The Mango Times

By Fletch

The Mango Times Podcast is where midlife curiosity meets adventure, humor, and human stories. Hosted by Fletch, the show features thoughtful conversations, great banter, and stories from the

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January 18, 2021 Can You Love Someone You Disagree With?
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What does it look like to be curious about others? What if we chose to stop and understand why someone believes what they believe and listen to their perspective? On this episode of theMangoTimes Podcast, Fletch dives into another belief of the Fletchifesto and shares what it means to him to live with an open mind and an open heart.
Will we change who we are? Will we convert our thoughts and beliefs? Will we stop loving our favorite sports team, political party or church affiliation? Probably not, but we just may learn something along the way. Listen along as Fletch encourages you to move beyond the easy conversations with those you love to doing the hardworking of listening and learning from those you disagree with.
Grab you own favorite cup of coffee and join us for this fun discussion.
SHOW NOTES:
Jesus & John Wayne by Kristen DuMez
Open Your Mind and Heart to New People

Music used in this episode:
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24min
December 13, 2020 How Coffee Roasting Taught Me To Wonder
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On this episode, we continue our series called “Discover” where we dig deep and ask ourselves where we find the glory of God in the world around us.
Join Fletch as he “virtually” sits down with Ben Kenoyer, the owner and coffee roaster at Revive Coffee Roasters to find the glory of God in roasting coffee. But wait, it turns out that Ben doesn’t want to just roast beans for the perfect cup of coffee. He wants to revive cities and create community, and here’s the kicker: he is using his coffee to make that happen.
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25min
November 25, 2020 How To Make Room At Your Table For Everyone
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The 2020 holiday season has arrived. For many of us, that means great meals and great family conversations around our dinner tables. For others, Thanksgiving and Christmas are difficult holidays filled with tough relationships and forced interactions with tricky family members. I remember a wise man who once told me, “You know Fletch, there are those you love and those you’d rather spend time with.”
Yikes. What are we to do in a year that seems to have divided our families and our friendships in two?
Join Fletch as he reminds himself and his listener to make extra space at their tables and extra space in their life for those who disagree and debate about everything. Listen along as he encourages all of us to improve our ‘table manners.’
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22min
October 30, 2020 What Cats Taught Me About Politics
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Three months since the last episode of theMangoTimes podcast? It was time for Fletch to jump back behind his microphone for another edition of the podcast.
What happens when you realize you may have been wrong? What does it look like to open your mind and heart to the other side and see the world from their perspective?
On this episode, of theMangoTimes podcast, Fletch discusses with the listener how he made the journey from one party to another. What was it that changed his mind and how did he begin to see there was more than one way to see and enjoy the world. Hold onto your leash and enjoy an episode listening to Fletch admit he was wrong.
SHOW NOTES:
Rasta the Chocolate Lab - check out the mascot of theMangoTimes
Music used in this episode:
Top Cat Theme Song
Stray Cat Strut
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18min
July 15, 2020 The One Reminder I Keep Coming Back To
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2020 came in like a hurricane. A global pandemic. New discussions, community divisions and national debates about racial imbalance and privilege. All of this pointing to the fragility of our discourse with one another.
What does it look like to enjoy the journey in the middle of hurricane season? At the same time, what does it look like to live a life of contentment without becoming complacent?
On this episode, Fletch dives into the Fletchifesto to discuss what it means to enjoy the journey. Along the way he shares some great music and a podcast that he thinks you will like even more than theMangoTimes.
Quietly making noise,
Fletch
SHOW NOTES:
The Fletchifesto - check out each of the life quotes.
Wired Magazine: Steven Levy Interviews Larry Brilliant
Music by Jimmy Buffett:
Breathe In, Breathe Out, Move On
One Particular Harbor
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21min
June 21, 2020 Birdwatching and the Glory of God
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Join Fletch and his childhood friend and birder, Tom Slater, as they discuss birding and how the glory of God is on display in creation and nature.
Music by Jimmy Buffett: Summerzcool
Clip from The Big Year: The Big Year
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28min
May 27, 2020 Post-Pandemic Blues: Returning to Life After Lockdown
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Some of us are going stir crazy. Some of us have burrowed into a new normal. What happens when society opens back up and we all return back to normal”? Is there a “new normal” and how do we respond?
After sheltering in place for the past two months, Fletch is returning to work. Is he excited? Is he hesitant? Tune into this episode and join the discussion about the challenges we face in our post-pandemic world of COVID-19.
Music by Jon Troast: One Little Corner
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22min
May 16, 2020 Pipe Smoking: Contemplation in Smoke
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Pipe Smoking
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16min
April 24, 2020 Why Failing Might Be the Best Thing You Do This Year
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It’s Okay To Fail
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13min
April 09, 2020 theMangoTimes Podcast Reboot
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theMangoTimes Podcast Reboot
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