The Mango Times

The Mango Times Podcast is where midlife curiosity meets adventure, humor, and human stories. Hosted by Fletch, the show features thoughtful conversations, great banter, and stories from the porch to the open road.

In Season 6, each episode explores what it looks like to wake up in the second half of life and decide there’s still plenty of adventure left...through interviews, personal reflections, recurring segments, and a little bit of well-earned shtick.

New episodes drop every other week and stay under 30 minutes. Pull up a chair, ride along, and join the conversation.

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The Mango Times

The Mango Times Podcast Season 6 Trailer

January 01, 2026 • Fletch • Season 6 • Episode 51

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Happy New Year and Welcome to Season 6 of The Mango Times Podcast.

This year’s theme is Adventure at Midlife — the journey of waking up, rethinking life, laughing more, exploring deeper, and discovering that the second half might be the best half.

Join Fletch for conversations, stories, road notes, porch wisdom, and a few surprises, including new interviews and fresh sessions with Pop in the Smoke Shop. Subscribe and let’s ride.
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Hey friends, it's Fletch, and I want to welcome you back to the Mango Times podcast. This is season 6. And this year, things are a little different. We have a new look, we have a few new sounds. This year has a heartbeat. It has a map. And I've been calling it Adventure at Midlife. Not the crisis, not the meltdown, not even the cliche, but the moment when we look into the mirror and think, you know what? I'm not done yet. There's still road left to ride. You know, for me, adventure shows up everywhere. I mean, for the last couple years, that's been on the porch with a pipe. It's been on the highway, riding a motorcycle, the middle of a great conversation around my fire pit, or just sitting across from someone who tells a story that wakes me up again. So this season, we're going exploring together. Not just on actual roads, although I'll take you on some, but the roads inside of us. That's where curiosity and humor, midlife shifts, marriage, parenthood, growing up, growing older, walking away from things, and then showing up to new things or reinvention. All of it. We're gonna talk about all of that. You know there's gonna be interviews, there's gonna be stories, there's gonna be banter, and even that shtick that you've gotten used to here on the Mango Times. And yes, Lord willing, Pop will be back either on the porch or in the smoke shop, sharing wisdom or sharing stories. So consider this your invite to ride along with me. Just jump on the back of the motorcycle. I want you to join me as we think a little deeper and then maybe even laugh a little bit louder this year. Uh, maybe even look at your own life and say, you know what? There is more adventure here than I thought. So get ready, because this is the Mango Times podcast for 2026, season six, Adventure at Midlife. Subscribe, follow, tell a friend, and let's get going.