Hiawatha Neighbor

After much anticipation, we've got Brady on the podcast! He shares his knowledge about speakers, music, AI, and...jackalopes! 

Nick and Mercy spoke with us in April, 2025 about their program, Faith Practices and Neighboring Practices. We discussed a variety of small but important practices for building healthy neighborhoods, along with other topics, such as ghost pepper lefse and Kristen's pajamas.

We're back, baby! After a longer pause than usual, we're beginning a new season of the podcast. Connecting with neighbors is essential, now more than ever.

JJ is getting married! He talked with us about Miriam, his journey with cancer, spirituality, and marshmallows. 

School's out (almost) and we're excited to spend time with our middle schoolers. Really! Sarah has great advice for taking delight in your adolescent kids and finding joy in this stage of parenting. Find out more about Sarah's coaching work at Sarah Lauren Coaching .

We're beginning season 3B with Jen Weyandt, a health care provider, administrator, and mom to three wrestling boys. 

Dr. Emma Schempf shares discusses her work as a pediatrician and providing life-saving vaccine education. Also, we get to taste her homemade sourdough bread.

Kate and Aaron just built a new house in the neighborhood! Now that they're settled in, they visited with us about their work in medicine and software, schools, and exploring Hiawatha.  Learn more about Kate's work at Melrose Center Learn more about Aaron's work and listen to his podcast at Hey, Good Game

Of course we had a band at the live podcast recording! The Three Quarters Quartet warmed up the crowd and then talked to us about it afterwards. Thank you, Juliet Catherine and Eron Woods! Visit Juliet Catherine Music to learn more about Juliet and book her band. They both teach at Cadenza Music in St. Paul.  

Is pizza the perfect food? Join us for our discussion about that controversial topic, along with more conversations from our live event at Parkway. We talk with Maddy, Julie, Sam, Kate, and Huck. 

We kicked off season 3 with a live recording at Parkway Pizza, featuring the Three Quarters Quartet (Juliet Catherine, Eron Woods, and Jay Carlson), Lucy Davis, Lillian Lunny, and many of our neighbors. This is part one of our recording, with more coming soon. patreon.com/hiawathaNeighbor T-shirts by Elpis Enterprises, working to end youth homelessness in Minnesota. elpisenterprises.org

Our big event is one week away! Come to Parkway Pizza on February 26 at 6:00 pm for a live recording of the podcast.

Season 3 is coming! We have big plans for 2025. Most important, we will be hosting a live recording at 6:00 pm on Wednesday, February 26 Parkway Pizza. Come have dinner with your neighbors and help us kick off season 3! Also, visit us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/HiawathaNeighbor

Some neighbors have asked us if we consider Longfellow Whatever to be a rival publication. We do not. He's a journalist; we're just weirdos. And yet Trevor Born of Longfellow Whatever was willing to talk with us about his excellent newsletter and love of hyperlocal storytelling.  Visit longfellowwhatever.com to subscribe. longfellowwhatever.com

Happy Thanksgiving! In this episode, after a visit with the neighborhood turkeys, we talk with Bonnie about growing up in south Minneapolis, meeting her husband Joe, and moving to Hiawatha where she has lived for more than 55 years! We also offer a German lesson (mushrooms are called either Champignon or Pilze ).

Ed joins us to debrief his work as an election judge and talk about changes in the neighborhood and its schools. You may know Ed, but you may not know that he is a ski champion, a grafitti removal artist, and a bike thief (but only steals his own bikes).

It's Election Day! Alley neighbor and marketing guru Brian brings us a gift and joins us in a fascinating conversation. We talk about puppies and bourbon and much, much more.

Miriam discusses her work with recycling and what it was like to grow up on a commune. School bus trampolines!

Don't believe everything you think! Join us this week for this and other insights shared by mental health therapist and next door neighbor Mary White. 

In celebration of the most beautiful urban marathon in the United States, we sit down with runner Maggie Davis. Maggie shares some of her experiences in long distance running as well as her journey with healing from significant injury. She also offers helpful tips on race day nutrition. 

We're coming to you this week from the front porch next door. Neighbors Art and Jeremie guide us through a delightful conversation about dining, music, working in corporate America, and the joys of living in Hiawatha. We also debrief this year's National Night Out block party.

We're back! And we're excited to be joined by major motion Hallmark channel special streaming film star Sarah Agnew. Sarah discusses her experience in theater, her love of the neighborhood, and her struggles with racquet sports.

If you've been in the neighborhood, you've likely run into this week's guest. The "Book Guy," Hans Weyandt, discusses reading, restaurants, and his frequent walks in the neighborhood. We also get into a heated debate about olives.

Minneapolis journalist and Hiawatha resident Craig Cox joins Kristen and Jay (and Milo the dog) in the basement studio for a fascinating conversation about newspapers, food co-ops, family, and the challenges of finding community today.

Hiawatha resident and aerialist Lynn Lunny joins Jay and Kristen in the basement studio to talk about nurturing mental health through circus arts.