Fred's Front Porch Podcast

This is the exciting true story of Sara Niemietz's concert.  Your favorite introvert braves the horrors of human beings, shuttles, airlines, rental cars, terrifying roads, and a complete lack of internet just to see a 90 minute show.  Was it worth all the effort?  

It starts with me getting up to go from Arizona to California to hear Sara Niemietz perform.  It ends with some of the most powerful concert performances you will ever hear.

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Most of Us work to make life easier for very few of Us.  Do the needs of the many really outweigh the needs of the few?

Bailouts:

https://www.commerce.wa.gov/serving-communities/homelessness/?fbclid=IwAR18UhWNjIEwIgeZvyjPO1lmlo-m-7aa1T60zLEt1wh_qfnVD71g7WVR3y8

There is a link to the Washington Study in the show notes.

https://www.commerce.wa.gov/serving-communities/homelessness/?fbclid=IwAR18UhWNjIEwIgeZvyjPO1lmlo-m-7aa1T60zLEt1wh_qfnVD71g7WVR3y8

https://www.propublica.org/article/the-secret-irs-files-trove-of-never-before-seen-records-reveal-how-the-wealthiest-avoid-income-tax

Please support me on Patreon so I can get a dog.

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I still have sufficient intellect to recognize my intellect is declining. I know of no better word to describe this than horror. It's irreversible, and it's building speed.

I'm writing and recording for my life. I know the time when I won't be able to do this anymore is fast approaching. I don't know what I'll do then.

This is my essay The Online Panhandler:

frededer.home.blog/2019/06/21/online-panhandler

This is my essay on Unwarranted Selfishness:

frededer.home.blog/2019/04/02/unwarranted-selfishness

I conducted a Town Hall Meeting on my Facebook page this week, and I turned it into this fictional Town Hall.  The Question: Would you object to getting $2000 a month simply for being a citizen?

You may recognize your own words in this, but you won't recognize yourself.  I used characters from literature who bear no resemblance to the actual speakers.

If you would like to add your voice to this discussion, call us at (480) 331 - 9822.

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This will almost certainly be my favorite podcast.  This is the long awaited hour-plus long conversation with the person whose Art is the inspiration for most of what you hear on this show.

Members of The Sara Niemietz Friends Club will find the answers to many of your questions in this episode.

I've never been so excited about an episode of my show.  Even if you, for reasons passing understanding, are not a Sara Niemietz fan, you will find this fascinating.  You'll learn about the creative process, and you'll discover the Power of Art to connect us all.  And you'll be a fan before the end of the show.

Get yourself some coffee (or, if you're me, Diet Pepsi) and some pizza (and neither coffee nor pizza are mentioned in this conversation... I'm telling you, it's unique!!), and come sit on The Front Porch for a little more than an hour, and lose yourself in the genius of Sara Niemietz.

What do you do when you are terrified of other people, and you spend an entire weekend with them?  You go see your Therapist.

What do you do when you can't afford a Therapist?  You invent your own.

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It's a challenge to find Common Ground with someone who wishes to deny our right to be free.  This is my effort to encourage everyone to defend that right.

Links:

"He can simply be reinstated"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/06/01/louie-gohmert-qanon-texas-insurrection/

Michael Flynn retraction:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/06/01/louie-gohmert-qanon-texas-insurrection/

January 6 was similar to regular tourists:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/06/01/louie-gohmert-qanon-texas-insurrection/

This is my 100th Episode.  To commemorate this milestone, I'm spending an entire episode on one  piece of music.  Sara Niemietz's  "On Your Way" is more than just my favorite song. I explain why this song means so much to me.  I hope it will deepen your appreciation of her music.

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We've been told The Free Press is "The Enemy of The People."  Are they really?  Listen, and tell me what you think.  

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This is almost a real time account of my trip to England in July of 1997.  The picture you see is the Journal that my sister in law and her brand new husband bought me for the express purpose of recording the events.  I simply read from it.