The Garden
Everyone had their own experience last year—this was mine. We like many planted a garden. It was brought about by stillness and helped us frame a year of both creativity and joy as well as sadness and grief.
Featured Episodes
The Tree
When 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…
Miso's Brother
When a Bosnian refugee visits the grave of his infant brother he is comforted by his best friend—the brother he ended up with ins…
Shine Service
Robert Person Sr. — Percy, as he’s known — has been shining shoes for 70 years. He started around age 10 and now, at 80, continue…
Recent Episodes
The Garden
Oct. 7, 2021
Everyone had their own experience last year—this was mine. We like many planted a garden. It was brought about by stillness and helped us frame a year of both creativity and joy as well as sadness and grief.
The Pen Pal
Sept. 23, 2021
Jakob gets an email from someone in Germany asking to be his penpal and says yes. What followed was a surprisingly deep connection and a trans-atlantic pokemon card trade between kids.
IM GOD Neighbors Presents: Middle Of Everywhere
Dec. 18, 2020
One atheist's journey to get the vanity license plate IM GOD.
I Am Not Your Enemy
Dec. 4, 2020
Through a conversation we shed some light and hope on the political divide in the country and equip you with some tools for peacemaking.
The Coronabride
Nov. 13, 2020
Need a good cry to honor the big things in your life that did or didn’t happen in 2020?
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About the Hosts
Jakob Lewis
Jakob has produced Neighbors since 2013. Originally from a small town in Missouri he's been in Nashville for over 10 years with his wife, son, and two dogs. Jakob graduated from the Transom Story Workshop and founded the now disbanded audio collective The Heard. He was the 2018-2019 Oz Artistic Fellow. Jakob has worked as a custom cabinet maker, wildland firefighter, and crewmember at Trader Joe's. His love for gathering stories and telling them has led him to found Great Feeling Studios a podcast production studio, where he helps others tell their stories.
Cariad Harmon
Cariad Harmon is an independent radio producer, writer, and musician, living in Nashville Tennessee. Her music has appeared in film and television, and after the release of her 2nd album Rolling Stone Magazine dubbed her, “Joni Mitchell by way of Broad City.” These days she prefers the other side of the microphone, making stories about the ties that bind us together, pull us apart, and connect us to the world.