LARB Radio Hour: Mister Rogers and the Art of Radical Empathy

By LARB Radio HourJuly 13, 2018

LARB Radio Hour: Mister Rogers and the Art of Radical Empathy





Hosts Eric Newman and Kate Wolf sit down with documentary filmmaker Morgan Neville to discuss his latest work, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, which tackles the work and impact of Fred Rogers and his iconic children’s show Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood. In a conversation that moves from Rogers’s recognition of the complex emotional life of children to his sense of television as his ministry for a more loving world, Neville outlines both the example and challenge that Rogers sets for us in an era when hatred and vitriol seem poised to engulf the nation. 

Also, in recognition of The World Cup, Joseph O'Neill, author of the short story collection Good Trouble, recommends his favorite book on football, Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Soccer by David Winner.




 



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The LARB Radio Hour is hosted by Eric Newman, Medaya Ocher, and Kate Wolf.

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