Episodes 28
Avg. Duration 30m
Activity Dormant
Apple Rating 5.0 (4)
Since May 2024
Latest Episode Dec 2025

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Schedule
Weekly
Format
Episodic
Consistency
98%
Hosting
anchor.fm

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About This Podcast

Hosted by Dave Swinson, "Hello Friend" is a conversational podcast treating listeners as friends. Early seasons offered wide-ranging commentary on politics, media, and society with self-aware humor. Season 3, "Get Off My Lawn," sharpens the focus into frustrated rants on current events, maintaining skepticism toward all sides. Throughout, the show's real mission remains unchanged: a thought exercise challenging tribal thinking and asking the central question that defines it all—when did independent thinking become disloyalty?

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Recent Episodes

S3E14 Land of the ...FREE???

Dec 13, 2025 25m

The entire point of American freedom was to protect what you disagree with. We’ve forgotten that.In this powerful episode, we confront the unprecedented wave of legislation and political action in…

S3E13 The question is, and always has been, When not If

Dec 06, 2025 25m

A Roman merchant weighing coins that used to be silver. A British diplomat realizing his empire just died with a phone call. A Soviet bureaucrat lying to his daughter about why the shelves are empty.…

S3E13 We Elected a Toddler

Nov 29, 2025 34m

I watched the President of the United States threaten to revoke someone's citizenship because they criticized him. Then post AI-generated deepfakes of his critics. Then fire top military leaders for…

S3E12 The Supreme Court Just Made the President More Powerful (And No One Noticed)

Nov 22, 2025 30m

This happened months ago. Noone saw it, not even my lawyer friends.

S3E10 Boys will be Boys???

Nov 15, 2025 18m

When did "our guy said something indefensible" stop being a problem and start being a political calculation?Dave catches himself in the middle of a scroll-stopping moment: watching leaders on both…

S3E9 Money, Money, Money

Nov 08, 2025 17m

$3.4 billion. That's what Trump and his family have made directly from the presidency. Here's how—and why we're letting it happen.

S3E8 Danger! Road out ahead

Nov 01, 2025 22m

Are we heading toward authoritarianism—or am I just paranoid?This week, we're examining the early warning signs of democratic erosion: concentration of executive power, exclusionary nationalism,…

S3E7 Sorry we are closed

Oct 25, 2025 14m

A government shutdown is supposed to be a failure. So why is it being celebrated as an opportunity? This episode examines the hypocrisy of using chaos as strategy.

S3E6 What "Great Again" actually means

Oct 17, 2025 19m

We've been arguing for years about what MAGA really means. Turns out, they've been showing us the whole time.When you line up the executive orders from January to March 2025—all of them, side by…

S3E5 The war within

Oct 11, 2025 15m

Trump just told military generals to deploy federal troops in American cities to fight a "war from within." The same people who screamed about tyranny under Obama are now cheering.When did the "Don't…

S3E4 The only voice in the room

Oct 04, 2025 16m

AFP spent $4 million flooding YouTube with ads about the "Big Beautiful Bill." Where's the counter-campaign? Where's anyone explaining the CBO found 12 million people lose healthcare? The problem…

S3E3 Fear and Faith

Sep 27, 2025 17m

Dave explores the contradictions between Christian values and fear-based politics - why the same people terrified of trans people in bathrooms support leaders with actual histories of sexual…

S3E2 There's Precedent for That

Sep 24, 2025 37m

"There's precedent for what just happened to Jimmy Kimmel"—and that should terrify you regardless of your politics. Dave traces the playbook from Nixon's enemies list to Putin's media crackdowns,…

S3E1 The 100% Club

Sep 22, 2025 24m

What happens when intelligent people suddenly lose the ability to find fault with any decision from their chosen leader? This episode explores the psychological phenomenon of total ideological…

S2E4 Hello Friend presents: The Grey- The "N" word

Oct 16, 2024 1h 16m

This episode we have an open discussion on the power and impact of the "N" word

S2E3 Hello Friend presents: The Grey - Bounce

Oct 02, 2024 58m

Old Age, Old Secrets and Old Tactics

S2E2 Hello Friend presents: The Grey- 83.7%

Sep 25, 2024 57m

Young people, Old people, Fake people and baby oil!!!! NSFW, you have been warned.

S2E1 Hello Friend presents: ????

Sep 18, 2024 55m

Season two is here with some big changes. Listen to find out what.

Which way do I go, which way do I go???

Jun 23, 2024 38m

Follower, conformist, sheeple; you are probably more of this than you think!

Happy Fathers Day!

Jun 15, 2024 49m

Let me tell you about my dad

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Hello Friend has published 28 episodes since May 2024, covering topics in News, News Commentary.

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