Fred's Front Porch Podcast

Fred's Front Porch Podcast

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  • Episode 97: The Prosecution Never Rests

    Those of us who suffer from Clinical Depression frequently fight battles with the Prosecutor in our heads who tells us why we should be miserable.  They find all our flaws.  They scream about our insecurities.  They attack us on every level they can find.  


    Your Prosecutor will be different from mine. What worries me isn't what worries you.  I think, though, that even those who don't battle Clinical Depression still have a voice inside their heads telling them what's wrong with them.

    For me, the important thing to remember is that when you're on a trial, you have a right to a Defense Attorney too.

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    28 min
  • Episode 96: The Tempest

    This is the first time I've shared a true story with you.  This is from 50 years in my past.  I haven't seen Kelly Ashby since a year after this story takes place.  I learned that Turkey was something more than a Thanksgiving meal when her father got transferred there.  Crackers still scares me.

    My Father passed away 11 years ago.  My Mother, whose voice you heard several weeks ago, can remember bits and pieces of this from time to time, but she doesn't understand very much anymore.  I haven't spoken to Jon or Shelley in years.

    Art lasts forever.  This is my way to return to a love that is long gone.  It will be here for me whenever I feel alone.  I hope this makes you remember your family, too.


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    36 min
  • Episode 95: Synchronicity IV: In The Shadows of The Moon

    By now, most of you have probably figured out that Horace is another version of me.  This story takes place around the same time as "The Tempest," but now Fred has become Horace, The Frightened Little Fat Boy.  This is the second story in my collection, "The Third Person Fictional Autobiography of Horace Singleman."

    This was probably written around 1983, right after The Police released their album.  I combined elements from my childhood with an incident that had just occurred in my present, and I was still stuck in my Salinger phase of writing, as you can tell in the phone conversation.


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    25 min
  • Episode 94: The Front Porch on Space Radio
    This is unique.  I'm uploading an episode I've never heard.  I recorded some raw audio, and I turned it over to Jenner from The Mind Wave Podcast, to which you should listen often.  I let him put all the pieces together, and he selected the picture for this week's episode as well.  I'm as excited to hear this as you are.
    I will return to more serious work next week, but... you finally get to hear something the Patreon folks aren't hearing.  They always get the exclusive content.  This one is for you.  Don't you feel better now?
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    30 min
  • Episode 93: The Devil's Second Greatest Trick

    We've been taught and convinced for most of our lives that we should all spend a portion of our lives being miserable.  I'm going to challenge that idea tonight.  It's a controversial position, but radical thoughts are what change the world.

    Chuck Curry's music can be found here:

    http://chuckcurrymusic.com/


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

    Why do we kill each other?  Maybe an easier question to answer would be why don't you and I kill other people?  What can we learn that can help us stop the violence?


    These are the links to the articles from which I got the facts I quoted:

    Los Angeles Times Article on Mass Shootings:

    https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-08-04/el-paso-dayton-gilroy-mass-shooters-data

    Statistics on Trauma and Poverty Relationship to one another:


    https://www.cliffsidemalibu.com/blog/trauma-poverty-effects-children/#:~:text=Statistics%20prove%20that%20children%20living,underemployed%2C%20stressed%2Dout%20parents.

    https://www.scpr.org/blogs/education/2014/06/02/16743/poverty-has-been-found-to-affect-kids-brains-can-o/

    Maslow's Hierarchy:

    https://www.simplypsychology.org/maslow.html#gsc.tab=0



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    34 min
  • Episode 89: The Heart of Democracy

    I've done some nice, but fluffy, sorts of episodes the past few weeks.  I was busy expressing my Joy.  I continue to be filled with that Joy, but it's time to have something a bit more substantive.

    Regardless of your political views, you should have the right to vote.  I'm going to make the case for that in tonight's episode.  


    Here are the links:

    The Brennan Center Article:
    https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/analysis/Briefing_Memo_Debunking_Voter_Fraud_Myth.pdf

    The Google Search on Constitutional Republic:

    https://www.google.com/search?q=what%27s+the+difference+between+a+democratic+republic+and+a+constitutional+republic&rlz=1C1CHBD_enUS829US829&oq=The+difference+between+a+democracy+and+a+consti&aqs=chrome.2.0j69i57j0i22i30l3j0i390l2.11573j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

    The Newsroom Clip:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxK8h0mp0ZI&t=3s

    Kavanaugh Quotation:

    https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/11/politics/arizona-republicans-voter-suppression-bills/index.html

    Heather Cox Richardson Article:

    https://www.facebook.com/heathercoxrichardson/posts/275791967249376

    Transcript on Medium:

    https://frededer.medium.com/the-heart-of-democracy-844f4ce7319c

    Transcript on Word Press:

    http://frededer.home.blog/2021/03/14/the-heart-of-democracy/


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    42 min
  • Episode 88: "Reflections on a Life Dedicated to Art"

    This is sort of the heart of this podcast, I think.  I asked some Facebook friends to describe the show, and this is the description that I believe best fits it.

    I want to show you why Art is all but a survival need.  Listen and see what you find.


    I wind up this episode quoting Sara Niemietz.  The song I quoted is called "The Dimming."  You can find it here.

    https://youtu.be/RFF6418Bj3o

    You can buy the track here:

    https://saraniemietz.bandcamp.com/

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    31 min

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