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Speaker 1: But when we say that Mr Rogers wanted people to

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Speaker 1: and not like moralizing or pedantic or condescending. Fred Rogers

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Speaker 1: right thing about him and his work? Or are we

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Speaker 1: that's all there was to his message. I'm Carvil Wallace

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Speaker 1: and this is Finding Fred, a podcast about Fred Rogers

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Speaker 1: from High Heart Media and Fatherly in partnership with Transmitter Media.

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Speaker 1: Fred Rogers grew up during the Depression, through World War

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Speaker 1: Two and the Holocaust. He had seen how horrible people

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Speaker 1: means so much to me. She took me to museums,

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Speaker 1: I just want to give a big shout out Denise

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Speaker 1: and so the whole family, Jesse, Charlie, Brianna, they were

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Speaker 1: and just show me what it's like to be a

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Speaker 1: I hope you have a good one, and the more

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Speaker 1: of that next week and our final episode of Finding Friend.

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Speaker 1: Finding Fred is produced by Transmitter Media. Our team is

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Speaker 1: Daniel Donald, Jordan Bailey, and Maddie Foley. Our editor is

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Speaker 1: Sarah Nicks. The executive producer for Transmitter Media is Greta Cohne.

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Speaker 1: Executive producers at Fatherly are Simon Isaacs and Andrew Berman.

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Speaker 1: Thanks to the team and I Heart Media. Our show

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Speaker 1: is mixed by Rick Kwan, music by Blue Dot Sessions

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Speaker 1: and Alison Layton Brown. If you like what you're hearing,

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Speaker 1: rate the show, review the show, and tell a friend

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Speaker 1: I'm Carvel Wallace. Thank you for listening.