Tim Kubart is talented in so many different areas. He hosts tv shows for kids, has released two albums of kids music, and you never know when he’ll show up with a tambourine! Tim won a grammy for his album, ‘Home’. He also hosted and produced the Sunny Side Up show on Sprout with his pal Chica. Tim was also the person chosen to write the song that helped to introduce Sesame Street’s first muppet with autism, Julia. It was so interesting to hear where Tim got his passion for the work that he does. You’ll love this one.
At this point you’ve probably seen the devastation caused by the wildfires in Northern California. Our summer home, URJ Camp Newman, sustained catastrophic damage. If camp is a meaningful part of your families life, whether Camp Newman or another camp please visit the link below to help the Camp Newman community rebuild the place that so many people have called their home. This episode features music from Dan Nichols, Noam Katz, Alan Goodis, Billy Jonas, Jacob ‘Spike’ Kraus, Rachel Mylan, Jackson Mercer, Rose Snitz, Jake Snyder, Eitan Straus-Cohen, Max Winer, Lucy Greenbaum, Alana Green, and Robin Kopf.
Eliana Light comes very highly recommended. She and I connected through an old buddy (who I used to teach! – Shout out to Charlie Kramer!). She is an up and coming family musician who writes songs that are thematically Jewish and very educational. You’ll love hearing how enthusiastic she is about her subject matter and will surely want to check out her songs like ‘Synagogue Detective’, or ‘The Best Me I Can Be’. You can get her full album Eliana Sings (about Jewish things) here. Enjoy!
If you have kids, then there is a 99.9% chance that you have heard the voice of Mindy Thomas. She is the host of Absolutely Mindy on Kids Place Live on Sirius XM as well as the co-host (with Guy Raz) of mega-podcast ‘Wow in the World’ from NPR. Now you can hear her story! She’s a high energy, improvising, radio host extraordinaire and I’m so happy to have had a chance to talk with her!
I got a chance to not only talk to Tommy and Kaitlyn about their awesome new album ‘Rise, Shine, #Woke’, but I got to see them perform live at an Elementary School in South San Francisco. I got to see, firsthand, the impact that they have on students with their message of change. It was an incredibly moving experience. My time with the Alphabet Rockers coincided with the news about the current administration working to end DACA. It was clear that so many of the students that were at the Alphabet Rockers program were fearful about what they were hearing from the government. I got to speak to a few students and a teacher about the mood in the classrooms, and I was relieved to hear that there was a general attitude of positivity. The teachers at the school were so dedicated and engaged, and it was noted by Kaitlyn, Tommy, and me. Thanks to the educators in lower income areas who are making their students education positive and joyful during what is a difficult time.
