Nicholas Tangen and Mercy Zou Taithul
Hiawatha Neighbor
Nick and Mercy spoke with us in April, 2025 about their program, Faith Practices and Neighboring Practices. We discussed a variety of small but important practices for building healthy neighborhoods, along with other topics, such as ghost pepper lefse and Kristen's pajamas.
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Season 4 Begins
Hiawatha Neighbor
We're back, baby! After a longer pause than usual, we're beginning a new season of the podcast. Connecting with neighbors is essential, now more than ever.
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JJ Lehmann
Hiawatha Neighbor
JJ is getting married! He talked with us about Miriam, his journey with cancer, spirituality, and marshmallows.
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Sarah Lauren Cowan
Hiawatha Neighbor
School's out (almost) and we're excited to spend time with our middle schoolers. Really! Sarah has great advice for taking delight in your adolescent kids and finding joy in this stage of parenting. Find out more about Sarah's coaching work at .
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Jen Weyandt
Hiawatha Neighbor
We're beginning season 3B with Jen Weyandt, a health care provider, administrator, and mom to three wrestling boys.
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Emma Schempf
Hiawatha Neighbor
Dr. Emma Schempf shares discusses her work as a pediatrician and providing life-saving vaccine education. Also, we get to taste her homemade sourdough bread.
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Kate and Aaron Kardell
Hiawatha Neighbor
Kate and Aaron just built a new house in the neighborhood! Now that they're settled in, they visited with us about their work in medicine and software, schools, and exploring Hiawatha. Learn more about Kate's work at Learn more about Aaron's work and listen to his podcast at
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Parkway Pizza Part 3: Eron and Juliet
Hiawatha Neighbor
Of course we had a band at the live podcast recording! The Three Quarters Quartet warmed up the crowd and then talked to us about it afterwards. Thank you, Juliet Catherine and Eron Woods! Visit to learn more about Juliet and book her band. They both teach at in St. Paul.
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Parkway Pizza Part Two
Hiawatha Neighbor
Is pizza the perfect food? Join us for our discussion about that controversial topic, along with more conversations from our live event at Parkway. We talk with Maddy, Julie, Sam, Kate, and Huck.
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Parkway Pizza Part 1: Lucy and Lillian
Hiawatha Neighbor
We kicked off season 3 with a live recording at Parkway Pizza, featuring the Three Quarters Quartet (Juliet Catherine, Eron Woods, and Jay Carlson), Lucy Davis, Lillian Lunny, and many of our neighbors. This is part one of our recording, with more coming soon. T-shirts by Elpis Enterprises, working to end youth homelessness in Minnesota.
info_outlineJenny Graff and Dave Cowan join us in the basement to talk about getting kids to school on the bike train. We also go out on the street to interview some of the bikers.
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