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.
Episodes
49 episodes
From Cancer To Camino: A Mother Who Refused to Stay Down
If resilience had a passport, it would look a lot like Dr. Erica Conway’s.In this episode, we sit with a dentist, mother of three, breast cancer survivor, and unapologetic advocate to explore how midlife can become a launchpad ...
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Season 6
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Episode 53
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37:58
What Is A Midlife Crisis?
The itch isn’t a meltdown. It’s a message.We kick off Season 6 of The Mango Times by naming the midlife feeling many of us carry but rarely say out loud. Therapist and fellow motocycler Chris Oneth joins me to unpack what p...
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Season 6
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Episode 52
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The Mango Times Podcast Season 6 Trailer
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 seco...
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Season 6
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Episode 51
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2:40
Mango Bite #4: 'Twas the Night Before Christmas
It’s the final Mango Bite — and the final show of the season.As a little gift for your Christmas week, I reached back out to all of the guests from 2025 (plus a few new A.I. friends) and brought everyone together for a reunion rea...
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Season 5
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Episode 50
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Mango Bite #3: Pipe Smoking. Ritual Over Rush.
For the month of December, The Mango Times podcast is taking a breather while I gear up for Season 6. In the meantime, I’m sharing weekly Mango Bites — small, meaningful moments pulled from the early days of the show.So… ...
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Season 5
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Episode 49
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6:39
Mango Bite #2: Kindness Always Wins!
For the month of December, The Mango Times podcast is taking a breather while I gear up for Season 6. In the meantime, I’m sharing weekly Mango Bites — small, meaningful moments pulled from the early days of the show.For the secon...
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Season 5
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Episode 48
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5:54
Mango Bite #1: One Hundred Day Challenge
For the month of December, The Mango Times podcast is taking a breather while I gear up for Season 6. In the meantime, I’m sharing weekly Mango Bites — small, meaningful moments pulled from the early days of the show.This first Ma...
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Season 5
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Episode 47
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5:41
30th Anniversary Celebration
It all started in Hoopa, California. A tiny motel, a dial-up connection, and a young guy who thought it might be fun to write down a few stories from his life on the Trinity River. That set off a 30-year chain reaction: a monthly family update ...
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Season 5
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Episode 47
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37:03
Season Five, Season Finale
The spark came back. After years of stop‑start attempts, grief, and a creative blackout, we rebuilt a season anchored in adventure—small, daily acts of courage and a few big ones too. From a solo motorcycle ride to Montana to quiet porch conver...
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Season 5
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Episode 46
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19:55
Yes, And.
Did you ever wish you were a little braver, a little sillier, and a lot more present? On this episode, Fletch is joined in the studio by Isaac Gross and Tara Rico from ModPlayers Improv for a conversation about adventure, creativity...
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Season 5
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Episode 45
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44:58
Top 5 Adventure Books: You Can Win One!
What if a book could be the nudge that gets you on a motorcycle, into a canoe, or across the ice? Join Fletch on the porch as he sits down with Pop to grab their TOP 5 FAVORITE dog-eared adventure books. These are the stories that ma...
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Season 5
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Episode 44
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29:29
BONUS EPISODE: The 12-Hour Walk
Could you walk for 12 hours straight with no phone, no music, and no distractions? That's exactly what I'm planning to do this Sunday, October 5th, 2025 to celebrate my 57th birthday, and I'm inviting you along for the journey – metaphor...
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Season 5
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4:43
Lessons From The Road, Part 2
Have you ever wondered if a childhood dream could still shape your life decades later? My journey began at age seven, sitting in a beanbag chair with a book about a teenager who sailed around the world alone. That story planted seeds of adventu...
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Season 5
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Episode 43
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30:23
Solo Motorcycle Ride to Montana, Part 1
In this episode, Fletch takes you along on his solo motorcycle ride to Montana — the first leg of The Second Half Ride. From Modesto through mountain passes and high desert to Big Sky country, this ride was more than miles; it was a se...
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Season 5
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Episode 42
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25:31
From Climbing Routes to Community Roots
How do you turn a life of big adventure into lasting impact?In this episode, I talk with my longtime friend Tom Slater, who’s climbed rocks with routes that bear his name, surfed all over California, skated with style, and ...
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Season 5
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Episode 41
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29:55
Everyday Adventures: Finding Wonder Right Where You Are
What would your life look like if you decided to add a little adventure? In this first episode of a new series I'm producing about Adventure, I sit down with my old friend James Estes. James has this gift for finding wonder in the or...
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Season 5
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Episode 40
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28:11
What If You Just Assumed The Best?
What if… instead of assuming the worst, you chose to assume the best?In this episode, Fletch reflects on what it means to give others the benefit of the doubt. He welcomes his wife Kendra and their friend Lisa to talk about a very person...
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Season 5
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Episode 39
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30:11
From Meth To Meaning - 25 Years Of Sobriety with John Ady
Burned Out and Broken - How He Started Over After Methamphetamines.In this powerful episode, Fletch sits down with his longtime friend John Ady, who just celebrated 25 years of sobriety from methamphetamines. John shares hi...
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Season 5
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Episode 38
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44:43
Showing Up - It's the most underated Superpower!
Welcome to Episode 37 of theMangoTimes Podcast: Show Up - It’s the most underated Superpower!In this episode, Fletch interviews longtime friend and ultimate “shower-upper” Lisa Kjeldgaard. Based on the Fletchifesto idea that 80% o...
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Season 5
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Episode 37
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30:51
BONUS EPISODE: 10 Questions For Pop
A short porch-side bonus with wisdom, wit, and wind chimes.In this short bonus episode of theMangoTimes Podcast, Fletch hands over the mic to his 95-year-old dad for a quick round of listener-submitted questions from longtime fr...
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You Don't Know Everything - And That's The Point
Welcome to Episode 36 of theMangoTimes Podcast: You Don’t Know Everything (And That's The Good News!)Remember that time you were absolutely certain you were right—and then turned out to be completely wrong? Yeah, me too.In ...
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Season 5
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Episode 36
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39:11
Growing Up In WW2: On the Porch with Pop
On June 6, 1944, Allied forces landed on the beaches of Northern France in what would become the largest land/sea invasion in history and a major turning point in World War II. D-Day along with Pearl Harbor days, were honored and remembered eve...
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Season 5
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Episode 35
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32:48
Why You Need More Nonsense In Your Life
On this episode of theMangoTimes Podcast, Fletch is joined in the studio by special guest Corey Strauss—Central Valley legend and founder of The Magic Box Players.Corey shares his journey from imaginative kid to one of the area’...
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Season 5
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Episode 34
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