Helping Friendly Podcast
The Helping Friendly Podcast (HFPod) explores the music and fan experience of Phish, through interviews and deep dives on shows and tours. Since 2013, we’ve aimed to bring the fan voice into discussions about Phish, and with the help of our guests, we’re still discovering new angles of appreciation for the band. And when the band is on tour, we provide a review of every show the following day with a fan who was there. As one of our listeners said, “this show has impeccable analysis, stats, commentary and music.” Join us!
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 80 minutes
- Episodes
- 619
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2025
Quick Hit: Phish @ The Gorge, 7-16-16
Today's Quick Hit is recapping last night's show at The Gorge, with our guest Jon. We share some of the Weekapaug and some of the Hood. Here's the full setlist, via Phish.net, and you can download th…
00:30:33 |
Sun 17 Jul 2016
Quick Hit: Phish @ The Gorge, 7-15-16
Phish is back on the West Coast, and today we have Brad & Jonathan recapping the first night of The Gorge. We have a clip of the No Men In No Man's Land > Stash. Here's the full setlist, via Phish.ne…
00:16:43 |
Sat 16 Jul 2016
Quick Hit: Phish @ Lakeview Amphitheater, 7-10-16
For today's Quick Hit, we're reviewing the Syracuse show from Sunday night. We are joined by Jake, who caught the past 9 shows of the tour! In a show with lots of banter, we included the Ha Ha Ha wit…
00:19:55 |
Tue 12 Jul 2016
Quick Hit: Phish @ Xfinity Theater, 7-9-16
For today's Quick Hit, we're reviewing last night's show. We are joined by Alex, who shares his take on Hartford. Great Saturday night show, and we included a clip from the Meat from last night. Here…
00:20:45 |
Sun 10 Jul 2016
Quick Hit: Phish @ Great Woods, 7-8-16
For today's Quick Hit, we're reviewing the Great Woods show. We are joined by Brian and Brittany, who share their take on last night's show. Lots of great music from last night to chat about! We've i…
00:25:56 |
Sat 09 Jul 2016
Quick Hit: Phish @ CCCC, 7-6-16
For today's Quick Hit, we're reviewing the show from the Cross Insurance Arena in Portland (this venue will ALWAYS be known as the Cumberland County Civic Center). We're joined by Portland residents …
00:28:09 |
Thu 07 Jul 2016
Quick Hit: Phish @ SPAC 3, 7-3-16
For today's Quick Hit, Chillwig is back with us to review the last night of SPAC. He also wrote today's review for Phish.net, which you should check out. Plenty of controversy and thoughts for discus…
00:26:59 |
Mon 04 Jul 2016
Quick Hit: Phish @ SPAC 2, 7-2-16
Our Quick Hit from SPAC Saturday night is up! We're joined by The Vic, who we're happy to have back on the podcast. Also included a clip from last night's Light -> Golden Age. Here's a shot of The Vi…
00:26:12 |
Sun 03 Jul 2016
Quick Hit: Phish @ SPAC, 7-1-16
Here's a Quick Hit from last night's show at SPAC, with our buddy Patrick, an old friend of the podcast (from episode 6!). Patrick has some good pics and videos from last night on his Instagram feed …
00:25:41 |
Sat 02 Jul 2016
Quick Hit: Phish @ The Mann, 6-29-16
Here's a Quick Hit from last night's show at The Mann, with Matt, who's joined us before. Today we've included the Crosseyed & Painless jam, which segues into a new song, Friends. We also included so…
00:26:53 |
Thu 30 Jun 2016
Quick Hit: Phish @ The Mann, 6-28-16
Here's a Quick Hit from last night's show at The Mann, with Dianna, who's joined us before. She also wrote the recap for Phish.net, which you should check out! We included a clip of the new song, Bre…
00:21:48 |
Wed 29 Jun 2016
Quick Hit: Phish @ Klipsch (Deer Creek), 6-26-16
Here's a Quick Hit from last night's show at Klipsch (it will always be Deer Creek to us). We're joined by our friend Art, who shares his experience with us. We included a clip from the Light jam fro…
00:22:33 |
Mon 27 Jun 2016
Quick Hit: Phish @ Wrigley Field, 6/25/16
Here's a Quick Hit from Wrigley Field night 2, with the HF Pod team. We've included a clip from the Piper -> Steam from last night, excellent segue and a really energetic jam in Piper. If you haven't…
00:16:46 |
Sun 26 Jun 2016
Quick Hit: Phish @ Wrigley Field, 6/24/16
Here's a Quick Hit from Wrigley Field night 1, with our good friend Brian Brinkman. As a lifelong Cubs fan born and raised in Chicago, this was a huge night for Brian. We're glad he was able to share…
00:21:26 |
Sat 25 Jun 2016
Quick Hit: Phish @ Xcel Energy Center, 6/22/16
For this tour, we're going to bring you a "quick hit" from each show -- a brief discussion and clip from the show -- and put them up by the next afternoon. Today we're chatting briefly about the show…
00:11:40 |
Thu 23 Jun 2016
Episode 83: Top 15 Summer Jams!
This week, we have our most ambitious podcast undertaking to date, done in partnership with our guest Justin Bruce. We compiled about 50 Phish Summer jams from across the eras, then asked people to v…
03:04:50 |
Thu 16 Jun 2016
Episode 82: Guest Pick -- Todd Ahrens
This week, our guest is Todd Ahrens, who runs the blog BackInMyDay.net. We chat with Todd about his history of following Phish for 25+ years, and the specific show he chose (details below). Nice to g…
03:38:46 |
Thu 09 Jun 2016
Episode 81: Guest Picks -- Ari Fink
This week, our guest is Ari Fink, a director of music programming at SiriusXM. He's a host on SiriusXM’s Jam On (Channel 29) and the Pearl Jam radio station (Channel 22). He also helped start Gratefu…
02:26:02 |
Wed 01 Jun 2016
Episode 80: Festivals!
This week, the core group is back together (Brad, RJ, Jonathan). With Summer Tour looming, including a couple shows at Lock'n, we wanted to revisit some Phish appearances at other festivals over the …
03:27:15 |
Sat 21 May 2016
Episode 79: Guest Picks - Andy Keathley
On this week's episode, we're joined by Andy Keathley, a big Phish fan and a member of the band The Get Down Boys. If you like bluegrass, you'll definitely dig them. Andy and Brad discuss Phish and w…
02:25:25 |
Mon 09 May 2016
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