Neighboring Tip - Practice Physical Distancing

Hello friends! This is our third and final week of spotlighting a few of our all-time favorite episodes of The Neighbor Next Door. Today, we re-release a neighboring tip episode from April, and starting next week, we'll be back with new episodes. Thanks for listening!

This week's episode was originally released on April 28, 2020. Like our other neighboring tip episodes, this one presents a simple experiment for connecting with your neighbors - even in the midst of a pandemic. We hope you not only enjoy listening to this episode but also experiment with the tip presented, and we hope these ideas might be helpful for doing so! As one final caveat, which is mentioned at the start of the episode, because things are changing so rapidly in the world due to the pandemic, this episode is already a bit outdated, and some of our language reflects this. Despite this, we think there are still helpful ideas present, and honestly, this was the most relevant neighboring tip we could re-release. We hope you still find it helpful, and don't forget to tune in next Tuesday for an original episode! Happy listening and happy neighboring!

Prescott Barlow-Thompson: Be Kinder to Your Neighbors

Today, we are quite excited to announce Prescott Barlow-Thompson's debut on The Neighbor Next Door!

Prescott is the son of host Adam Barlow-Thompson, and recently, Prescott hosted a block party. In this episode, we first take listeners behind the scenes of the party through never-before-heard recordings in order to discover what this creative process was like. Next, Prescott details how the party went before then discussing his own perception of neighboring on his block. You won't want to miss this episode! It's full of lots of laughs and lots of wisdom, and it's also an amazing reminder that neighboring is for everyone.

Prescott on the “front porch”.

Prescott’s invitation.

Happy New Year's Eve, all!

Happy New Year's Eve, all! In this episode, Karen Rice Ratzlaff sits down on the front porch for a second time in order to tell hosts Adam and Matt all about the neighborhood get-together she hosted last week.

Last week, Karen, one of the newest staff members at the Neighboring Movement, sat down on the front porch to talk about her upcoming neighborhood get-together. And, between last week and this week, the get-together happened! Karen hosted the gathering on Sunday, so this week, she returns to the front porch to tell us all the story. If you have not yet listened to our first conversation with Karen, we would definitely suggest doing so before listening to this one. The episode for that first conversation released last Tuesday and was titled "Karen Rice Ratzlaff (Part 1): Throwing a Neighborhood Get-Together". We hope you enjoy them both!

Happy holidays, all!

Happy holidays, all! Today, one of the newest staff members of the Neighboring Movement team, Karen Rice Ratzlaff, sits down on the front porch with hosts Adam and Matt to discuss her upcoming neighborhood get-together.

Among so much more, Karen is an extremely kind and compassionate person, an excellent listener, and a gifted coach. We are so excited and honored to be working with her! In this episode, Karen talks about a neighborhood get-together that she threw last year and how that get-together sparked a second one that she is about to throw on Sunday. This is the first of two conversations with Karen, so be sure to tune in next week when Karen returns to the front porch to tell hosts Adam and Matt all about the neighborhood get-together!