Hi gang it's Calvin! Please 'comment!' I'd love to hear your thoughts. (And let's YouTube know this is something to show others) I'll read every one :) I quit my day-job for this, and it's entirely self-funded (on credit cards lol). Support my work here: http://www.PayPal.me/calvinwayman/11.11 Either way, thank you so much for watching! :) - Hearts Unknown is an unscripted journey to finding unfiltered humanity on both sides of the Israel-Palestine divide. I traveled to one of the most polarized places on earth—not with a script, not with a side, but with a question: What’s it like to actually meet the people behind the headlines? This documentary captures raw, unfiltered moments with real people, each with stories that rarely make the news. I didn’t go looking for answers. I went looking for hearts. In a world increasingly divided, this is a story about finding what connects us. No crew. No agenda. Just curiosity. If this resonates with you, please share it. That’s how we grow this kind of conversation. - CHAPTERS: THE MISSION 00:00:00 Will I regret this? 🫣 00:01:16 Objectives for going 🎯 00:02:16 Wait—44 siblings?! (Who is Calvin Wayman?!) 🤯 🇮🇱GETTING TO THE MIDDLE EAST🇵🇸 00:02:54 Film begins. Official Title—Hearts Unknown: a peek inside our deep divide ❤️ 00:04:12 After 3 FAILED attempts, no going back now! (Arriving in Israel) 🛬 00:04:36 Meet my one and only contact in the Middle East 🙋‍♂️ 00:06:40 My stay for the trip 🏠ISRAEL UP CLOSE, GRASPING FOR THE PALESTINIAN PERSPECTIVE 00:07:03 Getting to ‘Hostages Square’ 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 00:09:30 Unexpected emotions 😪 00:12:06 Whoa…an Israeli supporting Palestinians?? 🤔 00:13:58 Disagreement between different Israelis! 🗣️ 00:17:24 If I leave right now, I got something! (Now can I get into the West Bank?) 👏00:18:14 Still to come on Hearts Unknown ❤️ 00:18:40 Horrible sleep 🥱 00:19:29 Daring myself to go check out daily life in Israel 😤 00:21:29 Objective—getting into the West Bank! 🕵️‍♂️ 00:22:33 Plan: Tell US-Embassy my plan for entering the West Bank. 🇺🇸 “SHOW ME EVERYTHING” 00:24:08 KEY TWIST: A change of plans; Supporting Sagi ❤️‍🩹 00:25:57 Meeting Sagi’s family 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨 00:28:37 Trying falafel, and an 11-year old’s terror 👧 00:30:55 “Show me everything!” 👀 00:31:42 October 7th RPG destruction 💥 00:33:37 Bomb shelter 💣 00:34:14 The Nova Festival 😔 00:37:31 A Mother’s last message to her son 💬 00:38:48 An unexpected FaceTime! 📲 00:40:09 “You don't know about the schnitzel??” 🥪 00:41:02 Wait…Grandma?? 👵 00:45:23 My fight with Sagi 🤬 WHAT PALESTINIANS ‘REALLY’ WANT 00:47:48 KEY SCENE: My final attempt into the West Bank! (NIGHTMARE!) 😱 00:50:49 Sagi’s Surprise! (“We have to go to Jerusalem!”) 🙏 00:51:42 Meeting with a Palestinian! 🫡 00:54:13 What do Palestinians ‘really’ want?? 😲 00:56:15 “Is there any hope?” 🇮🇱🇵🇸 00:58:42 My last night in the Middle East 🌅 LOOKING AHEAD - The Real Monster! (MY HONEST VIEWS NOW) 00:59:34 My raw, unfiltered perspective of the conflict (looking ahead) 💡 01:00:47 Where I saw a glimmer of hope 🤞 01:01:46 Is what Israelis and Palestinians want ‘unreasonable?’ 🙅‍♂️ 01:02:54 Expected backlash for coming here. “What about us?!” 🫴 01:03:36 The surprising vastness of different perspectives! 🫨 01:05:01 Where to go next time I’m here 🗺️ 01:05:08 What’s the REAL Monster in this conflict? 👹 01:06:05 Why it’s been impossible for Israelis and Palestinians to find middle ground 🤝 01:06:53 Reflecting on how personal this feels 🥺 01:07:46 How ‘History’ is being used in this conflict 📚 01:08:36 Is a better future impossible? 🌞 01:09:18 Sibling rivalry analogy—how to dissolve it ❤️‍🔥 01:10:26 A 6-year old Palestinian girl—what we are really talking about 👶 WRAP UP - LEAVING AND GETTING BACK HOME TO NYC 01:11:32 Final moments in Israel (Games with the kids) ♟️ 01:12:32 Gawd! It feels good to be back home! 🗽 01:13:05 Private reflection on the trip 🤫 01:13:50 “The only thing I know for sure.” 🫶 01:14:22 Restaurant in New York—the next question. ❓

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Calvin Wayman - [Cult]ured Boy
• 2 days ago
[Cult]ured Crew, you’re the reason this episode is happening! You introduced me to my FIRST cousin and we made the conversation happen. Episode drops this Tuesday :) ‪@GrowingUpinPolygamy‬
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Calvin Wayman - [Cult]ured Boy
• 2 weeks ago
When people were recording you make a YouTube video but you don't catch it until the post production lol
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Calvin Wayman - [Cult]ured Boy
• 1 month ago
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Cultured Boy: Exploring Culture with an Ex-Fundamentalist Mormon
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Calvin Wayman - [Cult]ured Boy
• 3 months ago (edited)
I haven’t met anyone who wouldn’t agree with this. There are so many things on the Israel-Palestine conversation where sides are agreeing with each other, and not noticing it. The pain is massive. The pain is real. What if where we started wasn’t in needing to solve it. But simply acknowledge it? What if that was the beginning to finding our way out of the pain, in this lifetime? https://youtu.be/DHkY6SUNFls
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Calvin Wayman - [Cult]ured Boy
• 3 months ago
Hits me in the solar plexus
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Calvin Wayman - [Cult]ured Boy
• 3 months ago
What if there were a better way? What if curiosity cured the divide?
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