{"id":4190,"date":"2010-03-17T16:20:42","date_gmt":"2010-03-17T16:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2010\/03\/it-always-begins-with-a-whisper-in-the-hallway.html"},"modified":"2010-03-17T16:20:42","modified_gmt":"2010-03-17T16:20:42","slug":"it-always-begins-with-a-whisper-in-the-hallway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2010\/03\/it-always-begins-with-a-whisper-in-the-hallway.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;It always begins with a whisper in the hallway&#8230;&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/palmo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"palmo.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/212\/import\/assets_c\/2010\/03\/palmo-thumb-400x257-12240.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"257\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0 auto 20px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div>And who knows better about whispers than <a href=\"http:\/\/whispersintheloggia.blogspot.com\/\">Rocco Palmo?&nbsp;<\/a><\/div>\n<p>\nHe stopped by the offices of <a href=\"http:\/\/netny.net\/currents\/\">&#8220;Currents&#8221;<\/a> recently and was interviewed for a segment that we call &#8220;I WITNESS.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Among other things, he talked about why he does what he does.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/netny.net\/currents\/blogs\/i-witness\/interview-with-rocco-palmo-31610\/\">Take a look. <\/a>  (Trivia buffs will note that the office he&#8217;s using for the segment belongs to Your Humble Blogger.)<\/p>\n<p><em>Related:<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2010\/02\/rocco-of-ages-the-loggia-whisperer-speaks.html\">Lino Rulli interviews Rocco.<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And who knows better about whispers than Rocco Palmo?&nbsp; He stopped by the offices of &#8220;Currents&#8221; recently and was interviewed for a segment that we call &#8220;I WITNESS.&#8221; Among other things, he talked about why he does what he does. 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