracts from real threats like school shootings and immigration injustices.

    ·33m·3 clips
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    No Episode Tonight

    Jul 26, 2023·1m
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    Episode 214: When, Exactly, Was America Great?

    Fred's Front Porch Podcast challenges the phrase "Make America Great Again" by comparing nostalgic family life with women’s restricted banking rights and legalized racial exclusion.

    Jul 19, 2023·40m·2 clips
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    Episode 212: The Love Tank

    Jul 5, 2023·20m
  7. 7

    Episode 211: We Can't Afford To Go To War.

    Fred's Front Porch Podcast argues that

    Jun 28, 2023·31m·2 clips
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    Episode 210: Success As An Artist

    Hidden gem

    Fred's Front Porch Podcast challenges the idea that artists succeed only through money, major publishers, or public recognition.

    Jun 21, 2023·30m·2 clips
  9. 9

    Episode 209: Pride

    Jun 14, 2023·34m
  10. 10

    Episode 208: This Is Why...

    Jun 7, 2023·32m
  11. 11

    Episode 207: Being a Billionaire is (Still) Immoral (2023)

    May 31, 2023·26m
  12. 12

    Episode 206: Privilege

    May 24, 2023·24m
  13. 13

    Episode 205: WOKE

    May 17, 2023·29m
  14. 14

    Episode 204: Finding Joy Even in Poverty

    May 10, 2023·39m
  15. 15

    Episode 175: In Which Eeyore Loses a Tail and Pooh Finds One

    May 8, 2023·15m
  16. 16

    Special Christmas Episode: Fred's Fine Poetry

    May 8, 2023·26m
  17. 17

    Episode 169: Piglet Is Entirely Surrounded By Water

    May 8, 2023·22m
  18. 18

    Episode 203: Winnie The Pooh and The Woozle

    May 3, 2023·12m
  19. 19

    Episode 202: What We Deserve

    Apr 26, 2023·36m
  20. 20

    Episode 201: Offensensitivity

    Apr 19, 2023·25m
  21. 21

    Episode 200: The Impossible Conversation

    Apr 12, 2023·41m
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    Episode 199: Diabetes and Depression

    Apr 5, 2023·25m
  23. 23

    Episode 198: Facing Death Daily: Diabetes 102

    Mar 29, 2023·34m
  24. 24

    Episode 197: The Tightrope of Diabetes

    Mar 22, 2023·29m
  25. 25

    Episode 196: We Are Not Alone

    Mar 15, 2023·25m
  26. 26

    Episode 195: Speedy Shine's Backyard Dogcast - Pilot

    Mar 9, 2023·6m
  27. 27

    Episode 194: The Fall of Public Education

    Mar 8, 2023·30m
  28. 28

    Episode 193: Refuse Boxes

    Mar 1, 2023·27m
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    Episode 192: Artificial Intelligence and Art

    Feb 22, 2023·24m
  30. 30

    Episode 191: Fred's Front Porch Primer

    Feb 15, 2023·26m
  31. 31

    Episode 190: 500 Words From Speedy Shine

    Feb 8, 2023·5m
  32. 32

    Episode 189: Shoshana Writes

    Feb 1, 2023·31m
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    Episode 188: Bob Ewell Fell On His Knife

    Jan 25, 2023·27m
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    Episode 187: The Teddy Bear Coder Part 5 The ASI Dominion

    Jan 18, 2023·40m
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    Episode 186: The Teddy Bear Coder Part 4 - The Psychotherapist, The Attorney, and The Teddy Bear

    Jan 11, 2023·29m
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    Episode 185: The Teddy Bear Coder Part 3: An Unexpected Christmas Visit

    Jan 4, 2023·19m
  37. 37

    Episode 184: The Teddy Bear Coder Part 2: Martin's Unemployment

    Dec 28, 2022·20m
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    Episode 182: The Teddy Bear Coder Part 1

    Dec 21, 2022·20m
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    Episode 181: The Problem of Immigration

    Dec 14, 2022·26m
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    Episode 180: Club Q and Tolerance

    Dec 7, 2022·30m
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    Episode 179: Violence Is The Tool of The Intellectually Ineffective

    Nov 30, 2022·27m
  42. 42

    Episode 178: "... Liberty And Justice For All"

    Nov 23, 2022·29m
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    Episode 177: Horror Toes

    Nov 16, 2022·29m
  44. 44

    Episode 176: Voting is a Moral Responsibility

    Nov 7, 2022·27m
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    Episode 174: Imagine Enough: A World Without Money

    Oct 26, 2022·33m
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    Episode 173: UBI, The Prosecutor, Speedy Shine, and Me

    Oct 19, 2022·29m
  47. 47

    Episode 172: Approaching Gilead

    Oct 12, 2022·31m
  48. 48

    Episode 171: Surviving Dependency and Poverty

    Oct 5, 2022·35m
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    Episode 170: Willy Loman and Me

    Sep 28, 2022·32m
  50. 50

    Episode 168: Klingons and Conservatives

    Sep 14, 2022·38m
  51. 51

    Episode 167: The Teacher Shortage

    Sep 7, 2022·49m
  52. 52

    Episode 166: In Defense of Socialism

    Aug 31, 2022·38m
  53. 53

    Episode 165: Disability Is Not a Definition

    Aug 24, 2022·37m
  54. 54

    Episode 164: Unlocking Our Minds

    Aug 17, 2022·32m
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    Episode 163: Yes, I'm Scared

    Aug 10, 2022·34m
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    Episode 162: Are You Scared?

    Aug 3, 2022·30m
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    Episode 161: On The Other Hand

    Jul 27, 2022·31m
  58. 58

    Episode 160: Saving Freedom

    Jul 20, 2022·32m
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    Episode 159: Freedom Is Under Attack

    Jul 13, 2022·36m
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    Episode 158: The January 6 Committee Matters

    Jul 6, 2022·30m
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    Episode 157: The Omelas Problem

    Jun 29, 2022·28m
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    Episode 156: It's A Mental Health Problem

    Jun 22, 2022·22m
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    Episode 155: What The Robb Elementary School Victims Can't Debate

    Jun 15, 2022·1h 20m
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    Episode 154: Interview With a Time Traveler

    Jun 8, 2022·37m
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    Episode 153: "Crime... Boy I Don't Know"

    Jun 1, 2022·30m
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    Episode 152: "Little Boxes"

    May 25, 2022·26m
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    Episode 151: Diabetes and Depression and Autism Oh My

    May 18, 2022·29m
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    Episode 150: What A Long Strange Trip It's Been

    May 11, 2022·31m
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    Episode 149: Universe Selectors, Incorporated Episode 3

    May 4, 2022·29m
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    Episode 148: Universe Selectors, Incorporated Episode 2

    Apr 27, 2022·20m
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    Episode 147: Universe Selectors, Incorporated Episode 1

    Apr 20, 2022·23m
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    Episode 146: A Slap In The Face

    Apr 13, 2022·24m
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    Episode 145: Envisioning A Future To Help Us Travel to The Past

    Apr 6, 2022·29m
  74. 74

    Episode 144: "One Planet One People... Please"

    Mar 30, 2022·28m
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    Episode 143: The Speedy Shine News

    Mar 23, 2022·20m
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    Episode 142: Is Government The Problem or The Solution?

    Mar 16, 2022·28m
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    Episode 141: Cameras In The Classroom

    Mar 9, 2022·23m
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    Episode 140: Preserving Liberty

    Mar 2, 2022·25m
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    Episode 139: My Life Now

    Feb 23, 2022·30m
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    Episode 138: Introspection

    Feb 16, 2022·30m
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    Episode 137: The Utopia We Could Create: "One Dear Land"

    Feb 9, 2022·29m
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    Episode 136: In Which Eeyore Has a Birthday and Gets Two Presents

    Feb 2, 2022·32m
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    Episode 135: Free Day

    Jan 26, 2022·29m
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    Episode 134: Inside The Mind of Speedy Shine

    Jan 19, 2022·18m
  85. 85

    Episode 133: "We All Want to Change The World"

    Jan 12, 2022·27m
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    Episode 132: "A Dish Best Served Cold"

    Jan 5, 2022·39m
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    Episode 131: "Our Minutes and Who We Really Are"

    Dec 30, 2021·30m
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    Episode 130: "A 21st Century Christmas Carol"

    Dec 22, 2021·35m
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    Episode 129: "What Does It Mean to Shine?"

    Dec 15, 2021·37m
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    Episode 128: "My Brief Brush With Happiness"

    Dec 8, 2021·26m
  91. 91

    Episode 127: "Mission to Civilize"

    Dec 1, 2021·27m
  92. 92

    Bonus Episode: A Bigger Table

    Nov 26, 2021·1h 27m
  93. 93

    Episode 125: "The Power of Gratitude"

    Nov 24, 2021·32m
  94. 94

    Episode 124: "Unlocking The Gate - The Jenner Run"

    Nov 17, 2021·39m
  95. 95

    Episode 123: The Problem of Anger

    Nov 10, 2021·34m
  96. 96

    Dimming The Light

    Nov 2, 2021·19m
  97. 97

    Episode 121: "The Golden Arm 2021"

    Oct 26, 2021·21m
  98. 98

    Episode 120: "The Black Cat"

    Oct 20, 2021·39m
  99. 99

    Episode 119: The Blood Moon

    Oct 13, 2021·17m
  100. 100

    Episode 118: Shocktober Part 1 - "Only Through Fire Anniversary Edition"

    Oct 6, 2021·45m
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    Episode 117: Father and The Lady

    Sep 28, 2021·44m
  102. 102

    Episode 116: The End of Poverty, Homelessness, and Unwarranted Judgments

    Sep 22, 2021·35m
  103. 103

    Episode 115: The Outliers

    Sep 15, 2021·38m
  104. 104

    It Was 20 Years Ago Today

    Sep 11, 2021·13m
  105. 105

    Episode 113: Eulogy for the Living

    Sep 8, 2021·31m
  106. 106

    Episode 112: Combatting Hatred

    Sep 1, 2021·36m
  107. 107

    Episode 111: David Gerrold on The Republican Party

    Aug 25, 2021·33m
  108. 108

    Episode 110: "A Midsummer's Nightmare"

    Aug 18, 2021·49m
  109. 109

    Episode 109: "The Monkey's Paw"

    Aug 11, 2021·34m
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    Episode 108: Fred Goes to Church

    Aug 4, 2021·35m
  111. 111

    The Sara Niemietz Camp Tuolumne Trails Concert Adventure

    Jul 28, 2021·57m
  112. 112

    Episode 106: On Behalf of The Exploited

    Jul 14, 2021·38m
  113. 113

    Episode 105: Dear Future Fred & The Aging Existentialist

    Jul 7, 2021·28m
  114. 114

    Episode 104: UBI Town Hall Discussion

    Jun 30, 2021·32m
  115. 115

    Episode 103: The Poet In My Heart: Sara Niemietz Visits The Front Porch

    Jun 23, 2021·1h 14m
  116. 116

    Episode 102: Therapy

    Jun 16, 2021·20m
  117. 117

    Episode 101: When Diplomacy Fails

    Jun 9, 2021·26m
  118. 118

    Episode 100: Shining With Cosmic Improbabilities: "On Your Way"

    Jun 2, 2021·39m
  119. 119

    Episode 99: The Enemy of The People

    May 26, 2021·34m
  120. 120

    Episode 98: Fred's Journal, July, 1997

    May 19, 2021·45m
  121. 121

    Episode 97: The Prosecution Never Rests

    May 12, 2021·28m
  122. 122

    Episode 96: The Tempest

    May 5, 2021·36m
  123. 123

    Episode 95: Synchronicity IV: In The Shadows of The Moon

    Apr 28, 2021·25m
  124. 124

    Episode 94: The Front Porch on Space Radio

    Apr 21, 2021·29m
  125. 125

    Episode 93: The Devil's Second Greatest Trick

    Apr 13, 2021·45m
  126. 126

    Episode 92: Fathers and Alien Archaeologists From The Future

    Apr 7, 2021·30m
  127. 127

    Episode 91: How Do We Avoid Another Columbine, Parkland, Newtown, or Boulder?

    Mar 30, 2021·33m
  128. 128

    Episode 90: Mothers and Alien Archaeologists From The Future

    Mar 24, 2021·24m
  129. 129

    Episode 89: The Heart of Democracy

    Mar 17, 2021·42m
  130. 130

    Episode 88: "Reflections on a Life Dedicated to Art"

    Mar 10, 2021·31m
  131. 131

    Episode 87: Notes From The Other Side

    Mar 3, 2021·32m
  132. 132

    Episode 86: Purely Personal

    Feb 24, 2021·27m
  133. 133

    Episode 85: "They Have Loved Reading..."

    Feb 17, 2021·32m
  134. 134

    Episode 84: People With Programs

    Feb 10, 2021·37m
  135. 135

    Episode 83: Our Immoral Economy

    Feb 3, 2021·37m
  136. 136

    Episode 82: Return to Reality

    Jan 27, 2021·33m
  137. 137

    Episode 81: Coming Home

    Jan 20, 2021·42m
  138. 138

    Episode 80: The Stormy Present

    Jan 13, 2021·27m
  139. 139

    Episode 79: Ideas, Events, and People

    Jan 6, 2021·34m
  140. 140

    Episode 78: Gratitude and Time

    Dec 30, 2020·38m
  141. 141

    Episode 77: "Wrapping Up 2020 With Love"

    Dec 23, 2020·42m
  142. 142

    Episode 76: Star Trek, Autism, Me and You

    Dec 16, 2020·33m
  143. 143

    Episode 75: "Little Light of Mine - The Season of Giving"

    Dec 7, 2020·23m
  144. 144

    Episode 74: Hard Work and A Living Wage

    Nov 23, 2020·33m
  145. 145

    Episode 73: Do I Have to Hate All 70 Million?

    Nov 15, 2020·26m
  146. 146

    Episode 72: Stargazer Virtual Community Theater Presents "Letters of War: John and Mary"

    Nov 12, 2020·13m
  147. 147

    Episode 71: Election Night and Unfinished Business

    Nov 4, 2020·29m
  148. 148

    Stargazer Virtual Community Theater Presents: "Only Through Fire"

    Oct 26, 2020·21m
  149. 149

    Episode 69: "The Golden Arm"

    Oct 16, 2020·31m
  150. 150

    Episode 68: The Tell Tale Heart

    Oct 9, 2020·15m
  151. 151

    Episode 67: Kindness and Cruelty

    Oct 2, 2020·24m
  152. 152

    Episode 66: The Little Prince

    Sep 25, 2020·23m
  153. 153

    Episode 65: The Haunting of Horace Remastered Edition

    Sep 18, 2020·42m
  154. 154

    Episode 64: Retrospective

    Sep 11, 2020·49m
  155. 155

    Episode 63: Who Are The People In Your Neighborhood?

    Sep 2, 2020·1h 22m
  156. 156

    Changing The World - Repaired

    Aug 27, 2020·1h 15m
  157. 157

    The Reset Button: A Prayer

    Aug 19, 2020·33m
  158. 158

    The Search For Solutions

    Aug 12, 2020·21m
  159. 159

    Master Builders Extended Version

    Fred describes surviving diabetic ketoacidosis in July 2017 before Rebecca Arview and Hilary Nicole Arview gave him a home.

    Aug 5, 2020·1h 44m·2 clips
  160. 160

    "You Call This a Gov'ment??"

    Jul 29, 2020·41m
  161. 161

    Time Jumper Radio

    Jul 22, 2020·22m
  162. 162

    Corey and Chirp and COINS, Oh My!

    Jul 15, 2020·1h 27m
  163. 163

    "I Can't Breathe" / "Something Happened Tonight"

    Jul 8, 2020·46m
  164. 164

    Unmasking The Selfishness of Willful Ignorance

    Jun 30, 2020·32m
  165. 165

    There is no Them; We are all Us

    Jun 24, 2020·40m
  166. 166

    Do We Really Want to Defund the Police?

    Jun 16, 2020·59m
  167. 167

    Scott Santens: True Freedom Comes With Basic Income

    Jun 10, 2020·39m
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    Episode 50: Horace's Final Five

    Jun 2, 2020·41m
  169. 169

    Episode 49: Plato's Cave and The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be

    May 27, 2020·26m
  170. 170

    A Walk Through The Dark Forest of The COVID Conspiracy

    May 20, 2020·38m
  171. 171

    A Star Trek Economy and About The Podcaster

    May 13, 2020·38m
  172. 172

    Wind, Sand, Stars and A Message of Light

    May 6, 2020·29m
  173. 173

    The Mind Wave Front Porch Crossover

    Hidden gem

    Fred Eater recounts 40 years of making cassette mixes, CDs, videos, and podcasts that transform existing art into personal storytelling.

    Apr 29, 2020·1h 29m·2 clips
  174. 174

    Josh Bachynski: Philosophy, Meditation, and Changing The World

    Apr 22, 2020·1h 14m
  175. 175

    The Most Dangerous Game

    Apr 15, 2020·1h 8m
  176. 176

    The Bizarre Case of Money

    Apr 8, 2020·30m
  177. 177

    Horace's Night Out

    Mar 31, 2020·27m
  178. 178

    COVID-19 in a Changing World

    Mar 25, 2020·1h 10m
  179. 179

    Mike Clark Donates The UBI He Won and Saves a Woman's Life

    Mar 18, 2020·33m
  180. 180

    Horace's Run For The Roses

    Mar 10, 2020·51m
  181. 181

    The Power of Love: Sara Niemietz and The Musical and Spiritual Value of Playing Poker

    Mar 4, 2020·36m
  182. 182

    Season 2, Episode 9: Why Do We Need a Universal Basic Income

    Feb 26, 2020·1h 12m
  183. 183

    Is Panhandling Wrong?

    Feb 22, 2020·22m
  184. 184

    The Saddest Human Right

    Feb 19, 2020·29m
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    Season 2, Episode 6: Protest Music, Community Building, Whataboutism, and One World Government

    Feb 15, 2020·54m
  186. 186

    Season 2, Episode 5: Civilization, Acquittal, Dictatorship, Rush Limbaugh, and Howard Stern

    Feb 12, 2020·1h 2m
  187. 187

    Corona virus, Conformity, Cultural Readaptability, and A New Economy

    Feb 7, 2020·35m
  188. 188

    The Haunting of Horace

    Feb 3, 2020·34m
  189. 189

    Andrew Yang is the Voice of the Hope for Freedom

    Jan 21, 2020·28m
  190. 190

    Season 2 Episode 1: Extra Dimensions, Attention Span, and Power Struggles

    Jan 21, 2020·1h 2m
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    Episode 27: Being a Billionaire is Inherently Immoral

    Jan 4, 2020·14m
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    Episode 26: Restrained and Confused

    Dec 31, 2019·56m
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    Episode 25: Christmas, 2019: "A Time to Love"

    Dec 25, 2019·7m
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    Episode 24: Will Automation Save The World or Destroy Humanity?

    Dec 21, 2019·20m
  195. 195

    Episode 23: "Head to Desk" (Episode 22 part 2)

    Dec 17, 2019·27m
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    Episode 21: Fred's Ideal World

    Dec 14, 2019·8m
  197. 197

    Episode 22: Is Voting Futile?

    Dec 14, 2019·23m
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    Episode 20: Mostly Disconnected Ramblings and a Touch of Philosophy

    Dec 13, 2019·22m
  199. 199

    Episode 17: Opinions and Freedom and Physics! Oh My!

    Dec 8, 2019·57m
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    Episode 19: The Gift of The Magi

    Dec 5, 2019·22m
  201. 201

    Episode 18: A Pot Podcast

    Dec 3, 2019·26m
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    Episode 16: What I Hope You Never Know About Poverty

    Nov 21, 2019·8m
  203. 203

    Episode 15: Education and Economic Survival

    Nov 18, 2019·50m
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    Episode 14: Law and Order

    Nov 9, 2019·55m
  205. 205

    Episode 13: Gratitude

    Nov 5, 2019·16m
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    Episode 12: A Live Discussion of Narcissism

    Oct 30, 2019·32m
  207. 207

    Episode 11: "All We Have to Decide..."

    Oct 22, 2019·11m
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    Episode 10: Children of Fame

    Oct 16, 2019·33m
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    Episode 9: Dear Dad...

    Oct 9, 2019·8m
  210. 210

    Episode 8: "Why Can't We Be Friends?"

    Oct 8, 2019·52m
  211. 211

    Episode 7: Which Are The People Who Should Die for a Lack of Little Green Pieces of Paper?

    Oct 4, 2019·24m
  212. 212

    Episode 6: Picket and Chill

    Oct 1, 2019·42m
  213. 213

    Episode 5: Let Me Help

    Sep 28, 2019·16m
  214. 214

    Episode 4: Greta Thunberg, Climate Change, Health Care, Impeachment, and Responses to Listeners

    Sep 26, 2019·48m
  215. 215

    Fred's Front Porch Podcast Episode 3: Wimpy (Gary Oliver) and Fred Discuss Universal Basic Income

    Sep 20, 2019·53m
  216. 216

    Episode 2: Two Moments: Out of Order

    Sep 16, 2019·28m
  217. 217

    The Fred's Front Porch Podcast: Pilot

    Sep 10, 2019·9m