Episodes

  • Won't You Be My Neighbor Day - Welcome To The Neighborhood

    Won't You Be My Neighbor Day - Welcome To The Neighborhood
    Mar 20 2024

    Won't You Be My Neighbor Day is a celebration that takes place every March 20th. The day is dedicated to honoring, appreciating, and celebrating the late Fred Rogers, who was the beloved host of the preschool TV series "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood". The show aired from 1968 to 2001, and even though it hasn't been broadcast in the last 21 years, it still holds a special place in many people's hearts. In fact, some still consider "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" as the benchmark for all other children's programs. The show is so iconic that those who grew up in the '70s and '80s undoubtedly remember watching Mister Rogers travel to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe and sing songs with his puppet friends.

    Thank you for joining us here this week in the neighborhood.

    Music featured on the podcast was “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” by Rick Lee James Special Thanks to The @MisterRogersSay Community on Twitter.

    Our Substack page is https://rickleejames.substack.com/s/welcome-to-the-neighborhood-a-mister.

    Our Instagram page is https://www.instagram.com/misterrogerssay/

    I’m your host, Rick Lee James. My Twitter account is @RickLeeJames, my website is RickLeeJames.com, My other Podcast is Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast), and I look forward to being with you again next time.

    Until Then, You make each day a special day. You know how? By just your being you. There's only one person in this whole world like you. And people can like you exactly as you are.

    https://www.patreon.com/rickleejames



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    14 mins
  • Welcome To The Neighborhood: A Mister Rogers Tribute Podcast - The Ordination of Fred Rogers - with Guest David Dault

    Welcome To The Neighborhood: A Mister Rogers Tribute Podcast - The Ordination of Fred Rogers - with Guest David Dault
    Feb 24 2024

    Neighborhood: A Mister Rogers Tribute Podcast - The Ordination of Fred Rogers - with Guest David Dault

    This week is literally a Master’s Class of a Podcast as I welcome back guest David Dault as we talk about the Ordination of Fred Rogers.

    Thank you for joining us here this week in the neighborhood.

    Music featured on podcast was “As I Walk These Halls” by Rick Lee James Special Thanks to The @MisterRogersSay Community on Twitter.

    Our Substack page is https://rickleejames.substack.com/s/welcome-to-the-neighborhood-a-mister.

    Our Instagram page is https://www.instagram.com/misterrogerssay/

    I’m your host Rick Lee James. My Twitter account is @RickLeeJames, my web site is RickLeeJames.com, My other Podcast is Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast), and I look forward being with you again next time.

    Until Then: You make each day a special day. You know how, by just your being you. There's only one person in this whole world like you. And people can like you exactly as you are.



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    48 mins
  • Guest: Brad Meltzer - Welcome To The Neighborhood

    Guest: Brad Meltzer - Welcome To The Neighborhood
    Nov 2 2023

    Welcome To The Neighborhood with Brad Meltzer

    “Ordinary People Change The World” is the friendly, fun biography series written by Brad Meltzer that inspired the PBS Kids TV show Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum. One great role model at a time, these books encourage kids to dream big.

    In the new book, “I Am Mister Rogers,” the beloved children’s television host becomes the 31st hero in the New York Times bestselling picture book biography series for ages 5 to 9.

    The book’s author, Brad Meltzer, has stopped by for a podcast visit to tell us all about this neighborly new addition to the “Ordinary People Change The World” series, and I could not be happier about that.

    Get The Book:

    https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/711629/i-am-mister-rogers-by-brad-meltzer-illustrated-by-christopher-eliopoulos/

    Thank you for joining us here this week in the neighborhood.

    Music featured on the podcast was “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” by Rick Lee James Special Thanks to The @MisterRogersSay Community on Twitter.

    Our Substack page is https://rickleejames.substack.com/s/welcome-to-the-neighborhood-a-mister.

    Our Instagram page is https://www.instagram.com/misterrogerssay/

    I’m your host, Rick Lee James. My Twitter account is @RickLeeJames, my website is RickLeeJames.com, My other Podcast is Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast), and I look forward to being with you again next time.

    Until Then, You make each day a special day. You know how? By just your being you. There's only one person in this whole world like you. And people can like you exactly as you are.

    https://www.patreon.com/rickleejames



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    39 mins
  • The Musical Legacy of Fred Rogers - Welcome To The Neighborhood: A Mister Rogers Tribute Podcast

    The Musical Legacy of Fred Rogers - Welcome To The Neighborhood: A Mister Rogers Tribute Podcast
    Aug 18 2023

    Welcome To The Neighborhood

    Welcome To The Neighborhood: A Mister Rogers Tribute Podcast

    I’m your host, Rick Lee James of RickLeeJames.com and I run the Mister Rogers Quotes Twitter account found @MisterRogersSay.

    As we again walk into this podcast neighborhood, we want you to know that you are welcome here no matter where you are from. I’m glad to be your neighbor. Every daughter, every son, every tribe, and every tongue, in the Spirit of Fred Rogers and the life of welcome that he lived, welcome to the neighborhood.

    Music featured in this week's Episode:

    Sometimes I Wonder if I'm A Mistake - Daniel Knox: https://danielknox.com/product/rogers/

    Keep Watch, Dear Lord - Rick Lee James: https://rickleejames.hearnow.com/keepwatch?fbclid=IwAR05AS2suZbgmhTXwDKP_u8x3E8Pen_0G9fbNd_R2uFQYoMOp36BYvsdCQc

    Thank you for joining us here this week in the neighborhood.

    Music featured on podcast Is Won’t You Be My Neighbor performed by Rick Lee James.

    Special Thanks to my guest Eliot Daley

    And The @MisterRogersSay Community on Twitter

    I’m your host Rick Lee James. My web site is RickLeeJames.com, My other Podcast is Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast), and I look forward being with you again next time.

    Until Then: You make each day a special day. You know how, by just your being you. There's only one person in this whole world like you. And people can like you exactly as you are.



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    21 mins
  • Eliot Daley - Show Writer of Mister Rogers Neighborhood

    Eliot Daley - Show Writer of Mister Rogers Neighborhood
    Feb 24 2023
    Welcome To The NeighborhoodWelcome To The Neighborhood: A Mister Rogers Tribute PodcastI’m your host, Rick Lee James of RickLeeJames.com and I run the Mister Rogers Quotes Twitter account found @MisterRogersSay.As we again walk into this podcast neighborhood, we want you to know that no matter where you are from, you are welcome here. I’m glad to be your neighbor. Every daughter, every son, every tribe, and every tongue, in the Spirit of Fred Rogers and the life of welcome that he lived, welcome to the neighborhood.This week in the neighborhood, we’re having a visit with Eliot Daley.About Our Guest (In His Own Words)Eliot Daleywww.eliotdaley.comMy life’s work spans multiple causes and enterprises. Early in my career I taught and counseled at both the high school and college levels, was a chaplain (Middlebury College) and a parish minister, while simultaneously studying the social impact of TV. Realizing that children’s exposure to the world through TV (not a feature of my own upbringing in the 40s and 50s) would dramatically change their social and emotional and informational environments, I pursued all the available research on the subject and shared what I learned by producing workshops and writing articles on the subject for various national publications. As part of my ongoing research into children’s programs, I encountered the then-fledgling production of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” in 1969 and set up a meeting with Fred Rogers to learn more about it and to write an article about his program and work. We spent a weekend together with our families and realized instantly that we were comrades-in-arms. Shortly thereafter he asked me if I would consider joining him as his co-writer and executive head of the company, and I eagerly accepted his invitation. In the early years, I wrote 15-20 of the 65 programs we produced annually, but my management responsibilities for the ancillary non-broadcast products (books, records, educational materials) eventually displaced my time for writing scripts. Production of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” was recessed in the late 1970s after nearly 500 episodes, and I went on to undertake other pursuits. But of course Fred and I remained intimate friends all the rest of our lives and conferred often about matters both the serious and silly.Later, I founded or co-founded several consulting companies. The first of these provided counsel to philanthropists, foundations and major corporations like AT&T to optimize their charitable contributions. Another of my companies developed long-range strategy for health care organizations including Mayo Clinic and Johnson & Johnson. Later, I was a leader in several medical technology companies, from which pursuits I retired to devote myself to full-time writing.I maintain a blog (“The Daley Almanac”) and am the author of Father Feelings (William Morrow and Pocketbooks), Sick and Tired of Being Fat (HarperCollins and Hazelden), numerous articles and Op-Eds and letters to the Editor. I have completed manuscripts for two more books, Taking Your Lumps (a lessons-learned-in-business memoir) and Formerly Called ‘Retirement’ (reflections on the psychological transition to a world beyond the realm of employment). I hold the A.B. and M.A. degrees in the social sciences and education, respectively, from California State University at Fresno and the Th.M. degree in theology from San Francisco Theological Seminary (Presbyterian). I am married to the Rev. Patricia Daley, and we are the parents of three adult children engaged in non-profit pursuits to heal the breaches in creation. In addition to spending time with my family and other friends, my personal delights include tennis, sailing, golf, travel, theater, music, books, auto racing, fireworks, worship, kite-flying, writing, singing, and daydreaming.—Eliot DaleyThank you for joining us here this week in the neighborhood.Music featured on podcast Is Won’t You Be My Neighbor performed by Rick Lee James.Special Thanks to my guest Eliot DaleyAnd The @MisterRogersSay Community on TwitterI’m your host Rick Lee James. My web site is RickLeeJames.com, My other Podcast is Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast), and I look forward being with you again next time.Until Then: You make each day a special day. You know how, by just your being you. There's only one person in this whole world like you. And people can like you exactly as you are. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rickleejames.substack.com/subscribe
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    27 mins
  • New Intro Music For Welcome To The Neighborhood: A Mister Rogers Tribute Podcast

    New Intro Music For Welcome To The Neighborhood: A Mister Rogers Tribute Podcast
    Feb 23 2023

    I spent a few minutes with my electric guitar recording new intro music for the Welcome To The Neighborhood: A Mister Rogers Tribute Podcast.

    I’m really excited about our guest on tomorrow’s show, who was a writer for Mister Rogers Neighborhood so I thought I would try something new with the intro music.

    I hope you enjoy my simple guitar arrangement of Won’t You Be My Neighbor? by Fred Rogers.

    See you tomorrow in our podcast neighborhood.

    —Rick



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    1 min
  • Welcome To The Neighborhood: Live from Cedarville University (2023)

    Welcome To The Neighborhood: Live from Cedarville University (2023)
    Jan 30 2023

    Welcome To The Neighborhood: Live from Cedarville University (2023)

    What Mister Rogers Can Teach The Church

    RECORDED LIVE at the Worship 424 Conference at Cedarville University 01/28/2023

    Thank you for joining us here this week in the neighborhood.

    Music featured on podcast was “As I Walk These Halls” by Rick Lee James Special Thanks to The @MisterRogersSay Community on Twitter.

    Our Substack page is https://rickleejames.substack.com/s/welcome-to-the-neighborhood-a-mister.

    Our Instagram page is https://www.instagram.com/misterrogerssay/

    I’m your host Rick Lee James. My Twitter account is @RickLeeJames, my web site is RickLeeJames.com, My other Podcast is Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast), and I look forward being with you again next time.

    Until Then: You make each day a special day. You know how, by just your being you. There's only one person in this whole world like you. And people can like you exactly as you are.



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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Trek The Halls with Luke Flowers

    Trek The Halls with Luke Flowers
    Dec 21 2022

    Welcome To The Neighborhood: A Mister Rogers Tribute Podcast

    Guest: Luke Flowers

    About the Author

    Luke Flowers has illustrated more than sixty children’s books. Most notably, the New York Times Best-seller “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” poems by Fred Rogers, the award-winning “Unicorn Day”, by Diana Murray, and Disney’s “The Muppet Christmas Carol” storybook. He is also both author and illustrator of “Jim Henson’s Labyrinth ABC Storybook” and the “Moby Shinobi” series with Scholastic. The “Moby Shinobi” book series has sold over a million copies since book #1 was published in 2016.

    When Luke isn’t illustrating or writing in his creative cave he enjoys puppetry, playing banjo, basketball and outdoor adventures with his family. He lives with his wife and three children in Colorado Springs. Colorado. Learn more about his story, books and art at lukeflowers.com.

    He has created work for a range of clients that include Scholastic, Penguin Random House, Little Golden Books, Disney Publishing, Fred Rogers Productions, The Jim Henson Company, Nickelodeon, Little Bee Books, Insight Editions, Imprint (Macmillan), Two Lions, Sourcebooks, Hallmark, Highlights, Albert Whitman Co., Hachette Book Group, Workman Publishing, The Smithsonian Institute, Discovery House Publishing, Cantata Learning and Capstone Publishing.

    To enjoy more of Luke's work, please visit lukeflowerscreative.com

    As we again walk into this podcast neighborhood, we want you to know that no matter where you are from, you are welcome here. I’m glad to be your our neighbor. Every daughter, every son, every tribe, and every tongue, in the Spirit of Fred Rogers and the life of welcome that he lived, welcome to the neighborhood.

    Follow on Twitter @MisterRogersSay



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    26 mins