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Fred's Front Porch PodcastAug 12, 2020

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Final Free Episode: Protecting Our Children

Final Free Episode: Protecting Our Children

The Right Wing seems to want to protect our children from all sorts of supposed evil.  I agree that our children need to be protected, but I disagree with what they need to be protected from.


Here's the transcript:


https://fredsfrontporch.com/protecting-the-children/


This is the last episode I'm giving away for free. I explain in the introduction.


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Aug 16, 202332:42
Episode 216: "A Talk With God"
Aug 02, 202328:07
No Episode Tonight

No Episode Tonight

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Jul 26, 202300:60
Episode 214: When, Exactly, Was America Great?

Episode 214: When, Exactly, Was America Great?

When we talk about making America Great Again, which period in our history do we actually mean?
Here's the transcript:
https://fredsfrontporch.com/when-exactly-was-america-great/


Shoshana's book, "Secrets of Water," is available here:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWGj2VcDTQM


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Jul 19, 202339:43
Episode 213: "Eyewitness Testimony"
Jul 12, 202318:40
Episode 212: The Love Tank
Jul 05, 202319:56
Episode 211: We Can't Afford To Go To War.
Jun 28, 202331:01
Episode 210: Success As An Artist
Jun 21, 202330:17
Episode 209: Pride
Jun 14, 202333:57
Episode 208: This Is Why...
Jun 07, 202332:01
Episode 207: Being a Billionaire is (Still) Immoral (2023)
May 31, 202326:09
Episode 206: Privilege
May 24, 202323:49
Episode 205: WOKE
May 17, 202329:18
Episode 204: Finding Joy Even in Poverty
May 10, 202339:22
Special Christmas Episode: Fred's Fine Poetry
May 08, 202326:19
Episode 169: Piglet Is Entirely Surrounded By Water

Episode 169: Piglet Is Entirely Surrounded By Water

This is for those who need a bedtime story.  There's nothing about Fred's Front Porch Podcast in this episode.  This is just for helping you to relax and drift into what I hope will be a blissful slumber.

Here's the Guttenberg version, with illustations:

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/67098/67098-h/67098-h.htm#:~:text=CHAPTER%20IX,SURROUNDED%20BY%20WATER


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May 08, 202322:10
Episode 175: In Which Eeyore Loses a Tail and Pooh Finds One
May 08, 202315:11
Episode 203: Winnie The Pooh and The Woozle
May 03, 202311:41
Episode 202: What We Deserve
Apr 26, 202335:31
Episode 201: Offensensitivity

Episode 201: Offensensitivity

We seem to find virtue in being offended.  I question that in this episode.  While we're busy fighting about trivial issues, we lose focus on the problems that really need to be solved.  
This is the Word Press Transcript:
https://frededer.home.blog/2023/04/16/offensensitivity/


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Apr 19, 202324:54
Episode 200: The Impossible Conversation
Apr 12, 202340:53
Episode 199: Diabetes and Depression
Apr 05, 202325:24
Episode 198: Facing Death Daily: Diabetes 102
Mar 29, 202334:25
Episode 197: The Tightrope of Diabetes
Mar 22, 202328:44
Episode 196: We Are Not Alone
Mar 15, 202325:00
Episode 195: Speedy Shine's Backyard Dogcast - Pilot
Mar 09, 202306:12
Episode 194: The Fall of Public Education

Episode 194: The Fall of Public Education

"To be or not to be, Mr. Eder?  I choose to be."

Public education was once a proud calling.  It has changed significantly.  How?  Listen to find out.

Here's the transcript:

https://frededer.home.blog/2023/03/05/the-fall-of-public-education/


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Mar 08, 202330:20
Episode 193: Refuse Boxes
Mar 01, 202326:52
Episode 192: Artificial Intelligence and Art

Episode 192: Artificial Intelligence and Art

There are ethical concerns about using AI to create Art.  I'm addressing those in this episode.

Here's the transcript:

https://frededer.home.blog/2023/02/19/artificial-intelligence-and-art/


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Feb 22, 202324:20
Episode 191: Fred's Front Porch Primer

Episode 191: Fred's Front Porch Primer

This podcast is different from most others.  This is everything you need to know about the show, its creator, and how it's created.

Here's the transcript:

https://frededer.home.blog/2023/02/12/freds-front-porch-podcast-primer/

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Feb 15, 202325:32
Episode 190: 500 Words From Speedy Shine

Episode 190: 500 Words From Speedy Shine

Speedy Shine took over the studio when I was sleeping one afternoon.  He wrote and produced the shortest episode of my career.

Here's the transcript:

https://frededer.home.blog/2023/02/05/500-words-from-speedy-shine/

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Feb 08, 202305:00
Episode 189: Shoshana Writes

Episode 189: Shoshana Writes

This week I'm featuring another excellent writer.  Shoshana Edwards has an understanding of humanity that is rare and refreshing to find.  Most of the words you'll read or hear tonight are hers, not mine.

The transcript is here.  

https://frededer.home.blog/2023/01/29/shoshana-writes/

It includes links to her books and her Patreon page.

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Feb 01, 202330:35
Episode 188: Bob Ewell Fell On His Knife
Jan 25, 202326:37
Episode 187: The Teddy Bear Coder Part 5 The ASI Dominion
Jan 18, 202340:20
Episode 186: The Teddy Bear Coder Part 4 - The Psychotherapist, The Attorney, and The Teddy Bear

Episode 186: The Teddy Bear Coder Part 4 - The Psychotherapist, The Attorney, and The Teddy Bear

The FBI agent's sanity comes into question when he claims to have seen a Teddy Bear who hacked all the computers.  The family's Defense Attorney talks to Teddy, who has a warning for all of us.

Here's the transcript:

https://frededer.home.blog/?p=1470

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Jan 11, 202329:04
Episode 185: The Teddy Bear Coder Part 3: An Unexpected Christmas Visit

Episode 185: The Teddy Bear Coder Part 3: An Unexpected Christmas Visit

In Part 3, Jack gets his wish for Christmas just before the Zephyr family has to deal with a visit from someone who is decidedly NOT St. Nicholas.

Here's the transcript:

https://frededer.home.blog/2023/01/01/the-teddy-bear-coder-part-3/


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Jan 04, 202319:04
Episode 184: The Teddy Bear Coder Part 2: Martin's Unemployment

Episode 184: The Teddy Bear Coder Part 2: Martin's Unemployment

With only a week to go before Christmas, Teddy and Jack manage to cost Martin his job.

Here's the transcript:

https://frededer.home.blog/2022/12/25/the-teddy-bear-coder-2/


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Dec 28, 202219:49
Episode 182: The Teddy Bear Coder Part 1

Episode 182: The Teddy Bear Coder Part 1

This is Part One of my latest science fiction story.  By the end of the story, I hope to show you my Idealism in full bloom.  Can a Teddy Bear change the world?

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https://frededer.home.blog/2022/12/18/the-teddy-bear-coder/


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Dec 21, 202220:05
Episode 181: The Problem of Immigration

Episode 181: The Problem of Immigration

Wouldn't the world be a better place if we all recognized that we are all sharing a ride on a rock tumbling through space?  We all have the same birthplace: Earth.  People are not better or worse based on where they were born.  None of us chose even to BE born, let alone where, when, or to whom.

This is the transcript:

https://frededer.home.blog/?p=1404


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Dec 14, 202226:30
Episode 180: Club Q and Tolerance

Episode 180: Club Q and Tolerance

The shooting and Club Q is another tragic example of the power of words to cause violence.  We can change this.

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https://frededer.home.blog/2022/12/04/club-q-and-tolerance/


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Dec 07, 202230:22
Episode 179: Violence Is The Tool of The Intellectually Ineffective

Episode 179: Violence Is The Tool of The Intellectually Ineffective

Violence occurs only when our use of words fails us.  Courage is the ability to avoid violence when you desperately want to use it.

Here's the transcript:

https://frededer.home.blog/2022/11/27/violence-is-the-tool-of-the-intellectually-ineffective/


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Nov 30, 202226:31
Episode 178: "... Liberty And Justice For All"
Nov 23, 202229:23
Episode 177: Horror Toes

Episode 177: Horror Toes

This one is purely personal.  It's the story of my trip to the hospital, my surgery, and my escape with the help of Sherlock, The Mystery Patron, whose identity had been a mystery to me for so long.  Speedy Shine plays a big part in this, and several of the People on The Porch came through for me, too.

Here's the transcript:

https://frededer.home.blog/?p=1343

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Nov 16, 202229:05
Episode 176: Voting is a Moral Responsibility
Nov 07, 202227:24
Episode 174: Imagine Enough: A World Without Money

Episode 174: Imagine Enough: A World Without Money

We have the resources to provide everyone on the planet enough to live.  Doing so would significantly reduce greed and essentially eliminate poverty.  Money has outlived its function in our world.  Yes, today I still need it, and so does everyone else.  A world without it, though, is possible.  

Take a trip through your own Imagination.

Here's the transcript:

https://frededer.home.blog/2022/10/23/imagine-enough/


If you would like to check out more of Interstellar Frequency look me up on google, or click on http://www.interstellarfrequency.info there you can find your platform you would like to listen on. I truly do owe this Man, which; This is a Man; If I can hand this whole world over to him on a silver plater I would. Check out Our Free Day and you will know why. Love you Fred and We all Truly love your show, GET WELL SOON!!! FROM YOUR LISTENERS. 

Oct 26, 202233:10
Episode 173: UBI, The Prosecutor, Speedy Shine, and Me

Episode 173: UBI, The Prosecutor, Speedy Shine, and Me

The Prosecutor returns to explain why I'm wrong to consider an incredibly kind offer someone made me.  Speedy Shine has a cameo appearance as well.  

Without some form of Universal Basic Income, I am essentially doomed to live a life dependent on others.  That's not a life I want to live.  Speedy Shine keeps me from bringing it to a close.  

Here's the transcript:

https://frededer.home.blog/2022/10/16/ubi-the-prosecutor-speedy-shine-and-me/

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Oct 19, 202228:56
Episode 172: Approaching Gilead
Oct 12, 202231:07
Episode 171: Surviving Dependency and Poverty

Episode 171: Surviving Dependency and Poverty

This is a follow up to last week's episode.  I'm obviously living in less than ideal circumstances.  I'm dependent upon many people just to survive.  How do I make that work?  That's tonight's episode.


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https://frededer.home.blog/2022/10/02/surviving-dependency-and-poverty/


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Oct 05, 202234:57
Episode 170: Willy Loman and Me

Episode 170: Willy Loman and Me

Willy Loman and I are roughly the same age, and we are both used up.  I have more in common with Arthur Miller's protagonist than I would have hoped.  This is an exploration of societal and personal tragedy.

Here's the transcript:

https://frededer.home.blog/2022/09/25/willy-loman-and-me/

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Sep 28, 202231:45
Episode 168: Klingons and Conservatives
Sep 14, 202237:49