Speaker 1: It's funny. The first song on Raffie's first album is
Speaker 1: the more We Get Together, the happier will be. It's
Speaker 1: like straight out of the positive psychology. You know, it
Speaker 1: could be a title of a like journal paper, The
Speaker 1: more We Get Together Happy. He's got this cool vibe
Speaker 1: of you know what he does for kids, and he's
Speaker 1: just like a positive figure out in our culturals. I
Speaker 1: guess the swim so Wild and Swim So Free. Rafi Kabukian,
Speaker 1: better known as just Raffie, is one of the most
Speaker 1: popular children's musicians of all time, the voice behind some
Speaker 1: of the happiest songs of our generation. Bay, but behind
Speaker 1: the catchy music, sold out crowds and the Little White
Speaker 1: Whale is a deeper message, a philosophy some might even
Speaker 1: call subversive, the idea that we need to start thinking
Speaker 1: about things like climate change issues, that we're politically divisive
Speaker 1: and in some ways socially divisive. For someone who had
Speaker 1: a very broad appeal, was really brave with him. Amazon
Speaker 1: is calling there is something about what Raffie was saying
Speaker 1: and doing, about this sort of universal declaration for kids.
Speaker 1: If you can take care of a child in these
Speaker 1: basic ways, fundamentally it should transform society. I'm Chris Garcia.
Speaker 1: I'm a comedian, a new dad, and the host of
Speaker 1: Finding Raffie, the follow up to the Peabody nominated series
Speaker 1: Finding Friends, Ring Ring, Ring, Ring, Ring, Ring, Ring, Banana Phone.
Speaker 1: This season, we're taking a deep dive into the life
Speaker 1: of Raffie, learning about his work, his philosophy, and what
Speaker 1: led him to children's music startuppeeding for us to get
Speaker 1: together and sing, sing, ring. So how does a man
Speaker 1: in a Hawaiian shirt, a pair of moccasins, and an
Speaker 1: acoustic guitar shape the world view of a generation. He
Speaker 1: does it by reaching out and connecting with them from
Speaker 1: the very beginning as children. I think that Raffie looked
Speaker 1: at children for who they are in the moment. Throughout
Speaker 1: my career, I went out of my way to learn
Speaker 1: about young children. Who are these impressionable young beings who
Speaker 1: happened to be fun and spontaneous and at times more
Speaker 1: than we can handle. Who are these beings and what
Speaker 1: do they need? I wonder if I'm growing. The more
Speaker 1: I learned about Raffie, the more I saw myself and
Speaker 1: him two kids of immigrant parents searching for acceptance. And
Speaker 1: healing on stage. There's a measure of Catharsis in my
Speaker 1: career that has benefited my whole being, and certainly in
Speaker 1: recognizing that I didn't respect I love for who I
Speaker 1: felt that was. For decades, Rapie has been telling us
Speaker 1: to wake up to the needs of our children, to
Speaker 1: the kid in side of us, and to the destruction
Speaker 1: of our planet. That's a whole lot of meaning packed
Speaker 1: into a kid's song. It's mine, but you can have
Speaker 1: some with you. I'd like to share it over ten episodes,
Speaker 1: will break it all down with his friends, his collaborators,
Speaker 1: his fans, and of course the man himself. Every human
Speaker 1: being it wants to feel respect without exception. And when
Speaker 1: we start with young all good things can grow from there.
Speaker 1: Have some with you. Finding Raffie a new series for
Speaker 1: my Heart Radio and Fatherly in partnership with Coco Punt.
Speaker 1: It's Mine But You can listen to Finding Raffie on
Speaker 1: January on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or
Speaker 1: wherever you get your podcasts.