The Kindness Matters Podcast
So. Much. Division. Let's talk about how to change that. Re-engage as neighbors, friends, co-workers and family. Let's set out to change the world. Strike that. Change A World. One person at a time, make someone's life a little better and then do it again tomorrow and the day after that, through kindness.
Kindness is a Super-Power that each of us has within us. It is so powerful it has the potential to change not only your life but those around you, too. Let's talk about kindness.
The Kindness Matters Podcast
Spreading Joy Through Stories
A chance connection on social media led to one of the most heartwarming conversations in Kindness Matters history. Philip Parker, creator of multiple podcasts including "Unscripted Perspective" and "Untouched Melodies," joins Mike Rathbun to explore how kindness functions as both a personal healing force and a powerful tool for positive change.
The conversation takes a particularly moving turn when Philip shares the origin story of "Rory Stories" – a podcast born from his four-year-old son's concern that his friends weren't getting bedtime stories. What began as a simple father-son project has evolved into a partnership with United Way, supporting both independent authors and children in need. It's a beautiful example of how even the smallest acts of kindness can create unexpected ripple effects.
Despite navigating personal challenges including a recent separation, Philip maintains a commitment to kindness that shines through in his parenting philosophy. "I don't want to raise people that are not kind," he explains, sharing touching examples of how his children naturally absorb and reflect the kindness they witness. His guiding principle, borrowed from both Ted Lasso and Walt Whitman – "Be curious, not judgmental" – offers listeners a practical approach to navigating difficult interactions with grace.
The episode weaves through discussions of modern media, the evolution of music platforms, and the importance of basic human connection in an increasingly digital world. Philip's infectious enthusiasm for creating content that uplifts others serves as a powerful reminder that while we cannot control global events, we can control our own actions – we can "lead with kindness."
Whether you're seeking inspiration for your own creative endeavors, looking for practical kindness strategies, or simply need a reminder that goodness still exists in the world, this conversation delivers with authenticity and heart. Subscribe to Kindness Matters for weekly doses of positivity and join our community on social media to share your own kindness stories.
Well, hello there and welcome. You are listening to the Kindness Matters podcast and I am your host, mike Rathbun. What is this podcast all about? It's about kindness. It's a pushback against everything negative that we see in the news and on social media today, and it's a way to highlight people, organizations, that are simply striving to make their little corner of the world a little better place. If you want to join in on the conversation, feel free, Go ahead and follow us on all of your social media feeds. We're on Facebook, instagram, tiktok. We're even on LinkedIn under Mike Rathbun. Check us out. We're even on LinkedIn under Mike Rathbun. Check us out. And, in the meantime, so sit back, relax, enjoy and we'll get into the Kindness Matters podcast. Hey, welcome to the show everybody. I am your host, mike Rathbun, and, in case you missed it, from the intro, you're listening to the Kindness Matters podcast. From the intro, you're listening to the Kindness Matters podcast.
Speaker 1:I am so happy that you made a conscious choice to spend 30 minutes of your day listening to this podcast, and I appreciate it. I thank you. You know what I appreciate it more If you told your friends and neighbors what an outstanding podcast this is, and you know what I'm not beneath it, I'll lie. If you want to lie about it and say it's the best podcast you ever heard, I'm okay with that. No, I'm just kidding, don't do that. I have got such a fantastic show for you today. A lot of my guests on this podcast tend to be presidents, directors, life coaches, ceos or heads of non-profits that kind of thing. But my guest today is such a refreshing change from all of that. He is a fellow podcaster and works with Unscripted Productions.
Speaker 2:That's right.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that's right.
Speaker 2:You got it. Don't lose the yes, I did. Yes, I did. Don't lose the confidence. You have all the script, don't worry, it's all good.
Speaker 1:And it just went down the toilet.
Speaker 2:Welcome to the show Philip Parker. Thank you for having me, Mike. It's an absolute pleasure to be here. What you do is awesome, so I'm excited to be part of it.
Speaker 1:I really appreciate that, philip, I mean, and a lot of my guests. They are usually coming at kindness from one side or the other right. They're either receiving it or they're giving it.
Speaker 2:You are actively trying to do both. Yes, yes, yes, it's been a journey. I'm not gonna lie to you, um, because that would be rude, um, but it's, it's very, it's, it's very refreshing to find that humanity is not lost. And, um, over the last four or five years of my life, I've been graced with kindness, and it just continues. And I think it's who you surround yourself with and who you allow yourself to be around, I guess is the best way to put that.
Speaker 1:Yeah, the last four or five years of all of our lives have been a little weird, haven't they?
Speaker 2:Yeah, a little turbulent. You know we won't mention why, because it never stops being talked about. But you know it's one of those things. We got through it as a nation, as the world, and we learned a little bit about ourselves from it, I think. So that's always fun.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:It's always fun.
Speaker 1:As a matter of fact, I learned how to podcast during that time right, right, that's kind of where I started, okay maybe I did, maybe I didn't. The audience will be the judge of that. Really, do you think you did, mike? Yeah?
Speaker 2:I mean, I think so you know what we, we, uh, we. There's always, there's always a learning curve, but I think your shows are very enlightening and it's something different to highlight a specific trait in human. I guess culture and kindness is something that we don't focus on enough. You know, it's as simple as holding a door. I mean, that's called generally manners. But you know, I think we've just forgotten our social abilities and kindness is, believe it or not, a social ability.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and you brought up something when you were first talking about how showing the world that there are still kind people out there or right right, right because they are, and I think we forget that sometimes yeah, you know.
Speaker 2:You see you, I think, um, social media, um, general media, um, unfortunately just paints a very dire picture for everyone, where it's like apocalypse now and oh my gosh, don't go outside, and people are evil and all this kind of stuff. And reality is is that, um, it's as simple as you know. You don't have to be religious. But, like um, I had um mormons come to my door and I let them in. I had a conversation with them. They're just generally nice people. You don't have to slam a door on somebody. You can be courteous, you can be polite. They're just out doing their faith thing. Everyone is entitled to it, but I think people just forget all that stuff. It's just social interaction has been a forgotten skill and I've been lucky and fortunate enough.
Speaker 2:Um, in the beginning of all of this, during covid um, I had my neighbor, um, put me up with my, with my, with my ex-wife now, but, um, and my uh, young son, and you know it's, it's things like that. You know it's, it's, it's all of these things, um, as they collectively come together. Now somebody is going to be sitting around a table right now listening to this podcast and they're going to be like man, why don't I see any kindness and it's like you know what. I hate to call it out, but you get what you give a lot of times in life and, um, you know, I try and push into the ethos that I am a good person. Unfortunately, I have my failings, like all of us. Nobody's perfect. But you know, that's why the podcasting became a thing for me. I started the Unscripted Perspective initially and it was just learning about different perspectives, uh, people's unique traits, like I would have had you on, uh, just to learn about.
Speaker 2:Why did you start the kindness podcast, like what you know, that kind of stuff, just highlighting people's uniques, uniqueness and and all of that, and it just kind of spurred on from there. I did a music podcast and, um, you know, we're going to talk about rory stories as well. And then, um, um, I think the biggest, the biggest one for me recently was, um, my mental health podcast. You know, um, and that's, and that's really the thing that I focused on recently, just because mental health is such a huge thing and, as you aptly put, you can put a post on Facebook and have thousands of life coaches and people that want to help you mentally. So I said, well, you know, if there's an abundance of people out there that want to help, I want to be the tool, I guess, to allow that to happen.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so okay. So your podcast, the Unscripted Perspective, is one, yes, yes. You were talking about music. You started another one called Untouched Melodies.
Speaker 2:That's correct. Yeah, that's a live. So I've kind of moved from audio to live streaming just to kind of get the interaction of the audience. It's a little bit more fun. I dare to be different, much to my chagrin in the beginning, because things crash and computers fall, fall apart and streams just die and stuff. But, um, you know, we figured it out and um, I think it just adds to the authenticity of a, of a chat. Like I don't do a scripted chat at all, it's just not, it's not part of I. I feel like the most enjoyable podcasts I've listened to have not been scripted. So I think that's just kind of how I I go with that so untouched melodies.
Speaker 1:Now, that was showcasing what just into.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, essentially, I went on spotify one day and there's a bunch of musicians that I was like what, why are they only like at a thousand followers or 50, 50 followers or listeners or whatever? And so I reached out and, um, I I got them to come on the podcast and then it just kind of spurred from there. Um, they told their friends, their artists and all that, and it just kept kept going. Um, you know, I had musicians on, uh, the unscripted perspective as well, but I think um, kind of really just focusing on one topic allows my audience and listeners to kind of just really separate the the stuff, what they want to listen to, I guess, um from from what's out there, because you know, as you said, you I've had life coaches, I've had paranormal investigators, I've got all this stuff and some people just aren't interested in that. So it allows people to just kind of really focus in on what they want to listen to.
Speaker 1:Yeah, well, and that's kind of. I mean, you're basically helping them to get a wider audience, and that seems darn kind to me.
Speaker 2:Well, yeah, that seems darn kind to me.
Speaker 1:Well, yeah, I mean yeah, you could say that. Yeah, because, yeah, you think about the artists. You see all the artists, right, but you're only seeing the ones, or hearing the ones, that show up on your radio.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Okay, that's kind of old-fashioned, but you know, Well yeah, no, you're right.
Speaker 2:You're right. I mean, let's call it what it is um, you can be an artist now by just having a youtube account. So I think, um, it's really, it's really, um, I guess, important when you find that talent. You know, it's not just american idol and agt and all these other talent shows. Um, there are some really great artists out there that haven't been discovered, and so I'm not going to pretend that I'm this amazing guy that can find great music, but I enjoy meeting people.
Speaker 2:I think podcasting is a great medium for that, and if they get one or two followers out of my show, it's a win for them, because they've grown their audience and you know, they use all of the clips and stuff that I make. They can use it for promotion and they have done. In fact, there's one where I'm not I wouldn't say I'm not happy, but it's just, it's it's chopped up and kind of remixed and I have a really weird looking face in there. But hey, I allow it, it's all fun. Um, it's incredibly enough. Rory um loved one of the tracks that got a Grammy um, uh, grammy nomination, and he he loved it so much. He was dancing around the the kitchen and I filmed him dancing around the kitchen singing the song and that was a tiktok post. Um, they asked if I could, if they could use it, and it went viral on tiktok. So his claim to fame began a little earlier than I anticipated.
Speaker 1:yeah, wow, no kidding, yeah, I never expected my son to go viral at three, four or earlier than I anticipated. Yeah, wow, no kidding. Yeah, I never expected my son to go viral at three, four, whatever the case may be. Right, yeah, and you do. I see so many artists on TikTok and they're just like you know, like share.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that you do. Yeah, it's a different world out there now. It's very different. Now it's like you I was watching a ray the other day, a great movie, if anyone hasn't seen it but like like back in the back in the old days, like it was about getting airplay and getting on the radio and stuff. Now it's about tiktok, followers and and all this kind of stuff. So it's, it's, it's a different, it's a different world.
Speaker 2:And while, yes, spotify has changed the, the dynamic and people, some would argue that they've, you know, um, ruined the, the ethos a little bit because of how easily accessed and how much they, how little they pay or whatever, but the reality is is they've actually broken down the barriers as well. So, like, I actually have written and produced music and put it on Spotify and it's, it's a great, it's a great medium and I believe that you, you know, with ai now being a huge thing, um, you're just going to see more and more. Like you don't have to even sing anymore. You can, you can go in and make your voice sound like whoever you want write a song and they'll do it for you. It's, it's just crazy. It's, you know, it's out of a science fiction movie. It's crazy stuff.
Speaker 1:Oh my gosh yeah, I mean back to Ray for a second. That was, you had 100 copies of your song on reel-to-reel probably. Yeah, yes, exactly Round to radio stations all over the country just saying please give this a listen.
Speaker 2:Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1:It became a little easier because you'd do cassette tapes, but that was very much the same the thing back then. That was how you got noticed, how you got on the air, how you got played.
Speaker 2:Yeah, you'd go in and you'd have a chat with the DJ and stuff. It wasn't like you could just phone it in as they do now and stuff it was. It was, it wasn't like you could just phone it in as they do now, but like you, literally, you literally had to go in and and and almost sing live a lot of the time in certain aspects. So, yeah, look, music has evolved in such a great way and, you know, um, in in 10 or 15 years, something else is going to happen and then they're going to be whining that that happened and it's just change is not easy to embrace for some people. But talent is never really it's. You can't ignore talent.
Speaker 2:No, you know, if you couldn't write a song, your song wouldn't make it on the radio. Your song wouldn't get noticed. If you couldn't sing, it used to be that you wouldn't get noticed, but now, if you can write an amazing song, put it through ai and, and all of a sudden your song is, is content. So I think it's something, it's something good. Um, you know, uh, I actually was chatting with um, some more um, I would say visitors, but they're, you know, like religious, religious visitors let's call them that, okay and um and um, I was telling them that hey, you should probably like make some stuff, and they had me write some, uh, um kind of music, um, faith music, and it was great it was. It was a really different experience, but also it just shows that you can do anything if you put your mind to it, and so we've really gone off onto the say that again yeah, we're out in the weeds now, but it's fine, you wrote them jingles or what no actual songs.
Speaker 2:They were legitimate songs. So, for those not trying to plug anything but, um, there's a lot of ai apps and um, um, I uh connected with timbaland on his instagram and we like we're not like friends or anything, but like it's. He was doing a live stream and I was going, hey, what's this Suno thing? And he was telling his followers all about it and he just pushed that, hey, it's a great tool, you should try it out. And so I did, and it's incredible. You pump in your own vocals. If you want, you can toy with your own vocals. You can make it sound however you wish. You can put in what you want it to sound like, and you might take 15, 15 times, like generating all the audio, but you can clip it and and really edit it, and that's where the fun is. You make something amazing and you're just like, oh my god, I can't believe I did that.
Speaker 1:It's just crazy so it's like you lay down the vocals, then you go. What this part needs is horns. You lay in some horn exactly, exactly, exactly.
Speaker 2:So, yeah, it is, it's fun, it's fun, definitely fun uh, okay, so let's.
Speaker 1:You mentioned your son, rory, and this is one of the the nicest stories I think I've ever heard, ever, ever, and it yes it goes to how you are and how you're raising your kid too, I think I appreciate that.
Speaker 2:You know, um rory is um rory's my little boy and uh, at four years of age he came to me during covid um, and it was in ireland at the time we're actually in ireland for covid because I was trying to take care of my parents and and kind of get them through a tough time. Um and um, he came home from um I guess they call it preschool here, play school over there, whatever it is and he was kind of upset. He was just like, ah, you know, my friends don't get stories read to them at bedtime. And so, backstory, I always we always read a story at bedtime. It's just a practice in our house. We always do that and even do the 25 books, calendar books for run up to Christmas. So it's like and then on the on, then, yeah, exactly, so we collect books throughout the year and then you know Christmas books or whatever, and then we read them on the run up to Christmas and then the night before Christmas, only Christmas, christmas Eve. So it's just been a practice that we've done.
Speaker 2:And honestly, he came to me, he was just upset and he wanted me to fix this, you know, because parents don't always have time. It's not a dig or anything. It's just something that happens and honestly, I did not know what to do until he said a podcast do um. Until he said a podcast. And you know, when you hear things coming out of the, the, you know from the, from the mouths of babes, like, well, he knew I was doing podcasting, um, he knew that I couldn't um, like he wasn't allowed in the room when I was doing some certain interviews and things like that, right, um, so um, and of course, um, I use the roadcaster pro, so it's like a um, it's like a deck, I guess you could call it, and there's all buttons and stuff. So he knew somewhat about podcasting um, and when he said a podcast, it was like, oh, you know, maybe that might work, and so I decided to kind of check it out.
Speaker 2:I went on facebook, um, looked up groups, independent, um kind of authors, children's authors, and then just made a post and so many people were interested, um, and so we have like six or seven episodes, but basically he sat down with me, we recorded his little intro and outro, um, and then he, he picked out a little jingle as well, um, and it's so, we called it rory stories. And then, um, another, um, amazing artist, um, graphic artist, um, actually based in indonesia of all places. Um, facebook is amazing, but anyway, um, he, he kind of saw what we were doing and he was like I'd love to contribute, I just don't know how, and I was like, what about doing like a little cover art for the, the podcast? And he did, and, oh my gosh, like couldn't have done a better job, and so, yeah, it's something that I really need to push a little bit more.
Speaker 2:Since then, um, we've met, um, uh, people from United Way, um, uh, if you're not familiar with them, they're a charity organization and they want to, they want to be part of this as well. So, um, these artists, I encourage them to send the actual books, the hard copies of the book. So we have quite a few hard copies and, as as these are, read um, once it's finished, they're going to be donated to united way and they're going to choose where they go to um and it's so, and they will be donated in his name and so when he gets older, he can um, he can say hey, hey, I was part of something amazing. And, on top of that kind of selfishly, when he has girlfriends come around for the first time, most people have photos of them in the bath and stuff. I have a podcast that's immortalized on all of podcasting mediums across the world, so I'm going to enjoy that immensely, but he's also incredibly cute. Dad of the year, yeah.
Speaker 1:Oh, that's cute. You've got photographs of your kid naked in the bathtub. Listen to this.
Speaker 2:Boom, yeah, look at that. And so, yeah, it's a mic drop and, to be honest with you, it's been enlightening to me. Just, you know we talked about the fact that I'm recently separated from my wife and it's been, it's been really testing um on on me and and the kids and everything, and but I will say this like, even though myself and herself are not seeing eye to eye there's a lot of arguments. One thing is true, one thing stays true, which is our desire to make sure the kids feel loved, and that shows through when I hear him say things like you know, I want to help people, or I want to. Like he got recognized in his school for being the one to find someone who's lonely and needs a friend because he just he's social butterfly. You know, he's just one of those kids. So it just it's amazing. Now, we'll always have disagreements amongst adults when relationships end, but I will never, ever, ever put her down as a mom and I think that is something that we will always agree on, which is that our kids are loved. We're very, very, very lucky. They're just loving little kids and the kindness that we've received and shown them.
Speaker 2:Like he says goodbye at the supermarket, like to the checker yeah, it's just, it's habitual, like what do you say, oh, thank you, goodbye, and it's just now. He just it's. It's, it's habitual, like what do you say, oh, thank you, goodbye, and it's just now. He does it all the time. One day he turned to me and he goes. I don't think he was having a good day, daddy. I was like why he didn't say goodbye? I was like okay. I was like you're not wrong, you're not wrong so funny.
Speaker 1:Uh, similar thing. We have my grandson. He'll be three in November.
Speaker 2:Great age, so much fun. My little girl is three and she is sass in. Yeah, just personified.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it's exactly what it is, but we had the whole family over the whole family. We had the two boys over and their spouses or partners or whatever, and then my grandson, of course, and our youngest had to leave first and, as he and his partner were leaving out of nowhere, no prompting Happy Easter.
Speaker 2:I know, right, hi, right, I'm like, yeah, what? Yeah, you know kids are so perceptive. You know, mike, honestly, it's, it's one of those things that it's sobering as an adult when you see kids, just and you realize you know they're seeing that somewhere and you're, you're, you hope and you pray that it's you. But like, in all in all fairness, um, you know, kids are like glued to electronic devices. Now they're watching youtube, they're watching bluey, they're watching all these different um, social, um contributors on on on youtube and whatever else and and while there is a play that you know you don't want them seeing too much of that.
Speaker 2:Like, my kids have learned so much from that. My, my little boy now knows how to voice search on YouTube and if he wants to learn about volcanoes, he goes in and he looks up volcanoes and he watches videos. He watches earthquakes, he loves all that natural disaster stuff. Can you teach me how to do that? Yes, sure, um, but the other thing as well is when I walked in and he was searching divorce because he didn't understand, and so, like that in itself, you know, it actually ended up being something that was very useful for him and made me realize that you know, we take for granted sometimes that kids are.
Speaker 1:You say oh no, they don't understand.
Speaker 2:Yeah, they do, yeah, they do, yeah, they do. They see kindness everywhere and they try and emulate what you're doing. And you know, back to the fact that we're talking about kindness here, like the reality is, is that I don't want to breed people that are not kind. I don't want to raise people that are not kind. You want, you know there's going to be people out there that are just not nice. It's just they're grumpy, you know. But, like I said to you before we started, my mantra now is a Ted Lasso classic, because if you watch that show, it's huge. But also Walt Whitman quote uh, classic, because if you watch that show, it's huge.
Speaker 2:Um, but also walt whitman, um quote. It's um, be be curious, not judgmental, and it's. It's actually guided me through some pretty precarious situations where normally I would just get hot. You know, um, it it's. It's easy to just judge, it's easy, it's easy to just be like, oh, that guy is such a beep, you know, yes, no, there's just no, there's no grace anymore, and I feel like we just need to get back to that. And be curious, not judgmental, is a great thing, you know, there's other. You know, if you're not religious, that's an amazing quote to go with. If not, then thing, you know, you know there's other. You know, if you're not religious, that's an amazing quote to go with. If not, then you know what would jesus do. Or you know, whatever your religion is, it's just get back to basics, basic human kindness.
Speaker 2:It's such a foreign entity right now and it's like just be good to each other, like, is it that difficult? Like it, it seems like it is, but you know, I I don't get into politics and I don't get all that uh bent out of shape about stuff. It doesn't matter what president we have, it doesn't matter who's in power, it doesn't matter, none of that matters, because he, whoever it is, is one person. It's. I always say control your controllables, right? You can't control who's in power now. He's been voted in right, however upset you are or not right. But you can control what you do, you can control how you lead your life. And so, instead of sitting there bitching about all the bad things that have happened, lead, lead by example. Like, just go out there and lead with kindness, lead with grace. You know, like you know it's it is.
Speaker 1:It's so easy to get caught up in the oh well, this is gonna happen, and let's be fair the conspiracy theorists are gonna be sitting there.
Speaker 2:Yeah, exactly, the conspiracy theorists are going to be sitting there and just just giving out all the, all the stuff. Oh yeah, you know, the weather lasers are gonna come out of his eyes and everyone's gonna. I'm like dude, come on like, just just chill. Like you know, this is. This is the world we live in now and if you think america is in that, you're wrong, go turn on the news, preferably BBC, because it's less. It's less, there's no sides to it. You get data. You know what I mean.
Speaker 1:I love that I have two sources for news and these, well, I don't know, but I was going to say neither of them are American AP, yes, and the Independent and neither well I don't know, but I was gonna say neither of them. American ap yes, and uh the independent there you go there you go but, you, but you lose no blah blah yeah, well, you know it's, it's.
Speaker 2:Look, it's no secret that these, these channels are funded and owned by people who have political beliefs. Right, the bbc is owned and run by the government in England, so their pride is on just giving impartial news, and so if I want to sit down and find out what is actually happening, that's what I watch. But regardless of that, it doesn't matter. What's happening in the world you can control. Look what happened during COVID. Look at all the stuff. We wouldn't have gotten out of it if it wasn't for the kindness of the people like those amazing people in medicine, those amazing people who took the risk of going to work every day. When you have some people who are upset because they have to get up for work, to go, go to be a barista, I mean like, like, just sometimes, you just got to you really ran into the fire.
Speaker 2:Yes, 100%, 100%. But anyway, I digress. Kindness is the way to live and, honestly, I absolutely love what you do. I love the podcast, I love what you're putting out into the world and I think more and more people need to just take note and take example and take kind of solace in the fact that there are people like Mike out there and there are people that want to be kind, that want to highlight that there is kindness still out there. You know, whether it's a six-year-old or a five-year-old or a four-year-old that wants to make a podcast, or whether, um, it's just cheering on um, someone who is down syndrome, who got a job at walmart and is is moving carts around and and just being kind and showing that you appreciate them. Whatever your kindness looks like, it doesn't go unnoticed at all.
Speaker 1:Yes, so and you might think it does, but it doesn't. I love that. Yeah, that 30 minutes that you just spent doom scrolling while you were listening to this podcast. You could have been out volunteering in an animal shelter exactly, exactly and actually making a positive difference in the world.
Speaker 2:100 100%, 100%.
Speaker 1:You should still be listening to the podcast 100%.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I mean, mike is a Look. I came on this podcast because Mike resonated with me hugely. We connected on Facebook and I want everyone to realize that this is not an easy game to be in and it isn't fruitful in any way, shape or form. It's not like we get paid a bunch of money. We like creating content and Mike is one of those people and I'm very, very, very blessed and grateful to be on the show and I appreciate everything that you do, mike, and I hope that we can get this, this lovely show, back up at the top of the charts or whatever it needs to be, so people can hear more about kindness, because I think it's something that definitely needs to be um promoted a lot more wow, thank you.
Speaker 1:Thank you, phil. I really appreciate that and and we're gonna listen for your stuff too. I appreciate so much for your time, phil, um wrap it up and wrap it up wrap it up.
Speaker 2:Thanks to everyone for listening. Keep listening to Mike. Yeah, that's it wrap, wrap, wrap.
Speaker 1:Sorry, thanks everybody for tuning in. We'll talk to you later. Have a good day, phil. We will be in touch thanks a lot.
Speaker 1:I want to thank you for taking this time to listen to this episode with my guest, philip Parker Boy. The world needs more Philip Parkers, and it needs more people like you, folks who appreciate kindness and want to learn more about it and learn about people who are being kind and learn about people who are being kind. I just hope that you're able to take something positive from the time that you spent here with us today. Maybe you'll be inspired, maybe you'll be motivated, maybe you'll be moved. If you experienced any of those positive feelings, please consider sharing this podcast with your friends and family. I'm always trying to offer you a better podcast, so give me some feedback. Let me know how you think I'm doing. Email me, leave me a message on my socials, leave me a message wherever you listen to this podcast. It would mean the world to me and it would also help make a better podcast, I hope Also feel free to follow us on our socials like Facebook, instagram, linkedin and TikTok.
Speaker 1:This podcast is part of the Mayday Media Network. If you have an idea for a podcast and need some production assistance, or you already have a podcast and are looking for a supportive network to join, check out MaydayMediaNetworkcom and check out the many different shows, like Afrocentric, spoiled, my Movie Generation Mixtape In a Pickle Radio Show, wake Up and Dream with D Anthony Palin, stacks of Packs and the Time Pals. We will be back again next week with a brand new episode and we would be honored if you would join us. You've been listening to the Kindness Matters Podcast. I'm your host, mike Rathbun. Have a fantastic week.
