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Join ”Mister Rogers & Me” filmmaker, Benjamin Wagner, as he explore how his friends and neighbors are cultivating depth and simplicity despite an often shallow and complex world.

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    • Arts
    • 4.4 • 19 Ratings

Join ”Mister Rogers & Me” filmmaker, Benjamin Wagner, as he explore how his friends and neighbors are cultivating depth and simplicity despite an often shallow and complex world.

    LJ Malberg

    LJ Malberg

    In this wide-ranging conversation, Coach, Community Builder and CoMuse CEO, LJ Malberg and I go deep on cultivating compassion, finding connection, getting uncomfortable, and letting go.

    • 41 min
    Tracey Quillen Carney & Dr. Julius Mullen Sr.

    Tracey Quillen Carney & Dr. Julius Mullen Sr.

    Delaware First Lady Tracey Quillen Carney and Trauma Matters Delaware Chairperson Dr. Julius Mullen discuss their pioneering work in recognizing and responding to childhood trauma.

    • 33 min
    John Faye

    John Faye

    Singer/songwriter and alt-rock frontman John Faye’s “The Yin and the Yang of It All: Rock’n’Roll Memories from the Cusp,” takes us for a ride into the belly of a dream. In the new memoir, Faye beautifully renders his healing journey from an alienated and grief-stricken teen and major label frontman to a fiftysomething father, mentor and champion of the middle-class musician.

    • 50 min
    Elisa Peimer

    Elisa Peimer

    In which I find out how my long-time music marketing and singer/songwriter friend, Elisa Peimer, made a mid-life pivot to become a psychotherapist – and how the 80s band Styx and Broadway musical, Annie, connects us.

    • 34 min
    In The End

    In The End

    I was recording "In The End" in Muscle Shoals just a week after demo'ing it, when bandleader Will McFarlane, asked, “Should we go full Otis on this one?” Otis Redding recorded his posthumous hit, “(Sittin’ on) the Dock of the Bay,” in that very room on those very keyboards just months before dying in a plane crash in 1967. "Absolutely," I responded. The story behind Constellations' fifth and final song and Kyiv-penned music video, this week on Friends & Neighbors.

    • 12 min
    Paul Cheung

    Paul Cheung

    Prior to becoming CEO of Center for Public Integrity, Paul Cheung put in three decades at America's most prestigious journalism institutions including The Wall Street Journal, Miami Herald, Associated Press, and the Knight Foundation. This week, Paul travels back to his childhood in Hong Kong and immigration to Manhattan's Lower East Side, adolescence in suburban New Jersey, and storied career at the intersection of journalism, technology and social justice.

    • 1 hr 2 min

Customer Reviews

4.4 out of 5
19 Ratings

19 Ratings

Peter2473 ,

Standout show

Benjamin has a real talent for getting people to open up and talk about the deep stuff in life that really matters. Having Mr. Rogers as the grounding element of this show truly comes through, as the episodes leave you with a sense of universal understanding of the human experience. Additionally, the guests on the show have amazing stories, and Benjamin does a great job finding a balance between discussing success stories and digging into vulnerabilities. It's a real gem!

momlovesfilm ,

Thoughtful Conversations

Thoughtful conversations with interesting people around decision making, feelings, family, friends and everyday life. The conversation is relatable, heartfelt, entertaining and sincere. I look forward to every new episode. Well done.

Neighborhood member ,

Phenomenal Pod Cast

Benjamin Wagner knows and interviews fascinating people and for 30 minutes focuses on Deep

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