Latest Theheard Podcast Episodes
The Garden
Neighbors - October 07, 2021 00:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 459 ratingsThis episode was produced for the Goethe-Institut's Big Ponder project and edited by William Gilcher. To learn more about neighbors visit www.neighborspodcast.com. Neighbors is a production of Great Feeling Studios. www.greatfeelingstudios.com Support Neighbors at www.patreon.com/neighbors
The Pen Pal
Neighbors - September 23, 2021 15:21 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 459 ratingsThis episode was produced for the Goethe-Institut's Big Ponder project and edited by William Gilcher and Rachel Aronoff. To learn more about neighbors visit www.neighborspodcast.com. Neighbors is a production of Great Feeling Studios. www.greatfeelingstudios.com Support Neighbors at www.patr...
IM GOD Neighbors Presents: Middle Of Everywhere
Neighbors - December 18, 2020 12:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 459 ratingsToday we present a new podcast from WKMS in Murray Kentucky called Middle Of Everywhere—Big stories from the small places we call home. What happens when an atheist stands up for free speech when the government favors Christianity? Many people in this country think that patriotism and Christiani...
I Am Not Your Enemy
Neighbors - December 04, 2020 12:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 459 ratingsThis episode I do something I have never done in the entire history of the show. I just interview someone. No story. I interview Michael McRay to shed some light and hope on our current political divide. He’s a Nashville-based author of the new book I Am Not Your Enemy: Stories to Transform a Di...
The Coronabride
Neighbors - November 13, 2020 20:03 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 459 ratingsCoping with the pandemic, the election, really anything in 2020—it can come in waves. Sometimes after a big milestone happens, like getting married, the weight of it all can hit you like a semi truck. Need a good cry to honor the big things in your life that did or didn’t happen in 2020? Guest p...
The Joy Of Chickens
Neighbors - October 30, 2020 11:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 459 ratingsCynthia Capers used to be a nurse but she chose to get out of that life and teach herself how to be a farmer. This piece was originally produced as part of the Transom Traveling Workshop in Nashville, TN at WPLN by India Hunter (her very first radio piece ever). If you’d like to make pieces like...
Finding My Parents
Neighbors - October 16, 2020 11:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 459 ratingsHaving heard stories about the country he only lived in for the first year of his life, producer Jakob Lewis goes back to Frankfurt to connect with the life his parent's once had. Story produced by Jakob Lewis, edited by Rosie Forrest, special thanks to Bill Gilcher for helping aid me in my que...
Finding Stephanie
Neighbors - October 02, 2020 11:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 459 ratingsOne woman searches for a serial panhandler and the answer to what to do when someone asks you for money. Story produced by Tasha A. F. Lemley, edited by Tony Gonzalez, sound designed and mixed by Jakob Lewis. You can join “The Neighborhood” along with these wonderful, thoughtful, generous peop...
Nashville's Sister City
Neighbors - September 11, 2020 11:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 459 ratingsIn the historic city of Magdeburg, Germany, there is a “Johnny Cash”-themed country music festival called Nashville Days – complete with corn dogs and cowboy hats. This is one of the fruits of the sister city relationship between Nashville and Magdeburg. Host Jakob Lewis, a Nashville citizen, go...
Leaving The Du Barry
Neighbors - August 28, 2020 11:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 459 ratingsAccording to a July study from the Pew Research Center, around 3% of Americans have moved because of COVID-19, many of them adults who moved back in with their parents. One of those people is Theo Greenly, a writer and radio producer in Los Angeles. When the pandemic hit, both he and his partner...
The Hadley Park Line Dancers
Neighbors - August 14, 2020 12:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 459 ratingsMeet Joann Jones. She's 79 years old, and she loves to dance. So, she helped start a line dancing class for senior citizens at the Hadley Park Community Center in North Nashville. For Joann, the group has become like a family. The community she's found there has helped her overcome loneliness, g...
Neighbors presents: Resettled
Neighbors - July 31, 2020 12:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 459 ratingsFor this episode Neighbors is presenting an episode from the show Resettled from VPM: Not a lot of teens are excited about being the “different” kid that stands out in high school. As a Muslim teen from Iraq, Fatimah is learning to navigate that typical experience: striking the balance between ...
Sunday Night Soul
Neighbors - July 17, 2020 12:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 459 ratingsNashville, Tenn., aka Music City, has thrown a lot of money at its own tourism industry. But if you walk country music’s famed Broadway Street you will notice that these tourist spaces are overwhelmingly white. But just across the river every 2nd and 4th Sunday night of the month you can reliabl...
Listening, Learning, Taking Action
Neighbors - June 13, 2020 11:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 459 ratingsA list of resources to learn from this moment so it's not just a moment. We recommend this course, the 7 Day Anti Racism Challenge that starts June 15th but possibly will repeat again Podcast recommendations You can find all of this on this Spotify playlist Listening, Learning, Taking Action ...
The Race Horses Of The Sky
Neighbors - May 22, 2020 12:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 459 ratingsToday we’re giving you a break from all things Covid and we’re entering into the intriguing and competitive world of pigeon racing. From the pigeons released at the first Olympic Games to the heroic birds of WWI, homing pigeons have been helping humans deliver important messages for thousands of...
How Long Is The Dark?
Neighbors - May 08, 2020 12:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 459 ratingsIn August of 2017 Neighbors co-host Jakob and his wife Catherine got to witness a total solar eclipse from inside an orchard owned by a living saint—Hector Black. Hector is 95 and has lived a storied life, most notably he did the hard work of forgiving the man who murdered his adopted daughter P...
The Tree
Neighbors - April 24, 2020 12:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 459 ratingsWhen a Nashville man named Robert was young, no one seemed to care that he didn’t know how to read. As he got older, lack of literacy affected his life in devastating ways no one could have predicted. Now at Age 55, he’s learning a new skill and awakening the poet within. You can find out more ...
The Stuttering Paradox
Neighbors - April 10, 2020 12:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 459 ratings"The Stuttering Paradox" is the story of a Nashville musician who saw stuttering as his greatest flaw. After trying to "fix" it his entire childhood, he was confronted with the "subway challenge”. By facing his fear JP Ruggieri learned to authentically accept himself just the way he was...and tu...
Pay Attention
Neighbors - March 27, 2020 12:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 459 ratingsThis episode is an artful exploration of Neighbors' year of hiatus in which host Jakob Lewis had a son and put on a performance art piece about preparing for his birth. Utilizing old interview tapes from Neighbors over the years Jakob creates a meditative exploration of what it means to attend t...
Staying Sane And Connected: Calls From Our Neighbors
Neighbors - March 24, 2020 14:38 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 459 ratingsWe put out a call last week to listeners and friends across the globe who are in isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic. We asked you to share the ways in which you’re managing to stay connected while we’re all so far apart. In this season of social distancing, solidarity and kindness flooded ou...
Let's Stay Connected
Neighbors - March 17, 2020 16:24 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 459 ratingsHi there! Neighbors Season 7 officially launches March 27th, but we thought everyone could use some connection today. We want to hear from you and give you an opportunity to share! Call into the Neighbors "reverse complaint" line. This voicemail box was created for a new segment in the upcoming...
Neighbors is coming back! Season 7 trailer
Neighbors - December 05, 2019 06:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 459 ratingsWhen Jakob signed off of his last episode he said he was taking a hiatus of an undetermined length. The open endedness of that declaration is now resolved! It took 1 year, but the show is back with an additional neighbor at the helm, Cariad Harmon. Look for new episodes coming at you more freque...
The Hero's Journey
Neighbors - December 04, 2018 17:22 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 459 ratingsThe town of Harrenheim is mysteriously out of water, yet its reservoir is full. The Heroes’ Guild summons four of its bravest to investigate. These particular heroes are middle schoolers, playing a tabletop roll-playing game at a Nashville community center. The game master is Josh Unruh. He's al...
My Grandma's A Spy
Neighbors - November 21, 2018 17:21 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 459 ratingsWhat happens when you want to learn more about your cultural heritage and find out that your grandma was a spy? 80-year-old Sara McCall grew up in Cuba. Now her family is learning just exactly how she came to America. Learn more about how you can tell your family’s story at www.VoxFamilia.net
Back Home On Short Mountain
Neighbors - November 07, 2018 10:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 459 ratingsThis is a story about a way of life put on trial. Jeffory Young was a beloved farmer and major landowner in scenic Short Mountain, Tennessee. But when police uncovered his major marijuana dealing operation, they seized much of his coveted property. Yet Young never became a pariah — instead, his ...
Dispatches From A Pub In Belfast
Neighbors - October 23, 2018 08:09 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 459 ratingsJakob is traveling for the next two weeks doing some work for the Goethe-Institut about two of Nashville’s Sister Cities—Belfast, Northern Ireland and Magdeburg, Germany.
The Distressed Comedian
Neighbors - October 09, 2018 08:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 459 ratingsThe story of how Stephen Spinola got to Nashville is not a typical one. The stand-up comedian posted a tweet on the day of Trump’s inauguration that got him in a lot of trouble, so much that death threats started pouring in. Fearing for his life he uprooted from New York to settle in Tennessee, ...
Before I Could Give Her The Ring
Neighbors - September 25, 2018 08:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 459 ratingsA story of Jakob’s is turned into poetry courtesy of the podcast Versify. Fighting wildfires is dangerous work. But to a 20 year old Jakob Lewis the work was all fun and games—at first. Jakob tells his story about fighting fire in Redding California to poet Lagnajita Mukhopadhyay. She then turns...
Queen Of The Kitchen
Neighbors - September 11, 2018 10:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 459 ratingsAn immigrant restaurateur, Elizabeth Martinez, struggles to make it in America, when the person she came to the U.S. with betrays her. After contemplating suicide and being coaxed out of it by a snuggly pitbull, Elizabeth started her own Honduran restaurant and earned the title Queen of the Kitc...
Chimes, A Shrine, And a Cabinet Shop: Listener Questions Elicit Surprising Revelations
Neighbors - August 28, 2018 10:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 459 ratingsJakob breaks from his usual format to sit down with his editor Mack Linebaugh and answer your questions. You’ll find out why he started the podcast, his favorite episode, and what’s up with those windchimes. Also Jakob calls back one question asker which led to an epic check-in with the subject ...
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