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!
Episodes
January 8, 2026 • 40 mins
This week we're bringing you an episode Meg recorded with Mike Greenhaus, Editor-in-Chief at Relix, and the wonderful Tom Hamilton, who talks to us about his music career and his upcoming solo album, I'm Your Vampire, which comes out on January 26.
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January 2, 2026 • 83 mins
We're back to recap the four night MSG New Year's run, so thanks for joining. And as we mention at the top of the show, we are hitting the pause button on HF Pod for now. It's not a decision we take lightly, but the three of us have put in a huge amount of time and energy, and with all that's happening in our lives, we need to put other stuff ahead for the time being.
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December 29, 2025 • 75 mins
Today we're carving something special into our own Mt. Rushmore, the top four versions of what might be THE quintessential Phish song. A song that Trey talked about during hiatus, saying that he'd give anything to play this song again. That is, of course, You Enjoy Myself.
Enjoy this episode, we'll be back at the end of this week with an MSG recap.
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December 19, 2025 • 133 mins
This week we're joined by special guests Justin Bruce and Ryan Storm to draft our favorite holiday jams from over the years. This is a fun one, thanks for joining us.
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December 10, 2025 • 75 mins
Join us as we talk about the top four versions of one of the most cathartic, beautiful, and lasting Phish jams ever—Slave to the Traffic Light!
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December 3, 2025 • 70 mins
Join us today as we talk about about Possum, one of the highest energy songs over the past 40 years.
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The Helping Friendly Podcast is hosted and produced by Brian Brinkman, Megan Glionna, and RJ Bee. Original music by Amar Sastry. Brought to you by Osiris Media.
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November 17, 2025 • 69 mins
Today we have an interview with Mike Ayers, author of the new book "Sharing in the Groove," about the jamband explosion in the 1990s.
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November 13, 2025 • 23 mins
A special episode for you today, we had a great conversation with Brian Murray of Dogs in a Pile, and Bill Taylor of Music on the Mountain and The Phoenix Presents.
You may know about their annual event in NYC, but they have 2 events coming up. The first is 12/12 in NYC with Brian Murray and Jimmy Law of Dogs in a Pile (748 Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn), and one on 12/14 with the Pedrito Martinez Group (Danny Clinch's Transparent C...
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November 10, 2025 • 110 mins
Today we're talking with Rob Mitchum, who writes the amazing Phish Essays Substack. We talk about his project documenting shows on their 25th anniversary, leading up to the most recent show, the end of 1.0, 10/7/00. As always, it was a great conversation with Rob.
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November 5, 2025 • 58 mins
This week we're tackling one of the most reliable jam vehicles of the past several years, A Wave of Hope. We choose our top 4, and discuss a bunch of other versions.
Next week we'll be chatting with return guest Rob Mitchum, of Phish Essays. Send us your questions for Rob.
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October 29, 2025 • 65 mins
Join us as we count down the top 4 versions of Fluffhead!
And vote on your top 4 versions of A Wave of Hope here: www.osirispod.com/rushmore
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October 21, 2025 • 143 mins
This week we have a massive, very special draft. We work together to choose the top 25 shows of the century. The shows we landed on are below. And join us next week as we talk Fluffhead Mt. Rushmore!
6/14/00
7/11/00
2/28/03
8/2/03
6/19/04
7/3/11
8/31/12
11/1/13
7/13/14
7/27/14
7/31/15
8/22/15
12/30/16
7/25/17
12/30/17
12/30/18
7/14/19
8/6/21
8/31/21
10/28/21
4/22/22
7/28/23
12/31/23
8/15/24
7/27/25
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October 13, 2025 • 73 mins
Thanks for joining us as we construct our Mt. Rushmore for the classic Talking Heads cover Crosseyed & Painless. Please enjoy, and join us next week for our draft of the top 25 shows of the century!
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October 8, 2025 • 74 mins
This week we're looking at Icculus and putting four versions on our own Phish Mt. Rushmore. Hope you enjoy.
Vote on the Rushmore for Crosseyed & Painless here: www.osirispod.com/rushmore.
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September 29, 2025 • 72 mins
This week we bring you another mailbag episode! We're so grateful to all of you who called in, and to all of our listeners. This was a fun one. We'll see you next week for our Mt. Rushmore episode on Icculus!
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September 24, 2025 • 61 mins
Join us as we talk about the Hampton shows from this past weekend. We also talk about the Summer 2025 tour and lots of other related Phish stuff.
Next week we're doing a mailbag episode! Please give us a call at (484) 416-0488 and leave us your thoughts and questions!
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September 18, 2025 • 65 mins
Thanks for joining us as we talk about the first five shows of the late summer tour run.
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The Helping Friendly Podcast is hosted and produced by Brian Brinkman, Megan Glionna, and RJ Bee. Original music by Amar Sastry. Brought to you by Osiris Media.
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September 10, 2025 • 87 mins
Join us as we talk about our newest Mt. Rushmore crop, this time from the song Waves. Next week we'll be doing tour recaps once again.
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September 3, 2025 • 73 mins
Today we're taking a huge swing, aiming to carve the Mt. Rushmore for Ghost. This was a fun one. Please vote on your favorite 4 versions of Waves for next week's Mt. Rushmore by going to OsirisPod.com/rushmore.
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August 27, 2025 • 109 mins
Thanks for joining us as we conduct a very fun and very friendly draft, this one focused on all things Dick's. We hope you enjoy. Vote on who you think won the draft by going to OsirisPod.com/draft.
And please vote on your favorite 4 versions of Ghost for next week's Mt. Rushmore by going to OsirisPod.com/rushmore.
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