1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:04,000 Speaker 1: It's funny. The first song on Raffie's first album is 2 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:07,760 Speaker 1: the more We Get Together, the happier will be. It's 3 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:09,799 Speaker 1: like straight out of the positive psychology. You know, it 4 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:12,960 Speaker 1: could be a title of a like journal paper, The 5 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:19,200 Speaker 1: more We Get Together Happy. He's got this cool vibe 6 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:21,680 Speaker 1: of you know what he does for kids, and he's 7 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:24,040 Speaker 1: just like a positive figure out in our culturals. I 8 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:33,480 Speaker 1: guess the swim so Wild and Swim So Free. Rafi Kabukian, 9 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:36,560 Speaker 1: better known as just Raffie, is one of the most 10 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:40,320 Speaker 1: popular children's musicians of all time, the voice behind some 11 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:47,600 Speaker 1: of the happiest songs of our generation. Bay, but behind 12 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:50,600 Speaker 1: the catchy music, sold out crowds and the Little White 13 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:54,200 Speaker 1: Whale is a deeper message, a philosophy some might even 14 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:57,520 Speaker 1: call subversive, the idea that we need to start thinking 15 00:00:57,560 --> 00:01:02,120 Speaker 1: about things like climate change issues, that we're politically divisive 16 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:05,959 Speaker 1: and in some ways socially divisive. For someone who had 17 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:09,840 Speaker 1: a very broad appeal, was really brave with him. Amazon 18 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:17,399 Speaker 1: is calling there is something about what Raffie was saying 19 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:21,319 Speaker 1: and doing, about this sort of universal declaration for kids. 20 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:24,080 Speaker 1: If you can take care of a child in these 21 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:30,320 Speaker 1: basic ways, fundamentally it should transform society. I'm Chris Garcia. 22 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 1: I'm a comedian, a new dad, and the host of 23 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:37,720 Speaker 1: Finding Raffie, the follow up to the Peabody nominated series 24 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:42,119 Speaker 1: Finding Friends, Ring Ring, Ring, Ring, Ring, Ring, Ring, Banana Phone. 25 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:46,600 Speaker 1: This season, we're taking a deep dive into the life 26 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:50,360 Speaker 1: of Raffie, learning about his work, his philosophy, and what 27 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:56,080 Speaker 1: led him to children's music startuppeeding for us to get 28 00:01:56,120 --> 00:02:01,040 Speaker 1: together and sing, sing, ring. So how does a man 29 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 1: in a Hawaiian shirt, a pair of moccasins, and an 30 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 1: acoustic guitar shape the world view of a generation. He 31 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:10,799 Speaker 1: does it by reaching out and connecting with them from 32 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:15,360 Speaker 1: the very beginning as children. I think that Raffie looked 33 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:20,240 Speaker 1: at children for who they are in the moment. Throughout 34 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:22,839 Speaker 1: my career, I went out of my way to learn 35 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 1: about young children. Who are these impressionable young beings who 36 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:30,840 Speaker 1: happened to be fun and spontaneous and at times more 37 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:35,640 Speaker 1: than we can handle. Who are these beings and what 38 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:40,120 Speaker 1: do they need? I wonder if I'm growing. The more 39 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:43,080 Speaker 1: I learned about Raffie, the more I saw myself and 40 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:47,200 Speaker 1: him two kids of immigrant parents searching for acceptance. And 41 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:51,880 Speaker 1: healing on stage. There's a measure of Catharsis in my 42 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 1: career that has benefited my whole being, and certainly in 43 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:02,160 Speaker 1: recognizing that I didn't respect I love for who I 44 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 1: felt that was. For decades, Rapie has been telling us 45 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:09,440 Speaker 1: to wake up to the needs of our children, to 46 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 1: the kid in side of us, and to the destruction 47 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:14,640 Speaker 1: of our planet. That's a whole lot of meaning packed 48 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:17,720 Speaker 1: into a kid's song. It's mine, but you can have 49 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 1: some with you. I'd like to share it over ten episodes, 50 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:25,360 Speaker 1: will break it all down with his friends, his collaborators, 51 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:29,400 Speaker 1: his fans, and of course the man himself. Every human 52 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:34,680 Speaker 1: being it wants to feel respect without exception. And when 53 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 1: we start with young all good things can grow from there. 54 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 1: Have some with you. Finding Raffie a new series for 55 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:47,360 Speaker 1: my Heart Radio and Fatherly in partnership with Coco Punt. 56 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 1: It's Mine But You can listen to Finding Raffie on 57 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:56,400 Speaker 1: January on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or 58 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 1: wherever you get your podcasts.