The Neighboring Movement Podcast

In June of 2019, we sat down with Dr. Justin Moore, a physician and researcher, and discussed this fact: neighboring makes us healthier. Justin practices medicine in various community-oriented ways, and he also researches the impacts of social isolation and loneliness on physical health. In this powerful episode, Justin shares surprising statistics before giving enlightening advice on how we can a...

This week, Matt and Adam are joined by 3 introverted neighbors! Catherine Johnson who works with us at the Neighboring Movement, Daniel Reffner who is a pastor at Aldersgate UMC in Wichita, and Carter Ellis who is a pastor in Kansas City share with us how they are able to be good neighbors as introverted personalities and what gifts introverts can bring to the table. To learn more, visit our websi...

This week, Adam and Matt are joined by Nathan Hansen who shares with us his experience of neighboring in an apartment complex. We love talking about neighboring through the art of storytelling and Nathan has some great ones this week! As always, find out more about the Neighboring Movement at www. NeighboringMovement.org.

This week, hosts Matt and Adam continue their discussion about the ReCycle process. (Part 1: The Act of Remembering aired on December 22, 2020.) In Part 2: Reveal, we move from the thinking and reflection portion of the process to the Action piece- Or to loosely quote Adam, just go out and try some *stuff* and see what happens! Find out more about the Neighboring Movement at www. NeighboringMoveme...

This week, Matt and Adam are joined by our very own, Kristopher Swanson who shares with us a new Neighboring Tip. Walk with your neighbor! As Spring blooms, more folks are out and about in our neighborhoods. Invite a neighbor to walk with you; take in some sunshine! The great thing about this tip is that is for introverts and extroverts alike. You can fill the time with chit chat about the beautif...

This week Adam and Matt are joined by Amy Notbohm from Arizona. Amy found the Neighboring Movement through some mutual friends and started listening to the podcast, then jumped onto a Community Call and we immediately fell in love with her energy and started including her in all the things so that she could begin sharing her knowledge with us! In this episode, Amy references two books: "Doughnut E...

Welcome to the 5th and final part of our Cormac Russell interview! For the past 4 weeks, hosts Matt and Adam have broken down an hour long conversation they had with Cormac Russell, the author of "Rekindling Democracy," a much sought-after international keynote speaker and Managing Director of Nurture Development, the leading Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) organization in Europe. Listen...

Welcome to Part 4 of 5 of our Cormac Russell interview! For the past 3 weeks, hosts Matt and Adam have broken down an hour long conversation they had with Cormac Russell, the author of "Rekindling Democracy," a much sought-after international keynote speaker and Managing Director of Nurture Development, the leading Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) organization in Europe. We are down to our...

Welcome to Part 3 of 5 of our Cormac Russell interview. Hosts Matt and Adam are joined by none other than Cormac Russell, the author of "Rekindling Democracy," a much sought-after international keynote speaker and Managing Director of Nurture Development, the leading Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) organization in Europe. To recap a bit, Cormac has been telling us about the 3 Lanes. The f...

Welcome to Part 2 of 5 of our Cormac Russell interview. Hosts Matt and Adam are joined by none other than Cormac Russell, the author of "Rekindling Democracy," a much sought-after international keynote speaker and Managing Director of Nurture Development, the leading Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) organization in Europe. This week, you'll hear Cormac discuss the world as it is, a heighte...

This week, hosts Matt and Adam are joined by none other than Cormac Russell, the author of "Rekindling Democracy," a much sought-after international keynote speaker and Managing Director of Nurture Development, the leading Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) organization in Europe. There are so many golden eggs in this interview, you would think it was Easter already!  To paraphrase Matt and...

This week is Part 2 of a conversation that Adam and Matt had with the Mayor of Midland, Michigan, Maureen Donker, as well as Alysia Christy from the Cultural Awareness Coalition in Midland. They share their stories of what intentional neighboring is doing for their community. In Part 1 last week, we heard from Maureen and this week in Part 2, we hear from Alysia. "How do we reach those people to s...

Matt and Adam are joined this week by the Mayor of Midland, Michigan, Maureen Donker, as well as Alysia Christy from the Cultural Awareness Coalition in Midland. They share their stories of what intentional neighboring is doing for their community. In Part 1, we hear from Mayor Donker and next week in Part 2, we will hear from Alysia. "...if we are supposed to love our neighbor, we need to know wh...

Welcome to the first recorded episode of 2021! This week hosts Adam and Matt are joined by the Neighboring Movement's newest team member, Clair Gallegos who shares where she is from and what she will be doing this year. Claire started working at the Neighboring Movement at the very end of 2020 and is the newest addition to our team. With a professional background of political fundraising and also...

Today, we are re-releasing a three-episode series in one MEGA episode! Hosts Adam and Matt sit down with, quite literally, the founder of asset-based community development, John McKnight. John began community organizing when he was in his early twenties, and since then, he has done everything from training Barack Obama in community organizing to developing an entirely new model of community develo...

What do you get when you combine a beautiful story, an off-script podcast, and a surprise phone call to your friend? This episode! When hosts Adam and Matt sat down to record what Adam had dubbed "The Super Fun Happy Hour" episode, they had no idea that this would happen next....Buckle up, and tune in to this hilarious crazy beautiful episode! Alright, that was the spoiler-free introduction to tod...

During the holidays, Matt and Adam offer some of The Neighbor Next Door's great episodes with a few special guests. This week, they sit down with Anna Almendrala, a health care journalist who wrote a powerful opinion article that was published in The Los Angeles Times and centered around a story of neighboring. "We are so honored to be joined by Anna  on the virtual front porch! She is an incredib...

In the episode Matt and Adam discuss the importance of remembering in a process they call "recycling." It is important to remember our experiences over the past year (and beyond) so that we know where we are in the present and where we want to go moving forward.

Matt and Adam are joined this week by Kristopher Swanson who shares with us an important neighboring tip during this 2020 holiday season.

In this weeks episode, Matt and Adam briefly discuss the highlights of the 2020 year for the Neighboring Movement and are excited to talk about what is in store for 2021 and beyond. Where is the Neighboring Movement headed and how can you help? Find more information about the future of the Neighboring Movement HERE . You can make a donation to the Neighboring Movement HERE .

In this episode, Matt and Adam discuss what we can be doing to "restore the civic soil" of our communities and find some common ground with each other that stems from our humanity instead of  our politics. Quotable Moment: "We during an election get hyper focused on this left/right spectrum and the things that you are naming, that spectrum doesn't apply. That's what we need." Adam Barlow Thompson...

Matt and Adam practice remembering the little things for which they are grateful every day and have some gratitude exercises that you can do wherever you are. What are you grateful for? That first cup of coffee in the morning... the extra hour of sleep you may have gotten the other night... the neighbor down the road raking the leaves in your yard... Gratitude comes in all shapes and sizes and it...

Matt and Adam have a very exciting announcement to make this week! Hint: Partnerships + Hard Work = $$$ Tune into this exciting conversation with David & Katie from the United Methodist Health Ministry Fund. To find more information about the Lilly Grant, click here . To find out more about the United Methodist Health Ministry Fund, click here .  Find more information about the Neighboring Movemen...

Matt and Adam discuss the Netflix film, "The Social Dilemma" and talk about how the film relates to our relationships with the people around us. What are the things that we can do today to improve those relationships? (Hint- The answer is NOT better AI...) For more information about the movie and HumaneTech.com, click HERE . For more information about what we do at The Neighboring Movement, click...

Matt is joined this week by a familiar voice, Kristopher Swanson, who shares a Neighboring Tip- Check in With Your Neighbor! Covid times get lonely and kinda crazy so let's check in with our neighbors so that we can all come through this pandemic together.  For more neighboring tips, go to our blog at www.neighboringmovement.org/blog .