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One of the fascinating ways we all learn is to pay attention to the instruction others receive. You deserve college credit for listening to this episode. For 30 minutes Dr Dave became an eager student, insistently quizzing his street-wise pod-partner about gaslighting. While unaware of the term's meaning, he was well-acquainted with its practice. David's tutorial brought him up to speed. But it also seemed unnecessarily harsh. Why expose how DrDR's frugal nature crushes his hope to be godly? If you find any part of our giggly conversation offensive, we're sorry you feel that way.

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There's something in the air. Consider the fact that students and visitors to Asbury in Wilmore, KY, are encountering the thick, upending presence of God that has a lot of people talking about revival. The "He Gets Us" TV ads during the Super Bowl and beyond have people chirping more about Jesus. Next week a movie will open at the theaters that talks about the Jesus Movement…an historical event that overlays with the powerful Asbury Revival of 1970. The National Collegiate Day of Prayer will be hosted via lifestream on Feb 23 from…Asbury. Since we don't want to be Spirit-tone deaf, we chatted about all this in our own way. Giggles galore, hearts wide open.

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Loyal FC2.0 listeners know that we Davids pride ourselves in being unscripted. The funny David was trained in improvisational comedy through Chicago's legendary Second City, so his skills are formidable. But when we gave our attention to measuring an entirely different skillset – how  we score on indicators of Emotional Intelligence (EQ) – we came up short. We stayed true to ourselves, though. Instead of crying in our soup like some baby we made fun of ourselves like the 7th grade boys that we are.

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David's new mic quality emboldened us. We bravely spoke of Punxsutawney Phil, and wondered aloud about what a meeting with Mephibosheth might look like. (Does  Groundhog Day exasperate farmers?) By stretching our pronunciation muscles, this episode helped prep David for comedy in Portlandia. Since his words, especially,  come back to haunt him, we decided to articulate well. This strategy also serves the relaxation needs of our listeners. We were chill. After all, you never know when the pity and disgust of a treadmill repairman might incite you to farmer-friendly roadkill.

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Hardly a day goes by when we don't face something unexpected. But somehow the normalcy of interruptions doesn't weaken their power to ruin a perfectly-chilled vibe. Unanticipated and unwelcome events spike our alert-o-meters, rev up our hearts, and sometimes send us to bed with throbbing temples. If we just learned to giggle more as they hit us we'd all be better off. In today's episode we demonstrated what that looks like.

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Get your notepads ready. This episode drops some sweet skills on our FC2.0 listeners. All of us have had occasion to either deliver some communication that's met with glazed-eye unresponsiveness or you've been the un-responder yourself, offering a few guttural sounds in an attempt to be less harsh than the Boring Moment deserves. We've got some tips for navigating these social speed traps. Gosh, this was fun!

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One of the great mysteries of life is how little we know about the way prayers grow tipping points of change. But it's sure to fun to imagine we can trace how these cause-and-effect connections work. Today's episode was a celebration in hearing ourselves talk. Clearly. David's expensive Yedi microphone finally delivered the audio quality he paid for months ago. Shout out to Nick Wilson of Life Church; we recorded from their studio home. That's when we realized they had probably been praying for ways to draw David into their orbit more often. Enjoy giggling with us!

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Happy New Year, everyone! We greeted 2023 with some deep conversation about how to upgrade our Christmas card strategies, four words that deserve thought and prayer, and a confession that we couldn't stop giggling about. You may be asking, "How does listening to FC2.0 benefit me?" Yup. That gets at the question of the day.

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There is no denying that this episode might be painful for listeners. David's otherwise pleasant voice got walloped by some seasonal bug. But he's a seasoned performer, and the show must go on…even when we're not making a buck to record FC2.0. If you like watching Yellowstone, you might enjoy David's John Dutton impersonation. And no one will like Dr Dave's version of that female cowhand who composts her every word.

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Keen regular listeners might pick up on the undercurrent of anxiety we two Davids shared in this 30 minutes. Families. Holidays. Stress. We get it. We feel it with you. When beloved children & siblings convene infrequently, the stakes are high for us parents. As Christmas clean-up begins and household quiet returns we  intuitively conclude something about whether the families we groomed are in a good place. For you young 'uns who are visiting mom & pops, be gentle. And then be meta-gentle.