PLATE & PONDER: EMPTY NESTING w/ Jen & Chris Fenton

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Jen & Chris Fenton

14 episodes

1 day ago

Empty-Nesting? Say what? We don't have that today! It's Thanksgiving, and we have a FULL HOUSE, so our son, Dylan Fenton, joins the podcast to share his insights from Montreal, Canada, where he attends McGill University, playing lacrosse with some living legends (lots of shoutouts) and studying international business (while also finding some time to be a bro at Zeta Psi).... Serious topics today include (FYI, THE STOKE WAS SICK!): AI use at McGill University... The stressful experience of Car...

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Episodes (14/14)

PLATE & PONDER: EMPTY NESTING w/ Jen & Chris Fenton

PLATE & PONDER - "Thanksgiving w/ Guest, Dylan Fenton"

1 day ago

37 minutes

PLATE & PONDER: EMPTY NESTING w/ Jen & Chris Fenton

PLATE & PONDER: EMPTY NESTING - "Fake Christmas Trees, AI, & Kaylie Fenton"

EMPTY NESTING HIATUS ALERT!!!!!!!!!! We have one kid back from Tulane - Kaylie! One more, Dylan, coming home later this week! It's Thanksgiving! AND WE HAVE A FULL HOUSE IN THE WORKS! So why not talk to our kids about life and global issues over dinner and a drink.... Serious Topics Include: Fake Plastic Christmas Trees vs The Real Thing AI as a Tool for College AI vs Human Interaction for Things That Are REAL! Nothing better than the perspective of an 18-year-old. Let's go! Enjoy...

4 days ago

33 minutes

PLATE & PONDER: EMPTY NESTING w/ Jen & Chris Fenton

PLATE & PONDER - "Sharing & Caring w/ Katie & Phil Brodkin" - Episode #11

Oh boy...... We have fans around the world, and we have fans who are also VERY close friends (and fellow empty nesters!)..... How about having two of our most favorite friends join us on Episode 11??? Well, that's what we did! Manhattan Beach's finest people, Katie & Phil Brodkin. EMPTY NESTERS who love to plate, ponder, and gab... so we have LOTS in common!!! Serious subjects include: Jeffrey Epstein Black Friday Madness Pickleball And the Art of Sharing!.......... Enjoy, Follow, ...

1 week ago

38 minutes

PLATE & PONDER: EMPTY NESTING w/ Jen & Chris Fenton

PLATE & PONDER - "Skill It Up: Degrees Required?" Episode #10

We are back... Been a week, but the NOLA SET Conference & Tulane Parents Weekend interrupted our flow.... But all for good reasons. Yeah, it rained in LA (not kidding!), and we got a leak in our roof. So it goes... But on the fun-side, we met some great football recruits, chugged beers at The Boot, ate insanely good Gumbo, hung with our epic daughter, met her friends, danced to some groovy beats, and just soaked-up some life moments... On this episode we hit the serious topics of: Creativ...

1 week ago

38 minutes

PLATE & PONDER: EMPTY NESTING w/ Jen & Chris Fenton

PLATE & PONDER - "Travel, Tourism, & Toronto: The Importance of 'Being There'" - Episode #9

Yes, lacrosse season is over in Montreal (HUGE SHOUT-OUT TO THE MCGILL REDBIRDS MEN'S LACROSSE TEAM!), but don't you worry, we can still helicopter parent with the best of them. This empty-nester team is heading to NOLA to see our daughter! Get ready for us, Kaylie!! On a serious note, we do talk FAA delays that affected our Canada trip last weekend. AND THEY RAN OUT OF ALCOHOL ON THE FLIGHT! Hopefully we get the skies back to normal soon! DC, are you listening??? We know Amsterda...

2 weeks ago

40 minutes

PLATE & PONDER: EMPTY NESTING w/ Jen & Chris Fenton

PLATE & PONDER - "Time to Pay Air Traffic Control & Theories Behind Happiness" - Episode #8

We're handing over the keys to friends to watch our dog and home for the weekend, but before we go: 1 - Can we pay the people in the control tower? Please! If anyone deserves their regular paycheck, it's the people who keep us safe in the skies! & 2 - What is the meaning of life? What makes someone truly happy? We know a few answers to those questions for us - a) watching our daughter play violin in her orchestra or leading her cheer team on the sidelines of a BIG game, and b)...

3 weeks ago

38 minutes

PLATE & PONDER: EMPTY NESTING w/ Jen & Chris Fenton

PLATE & PONDER - "Solo TV Appearance: The Movie Business" - Episode 7.5

It's a solo performance, so we'll call this one "Episode 7.5"... Chris does an early morning tv appearance on Yahoo Finance to discuss: 1) The Industry's anxiety around the expected Warner Brothers Discovery sale. 2) Solutions for the terrible trend of off-shoring tv & film production. 3) The importance of engaging consumers worldwide now that Hollywood lost the China market. Enjoy... and don't you worry! A fully populated, brand new PLATE & PONDER episode is coming soon!!

3 weeks ago

5 minutes

PLATE & PONDER: EMPTY NESTING w/ Jen & Chris Fenton

PLATE & PONDER - "Game Day Overload" - Episode #7

Just when we thought it was other people who had the problem, Jen & I realized we have the same manic issue. We may actually take the outcomes of games our children play way too seriously... Hmmm... No way... That couldn't be true... Or is it? We discuss the adrenaline rush. Cortisol Release. And the physiological response of watching sports. Go Dodgers. Go Redbirds. And go any team our kids are playing on!!! Boy are we are spent after this weekend. But...

3 weeks ago

34 minutes

PLATE & PONDER: EMPTY NESTING w/ Jen & Chris Fenton

PLATE & PONDER - "Social Media Addictions & Xi's Trump Card" - Episode #6

Anyone else upset that no one opens the window shades on planes anymore? And how about the EPIC southern hospitality in Nashville!!! And, oh yeah, the Village People were caught, but they didn't have France's crown jewels on them... That story will just continue to occupy our consciousness... HOT IMPORTANT TOPICS: Macro themes learned from research group sessions with under-30's re: Social Media addictions. & Xi Jinping's Trump card on America. And so much more....... Let's ge...

3 weeks ago

42 minutes

PLATE & PONDER: EMPTY NESTING w/ Jen & Chris Fenton

PLATE & PONDER - "We Need Walter Cronkite!" - Episode 5

Drinking an ambrosial glass of wine, enjoying a beautiful Sunday afternoon, staring at my gorgeous wife, and trading some jovial, yet highly engaging, banter... Our topics of the day include: MOVIE REVIEW: "HOUSE OF DYNAMITE" & THE POWER OF NARRATIVE: INSIDE A DEMOCRACY & A COMMUNIST COUNTRY And smartly, just before the eyes of our listeners glaze over, we wrap it up, promising to return with more fresh & civil discourse later this week... We truly love EMPTY NES...

1 month ago

35 minutes

PLATE & PONDER: EMPTY NESTING w/ Jen & Chris Fenton

Chris Lost Our Theme Song, the Louvre Lost Diamonds & America Lost Its FICO - Episode 4

A cold beer, a Mandarin song, and a groovy new beat... then the banter hits airport & sleep divorces... and more fun.... The two choice topics tonight are: THE GREAT LOUVRE & SHANGHAI DIAMOND HEISTS & AMERICA'S DEBT SPIRAL And then when... the coast is clear... we go back to some personal questions re: "who's most likely too?"... Fade to Black (with a new groovy soundtrack)...

1 month ago

42 minutes

PLATE & PONDER: EMPTY NESTING w/ Jen & Chris Fenton

PLATE & PONDER - "The Art of Tipping" - Episode #3

Yeah, we have our usual, epic, empty-nesting banter... and yes, it's over some wine... but we do get serious........ The two choice topics tonight are: TIPPING & ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE And then when... the coast is clear... we go back to the fun banter to close...

1 month ago

39 minutes

PLATE & PONDER: EMPTY NESTING w/ Jen & Chris Fenton

PLATE & PONDER - Episode Deux

We hit it all in this epic episode: We glaze: Apple Fritters, REO Speedwagon, Roller Skating Parties, Kings & No-Kings, Old Fashioned Glazed Donuts, Protests, Coldplay, Cole Crotty, Phil Brodkin, USC, Dr. Lawrence Flechner, Dirk Diggler, 70's vibes, Surf Sessions, No-Pants, Dogs, College Football, Cote Du Rhone, Ritalin, Burnt Orange Teams, Vandy, Rebuilding Inner City Programs, Dolphins, Ohtani, Samarium-Colbalt Magnets, Soy Beans, Dangerous Minds, Coolio, Morgan Freeman, The Boss,...

1 month ago

39 minutes

PLATE & PONDER: EMPTY NESTING w/ Jen & Chris Fenton

PLATE & PONDER - The Origin Story

Dinner, Dialogue & Debate Welcome to the VERY FIRST EPISODE of "Plate & Ponder" — where a longtime married couple, now proud empty nesters, pour a glass of wine, share a meal, and tackle the biggest stories shaping our world. She's (Jen Fenton) an inner-city charter school director, elected official, and former school board president. He’s (Chris Fenton) a media executive, professor, and author. Together, they bring decades of parenting, public service, politics, and purpose to the ta...

1 month ago

36 minutes