July 17, 2025
Lessons in Love and Learning from Mr. Rogers’ Legacy, with Jennifer Baumgartner
Jennifer Baumgartner shares some lessons in love and learning from Mr. Rogers’ legacy on episode 579 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
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Quotes from the episode

Mr. Rodgers was a very comforting influence as a young child.
-Jennifer Baumgartner
Moving slowly or taking your time is a very key theme of Mr. Rogers neighborhood, and also Fred Rogers’ life and the way he lived it.
-Jennifer Baumgartner
He didn’t shy away from talking about difficult subjects.
-Jennifer Baumgartner
“Anything that is mentionable is manageable.”
-Jennifer Baumgartner, quoting Fred Rogers
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Resources
- Fred Rogers Institute
- Fred Rogers Institute at Saint Vincent College
- The Neighborhood of Make-Believe
- You don’t have to wait for the clock to strike to start teaching, by Peter Newbury
- Go Somewhere: Reimagining Technology in Education for a Better Tomorrow, Bonni Stachowiak’s Keynote at LSU’s Faculty Colloquium
- Speaking Freddish: How to Sound Like Mister Rogers, by Alexei Novak
- “Did You Know?” Song by Mister Rogers
- 10 to 25: The Science of Motivating Young People, by David Yeager
- Cartoon about writing
- Teaching C-I Substack
- Fred Rogers Archive
- OuiSi Original: Games of Visual Connection
- Thomas Dambo – Recycled Art and Troll Sculptures
- Trollmap – Locations of Thomas Dambo’s Trolls
- Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (2018 Documentary)
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