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
Top 25 Tours — #23 — Fall 2018
We're rolling on in our Top 25 Tours series, hitting Fall 1998. Thank you for joining us, we'll see you next week for a Mexico recap.
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01:26:45 |
Sun 18 Feb 2024
Top 25 Tours — #24 — Spring 1992
We continue our run through the Top 25 tours of all time, hitting Spring 1992 at #24!
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01:10:20 |
Mon 12 Feb 2024
Top 25 Tours — #25 — Fall 1996
We are kicking off our latest series, running down the Top 25 Phish tours of all time. We are starting, of course, with #25, and going in depth on Fall 1996. Thanks for joining us.
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01:10:33 |
Sun 11 Feb 2024
In Defense of Prince Caspian
Today we have a guest, Levi Blankenship, who we talk to about Prince Caspian. We pay homage to the song, talk about its profane alter ego, and share some of our favorite versions.
Here's a LivePhish …
01:34:33 |
Sat 27 Jan 2024
3/12/88 + Phish show mapping project
This was a really fun episode. We talked about the first Gamehendge show, from 3/12/88, and talked to Steven Gripp about his amazing Phish show mapping project. Please dig into Steven's projects thro…
01:05:35 |
Fri 19 Jan 2024
Best Phish Years Draft
This week we have a really special episode. We do a live draft, where we each seek to capture the best years of Phish. We use a snake draft format, and Brian, Megan, Jonathan and RJ (in that order!) …
01:23:54 |
Sat 13 Jan 2024
MSG 2023 Recap
Thanks for joining us as we recap the MSG 2023 run, and discuss all things Gamehendge!
Top 25 Tours of all time! Vote now! https://forms.gle/NRZEaB26tAd37NgE6
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01:34:43 |
Sat 06 Jan 2024
12/28/23 Quick Hit + Dude of Life Interview
Thanks for joining as we bring you a special episode live from Hill Country in NYC on 12/29. Megan does a Quick Hit on 12/28 with Benjy Eisen and Mike Greenhaus, and then the three of them welcome th…
00:41:45 |
Wed 03 Jan 2024
40 for 40 — 7/24/22
We've reached the end of our 40 for 40 series, and we appreciate everyone joining us on this journey. Of course, we'll be diving into our Top 25 Tours of All Time series early next year, and please v…
01:34:40 |
Wed 27 Dec 2023
40 for 40 — 10/28/21
We are almost at the end of this series! Thanks for joining us, today we're diving into 10/28/21. We'll be back next week for the last episode of the series.
Please take a look at our Top 25 Tours of…
01:24:06 |
Fri 22 Dec 2023
40 for 40 — 2/22/20
We make our way through the pandemic on this episode, thanks for joining us!
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01:18:56 |
Fri 15 Dec 2023
40 for 40 — 6/21/19
Thanks for joining us as we wind down our 40 for 40 series, hitting Charlotte on 6/21/19.
2024 will bring another big project, the Top 25 Phish Tours of All Time. We need your help. Vote now!
12/13 …
01:25:58 |
Fri 08 Dec 2023
40 for 40 — 11/2/18
We roll on into 2018 with special guest and longtime co-host Matt Dwyer!
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01:12:33 |
Mon 04 Dec 2023
40 for 40 — 7/25/17
It's jam night! Thanks for joining us for 7/25/17 to discuss this show, the Baker's Dozen, and a lot more.
If you're in New York on December 13 and want to see some amazing music, join us!
Please giv…
01:24:08 |
Fri 24 Nov 2023
40 for 40 — 9/3/16
We're stoked to be moving toward 2016, talking about Dick's! Enjoy!
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00:59:06 |
Sun 19 Nov 2023
40 for 40 — 7/31/15
Thanks for joining us in our discussion of Phish 2015!
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The He…
01:26:33 |
Sat 11 Nov 2023
40 for 40 — 7/13/14
Thank you for tuning in as we get into 2014 and talk about the Randall's Island show from 7/13/14.
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01:16:21 |
Mon 06 Nov 2023
40 for 40 — 10/20/13
Thanks for joining us as we hop into the time machine and head toward the "real" start of 3.0, 2013, and a great show from Hampton, 10/20/13.
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01:22:48 |
Sun 29 Oct 2023
40 for 40 — 12/30/12
Thanks for joining us as we dive back into our 40 for 40 series, and focus on 12/30/12.
Please give us a call at (484) 416-0488 and leave us your thoughts and questions! And give us a review wherever…
01:13:22 |
Sun 22 Oct 2023
Special Episode: LaMP!
We're bringing you a special conversation with LaMP (Scott Metzger, Ray Paczkowski, and Russ Lawton), who will be going on tour next week. Check them out in a city near you!
We're in between 40 for 4…
00:21:52 |
Fri 20 Oct 2023
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