We know it's been a little while, but we're so excited to present another episode from The Neighboring Movement Podcast! This week, our own Ian Campbell sat down with Kent Smith, a professor at Abilene Christian University, in order to discuss Kent's background of building community in all kinds of contexts and how this relates to his Christian fai…

At The Neighboring Movement, we believe neighboring is a life-changing practice, and this certainly proved true for Karen Kasten, our guest for this newest episode of the podcast. Tune in to hear cofounder Catherine Johnson interview absolute neighboring rockstar, Karen, as they discuss Karen's journey of neighboring in our nonprofit's founding nei…

Happy 2024! In this first episode of the new year, we are so excited to welcome our dear friend Carter Ellis onto the front porch. Carter is the executive director of The Hub Argentine, a hub for neighboring and asset-based community development in the awesome, Argentine neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas. A neighbor-led organization, the Hub is a…

Welcome to our Part 2 episode with Joseph Rathinam! For today's conversation, Joseph and Ian continue their discussion around the incredible impact of neighborocracy - an alternative system of neighbor-based, inclusive, and fully participatory governance now functioning in hundreds of thousands of neighborhoods across the globe. This episode is jam…

When neighbors come together, everyday people can have some serious power. Around the world, in places like India, Syria, and Mexico, there are massive movements taking what we are doing with neighboring at The Neighboring Movement, building those same kinds of abundant relationships we are, but then turning those relationships into a completely tr…

For this podcast episode, we had the great honor of sitting down with Seth Kaplan! Seth is an expert on fragile states with so many consulting gigs to his name, but recently, his work has led him to the conclusion that one of our most fragile states might just be our very neighborhoods. In this episode - based around Seth's book that just came out …

One of the most globally important examples of neighbor power and possibility is under full-scale military assault. Today we bring on Samantha Teal, a media activist with the Rojava Information Center, to give us insights of life on-the-ground in North and East Syria, where a revolution for women's liberation, direct democracy, and ecology- with ne…

We are so honored to present a podcast episode with Majora Carter! Majora is one of those people who is changing the world in incredibly visible, physical ways. As an urban revitalization strategist and real estate developer, she is taking the lead in facilitating neighborhood-level economic development that is both led by - and directly benefiting…

In this episode of The Neighboring Movement Podcast, host Adam sits down with long-time friend and colleague Dr. Nate Regier. A former psychologist - and now leadership consultant, speaker, and author - Dr. Regier presents his newest book and wisdom around the culture-changing practice of compassionate accountability. Nate Regier, PhD, is the CEO a…

Have you met Ian yet? Ian's our newest staff member here at The Neighboring Movement, and he's making the move from Dallas to Wichita in the next couple weeks! In this episode, hosts Adam and Kristopher ask Ian about his past neighboring, what drew him to this work, and what he's looking forward to as our faith-based organizer. We're so excited to …

Welcome back to The Neighboring Movement Podcast and Part 2 of our conversation with community animators Melissa, Emily, and Eric from Austin, Texas! In this episode, hosts Elizabeth and Catherine ask them about the ways they navigate resistance to neighboring, where they're currently discovering energy, and what they're each curious about in their…

The Neighboring Movement podcast is back from a brief hiatus! We're so excited to kick things off with this episode from some of our community animators! Tune in as hosts Elizabeth and Catherine interview three of our animators from Texas - Melissa, Emily, and Eric - about their recent event: Good Neighbor Fest. In short, Elizabeth is the director …

Welcome back to The Neighboring Movement Podcast! We know it's been a long break, so we really appreciate you sticking around and staying in the loop! Here's an episode with some updates and celebrations around what's up ahead for both this podcast and The Neighboring Movement as a whole. As always, we hope you enjoy, and stay tuned! In this episod…

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! Even though the podcast is on a short break, we wanted to release this amazing episode in honor of the celebratory month. In the episode, hosts Aileen Rueda-DaCosta and Kristopher Swanson sat down with Cecilia Thibault and Danny Barrera from Young Latino Professionals of Wichita in order to talk about their organizati…

Hello friends and loyal listeners! In this episode, we give a couple quick updates. First, our online store called the "Neighborhood Shop" is now live! Listen to the episode to learn all about the 3 items that are now available for purchase there, and visit the shop by clicking here: https://neighboringmovement.org/shop. Second, due to a busy seaso…

Hello friends! This week, we're presenting a neighboring tip episode. For those who don't know, we send out weekly neighboring tips - simple ways to get to know your actual, literal neighbors - via email and social media. So, in this week's episode, a few of our staff members sit down to spotlight this week's neighboring tip: Check in on a neighbor…

Welcome to the series finale of The Neighbor Within! This episode is the fifth and final segment of a multi-part series from The Neighboring Movement staff members Elizabeth Ramirez and Maddie Johnson. In the series, Elizabeth and Maddie examine the importance of self care - or neighboring within - before being able to be a good neighbor to others.…

The penultimate episode of The Neighbor Within is here! This episode is the fourth segment of a multi-part series from The Neighboring Movement staff members Elizabeth Ramirez and Maddie Johnson. In the series, Elizabeth and Maddie examine the importance of self care - or neighboring within - before being able to be a good neighbor to others. As al…

We are excited to announce the third episode of The Neighbor Within! This episode is one segment of a multi-part series from The Neighboring Movement staff members Elizabeth Ramirez and Maddie Johnson. In the series, Elizabeth and Maddie examine the importance of self care - or neighboring within - before being able to be a good neighbor to others.…

Welcome back to The Neighbor Within! This episode is the second of a multi-part series from The Neighboring Movement staff members Elizabeth Ramirez and Maddie Johnson. In the series, Elizabeth and Maddie examine the importance of self care - or neighboring within - before being able to be a good neighbor to others. Thanks for listening! In this se…

And...it's the series you've all been waiting for...The Neighbor Within! This episode represents the first of a multi-part series from The Neighboring Movement staff members Elizabeth Ramirez and Maddie Johnson. And it's such a good one! In these episodes, Elizabeth and Maddie examine the importance of self care - or neighboring within - before bei…

After a short break, we're back! For today's episode, host Adam sat down with Rob Shorter, the Communities & Art Lead at the Doughnut Economics Action Lab. In the episode, Rob explores the necessity of reimagining economies and how this intersects with living in community. Doughnut Economics, you say? That's right, Doughnut Economics! This fun name…

Hello friends! This episode presents just a quick update from host Adam Barlow-Thompson that we'll be taking a little over a month off in order to prepare our future episodes. Tune in to this quick, 1-minute episode for a sneak peak on what we're working on next. Also, in the meantime, check out our podcast essentials playlist here: https://open.sp…

"It's time to start thinking about the upcoming election season!" At least, that's what Lindsay Ford says, the guest on The Neighboring Movement Podcast for this week. Lindsay is a friend and the leader of an awesome organization that we partner with out of Kansas City, Kansas - The Voter Network. In this episode, Lindsay shares with us the deep po…

Welcome to this week's episode of The Neighboring Movement Podcast! In this episode, we had the honor of interviewing Howard Lawrence in Edmonton, Alberta. Amongst so much more, Howard is an experienced neighboring practitioner, an expert on asset-based community development, and the leader of Edmonton's Abundant Communities Initiative. As host Ada…