The Miniature Wife star Sofia Rosinsky shares her perspective on kindness as an actor, including the importance of empathy both on set and in daily life. Joining host and kindness.org CEO, Jaclyn Lindsey, Sofia dives deep into why kind leaders are better for all.

Key Takeaways:

• Early influences on kindness (to creatures of all kinds) from her family
• How working on The Miniature Wife, alongside Elizabeth Banks and Matthew Macfadyen, showed her the power of a compassionate set.
• A kind message to her sister and collaborator, plus much more

SOFIA ROSINSKY is a series regular on the Peacock series “The Miniature Wife” opposite Elizabeth Banks and Matthew Macfadyen. She was previously recurring on the Hulu series “Death and Other Details” opposite Mandy Patinkin. Sofia is perhaps best known for leading the Amazon original series “Paper Girls." Past credits include a regular role on the Disney Channel series “Fast Layne” and a leading role in the Nickelodeon feature “Forever Boys.”

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Action on kind acts! Casting Director Julie Schubert dives deep on the importance of kindness behind-scenes of movies and tv shows. From early lessons her grandma taught her on human connection to the kindness of Keri Russell on her current hit Netflix series The Diplomat, the Emmy-winning creative brings an exciting new perspective alongside host and kindness.org CEO Jaclyn Lindsey.

Key Takeaways:

• Genuine kindness versus superficial niceness.
• The creative process of casting and building authentic on-screen chemistry.
• The role kindness plays behind the scenes of "Hollywood."
• The importance of diversity, equity, and collaboration in casting + much more.

JULIE SCHUBERT is an Emmy-winning casting director based in New York. Select film and TV credits include: The Diplomat, Under the Bridge, House of Cards (Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting); Night Comes On (Sundance award winning feature), Deliver Us From Evil; Marvel's The Punisher; Marvel's Daredevil; Marvel's Jessica Jones; Marvel's Luke Cage; Marvel's Iron Fist; Marvel's The Defenders; Mindhunter; Confessions of a Shopaholic, among others.

This podcast is one of the many ways we live out our organization's mission to educate and inspire people to choose kindness. Visit our site kindness.org and sign up to become a part of our global Kindmaker community which spans more than 100 countries. It's free to join and when you do you'll be the first to get access to our latest research, tools, and even episodes of this podcast. Let's build a kinder world, together.

How kind are you? Visit kindness.org/KQ to get your KQ today!

Contact us at podcast@kindness.org or on social at @kindnessorg.

In this heartfelt special episode of Why Kindness?, host Jaclyn Lindsey is joined by Learn Kind Program Manager and former teacher Megan Peterson to celebrate the educators who shape not only what we know, but who we become.

To honor that impact, we invited this season’s guests to share short pep talks for teachers. From Olympian Marion Jones to creator Jimmy Darts to STEM pioneer Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green, we hope these messages inspire you.

This episode features pep talks from:

Sam Demma – Best-selling author and speaker
Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green – STEM pioneer and scientist
Dr. Suraj Samtani – Clinical psychologist and researcher
Cynthia Yip – Founder of Tiny Jars of Stars
Chester Elton – Leadership expert and best-selling author
Marion Jones – Olympian
Steven Sawalich – Filmmaker
Jimmy Darts – Creator and author
Holly Hatam – Beloved illustrator and author of Dear Teacher
Cole NeSmith – Artist and experience curator
Julie Vincent – Founder of The Gifted Life
Bret and Blake of the Wasserman-Glasser family – Featured in an upcoming special episode
If you’d like to hear more from today’s guests, their full episodes are streaming now.

And if you’re looking for free lesson plans and activities to cultivate kindness in classrooms, clubs, or communities, visit learnkind.org. LearnKind is a free K-8 kindness curriculum powered by scientific inquiry and social-emotional learning.

This podcast is one of the many ways we live out our organization's mission to educate and inspire people to choose kindness. Visit our site kindness.org and sign up to become a part of our global Kindmaker community which spans more than 100 countries. It's free to join and when you do you'll be the first to get access to our latest research, tools, and even episodes of this podcast. Let's build a kinder world, together.

How kind are you? Visit kindness.org/KQ to get your KQ today!

Contact us at podcast@kindness.org or on social at @kindnessorg.