Podcast appearances and mentions of Alex Chambers

On our last episode, we talked about welcoming refugees in the U.S. And it got me thinking about what it's like to live away from the place where you're from, especially if it's in another part of the world. Say your mother is Lebanese and, I don't know, your father's…American but also grew up in Beirut, and their circumstances meant that you grew up in Cyprus and Pakistan and spent your later childhood and adolescence in Baltimore and they taught you English rather than Arabic so your mother's family's language lives in your brain but in a kind of ethereal way, not one you can just converse in. How do you relate to your roots in Lebanon? To Arabic? Where's your home? What's your mother tongue?You've probably been wondering about that scenario, and of course you started listening to this episode for the answers. So it saddens me to tell you that, while those questions are at the heart of this episode, we can't just give you the answers. They're essay questions, not multiple choice. They're too individual and complex, and, really, they keep shifting around as time goes by. Luckily, we have ways of delving into them. And if you were thinking, oh, poetry's probably a good way, I don't blame you. It's the end of April, which, along with being the cruelest month, according to T.S. Eliot, is also National Poetry Month. We've all been thinking in poetry for the past 30 days. So, to keep that going, I found a poet to help us think through the dynamics of that scenario. A scenario that is, coincidentally, quite similar to her own life, and which she explores in her first book of poems, which came out on April 28th. The poet is janan alexandra, and her book is come from. On this episode we talk about how the geographical trajectory of her childhood has shaped her relationship to place and language, her evolving relationship to the United States, and why it can be helpful to let go of the idea of being whole.CreditsInner States is produced and edited by me, Alex Chambers. Our associate producer is Dom Heyob. Our master of social media is Jillian Blackburn. We get support from Eoban Binder, LuAnn Johnson, Sam Schemenauer, Payton Whaley, and Kayte Young. Our Executive Producer is Eric Bolstridge.Our theme song is by Amy Oelsner and Justin Vollmar. Additional music this week from L. Boyd Carithers, whose album Doom Town is coming out soon, and on which album you might hear our poet, janan alexandra, playing the fiddle. We heard, in order, Whistle Rag, Dinnertime for the Cats, and Last Month on the Corner.

“Cooking came to me a little bit later in life. Holidays in my family were always a really big deal, especially around the meals. The meals were the most important part of the holiday gathering. And I was pretty much the least useful person in the kitchen. It wasn't until–even into my mid twenties, at Thanksgiving time, my mom would be like, ‘Mark, you can take the premade Parkerhouse rolls out of the freezer and put them in the oven. That's all we trust you to do'” This week on the show we join a mother and son in a family tradition that has kept them connected across the miles. Mark Chilla and his mother, Gae, tell the story and share the recipe for an Italian, stuffed, savory pie to celebrate the end of lent in the Catholic Faith.Learn all about it in this week's episode, and try the recipe (below).Music on this EpisodeThe Earth Eats theme music is composed by Erin Tobey and performed by Erin and Matt Tobey.Additional music on this episode from Universal Production Music.Credits:The Earth Eats' team includes: Eoban Binder, Alexis Carvajal, Alex Chambers, Toby Foster, Luann Johnson, Leo Paes, Daniella Richardson, Samantha Shemenaur, Payton Whaley and Harvest Public Media.Earth Eats is produced, engineered and edited by Kayte Young. Our executive producer is Eric Bolstridge.

“Cooking came to me a little bit later in life. Holidays in my family were always a really big deal, especially around the meals. The meals were the most important part of the holiday gathering. And I was pretty much the least useful person in the kitchen. It wasn't until–even into my mid twenties, at Thanksgiving time, my mom would be like, ‘Mark, you can take the premade Parkerhouse rolls out of the freezer and put them in the oven. That's all we trust you to do'” This week on the show we join a mother and son in a family tradition that has kept them connected across the miles. Mark Chilla and his mother, Gae, tell the story and share the recipe for an Italian, stuffed, savory pie to celebrate the end of lent in the Catholic Faith.Learn all about it in this week's episode, and try the recipe (below).Music on this EpisodeThe Earth Eats theme music is composed by Erin Tobey and performed by Erin and Matt Tobey.Additional music on this episode from Universal Production Music.Credits:The Earth Eats' team includes: Eoban Binder, Alexis Carvajal, Alex Chambers, Toby Foster, Luann Johnson, Leo Paes, Daniella Richardson, Samantha Shemenaur, Payton Whaley and Harvest Public Media.Earth Eats is produced, engineered and edited by Kayte Young. Our executive producer is Eric Bolstridge.

Nathan Dillon is the director of Everybody Rocks. It's a music education company, and these days, it's focused on bringing live music to old folks. Another way to describe Nathan's work is that he drives around and sings at senior centers. He's been running Everybody Rocks for a couple decades now, and all that time has given him insight into music and memory, the invisibility of old people in most of our society – and what it's like to live in the gig economy. On the latest Inner States, we visit with Nathan Dillon and a few of his fans after his latest visit to the Richland Bean-Blossom Health Care Center.CreditsInner States is produced and edited by me, Alex Chambers. Our associate producer is Dom Heyob. Our master of social media is Jillian Blackburn. We get support from Eoban Binder, Natalie Ingalls, LuAnn Johnson, Sam Schemenauer, Payton Whaley, Lisa Robbin Young and Kayte Young. Our Executive Producer is Eric Bolstridge.Our theme song is by Amy Oelsner and Justin Vollmar.The residents we spoke with at the Richland Bean-Blossom Health Care Center are, in order of appearance: Stephanie Sappingsfield, Daniel Allen, Rita Eaton, and Tammy Brohome. We'd like to thank them and also Dorothy Hinson, in Activities, who helped us meet people, and was just about the most cheerful person we've ever met. 

The other day I went to check in on my 10-year-old during her screentime. She was playing Goat Simulator on her Switch. She was also watching Gravity Falls on her iPad. Other times she just watches people play video games. I get it. It's my role, to not understand my kids' media habits. And, as a parent, it's also my job to worry about my kids' screentime. Maybe you don't worry. Maybe you're at one end of the spectrum or the other – like either have at it, kids! Or you set limits with the iron fist of nurturing boundaries. But most of us, I think, can't help but worry about what it does to their attention spans to be streaming TV while playing a video game. My 10-year-old does have limits on screens. For my teenager, the limits eroded over the years. I really don't know how much to worry about it. I want them to get outside, talk to real people, look at the sky, touch trees, experience the wonder and boredom of the analog world. But I'm not trying to be a Luddite. Maybe I've never been that into video games, but I realize they can offer rich, complex narrative experiences. And, you know, fun. I hear people like that, too.There might even be things that video games offer that are just too hard to access in the contemporary world otherwise. I don't know, the adrenaline rush of being chased by a wild boar. Quests to find treasure, even if in reality it was about potable water rather than a chest of gold. Or to prove yourself to a community. I'm trying to acknowledge the value of video games, but clearly I'm still a little skeptical about their importance for humanity. And yes, I do realize I'm saying all this on a podcast. Side note, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word “podcast” first appeared in English in 2004. Decades after video games. I just want my kids to spend more time outside.Anyway. In the midst of all this, I heard about someone who's working on video games to support girls. That's great. And she's also working on video games for another group that hasn't traditionally had games made for them.In the video for her company, Parrot Concepts, she hesitates before saying what they're trying to solve is a…problem. But she goes ahead and says it. And defends it. By the end of our conversation, I was ready to agree. There's a real problem, and video games for parrots are going to help.CreditsInner States is produced and edited by me, Alex Chambers. Our associate producer is Dom Heyob. Our master of social media is Jillian Blackburn. Our intern is Karl Templeton. We get support from Eoban Binder, Natalie Ingalls, LuAnn Johnson, Sam Schemenauer, Payton Whaley, Lisa Robbin Young and Kayte Young. Our Executive Producer is Eric Bolstridge.Our theme song is by Amy Oelsner and Justin Vollmar. We have additional music from the artists at Universal Production Music.I also want to give a shoutout to Lydia Norton and Betsy Leija. Their interview with Patricia on the IU Media School's I'm No Expert podcast is how I found out about her love of parrots and parrot games.

My mission here at WFIU is to cover local arts and culture in Southern Indiana. The thing is, when you're worried about the health of democracy in your country, local arts coverage can feel like too little too late. I believe you can't have a healthy democracy without lively and thoughtful arts and culture. But still, sometimes you want to face things a little more head-on. So I decided to invite my friend Faye Gleisser for an interview. She's a professor in the art history department here at Indiana University. I realize, on the face of it, that that might feel even more removed from the state of contemporary democracy. When I think “art history,” I picture students listening to a lecture about the slant of light in paintings of religious epiphanies. Good stuff, but different from protesting injustice in the streets.Faye Gleisser is not that kind of art historian. (She actually feels complicated about calling herself an art historian at all.) Her book is called Risk Work: Making Art and Guerilla Tactics in Punitive America, 1967-1987. It came out in 2023, and it's about how, in the 1960s, artists started using new tactics in response to changes in…policing. It's about policing and art. We talk about the relationships between those two things, and about an article she wrote about artists at risk in Indiana. And I ask her whether art can resist fascism. She get into her art historian chair and gave me some really helpful insights.CreditsInner States is produced and edited by me, Alex Chambers. Our associate producer, Dom Heyob, put this episode together. Our master of social media is Jillian Blackburn. We get support from Eoban Binder, Natalie Ingalls, LuAnn Johnson, Sam Schemenauer, Payton Whaley, Lisa Robbin Young and Kayte Young. Our Executive Producer is Eric Bolstridge. 

Stephanie Solomon and I became friends in our early twenties. We talked about everything. Gender was one of those things. The assumptions people carried with them about how men and women should be in the world, or how relationships should work. We saw the problems so clearly. As you do when you're young. A couple decades later, it turns out it's not as easy to change it all as we thought.These days, Solomon works in domestic violence prevention. She still talks and thinks about gender a lot – in her professional and personal life. We sat down a couple months ago to talk about how those revolutionary dreams are playing out for us today. CreditsInner States is produced and edited by me, Alex Chambers. Our associate producer, who was instrumental to putting this episode together, is Dom Heyob. Our master of social media is Jillian Blackburn. Our intern is Karl Templeton. We get support from Eoban Binder, Natalie Ingalls, LuAnn Johnson, Sam Schemenauer, Payton Whaley, Lisa Robbin Young and Kayte Young. Our Executive Producer is Eric Bolstridge. Our theme song is by Amy Oelsner and Justin Vollmar. Thanks to Amy and Justin for the additional music on the episode as well.

My 9-year-old admitted in early December that they already have a list of the most stressful things about the holiday season. Number one? Buying presents. There are things about your kids you can't take credit for, and others you can. Unfortunately for my kids, I think I can take credit for that one.The holidays are a good excuse to treat the people you love. And it is so satisfying to give someone a good, special gift. Doesn't have to be big, just thoughtful. But sometimes it take a lot of thought! Combine that with feeling like money's tighter than you'd like, and that becomes just one of a number of stressful aspects of this season of joy and celebration.This week on Inner States, we're trying to avoid Christmas. Mostly, we're going to fail.We've got five approaches to the season. A surprising fact about William S. Burroughs - you know, the Beat writer famous for the novel Naked Lunch and for his long-time addiction to heroin - is that he wrote a Christmas story. We hear about that, and how he saw the capitalist economy as being very similar to drug addiction. We find out what made both Yané Sanchez Lopez and her mom change their minds about Christmas. Jillian Blackburn brings us a family who got their most important winter holiday traditions from TV. Caroline Tatem tells us about realizing not all grandfather's dressed up and played banjo in parades around Christmastime, and about an Irish Christmas tradition of going to people's houses and putting on plays in their kitchens. Finally, Joan Hawkins, our resident William S. Burroughs scholar, reflects on gifts as a replacement for time and attention, the sense of humor that shaped Burroughs's Christmas story, and what we can learn from all of that. CreditsInner States is produced and edited by me, Alex Chambers. Our associate producer is Dom Heyob. Our master of social media is Jillian Blackburn. Our intern is Karl Templeton. We get support from Eoban Binder, Natalie Ingalls, LuAnn Johnson, Sam Schemenauer, Payton Whaley, Lisa Robbin Young and Kayte Young. Our Executive Producer is Eric Bolstridge.Special thanks this week to Joan Hawkins, Yané Sanchez Lopez, Erin and Michael Grudis, Caroline Tatem, and Jillian Blackburn, for her first Inner States story!Our theme song is by Amy Oelsner and Justin Vollmar. We have additional music from Amy Oelsner and Justin Vollmar, and the artists at Universal Production Music.

When you hear the term “American Heartland,” you probably think of fields of wheat, barns, quilts, and farmers—probably of northern European descent. There might be a sense of nostalgia. Perhaps even the sense that, as the non-multicultural counterpoint to the more diverse United States as a whole, this is the region that represents the core of the country, a core whose essence must be protected at all costs. Especially from people who seem like outsiders.That's not what the term meant at first. It didn't even refer to the United States. Originally, it was part of a theory that whoever controlled the central Eurasian landmass – that was “the heartland” – would control power globally. It wasn't until the Cold War that it was used to describe the American Midwest. Even then, it was about United States' ability to wield global power. It was even more recently that it started to be about agrarian nostalgia. But whether during the Cold War or since, “the Heartland” has often been about denying the ways the American Midwest has been involved with global forces, shaped by them, built by them, home to Native Americans, Latin Americans, Haitian Americans, and more.This episode springs from a panel I hosted at the conference of the Midwestern History Association in Grand Rapids, Michigan, last May. To understand the global roots of the Midwest, I also talked with historian Kristen Hoganson, about her book, The Heartland: An American History. You'll hear snippets from the Midwestern History Association panel. If you'd like to listen to the whole thing (it's worth it!), it's available on their website.Many thanks to the organizers of the Midwestern History Association, especially Cory Haala, for helping to make this happen, and to the panelists: Cory Haala, Kristy Nabhan-Warren, Andrew Klumpp, Emiliano Aguilar, and Camden Burd.CreditsInner States is produced and edited by Alex Chambers. Special thanks to our associate producer, Dom Heyob, for helping to make this episode happen. Our master of social media is Jillian Blackburn. Our intern is Karl Templeton. We get support from Eoban Binder, Natalie Ingalls, LuAnn Johnson, Sam Schemenauer, Payton Whaley, Lisa Robbin Young and Kayte Young. Our Executive Producer is Eric Bolstridge.Our theme song is by Amy Oelsner and Justin Vollmar. We have additional music from the artists at Universal Production Music.

I don't know how to be cool. Which is fine. I'm cool with it, at this point. I feel like coolness is largely the arena of youth. In my case, I wasn't cool then, either. Once, when I was 15, I was hanging out with some friends, and I don't know what prompted it, but one of them told me I was already basically 30. She might have meant it as a dig, but I took it as an observation of basic fact. I took life pretty seriously. Good student, all that. I couldn't figure out how to dress in interesting ways, which at the time I was disappointed by but also decided to refuse to care about. Jeans and blank t-shirts for me. I've been 30 ever since. Well, at least until I was 40. I think I caught up around then. Now I'm 45. Still don't know how to be cool. But, as I said, I'm okay with that. Mostly.I've been thinking about it because a couple weeks ago I talked with someone who is definitely cool. I talked to her because I wanted to understand how punk scenes in the suburban Midwest are distinct from coastal cities. There are some pretty cool theories. But the conversation went beyond geography.Raechel Anne Jolie is a writer, scholar, teacher, and a queer femme who found her people at punk house shows as a teen in the early 2000s. Her memoir, Rust Belt Femme, came out in 2020, and was an NPR Favorite Book that year. She's written academic articles and essays and reporting in magazines like Teen Vogue and The Baffler, about class, queerness, pop culture, radical social movements, and more.We talked about how the built environment of the Midwest shaped the experience of punk music and house shows. We also talked about the general appeal, and complications, of coming of age in a punk scene in the early 2000s.CreditsThanks as always to the Inner States brain trust - Jillian Blackburn, Dom Heyob, and Natalie Ingalls - for crucial editorial guidance.Inner States is produced and edited by me, Alex Chambers. Our associate producers are Dom Heyob and Karl Templeton. Our master of social media is Jillian Blackburn. We get support from Eoban Binder, LuAnn Johnson, Sam Schemenauer, Payton Whaley, Lisa Robbin Young and Kayte Young. Our Executive Producer is Eric Bolstridge.Our theme song is by Amy Oelsner and Justin Vollmar. We have additional music from the artists at Universal Production Music.

When Justin Carney's grandmother was alive, his family would get together all the time. His mom and aunt and uncles loved being around their mother – and each other. When she died, the grief hit each of the siblings in their own way, and for a long time, they didn't see much of each other. Justin was in college at the time, studying art, and focusing on photography. He started taking pictures of his family. Through that process, his relationships with them changed, and their relationships with each other changed too. Justin has an MFA in Studio Art from Indiana University, and he's just started as an Assistant Professor of Photography at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. In this episode, we talk about what Justin's grandmother meant to his family, the slippage between grief and guilt, why the challenges of making art can be a good way of working through all that.CreditsInner States is made by me, Alex Chambers. Our associate producer is Dom Heyob. Our social media master is Jillian Blackburn. Our intern is Karl Templeton. We get additional support from Eoban Binder, Natalie Ingalls, Sam Schemenauer, Payton Whaley, Kayte Young and Lisa Robbin Young. Our Executive Producer is Eric Bolstridge.Our theme song is by Amy Oelsner and Justin Vollmar. We have additional music from the artists at Universal Production Music.

In 2019, singer-songwriter Amy Oelsner started Girls Rock Bloomington an after-school program and summer camp for girls, and trans and nonbinary youth. On this episode, we'll hear from some of the youth at Girls Rock Bloomington, and Amy and I talk about how she got started as a musician – hint – it involved working at a Girls Rock program. We also talk about how personal loss can lead to creative growth, what it means to be an adults, and about a band that started in Girls Rock Bloomington and recently released their first EP. They were 12 and 13 years old.CreditsInner States is made by me, Alex Chambers. Our associate producer is Dom Heyob. Our social media master is Jillian Blackburn. Our intern is Karl Templeton. We get additional support from Eoban Binder, Sam Schemenauer, Payton Whaley, Kayte Young and Lisa Robbin Young. Our Executive Producer is Eric Bolstridge.Our theme song is by Amy Oelsner and Justin Vollmar. Instrumentals on this episode are from Amy Oelsner's newest album, Mirror, Reflect, which came out in early May. You can hear the songs with the lyrics on your favorite streaming service.

On this week's episode, Ellis, your host has special guest Alex Chambers joining him to talk about his photography, Himothy Thanos Kendrick and the rap beef with Drake, and Bronny joining the Lakers. Tune in!

Nanette Vonnegut grew up in an artistic household. Her father painted, her sister was “born drawing,” as Nanette put it. And her mother believed in all of them, and that creative work, especially writing, could save lives. When Nanette was 14, she did a painting that kind of changed her life. We hear about that, how art can help you deal with neuroses, about growing up with her father, the writer Kurt Vonnegut, and more. Then we remember Kurt Vonnegut's friend, the writer Dan Wakefield, with excerpts from a 2016 interview. He talks about Indianapolis in the 1950s, spiritual writing, and his friendship with Kurt.CreditsInner States is produced and edited by Alex Chambers. Our social media master is Jillian Blackburn. We get support from Eoban Binder, Mark Chilla, LuAnn Johnson, Sam Schemenauer, Payton Whaley, and Kayte Young. Our Executive Producer is Eric Bolstridge.Special thanks to producer Yaël Ksander for not one but TWO interviews this week.Our theme song is by Amy Oelsner and Justin Vollmar. We have additional music from the artists at Universal Production Music.

This episode was originally released on November 17, 2023.Marabai Rose was 38 in 2014. She was married, with two young children, she was healthy, and had a job she liked. Then a mysterious illness came over her. She was overwhelmingly fatigued. Soon, her legs could barely carry her through the house. And then, one day, a paralysis came over her. She could feel her breath getting more and more shallow. As she recovered, her attendants celebrated it as something close to a miracle. But she wasn't really better, and doctors started to dismiss her claims – in ways that resonate with a long history of women's health issues being dismissed. Marabai tells her story, along with the process of finally diagnosing the problem, and the ongoing challenges of finding the right care.Marabai wrote about her illness and what unfolded afterward in her book, Holding Hope: One Family's Odyssey Through Lyme Disease and Psychosis. She also has a podcast inspired by the experience: Badass: Tales of Resilience.We close with a poem by Daniel Lassell, from his book Spit.CreditsInner States is produced and edited by Alex Chambers. Our social media master is Jillian Blackburn. We get support from Eoban Binder, Mark Chilla, LuAnn Johnson, Sam Schemenauer, Payton Whaley, and Kayte Young. Our executive producer is Eric Bolstridge. Thanks to LuAnn Johnson of WFIU's Poets Weave for the recording of Daniel Lassell's poem.Our theme song is by Amy Oelsner and Justin Vollmar. Additional music this week from Ramón Monrás-Sender, Backward Collective, and the artists at Universal Production Music.

Erin and Matt found out about the protest by accident. They were driving home and saw a parking lot full of police officers. There were SWAT vehicles. Erin saw police officers smacking their hands with their batons.She opened her phone to find out what it was all about. What she learned was that an encampment was going up on the Indiana University campus in support of Palestinians. Erin and Matt believed in the cause. Enough that they felt like they should go support it. But it's one thing to decide you should do something. It's another to actually get yourself over to the field where it's happening.And they had reason to be concerned. The day before the encampment went up in Dunn Meadow, which has been a free speech zone on campus for over 50 years, the university banned structures there. The police arrested protesters the Thursday the encampment went up, and again on Saturday. Some of those protesters—including students—were banned from campus.This week, we talk with a few of the people who were at the encampment a week after it started, to understand what brought them there in the first place, and why they stayed.CreditsInner States is produced and edited by me, Alex Chambers. Our social media master is Jillian Blackburn. We get support from Eoban Binder, Mark Chilla, LuAnn Johnson, Sam Schemenauer, Payton Whaley, and Kayte Young. Our Executive Producer is Eric Bolstridge.Our theme song is by Amy Oelsner and Justin Vollmar. We have additional music from the artists at Universal Production Music.

This episode was originally released on September 15, 2023.A while back, Ross Gay was trying to write a book that was going to make him an expert. It was a book that would, as he put it, “get him on the shows.” It wasn't very fun. And then he read David Shields' How Literature Saved My Life, where Shields wonders about himself and literature through short, playful entries. Reading that book gave Ross permission “to be writing stuff that felt fascinating not only because it was interesting subject matter, but because it was the unfolding understanding of who I might be” (and, by extension, who any of us might be.This week on Inner States, Ross Gay and I talk about his latest book, The Book of (More) Delights – it drops on Tuesday! – about his relationship to that most basic unit of writing – the sentence – about digression, and how part of being an adult is accepting that people don't always understand why they do things. Ourselves included.Inner States is produced and edited by me, Alex Chambers, with support from Eoban Binder, Jillian Blackburn, Mark Chilla, Avi Forrest, LuAnn Johnson, Sam Schemenauer, Payton Whaley, and Kayte Young. Our Executive Producer is Eric Bolstridge.Our theme song is by Amy Oelsner and Justin Vollmar. We have additional music from the artists at Universal Production Music.

A while back, I went to our local public library to learn about the teen space. It's this section of the library where teens can check out books, sure, but they can also play video games, do crafts, and hang out. I met with Grier Carson, the director of the library, and while we talked, I realized he had quite a vision for the future of public libraries. According to Carson, public libraries are for bringing people in a community together in a free and open space. They're also places that uphold the community's free and open access to information. The mission means public library services are increasingly about access to digital resources, whether through computers at the library itself, or online services. It also means the library space is about far more than reading. It's not just teens who can do more there. It's a space for public meetings, performances, book clubs, cooking demonstrations, and more. The question of whether libraries will have physical books in the future turns out to be a lot more complex than the rise of Google. But I wanted to talk with Carson not just for his vision of libraries themselves. He also has big ideas about the future of narrative itself. We might not need books – or even movies – for that down the road either. This conversation blew my mind a little. I hope it does the same for you. Credits Inner States is produced and edited by me, Alex Chambers. Our associate producer is Avi Forrest. Our social media master is Jillian Blackburn. We get support from Eoban Binder, Mark Chilla, LuAnn Johnson, Sam Schemenauer, Payton Whaley, and Kayte Young. Our Executive Producer is Eric Bolstridge. Our theme song is by Amy Oelsner and Justin Vollmar. We have additional music from the artists at Universal Production Music.

What's attracting young people, businesses and investment capital to Nashville? Highwoods' Alex Chambers and CBRE's Elizabeth Goodwin explain how the Music City has created a cool culture.Insights to Share: · Nashville has attracted talent and businesses due to its affordability and high quality of life.· Nashville's local government has fostered the city's growth by investing in entertainment and sports, prompting a surge in related industries, as well as tech and retail. · With growth poised to continue, driven by the influx of new residents, Nashville offers an opportunity for private investors to buy Class B office properties.

When he was a teenager, Eric Deggans read a lot of movie reviews by Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert. He tended to have the same taste as Ebert, but it was Siskel's reviews that showed him what was going on in a movie, and that helped him decide what he thought, even if he disagreed with Siskel's take. That's a good critic, and that's what he aspires to as NPR's tv critic and media analyst. This week, Eric Deggans on the life of the critic. Then comedian Sara Schaefer talks about women in comedy, and why we don't talk about “men in comedy.” Credits Inner States is produced and edited by me, Alex Chambers, with support from Eoban Binder, Jillian Blackburn, Mark Chilla, Avi Forrest, LuAnn Johnson, Sam Schemenauer, Jay Upshaw, Payton Whaley, and Kayte Young. Our Executive Producer is Eric Bolstridge. Extra thanks to Avi Forrest for production help on the Eric Deggans interview. Our theme song is by Amy Oelsner and Justin Vollmar. We have additional music from the artists at Universal Production Music.

Comedian Mohanad Elshieky came to Bloomington for the Limestone Comedy Festival in early June. He talks with producer Avi Forrest about why, after something bad happens, it's important to wait before talking about it onstage, and how he tries to avoid being pigeon-holed as a comedian. Then, an Indiana author writes a novel set in Indiana, and it wins a National Book Award. WFIU's Violet Baron talks with Tess Gunty about why it was important to set her debut novel, The Rabbit Hutch, in her home state. Credits Inner States is produced and edited by me, Alex Chambers. Avi Forrest is our associate producer. Our social media master is Jillian Blackburn. We get support from Eoban Binder, Mark Chilla, LuAnn Johnson, Sam Schemenauer, Payton Whaley, and Kayte Young. Our Executive Producer is Eric Bolstridge. Our theme song is by Amy Oelsner and Justin Vollmar. We have additional music from the artists at Universal Production Music.

If you've walked around downtown Bloomington at night, you might have run into a creature on bouncy stilts, with an owl-like face, in all black except for his pale white mask. This is the Skeleton Harvester, known on earth as Reilly Donaldson. I did an interview with them. Then I heard about this “SCP” foundation that protects us from all the strange and sometimes dangerous creatures underneath us – monsters in our water pipes, that kind of thing. So I interviewed Ben Sisson, who's written many of the articles on the SCP website, including the one about the secret SCP government facility hidden under Bloomington's water treatment plant. He talked about growing up in Indiana and how his childhood memories translated into horror stories. And, channeling the voice of your normal host, Alex Chambers, I interviewed an expert. Literature professor Adrian Whitacre told me stories about werewolves and witches, and then explained what magic and shapeshifters can tell us about how we experience our own genders, internally and externally. Credits This episode of Inner States was produced and edited by Avraham Forrest, with support from Eoban Binder, Jillian Blackburn, Alex Chambers, Mark Chilla, LuAnn Johnson, Sam Schemenauer, Jay Upshaw, Payton Whaley, and Kayte Young. Our Executive Producer is Eric Bolstridge. Our theme song is by Amy Oelsner and Justin Vollmar. We have additional music from the artists at Universal Production Music.

Sunday Morning Service with Rev. Alex Chambers

When Iryna Voloshyna, a PhD student in Indiana University's Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, started a Slavic choir at IU in 2021, she didn't realize it would be a local expression of a political situation halfway around the world. But then, in February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, and suddenly the choir was in high demand. Since then, they've been performing folk songs about Ukrainian cultural integrity and sovereignty over their land. Producer Violet Baron talked with Voloshyna about the choir, about the importance of archives, and about how cultural heritage becomes a point of contention in war. You can keep up with the IU Slavic Choir's latest events on Instagram at iuslavicchoir. Then, we go back to a story Avi Forrest produced in the summer. Comedian EJ Masicampo describes his good divorce, how it led him to comedy, and what he really meant when he told his future (ex-)wife that he liked nature. You can learn more about EJ at his website. Credits Inner States is produced by me, Alex Chambers, with Jillian Blackburn and Avi Forrest. Special thanks this week to producers Violet Baron and Avi Forrest. Our theme song is by Amy Oelsner and Justin Vollmar. We have additional music from the artists at Universal Production Music.

When you're young, you dream that if you work for years at that exciting, sexy pursuit, you can become a professional. Maybe you even do that work. Then, one day, you wake up in a cold sweat and realize, you just can't play golf any more. This week on Inner States, we have stories of not one but two people who came really close to being professionals in very competitive fields, and then hooked left. Diana Hong fell back on…stand-up comedy. ‘Cause that's a safe bet. And Jack Canfield is packing boxes in a warehouse. Quite happily, as it turns out. A Note about Packing Boxes What I find interesting in Jack's story is that he came so close to making it in this prestigious, competitive – really, elite – career, and then left, to work in a warehouse. That may seem like a fall, but I don't see it that way. I'm actually quite interested in people's relationship to work regardless of the socially-agreed-upon "status" of the job. If you work in a job that our society generally doesn't see as skilled, or interesting, and you want to tell me about what we're missing about that, please, get in touch. Credits Diana Hong's story was produced by Avi Forrest. The Inner States team is me, Alex Chambers, with Jillian Blackburn and Avi Forrest. Our executive producer is Eric Bolstridge. Special thanks this week to Diana Hong and Jack Canfield. Our theme song is by Amy Oelsner and Justin Vollmar. We have additional music from the artists at Universal Production Music.

Postcard Kara and Andy thought they'd be able to find community in Chicago, the big city, and they went there partly for its diversity: they wanted to be in a place that was less white. But it was so expensive to live there, it meant they had to work a lot, and it seemed like everyone around them was stressed, so they decided to leave, and go to the small town in southern Indiana where Kara grew up: Paoli. Population 3,666. It's a whole lot cheaper to live there, which means they don't have to spend all their time working for other people. They bought an old factory building that used to make tomato products and now they live in it. Kara teaches yoga there. Andy makes bagels that he sells on Saturdays. They host lecture series there. They've been instrumental in putting on a festival for the town. They've been busy, in other words. This is a story about making community in a small town. It's also a postcard from Paoli, a photo taken from one angle, with a fairly narrow lens. Which means there are at least twelve other ways of looking at Paoli, Indiana. Poetry After the postcard from Paoli, we have a short (but great) poem. It's actually selections from a poem: Michael Luis Dauro, reading from his poem The Woman With No Name, originally featured on WFIU's Poets Weave. Credits Inner States is produced and edited by me, Alex Chambers, with support from Violet Baron, Eoban Binder, Mark Chilla, Avi Forrest, LuAnn Johnson, Sam Schemenauer, Payton Whaley, and Kayte Young. Our Executive Producer is John Bailey. Our theme song is by Amy Oelsner and Justin Vollmar. We have additional music from the artists at Universal Production Music and Ramón Monrás-Sender. Special thanks this week to Kara Schmidt and Andy Gerber of the Tomato Products Company, as well as their friends and guests, Heather Nichols, Patricia Basile, Darren and Espri Bender-Beauregard, Rosemary Park, and Rosemary's good friend Lauren. And a special thanks to Gabriel Piser, of the Indiana University Center for Rural Engagement, for helping to make this happen.

Today's episode is about the pleasures and perils of old film and old movies. We heard about a film series here in Bloomington that got started because of old film – like, actual old film reels, from the basement of the Lilly Library on the Indiana University Bloomington campus. Jack Lindner brings us that story. Then, we get advice from IU Cinema Director Alicia Kozma, about how to approach old (or not that old) movies that depict outdated attitudes about race, gender, relationships, or otherwise. Hint: You have to talk about it. Credits The Inner States team is me, Alex Chambers, with Jillian Blackburn, Avi Forrest, and Jay Upshaw. Our executive producer is Eric Bolstridge. Our theme song is by Amy Oelsner and Justin Vollmar. We have additional music from the artists at Universal Production Music.

My 9-year-old admitted in early December that they already have a list of the most stressful things about the holiday season. Number one? Buying presents. There are things about your kids you can't take credit for, and others you can. Unfortunately for my kids, I think I can take credit for that one. The holidays are a good excuse to treat the people you love. And it is so satisfying to give someone a good, special gift. Doesn't have to be big, just thoughtful. But sometimes it take a lot of thought! Combine that with feeling like money's tighter than you'd like, and that becomes just one of a number of stressful aspects of this season of joy and celebration. This week on Inner States, we're trying to avoid Christmas. Mostly, we're going to fail. We've got five approaches to the season. A surprising fact about William S. Burroughs - you know, the Beat writer famous for the novel Naked Lunch and for his long-time addiction to heroin - is that he wrote a Christmas story. We hear about that, and how he saw the capitalist economy as being very similar to drug addiction. We find out what made both Yané Sanchez Lopez and her mom change their minds about Christmas. Jillian Blackburn brings us a family who got their most important winter holiday traditions from TV. Caroline Tatem tells us about realizing not all grandfather's dressed up and played banjo in parades around Christmastime, and about an Irish Christmas tradition of going to people's houses and putting on plays in their kitchens. Finally, Joan Hawkins, our resident William S. Burroughs scholar, reflects on gifts as a replacement for time and attention, the sense of humor that shaped Burroughs's Christmas story, and what we can learn from all of that. Credits Inner States is produced and edited by me, Alex Chambers, with support from Violet Baron, Eoban Binder, Jillian Blackburn, Mark Chilla, Avi Forrest, LuAnn Johnson, Sam Schemenauer, Jay Upshaw, Payton Whaley, and Kayte Young. Our Executive Producer is Eric Bolstridge. Special thanks this week to Joan Hawkins, Yané Sanchez Lopez, Erin and Michael Grudis, Caroline Tatem, and Jillian Blackburn, for her first Inner States story! Our theme song is by Amy Oelsner and Justin Vollmar. We have additional music from Amy Oelsner and Justin Vollmar, and the artists at Universal Production Music.

Marabai Rose was 38 in 2014. She was married, with two young children, she was healthy, and had a job she liked. Then a mysterious illness came over her. She was overwhelmingly fatigued. Soon, her legs could barely carry her through the house. And then, one day, a paralysis came over her. She could feel her breath getting more and more shallow. As she recovered, her attendants celebrated it as something close to a miracle. But she wasn't really better, and doctors started to dismiss her claims – in ways that resonate with a long history of women's health issues being dismissed. Marabai tells her story, along with the process of finally diagnosing the problem, and the ongoing challenges of finding the right care. Marabai wrote about her illness and what unfolded afterward in her book, Holding Hope: One Family's Odyssey Through Lyme Disease and Psychosis. She also has a podcast inspired by the experience: Badass: Tales of Resilience. We close with a poem by Daniel Lassell, from his book Spit. Credits The Inner States team is me, Alex Chambers, with Violet Baron, Jillian Blackburn, Avi Forrest, and Jay Upshaw. Our executive producer is Eric Bolstridge. Thanks to LuAnn Johnson of WFIU's Poets Weave for the recording of Daniel Lassell's poem. Our theme song is by Amy Oelsner and Justin Vollmar. Additional music this week from Ramón Monrás-Sender, Backward Collective, and the artists at Universal Production Music.

WFIU has a new podcast out, developed with NPR's Storylab. Rush to Kill is about what happened at the United States Penitentiary in Terre Haute from July 2020 to January 2021. Those were the final months of the Trump presidency, when his administration decided not only to resume executions, but to get through as many as possible. The show examines the legal arguments that made that possible, and specific cases of some of the inmates who were executed. In conjunction with the show's release, I wanted to go back to a classic Inner States episode. Jack was a grad student in music at IU when he met a man named Seigen at the local Zen center. Seigen was decades older, but in spite of the age gap, they became good friends. They took lots of walks. “This is a sassafras,” Seigen would say. They would look at that for a while. Once they'd seen one sassafras, it wasn't as if they'd seen them all. They stopped to look at every tree. Then, one day, Seigen asked Jack to drive him to an execution. The man being executed was Wesley Purkey, for whom Seigen was a spiritual advisor. Purkey was the second person to be killed in the Trump administration's "rush to kill." This is mainly about Jack and Seigen's friendship. It's also, in part, about a secondhand experience of a federal execution. There's nothing graphic, but if that's something you or someone you're listening with might be sensitive to, you might keep the topic in mind. Credits Inner States is produced and edited by me, Alex Chambers, with Violet Baron, Jillian Blackburn, and Avi Forrest. Our theme song is from Amy Oelsner and Justin Vollmar. I continue to be deeply appreciate of airport people for sharing their music, which I've used to score a number of episodes. You can purchase their music here. The music in this episode is a version of “okay ohio part 1.” We also have music from Ramón Monrás-Sender..

For the last decade, poets have gotten together every month during the academic year at the Bishop Bar in Bloomington. There's a stage in the back room. The evening starts with an open mic, and then there's a slam. Poets try to win over judges picked from the audience. It's basically American Idol for the Bloomington slam scene. Well, maybe the competition isn't the most important part. It's really creating a space where people feel like they belong. This week on Inner States, we've got a report from the Bloomington Poetry Slam. But first, a visit to The Ground Floor, the teen space at the downtown Monroe County Public Library. The library's Southwest and Ellettsville branches have teen spaces as well. As you'll hear, the teens there are accomplished and splendid – and wise. The Bloomington Poetry Slam's next event is tonight at 8:30pm at The Bishop Bar. If you can't make it, don't worry, there's another slam November 10. You can find more information here. For more information about The Ground Floor and other teen services at the Monroe County Public Library, visit their website. Credits Inner States is produced and edited by me, Alex Chambers, with support from Violet Baron, Jillian Blackburn, Mark Chilla, Avi Forrest, LuAnn Johnson, Sam Schemenauer, Jay Upshaw, Payton Whaley, and Kayte Young. Our Executive Producer is Eric Bolstridge. Our theme song is by Amy Oelsner and Justin Vollmar. We have additional music from the artists at Universal Production Music. Music in the teen story by Ramón Monrás-Sender and The Backward Collective. Special thanks this week to the adults at the Monroe County Public Library. That's library director Grier Carson, Director of Public Services Josh Wolf, Communications Director Tori Lawhorn, Social Media Specialist Aubrey Dunnuck, and especially Teen Services Manager Sam Ott.

Welcome to Night Vale has been described at the fiction podcast that launched a million fiction podcasts. It's set in a desert town – Night Vale – where every conspiracy theory is true. Jeffrey Cranor - one of the show's creators – says making a comedy show about conspiracy and horror got trickier as time went on. This week on Inner States, Welcome to Night Vale's Jeffrey Cranor. Mallory Keenoy asks her friends what they remember about a mysterious panic on a high school trip to France. And Violet Baron's guilty pleasure: a dating podcast for the one - or maybe three? - percent. Credits Inner States is produced and edited by me, Alex Chambers, with support from Violet Baron, Eoban Binder, Jillian Blackburn, Mark Chilla, Avi Forrest, LuAnn Johnson, Sam Schemenauer, Jay Upshaw, Payton Whaley, and Kayte Young. Our Executive Producer is Eric Bolstridge. Our theme song is by Amy Oelsner and Justin Vollmar. We have additional music from the artists at Universal Production Music.

Hector Loves Water Treatment Hector Ortiz Sanchez grew up in Puerto Rico. He got pulled into the world of water treatment as a young adult, and hasn't looked back. He spent years running plants in Puerto Rico. But a few years ago, he decided he couldn't realize his ambitions on the island. He moved to Bloomington. Now he runs the water treatment plants for the City of Bloomington Utilities, and he'd like to make them among the best in the country. He's inspiring the people he works with too. Toward a Theory of Guilty Pleasures We talk about a number of pretty serious things on this show – legacies of lynchings, the atomic bomb, family policing. I decided it's time to have some more fun, too. So I started a new segment: Guilty Pleasures. I started with the person who got me thinking about my own relationship to guilty pleasures. Janna Ahrndt is a new media artist, and a connoisseur of guilty pleasures, including the early work of Jean Claude Van Damme. Credits Inner States is produced and edited by me, Alex Chambers, with support from Violet Baron, Eoban Binder, Jillian Blackburn, Mark Chilla, Avi Forrest, LuAnn Johnson, Sam Schemenauer, Jay Upshaw, Payton Whaley, and Kayte Young. Our Executive Producer is Eric Bolstridge. Our theme song is by Amy Oelsner and Justin Vollmar. We have additional music from the artists at Universal Production Music. Special thanks this week to Vic Kelson for connecting me with Hector Ortiz Sanchez, to Hector himself and all the folks at the Dillman Wastewater Treatment, and to Janna Ahrndt.

The Prison in 12 Landscapes is a documentary that came out in 2016. It's a beautiful film. Intimate interviews, lush landscapes, and deep attention to the complexity of people's lives, from cities to small rural towns. If it wasn't in the title, it could take a while to realize that its central topic is prisons, and how they shape life far beyond their walls. The prison itself – the sprawling complex of buildings surrounded by fences, razor wire, guards – is just part of the prison system. There are also police and courts. County jails. That's still just what we can see. Like an iceberg, the system of incarceration has a whole lot more going on under the surface. But that's what keeps it afloat. Micol Seigel is an activist, scholar, and teacher who's been studying this carceral system for a long time. Her most recent book, Violence Work, looks at how police and policing are a primary vector of violence enforced and enacted by the state – which is to say, governments. But lately she's been focused on another part of this carceral iceberg. One that is maybe less obviously part of the same system. That's the foster care system. That might come as a bit of a surprise. We think of foster parents as maybe the holiest of parents, doing that hard work of taking in kids they've never met before, who desperately need a place to go. A home. But there's a larger system at play. On this week's Inner States, Micol describes how the foster system, and the Department of Child Services that helps run it, is also totally intertwined with the broader system of policing in this country. That doesn't mean Micol is saying all foster parents are bad people. Just that they – and really, all of us – are part of a bigger carceral system that separates people from their communities, their families, and, sometimes, children from their parents. As a foster and adoptive parent herself, Micol has become deeply familiar with this system. Credits Inner States is produced and edited by me, Alex Chambers, with support from Violet Baron, Eoban Binder, Jillian Blackburn, Mark Chilla, Avi Forrest, LuAnn Johnson, Sam Schemenauer, Jay Upshaw, Payton Whaley, and Kayte Young. Our Executive Producer is Eric Bolstridge. Our theme song is by Amy Oelsner and Justin Vollmar. We have additional music from the artists at Universal Production Music and Ramón Monrás-Sender.

When he was a teenager, Eric Deggans read a lot of movie reviews by Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert. He tended to have the same taste as Ebert, but it was Siskel's reviews that showed him what was going on in a movie, and that helped him decide what he thought, even if he disagreed with Siskel's take. That's a good critic, and that's what he aspires to as NPR's tv critic and media analyst. This week, Eric Deggans on the life of the critic. Then comedian Sara Schaefer talks about women in comedy, and why we don't talk about “men in comedy.” And if you want to hear more from Eric Deggans, join us in person at the Indiana University Cinema on Wednesday, September 22, where I'll be talking with Eric about the writers' strike, the future of television, and more. Credits Inner States is produced and edited by me, Alex Chambers, with support from Violet Baron, Eoban Binder, Jillian Blackburn, Mark Chilla, Avi Forrest, LuAnn Johnson, Sam Schemenauer, Jay Upshaw, Payton Whaley, and Kayte Young. Our Executive Producer is Eric Bolstridge. Extra thanks to Avi Forrest for production help on the Eric Deggans interview. Our theme song is by Amy Oelsner and Justin Vollmar. We have additional music from the artists at Universal Production Music.

A while back, Ross Gay was trying to write a book that was going to make him an expert. It was a book that would, as he put it, “get him on the shows.” It wasn't very fun. And then he read David Shields' How Literature Saved My Life, where Shields wonders about himself and literature through short, playful entries. Reading that book gave Ross permission “to be writing stuff that felt fascinating not only because it was interesting subject matter, but because it was the unfolding understanding of who I might be” (and, by extension, who any of us might be. This week on Inner States, Ross Gay and I talk about his latest book, The Book of (More) Delights – it drops on Tuesday! – about his relationship to that most basic unit of writing – the sentence – about digression, and how part of being an adult is accepting that people don't always understand why they do things. Ourselves included. Inner States is produced and edited by me, Alex Chambers, with support from Violet Baron, Eoban Binder, Jillian Blackburn, Mark Chilla, Avi Forrest, LuAnn Johnson, Sam Schemenauer, Jay Upshaw, Payton Whaley, and Kayte Young. Our Executive Producer is Eric Bolstridge. Our theme song is by Amy Oelsner and Justin Vollmar. We have additional music from the artists at Universal Production Music.

Until a few years ago, Todd Burkhardt had spent his whole working life in the military. Twenty-eight years. His last military job was running the ROTC program on the Indiana University campus. When he retired from that and moved to civilian life, and a civilian job, also on campus, it was a challenge. He was used to being in charge of things. Making things happen. Now he was…running a lot of meetings. The job – which he does like, by the way – is as the Director of Campus Partnerships at the Indiana University Center for Rural Engagement. He helps faculty, staff, and students connect with IU's resources to improve the well-being of rural Indiana. In this position, he'd worked Lauren Daugherty, an art therapist at the Eskenazi Museum of Art. One day, she invited Todd and all his colleagues to an open studio event. “Come on over,” she said. “I'll take you through some art-based activities that help with stress. It'll be fun!” So they went. She'd laid out a bunch of materials, there were various prompts for drawing and even some group activities. Todd was surprised at his reaction to the whole thing. He was drawn to it. And it occurred to him that it could help other veterans. So he brought some people together and started Creative Arts for Vets. According to its website, CAV “aims to support veterans, service members, and military-connected populations of all ages and abilities through the arts and arts-based approaches that promote connectedness and improve mental health and wellbeing.” This week, Todd and I talk about his life in the military, and what happens when veterans get in a room together and do art. Credits Inner States is produced and edited by me, Alex Chambers, with support from Violet Baron, Eoban Binder, Jillian Blackburn, Mark Chilla, Avi Forrest, LuAnn Johnson, Sam Schemenauer, Jay Upshaw, Payton Whaley, and Kayte Young. Our Executive Producer is Eric Bolstridge. Music Our theme song is by Amy Oelsner and Justin Vollmar. We have additional music from the artists at Universal Production Music.

Podcaster, poet, and educator Alex Chambers and Jennifer talk about—well, a lot of stuff. We start with "Inner States," Alex's radio show on WFIU from Bloomington, Indiana and chat about people's misconceptions about the Midwest and the Fly-Over states. We talk about how people and sounds form our impressions about a place, sometimes correctly and sometimes incorrectly. Jennifer whines about bad training programs, and Alex offers some advice about good teaching. He contrasts poetry and podcasting and what he likes about each medium. He also reads a great poem about Buffy the Vampire Slayer! A wonderful episode about learning and understanding. Alex's Show "Inner States"https://www.npr.org/podcasts/1071403082/w-f-i-u-inner-statesAlex's podcast "How to Survive the Future"https://indianahumanities.org/future/Alex's book of poetry, "Binding: A Preparation"https://www.ledgemulepress.org/releases/binding-a-preparation-by-alex-chambersThoughts? Comments? Potshots? Contact the show at:https://www.discreetguide.com/podcast-books-shows-tunes-mad-acts/Follow or like us on podomatic.com (it raises our visibility :)https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/books-shows-tunes-mad-actsSupport us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/discreetguideJennifer on Twitter:@DiscreetGuideJennifer on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferkcrittenden/Discreet Guide Training:https://training.discreetguide.com/ 

TRIPPING, RAVING & GYNOSEXUALITY WITH ALEX CHAMBERS | This week the hot girls are joined by the masculine energy that is *drum roll please* Alex Chambers! A guru of everything crypto, NFTs and everything technical in between, Ash (@ashleighxorose) & Indi (@fueledbyindi) dig deeper into his love of raves, tripping and his journey of gynosexuality! If you are thinking what the f*** is gynosexuality!?.. that's okay! We find out with Alex about how the label found him and his experience with becoming us to having an identity of loving and attracting feminine energies!We lastly step into the world of raves, from backyard and shed hideaways to the mystical world of Burning Man!  If you ever wanted to know how people find themselves in and why they can't seem to leave, this is the episode for you! We also dig deep into what is consumed at these events and what Alex recommends, as well as what to stay from if you have that *spicy* childhood trauma. Follow Alex on socials:Website: wonderwebdevelopmentTwitter: @CryptopherRobinFollow us on socials:HGT Instagram: @hotgirlstheoryHGT Twitter: /hotgirlstheoryHGT TikTok: @hgtpodcastAsh's Instagram: @ashleighxoroseIndi's Instagram: @fueledbyindiCheck out our brand new website HERE!Support the show:BUY US A COFFEE Donations from $5 (AUD) via this linkBECOME A PATRON Sign up from $3 (AUD) a monthRate us on Apple Podcasts & SpotifyArtwork by Kaila, @whinemum on InstagramMusic in this episode from Epidemic Soundhttps://www.epidemicsound.com/Theme Music:King Sis - My/Your PlaceChapters:0.00: Alex's intro0:45: Intro & Acknowledgement of Country1:30: Life updates5:36: Plugs8:00: Intro to the Alex11:00: What is Gynosexuality? 42:00: How did Alex begin his rave journey?50:00: Let's talk about tripping! 1:00:00: Burning Man Experience1:16:00: Being a mental health counsellor 

A Q&A at The Ins And Outs Easter Intensive with Kamila & Alex.Kamila & Alex are both professional dancers and choreographers with so much knowledge. At our easter intensive the students got to ask them some questions and of course Kane was involved too. A podcast bringing you inside the minds of the industry professionals and showing you the ins and outs of entertainment. Hosted by Kane Silver Alex & Kamila both teach at Base Dance Studios in London. We definatly recommend getting to their classes for fantastic training. Instagram @mrballchange @theinsandoutspodcast @gibson_media_ @kamilkamkam @alexchambers28

A Q&A at The Ins And Outs Easter Intensive with Kamila & Alex.Kamila & Alex are both professional dancers and choreographers with so much knowledge. At our easter intensive the students got to ask them some questions and of course Kane was involved too. A podcast bringing you inside the minds of the industry professionals and showing you the ins and outs of entertainment. Hosted by Kane Silver Alex & Kamila both teach at Base Dance Studios in London. We definatly recommend getting to their classes for fantastic training. Instagram @mrballchange @theinsandoutspodcast @gibson_media_ @kamilkamkam @alexchambers28

Join me and my guest Alex Chambers. Alex is a Leader, Account Manager, Relationship Builder, Problem Solver, Motivator and Livestream Host. This is going to be a great show! Broadcast on: LinkedIn: https://lnkd.in/gwZfHxUu Facebook: https://lnkd.in/grGZEyde YouTube: https://lnkd.in/gQ6Uudv5 Connect with Russ: Website: www.russhedge.com Connect with Alex: LinkedIn: https://lnkd.in/g7QBXQ8U Email: alexander.r.chambers@gmail.com #relationshipbuilder #resiliency #motivator #connection #marketing #inspiration #inspirationspecialist #RussSelfie

Imagine yourself floating in crystal clear, turquoise waters with fringes of palm trees rustling in the breeze, and not a soul in sight.  This may sound like a fantasy but it happens with regularity in the Maldives. This gorgeous chain of atolls sprawling across the Indian Ocean is one of the best places on the planet to disconnect and feel immersed in nature. And when you've had your fill of relaxing you can dive with whale sharks, surf some of the best breaks in the world, and dine in underwater restaurants.  Our guest today is Alex Chambers, my partner in the Maldives, who has lived in and traveled to the region regularly for the past 30 years. We discuss how the islands have changed since the tourism boom, sustainability, and some unimaginable luxury experiences.   Learn more at www.luxtravelinsider.com   Connect with me on Social: Instagram LinkedIn

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Alex Chambers is an educator and artist in Bloomington, Indiana and Laura Soloman is a lawyer in Philadelphia. To offer your own advice, call Zak @ 844-935-BEST TRANSCRIPT: ZAK: It's Food Friday on The Best Advice Show and today I've got a twofer. If you've been listening to this show you know I've been excitedly collecting your grandparents advice. If you have some grandparent advice for me. I would love to hear it. Give me a call on the hotline at 844-935-BEST. So today I've got two pieces of food-related advice both from these contributors' grandparents. First, Laura Soloman. LAURA: I think a lot of people just use only one of their senses when they cook. That is, their eye sight. They look at the recipe and maybe they really follow it to a T. But they don't use any of their other senses and I think that really misses an important opportunity. When I was growing up I learned to cook with my grandmother, my Oma, who was blind and as a result we had to use all of our senses. She taught me how to feel the dough, how to measure the ingredients in the palm of my hands, not a measuring cup. How to listen. You know, when the pan was ready for the food. How to even smell when a baked cook was ready to come out of the oven. So, that's my advice for Food Friday. Don't just read a recipe and then wonder why it doesn't turn out right. Use all of your senses because I think if you do that means you're fully present and you're gonna really enjoy cooking just like you enjoy anything else in life when you're really fully there for the experience. Enjoy. ZAK: I love this. Thank you, Laura Soloman. And thank you, Oma! Next up Alex Chambers is gonna talk about something his grandma taught him. ALEX: So, my grandmother died just about a year ago. It was in the midst of COVID but it wasn't due to COVID. She was very well protected from that. She was 99 and a half. Died peacefully. She had said 99 and a half was about when she expected to go. And that was plenty. Her advice for having a good, long life was eat plenty of butter and chocolate. I'm pretty happy to try to follow that advice. At her funeral, one of her 8 daughters remembered that another thing that my grandma always used to say was no bad days. And I think what she meant by that was just that you find a way to get something good out of your day. Find a way to appreciate something that happened during your day. That seems like it was probably good advice. Agreed. That's great advice and one way to do that, it sounds like Alex, is to eat butter and chocolate. How can you have a wholly bad day if you get a little butter and chocolate in there. You can't!

In this first episode, Briana Perry and Anna Carella interview three advocates who work at the intersections of reproductive freedom and incarceration. Alex Chambers and Jawharrah Bahar, from the organization Free Hearts, speak about the lack of reproductive freedom in jails and prisons and personal experiences of pregnancy and parenting while incarcerated. Erica Perry, a movement lawyer and former organizer with the Official Black Lives Matter Memphis Chapter, discusses the Black Mama's Bail Out and the End Money Bail Campaign. Interview originally recorded in 2019. You can find more information about Free Hearts on their website (freeheartsorg.com), Instagram (@freeheartsorg), Twitter (@freeheartsorg), or Facebook (Free Hearts). You can find more information about Official Black Lives Matter on their Instagram (@official_blm_memphis), Twitter (@blm_memphis), or Facebook (The Official Black Lives Matter Memphis Chapter). You can find more information about Black Mama's Bail Out and the End Money Bail Campaign on their website (nationalbailout.org) or Facebook (National Bail Out). Transcript for episode available at: bit.ly/ReproAndIncarceration

A conversation with professional dancers, choreographers and teachers Alex & Kamila. In this episode we cover a variety of topics, we talk alot about mindset. I ask Kamila what its like to move to the UK from Poland and ask Alex what its like to be a twin in the dance industry. A podcast bringing you inside the minds of the industry professionals and showing you the ins and outs of entertainment. Hosted by Kane Silver Please leave a rating and review on Itunes and share the podcast with your friends! Theataccounts - The best people to help you tackle your tax!! Contact them and tell them you are from The Ins And Outs Podcast. www.theataccounts.co.uk Quiet Media - If you need a showreel, Voice reel, anything filmed or anything media related they are the best!! Contact them and say your from The Ins And Outs Podcast and get a 5* treatment. www.quietmedia.co.uk Instagram @mrballchange @theinsandoutspodcast @kamilkakam @alexchambers28

A conversation with professional dancers, choreographers and teachers Alex & Kamila. In this episode we cover a variety of topics, we talk alot about mindset. I ask Kamila what its like to move to the UK from Poland and ask Alex what its like to be a twin in the dance industry. A podcast bringing you inside the minds of the industry professionals and showing you the ins and outs of entertainment. Hosted by Kane Silver Please leave a rating and review on Itunes and share the podcast with your friends! Theataccounts - The best people to help you tackle your tax!! Contact them and tell them you are from The Ins And Outs Podcast. www.theataccounts.co.uk Quiet Media - If you need a showreel, Voice reel, anything filmed or anything media related they are the best!! Contact them and say your from The Ins And Outs Podcast and get a 5* treatment. www.quietmedia.co.uk Instagram @mrballchange @theinsandoutspodcast @kamilkakam @alexchambers28

Sometimes, you see something unexpected, and it seems like a sign that the world’s about to end. TRANSCRIPTThis is Age of Humans. I’m Alex Chambers.One night last spring my partner and I were getting ready for bed. I was telling her about my day and suddenly she pointed at me and said “There’s a frog in here.” I was confused. Usually her jokes are funny. This was just weird. But I realized she wasn’t pointing at me. I followed her gaze, and sure enough, there was a frog on our closet door. It was really unexpected. The frog was just chilling there on the door, but I…panicked a little.I was imagining rolling onto it at 2 am. Squish. So I said to Molly, “Keep an eye on it, I’m gonna get a jar.” I ran to the kitchen. I ran back with the jar. But the frog had jumped. Right below the closet door was her laundry basket. We both said “In there!” She started to dump it out, and I said “Not in here!” So she took it to the back porch and one by one took her clothes out and shook them, at arm’s length, because she was, understandably, worried the frog might jump on her. I wasn’t as worried about myself because I was pretty sure a frog couldn’t jump around a corner ten feet away. I watched Molly empty the basket. No frog. We ran back to the bedroom. Bin of shoes! Don’t dump it in here! Molly looked at me, and dumped it. No frog. Then I noticed the meditation cushion next to the closet – which I clearly don’t use very often – and it occurred to me to pick that up, and there was the frog, serene as a lotus flower. I put the jar over it. Once it was confined, it was a lot easier to feel friendly with it. It hopped onto the side of the jar, and we spent a while looking at its white belly, and its gray, mottled back. We took pictures and looked it up online. Cope’s gray tree frog. It was pretty cool, although I thought tree frogs lived in the tropics, not southern Indiana. That was the first bad sign. Eventually we took it outside to go free, and there was another tree frog on our siding. We closed the window and went to bed, listening to them sing.It was raining that night, and it kept raining. A couple nights later, Molly pointed out two frogs on the outside of our sunroom window. Pretty soon there were three, four, five, all chirping. We watched them for a while, then I went out into the misty night and saw probably ten more, all over our house. The neighborhood trees were full of them. It was otherworldly. Cool air, wet frogs. It felt like a rainforest. I thought to myself, “We’re doomed.”See, I worry about climate change, pretty constantly. Any time the weather seems out of whack – warm stretch in January, a day of heavy rain – it’s another sign of catastrophe staring me down. So when these frogs that seemed like they should live in the Amazon took up residence on my street, climbing up the trees to sing to each other, getting ready to mate and make new life, all I could think was, “We’re all gonna die.”For better or worse, I’m not the only person who thinks this way.Turner DeBlieux: That’s all I think about as well. I mean I don’t work on climate change, but it affects everything I do. So. I do think about it the same way.AC: I’d been curious whether the tree frogs really were some sort of climate-induced plague upon us, so I went and talked with ecologist Turner DeBlieux. That’s his last name, DeBlieux.TD: DeBlieux.AC: Double-U.TD: Like the letter.AC: But not the letter. The name. D E B L I E U X. Anyway, Turner’s a PhD student in ecology at Indiana University. So I found him – eventually – in the science building, and he told me that they weren’t a plague at all. They’re actually quite common in southern Indiana. They were just – you know – doing their springtime thing. TD: They’ll get on your house, right, a single tree frog might get on your house, the temperature’s right, the humidity’s right and so it’ll start to call, hoping to gather other males that will also call. And so, generally if one male’s calling another will hear it, they’ll say that must be a good spot, they’ll get over there and either find own space or compete for a space, and then they’ll start calling as well. A bunch of males calling attracts a bunch of females which is what they want. And so the goal is to develop a chorus. So a chorus is what—how I described it earlier is if I walk into a pond and the calling stops it’s not a chorus. Laughter. Which isn’t really – that’s not a great threshold.AC: So they’re reaching out, trying to find each other. Get it on.TD: When they’re on your house they’re probably not attempting to chorus, they’re just trying to attract. In a pond they would chorus.AC: Or at least they’re trying to gather a quorum. But so okay, they were doing their thing. But I was still pretty sure it was a plague[CA1] . I mean, I’d never heard them like this before.TD: It also could be that it was just a timing difference. I noticed that they bred kind of later last year than they typically do. And so there’s not—typically there’s a lot of frogs calling at the same time. And so you might just not hear them because there are so many other things calling. Or like, at that point, cicadas, all the other things that call at night will start calling, and so you may not—you just may not have heard them because of the overlap. And this year I feel like they—at least in my experience they were a little bit later than typical, and so I did notice hearing the calls more clearly. And it could have been it was a bad year and everyone was desperate, so they called more.AC: Okay, so it was climate change. I knew it. The polar vortex the previous winters had put them on the edge of survival. These were their desperate final calls.TD: So, the gray tree frog and the Copes gray tree frog are pretty common as far as frogs go, so I’m not super worried about them, as far as climate change. They have a really large range, and they’re pretty general—like, they can adapt to a house, so they don’t face a combination of threats per se.AC: Or…maybe they’re fine. Which was reassuring. All the rain we’re gonna keep getting in the Midwest – at least it’ll be good for the frogs. Climate change is terrifying, but the frogs are gonna be just fine.TD: I mean, all frogs are doing really terribly right now, so I can’t say that like, you know, like one in four frogs faces the threat of extinction at this moment in history. It’s like a huge extinction level event, and so I can’t say that they’re gonna be safe, but if any frog’s is safe, it’s the gray tree frog, the bullfrog, you know, the very common frogs that have a really wide distribution. They’re probably gonna be okay.AC: The gray tree frogs are adaptable. And I know that doesn’t hold for all the creatures. As Turner reminded us, we’re in the midst of the sixth major extinction event in the planet’s history. We’re gonna have to keep talking about this. But for now, it’s worth remembering that humans are pretty adaptable too. We’re pretty good at calling out to each other. If we’re going to make it, we’re going to have to keep sending our voices out into the ether, finding ways of getting together. That’s what we’re going to try to do on this show.This is Age of Humans. I’m Alex Chambers.[Tree frogs, music.]Okay, I’m back. I’m gonna do the credits. And then I have one more thing at the end.This episode was written and produced by me, Alex Chambers, with original music by Ramón Monras-Sender. Ramón also edited the script. Sky Adams did the cover art. The Hot Stuff editorial board includes Sky Adams, Ross Gay, Essence London, Dave Torneo, Molly Weiler, and Kayte Young. Last thing. In the spirit of the how to, I’m going to close with a Hot Stuff tip. Today, it’s from Turner DeBlieux, and it’s relevant whether you’re heading down to the pond, taking out the compost, or, maybe, in your bedroom, getting ready to turn in.TD: Be nice to frogs. They’re not as creepy as people think they are. I know they’re kind of slimy, but they’re also kind of fun.Thanks for listening.

It has been said that there are only two real emotions, fear, and love. Spiritual practices, philosophies, and even religions have dedicated their work to understand the concept of fear and how it relates to our humane experience. Join Alex as he sits down with Alex Chambers to talk about the dreaded F-Word (FEAR!) Alex Chambers shares his insights on the allure behind fear, what it means to face the dragon, and how love and unconditional forgiveness may be the keys to fostering fearlessness. Whether you want to gain a healthier relationship with your fears, or just understand how fear works then this podcast is for you. Things We Will Discus:- How fear essentially is potential - Why we experience fear - How fear is neutral - How we cannot let fear stop us from going after what we want- The most common misconceptions about fear - What to do when fear strikes- And much more!Show Notes:Alex Chambers Podcast - Beyond The SurfaceAlex Chambers Instagram$1oo Gift Voucher towards Intuition Camp 2020 Free Gifts Book a Reading With AlexThe Spirit Guided Oracle Alex's Instagram Alex's FacebookTo provide feedback or send us an email atassist@alexlevyonline.com

Alex Chambers reads "To Buffy, Vampire Slayer," "And Together," "Epithalamion," and "Late High Modernism."

On this edition of The Poets Weave, Alex Chambers reads "The Sandhill Cranes," "After the Chicken, Before the Peach," and "Among Deciduous Hardwoods."

Alex Chambers reads "Dreams of Perennial Wheat" and "Wrought."

Today on the NH Business Show I speak with Alex Chambers, host of Beneath the Surface. Listen as Alex explains the direction he intends to take his podcast and his inspiration behind it. Sponsor for this episode: Phonesites: https://phonesites.com/signup?affiliate=636 Get more from Beneath The Surface: https://m.facebook.com/BeneathTheSurfacePodcast259 https://www.instagram.com/alex.chambers259/ Leave reviews and/or subscribe! Please, it's helpful: Itunes: https://apple.co/2syXPIb Google Play: https://bit.ly/2LhMT9A Stitcher: https://bit.ly/2syY85N IheartRadio: https://ihr.fm/2xzdg8V For more from the NH Business show, check us out at : www.NHBusinessShow.com

In this interview, John Hyon Ko of Kumite TV is joined by Eternal MMA strawweight champion Casey O'Neill to talk about her first title defense against Jada Ketley, overcoming a rough start to her amateur career, having a difficult time finding opponents, looking for a future clash with UFC veteran Alex Chambers and more. Casey O'Neill will defend her strawweight title against Jada Ketley in the main event of Eternal MMA 46 on July 27 at Southport Sharks on the Gold Coast. Subscribe to Kumite TV https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgjj... Fighter Interviews https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list... Follow John Hyon Ko on social media. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JHKMMA/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jhkmma/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JHKMMA

Today on the NH Business Show I speak with Alex Chambers, host of the soon to begin podcast Beneath the Surface. Listen as Alex explains what direction he intends to take his podcast and his inspiration behind it. Sponsor for this episode: Everlasting Capital: https://www.everlastingcapital.com/nhbusinessshow Get more from Beneath The Surface: https://m.facebook.com/BeneathTheSurfacePodcast259 https://www.instagram.com/alex.chambers259/ Leave reviews and/or subscribe! Please, it's helpful: Itunes: https://apple.co/2syXPIb Google Play: https://bit.ly/2LhMT9A Stitcher: https://bit.ly/2syY85N IheartRadio: https://ihr.fm/2xzdg8V For more from the NH Business show, check us out at : www.NHBusinessShow.com

UFC Sao Paulo will host Thiago Santos vs Eryk Anders on the 22nd September. We breakdown the card and give our predictions. Thiago Santos vs Eryk Anders (1:07:44) Alex Oliveira vs Carlo Pedersoli Jr.(1:02:26) Antônio Rogério Nogueira vs Sam Alvey (58:28) Renan Barão vs Andre Ewell (51:28) Randa Markos vs Marina Rodriguez (46:10) Charles Oliveira vs Christos Giagos (41:25) Francisco Trinaldo vs Evan Dunham (36:51) Luis Henrique vs Ryan Spann (31:40) Augusto Sakai vs Chase Sherman (25:37) Sérgio Moraes vs Ben Saunders (21:43) Mayra Bueno Silva vs Gillian Robertson (15:28) Thales Leites vs Hector Lombard (11:36) Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos vs Luigi Vendramini (7:33) Livia Renata Souza vs Alex Chambers (2:53) Last week's picks score: Jon 9-3 Will 9-3 Assisting with advice on making you all some £$€ is Will's Bets (1:13:57) Let us know who you are betting on and if you won. Finally we answer your questions (1:20:10) Want to ask us anything then comment below. Please feel free to LIKE, SHARE or COMMENT below. MMA Huddle is a podcast which is looking to spread the word of MMA to everyone and share in our passion of the sport while also maybe learning along the way. We encourage fans old and new to join in with questions and opinions on what we discuss. To subscribe to our channel please click below https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbsxsvYQa4rZUSOC5Etp73g?view_as=subscriber We are also on iTunes so jump on and listen on the go via: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/mmahuddle/id1281364404?mt=2 Fancy listening to the audio and downloading then follow us via Soundcloud and click the link below https://soundcloud.com/mmahuddle We are also on Facebook and Twitter all the links are below, come interact with us: https://www.facebook.com/mmahuddle/ https://twitter.com/MMAhuddle?lang=en

I sit down with two of my good friends: Joshua Goode(photographer) and Alex Chambers(videographer/cinematographer). We delve into where they got their starts and what life is like behind the lens. We also discuss random topics of new music and the NBA playoffs

Join Vanessa and Sabrina as they bring you another fun filled episode of WMMA Jam Live! Here at WMMA Jam Live, we believe in doing everything big, and what better way to do that than by bringing you the LATEST news from the MMA world. First, we'd like to give a huge shout out to our sponsors Native Bros Food Prep, Soap-A-Licious, FighterAlias AND FightbookMMA!! This week we will be breaking down UFC Fight Night SYDNEY: Werdum vs Tybura which includes Alex Chambers (5-2) vs Nadia Kassem (4-0) AND Rowdy Bec Rawlings vs Jessy Rose Clark (7-4-1NC) Wenwill also be joined by TUF 26’s Shana Dobson!We have all this and more coming up TOMORROW on WMMA Jam Live!

Timestamps are below. This podcast is presented to you by BallClubBox(http://www.ballclubbox.com) If you want the condensed version of all of this, go check out Black Market Picks on this channel whether it be YouTube, iTunes or Stitcher or soundcloud. On this episode LeRoiStephon(@NegroJitsuEDU), Eric F and CG3 Analytics give you way more information than you need to know about the UFC FN 121 Werdum vs. Tybura card for your DraftKings teams this Saturday. Go subscribe to our content on Stitcher and iTunes to be able to listen to this "Black Market Picks", “The School of BlackNegroJitsu” and all of our other content on your mobile devices and PC all throughout the day! Also go follow our page on Facebook https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mma-edge-fantasy-podcast/id1193056316?mt=2 http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=126258&refid=stpr https://soundcloud.com/stephon-hayden https://www.facebook.com/LeRoiStephonDFS/?fref=ts 3:04- Tai Tuivasa vs. Rashad Couler 6:25- Eric Shelton vs. Jenel Lausa 8:12-Alex Chambers vs. Nadia Kassem 11:32-Damien Brown vs. Frank Camacho 15:40-Adam Wieczorek vs. Anthony Hamilton 18:35-Will Brooks vs. Nik Lentz 22:12- Ryan Benoit vs. Ashktan Mokhtarian 24:45-Alexander Volkanovski vs. Shane Young 25:40-Elias Theodorou vs. Daniel Kelly 29:34-Jake Matthews vs. Bojan Velickovic 33:10-Tim Means vs. Belal Muhammad 36:20-Bec Rawlings vs. Jessy Rose-Clark Fabricio Werdum vs. Marcin Tybura

Mike and Elias talk UFC 207, breaking down the top 5 things to watch for and the top 5 fighters to keep an eye on. Alan Jouban calls in to talk about his win over Mike Perry at UFC on FOX 22. Alex Chambers calls in to talk about her teammate Amanda Nunes' title fight against Ronda Rousey.

Bubba, Greg, and CB join Adam to talk about the recent fights that occurred at UFC 201. MMA fighter Alex Chambers calls in! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's Guests on the show include: - Hector Lombard returns to Submission Radio to talk about his experience at the 2015 ADCC, feeling robbed but happy with his performance, how he feels about missing out on competing at UFC 193 in Australia, the disappointment of only fighting in Australia once, if he'll still compete at the 2016 Rio Olympics, people only calling him out when he's injured, if Rory MacDonald will be the same after his loss to Lawler, who wins between Robbie Lawler and Carlos Condit, Johny Hendricks 'blanket' style, sparring wars with Mark Hunt and other K1 kickboxers, and much more. - Pat Cummins returns to Submission Radio to discuss his recent successes as well as tough losses. "Durkin" looks back on what went wrong against Ovince Saint Preux, how comfortable he is striking and exactly how much he's looking to improve his stand-up skills, his tough win over 'Fejao' Rafael Cavalcante, what went through his mind when he took those big shots that busted his face up, his fight against Glover Teixeira and what his advantages will be, how likely it will be that he'll be forced to stand with Glover,  rematching Daniel Cormier and how legitimate his title is, how DC would do in a rematch against Jon Jones, his advice to Ryan Bader after getting passed over for the title shot, Tinder, his recent fishing trip, crazy mountain biking, and much more. - UFC veteran and current WSOF middleweight champion David Branch makes his first appearance on Submission Radio to talk about his fight against Teddy Holder at WSOF 23 for the light heavyweight belt. Branch also looks back on his tough past as an iron worker, growing up in the Bronx, why getting cut from the UFC may have been the best thing to happen to him, fining his stride and having the opportunity to hold two belts simultaneously, his confidence in finishing Teddy Holder, Rousimar Palhares and if he should be allowed to fight again, whether he would move down to welterweight for a third belt, his relationship with Renzo Gracie, if he plans on returning to the UFC eventually, and more. - Also on the show is a breakdown of UFC 191 and fights such as Demetrious Johnson vs John Dodson, Andrei Arlovski vs Frank Mir, Anthony Johnson vs Jimi Manua, Corey Anderson vs Jan Blachowicz, Paige VanZant vs Alex Chambers, John Lineker vs Francisco Rivera, Raquel Pennington vs Jessica Andrage, and more. - twitter.com/SubmissionAus , - facebook.com/SubmissionRadioAus , - youtube.com/user/submissionradioau

This week's Guests on the show include: - Hector Lombard returns to Submission Radio to talk about his experience at the 2015 ADCC, feeling robbed but happy with his performance, how he feels about missing out on competing at UFC 193 in Australia, the disappointment of only fighting in Australia once, if he'll still compete at the 2016 Rio Olympics, people only calling him out when he's injured, if Rory MacDonald will be the same after his loss to Lawler, who wins between Robbie Lawler and Carlos Condit, Johny Hendricks 'blanket' style, sparring wars with Mark Hunt and other K1 kickboxers, and much more. - Pat Cummins returns to Submission Radio to discuss his recent successes as well as tough losses. "Durkin" looks back on what went wrong against Ovince Saint Preux, how comfortable he is striking and exactly how much he's looking to improve his stand-up skills, his tough win over 'Fejao' Rafael Cavalcante, what went through his mind when he took those big shots that busted his face up, his fight against Glover Teixeira and what his advantages will be, how likely it will be that he'll be forced to stand with Glover,  rematching Daniel Cormier and how legitimate his title is, how DC would do in a rematch against Jon Jones, his advice to Ryan Bader after getting passed over for the title shot, Tinder, his recent fishing trip, crazy mountain biking, and much more. - UFC veteran and current WSOF middleweight champion David Branch makes his first appearance on Submission Radio to talk about his fight against Teddy Holder at WSOF 23 for the light heavyweight belt. Branch also looks back on his tough past as an iron worker, growing up in the Bronx, why getting cut from the UFC may have been the best thing to happen to him, fining his stride and having the opportunity to hold two belts simultaneously, his confidence in finishing Teddy Holder, Rousimar Palhares and if he should be allowed to fight again, whether he would move down to welterweight for a third belt, his relationship with Renzo Gracie, if he plans on returning to the UFC eventually, and more. - Also on the show is a breakdown of UFC 191 and fights such as Demetrious Johnson vs John Dodson, Andrei Arlovski vs Frank Mir, Anthony Johnson vs Jimi Manua, Corey Anderson vs Jan Blachowicz, Paige VanZant vs Alex Chambers, John Lineker vs Francisco Rivera, Raquel Pennington vs Jessica Andrage, and more. - twitter.com/SubmissionAus , - facebook.com/SubmissionRadioAus , - youtube.com/user/submissionradioau

Alex Chambers reads "Aubade Again" and "Western Industrial Agriculture."

This week hosts Kacper Rosolowski and Denis Shkuratov have on the show: - Hector Lombard returns to Submission Radio to talk about his experience at the 2015 ADCC, feeling robbed but happy with his performance, how he feels about missing out on competing at UFC 193 in Australia, the disappointment of only fighting in Australia once, if he'll still compete at the 2016 Rio Olympics, people only calling him out when he's injured, if Rory MacDonald will be the same after his loss to Lawler, who wins between Robbie Lawler and Carlos Condit, Johny Hendricks 'blanket' style, sparring wars with Mark Hunt and other K1 kickboxers, and much more. - Pat Cummins returns to Submission Radio to discuss his recent successes as well as tough losses. "Durkin" looks back on what went wrong against Ovince Saint Preux, how comfortable he is striking and exactly how much he's looking to improve his stand-up skills, his tough win over 'Fejao' Rafael Cavalcante, what went through his mind when he took those big shots that busted his face up, his fight against Glover Teixeira and what his advantages will be, how likely it will be that he'll be forced to stand with Glover, rematching Daniel Cormier and how legitimate his title is, how DC would do in a rematch against Jon Jones, his advice to Ryan Bader after getting passed over for the title shot, Tinder, his recent fishing trip, crazy mountain biking, and much more. - UFC veteran and current WSOF middleweight champion David Branch makes his first appearance on Submission Radio to talk about his fight against Teddy Holder at WSOF 23 for the light heavyweight belt. Branch also looks back on his tough past as an iron worker, growing up in the Bronx, why getting cut from the UFC may have been the best thing to happen to him, fining his stride and having the opportunity to hold two belts simultaneously, his confidence in finishing Teddy Holder, Rousimar Palhares and if he should be allowed to fight again, whether he would move down to welterweight for a third belt, his relationship with Renzo Gracie, if he plans on returning to the UFC eventually, and more. - Also on the show is a breakdown of UFC 191 and fights such as Demetrious Johnson vs John Dodson, Andrei Arlovski vs Frank Mir, Anthony Johnson vs Jimi Manua, Corey Anderson vs Jan Blachowicz, Paige VanZant vs Alex Chambers, John Lineker vs Francisco Rivera, Raquel Pennington vs Jessica Andrage, and more. - twitter.com/SubmissionAus , - facebook.com/SubmissionRadioAus , - youtube.com/user/submissionradioau

This week hosts Kacper Rosolowski and Denis Shkuratov have on the show: - Hector Lombard returns to Submission Radio to talk about his experience at the 2015 ADCC, feeling robbed but happy with his performance, how he feels about missing out on competing at UFC 193 in Australia, the disappointment of only fighting in Australia once, if he'll still compete at the 2016 Rio Olympics, people only calling him out when he's injured, if Rory MacDonald will be the same after his loss to Lawler, who wins between Robbie Lawler and Carlos Condit, Johny Hendricks 'blanket' style, sparring wars with Mark Hunt and other K1 kickboxers, and much more. - Pat Cummins returns to Submission Radio to discuss his recent successes as well as tough losses. "Durkin" looks back on what went wrong against Ovince Saint Preux, how comfortable he is striking and exactly how much he's looking to improve his stand-up skills, his tough win over 'Fejao' Rafael Cavalcante, what went through his mind when he took those big shots that busted his face up, his fight against Glover Teixeira and what his advantages will be, how likely it will be that he'll be forced to stand with Glover, rematching Daniel Cormier and how legitimate his title is, how DC would do in a rematch against Jon Jones, his advice to Ryan Bader after getting passed over for the title shot, Tinder, his recent fishing trip, crazy mountain biking, and much more. - UFC veteran and current WSOF middleweight champion David Branch makes his first appearance on Submission Radio to talk about his fight against Teddy Holder at WSOF 23 for the light heavyweight belt. Branch also looks back on his tough past as an iron worker, growing up in the Bronx, why getting cut from the UFC may have been the best thing to happen to him, fining his stride and having the opportunity to hold two belts simultaneously, his confidence in finishing Teddy Holder, Rousimar Palhares and if he should be allowed to fight again, whether he would move down to welterweight for a third belt, his relationship with Renzo Gracie, if he plans on returning to the UFC eventually, and more. - Also on the show is a breakdown of UFC 191 and fights such as Demetrious Johnson vs John Dodson, Andrei Arlovski vs Frank Mir, Anthony Johnson vs Jimi Manua, Corey Anderson vs Jan Blachowicz, Paige VanZant vs Alex Chambers, John Lineker vs Francisco Rivera, Raquel Pennington vs Jessica Andrage, and more. - twitter.com/SubmissionAus , - facebook.com/SubmissionRadioAus , - youtube.com/user/submissionradioau See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join Vanessa and Sabrina as they bring you another fun filled episode of WMMA Jam Live, produced by Fresh Start Entertainment! Here at WMMA Jam Live, we believe in doing everything big, and what better way to do that than by bringing you the latest news from the MMA world. Tonight (Friday 9/4) we will cover as many WMMA bouts going down this weekend and we will discuss MMA news from around the globe. This week we will discuss UFC 191 Johnson vs Dodson 2 which includes Jessica Andrade vs Raquel Pennington and Paige VanZant vs Alex Chambers!! We've got all this and more coming up this Friday on WMMA Jam Live! 

Joey and Dodge check in with Paige before her UFC191 fight with Alex Chambers. She discusses the strange ranking system in her division along with her new found love for Cryo Chambers. We find out what she's really about and how it is to train at #TeamAlphaMale.

I interview UFC Women's "Astro Girl" Alex Chambers ahead of her fight against Paige Van Zant next weekend at UFC 191 September 5th! I also talk about her career and what she's been up to since her last fight and playing the role of spoiler to the rising Van Zant! Watch her UFC 191 fight on PPV September 5th!Thanks for listeing and please share!Listen to The Fightlete Report Radio Show every Tuesday 12-2pm only on Chicagolandsportsradio.com. Click Listen Live!

Join Vanessa and Sabrina Borquez this Friday for another high energy episode of WMMAJam Live, produced by Fresh Start MMA. Here at MMA Jam Session, we believe in doing everything big, and what better way to do that than by bringing you the latest news in the world of MMA. This Friday the girls will be joined by Christine "Misfit" Ferea! They will also be breaking down UFC 191: Johnson vs Dodson 2 which includes Jessica Andrade vs Raquel Pennington and Paige Vanzant vs Alex Chambers. We've got all this and more coming up this Friday on WMMA Jam Live!  FOLLOW @WMMAJamLive @VanessaBorquez @SabrinaBorquez

This week hosts Kacper Rosolowski and Denis Shkuratov have on the show: - TJ Dillashaw fresh off his victory over Renan Barao at UFC on FOX 16 returns to Submission Radio to talk about what he thought of his performance, how it feels to have Barao behind him, if Barao needs to move up to Featherweight, Dominick Cruz's comments on him being a "wannabe" and how when he returns the Bantamweight division can "get back on track". Dillashaw also discusses Cruz's comments about his coach Duane Ludwig and saying that he could be Duane's coach, how a potential fight against Cruz would play out, when TJ sees himself returning, "The Dominator" acting like Conor McGregor and talking trash, what happened to Chad Mendes in the Conor McGregor fight, if he thinks that Chad beats Conor on a full training camp. - Jake Shields returns to Submission Radio right after his controversial loss to Rousimar Palhares at WSOF 22. Moments after being cleared from hospital, Jake talks about his immediate reaction to the fight, the eye-gouging, how the thumbs to the eye affected his performance, Steve Mazzagatti's refereeing, the kimura, if he thinks Palhares held the submission on too long, the reactions of Ray Sefo and Ali Abdel-aziz, what he thinks should happen with Rousimar and if he thinks he should be punished or suspended, thoughts on a rematch, and more. - Alex Chambers makes her first appearance on Submission Radio to discuss her fight against Paige VanZant at UFC 191. "Astro Girl" chats about her background in astrophysics, her experience on The Ultimate Fighter 20, her come-from-behind win against Kailin Curran at UFC Adelaide, her coach telling her that if she didn't win she'd be out of the UFC, if she was surprised that she was matched up against Paige, being an underdog at UFC 191 and the UFC building up Paige VanZant, training at American Top Team and what she's been working on, if an army of Terminator robots could potentially take over Australia, filming the UFC commercial in a park at night, and more. - Coach Mike Winkeljohn returns to Submission Radio to talk about some of his star pupils, including Carlos Condit challenging Rory MacDonald for the Welterweight title, his thoughts on the Lawler/MacDonald matchup that took place at UFC 189, Donald Cowboy Cerrone possibly fighting Rafael Dos Anjos in a rematch for the UFC lightweight title, if he thinks cowboy might fight earlier, if Cowboy has made the necessary improvements and adjustments to not get controlled on the ground, Cerrone's allegations of RDA being on PEDs, Andrei Arlovski fighting Frank Mir at UFC 191, the advantages of previously training Frank and knowing his game, Mir's improved boxing and performance against Todd Duffee, Mir's weight gain and if he is lazy in the gym, Holy Holm and how soon she'll fight Ronda Rousey, if there's another side to Holly that we haven't seen yet, John Dodson having a rematch against Demetrious Johnson at UFC 191 and what the difference will be this time. - Also on the show is discussion on UFC 190 and fights such as Ronda Rousey vs Bethe Correia, Mauricio Shogun Rua vs Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, Stefan Struve vs Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Bigfoot Silva vs Soa Palelei, Claudia Gadelha vs Jessica Aguilar, Demian Maia vs Neil Magny, Patrick Cummins vs Rafael Cavalcante, and more! - twitter.com/SubmissionAus , - facebook.com/SubmissionRadioAus , - youtube.com/user/submissionradioau

This week hosts Kacper Rosolowski and Denis Shkuratov have on the show: - TJ Dillashaw fresh off his victory over Renan Barao at UFC on FOX 16 returns to Submission Radio to talk about what he thought of his performance, how it feels to have Barao behind him, if Barao needs to move up to Featherweight, Dominick Cruz's comments on him being a "wannabe" and how when he returns the Bantamweight division can "get back on track". Dillashaw also discusses Cruz's comments about his coach Duane Ludwig and saying that he could be Duane's coach, how a potential fight against Cruz would play out, when TJ sees himself returning, "The Dominator" acting like Conor McGregor and talking trash, what happened to Chad Mendes in the Conor McGregor fight, if he thinks that Chad beats Conor on a full training camp. - Jake Shields returns to Submission Radio right after his controversial loss to Rousimar Palhares at WSOF 22. Moments after being cleared from hospital, Jake talks about his immediate reaction to the fight, the eye-gouging, how the thumbs to the eye affected his performance, Steve Mazzagatti's refereeing, the kimura, if he thinks Palhares held the submission on too long, the reactions of Ray Sefo and Ali Abdel-aziz, what he thinks should happen with Rousimar and if he thinks he should be punished or suspended, thoughts on a rematch, and more. - Alex Chambers makes her first appearance on Submission Radio to discuss her fight against Paige VanZant at UFC 191. "Astro Girl" chats about her background in astrophysics, her experience on The Ultimate Fighter 20, her come-from-behind win against Kailin Curran at UFC Adelaide, her coach telling her that if she didn't win she'd be out of the UFC, if she was surprised that she was matched up against Paige, being an underdog at UFC 191 and the UFC building up Paige VanZant, training at American Top Team and what she's been working on, if an army of Terminator robots could potentially take over Australia, filming the UFC commercial in a park at night, and more. - Coach Mike Winkeljohn returns to Submission Radio to talk about some of his star pupils, including Carlos Condit challenging Rory MacDonald for the Welterweight title, his thoughts on the Lawler/MacDonald matchup that took place at UFC 189, Donald Cowboy Cerrone possibly fighting Rafael Dos Anjos in a rematch for the UFC lightweight title, if he thinks cowboy might fight earlier, if Cowboy has made the necessary improvements and adjustments to not get controlled on the ground, Cerrone's allegations of RDA being on PEDs, Andrei Arlovski fighting Frank Mir at UFC 191, the advantages of previously training Frank and knowing his game, Mir's improved boxing and performance against Todd Duffee, Mir's weight gain and if he is lazy in the gym, Holy Holm and how soon she'll fight Ronda Rousey, if there's another side to Holly that we haven't seen yet, John Dodson having a rematch against Demetrious Johnson at UFC 191 and what the difference will be this time. - Also on the show is discussion on UFC 190 and fights such as Ronda Rousey vs Bethe Correia, Mauricio Shogun Rua vs Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, Stefan Struve vs Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Bigfoot Silva vs Soa Palelei, Claudia Gadelha vs Jessica Aguilar, Demian Maia vs Neil Magny, Patrick Cummins vs Rafael Cavalcante, and more! - twitter.com/SubmissionAus , - facebook.com/SubmissionRadioAus , - youtube.com/user/submissionradioau See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week's Guests on the show include: - TJ Dillashaw fresh off his victory over Renan Barao at UFC on FOX 16 returns to Submission Radio to talk about what he thought of his performance, how it feels to have Barao behind him, if Barao needs to move up to Featherweight, Dominick Cruz's comments on him being a "wannabe" and how when he returns the Bantamweight division can "get back on track". Dillashaw also discusses Cruz's comments about his coach Duane Ludwig and saying that he could be Duane's coach, how a potential fight against Cruz would play out, when TJ sees himself returning, "The Dominator" acting like Conor McGregor and talking trash, what happened to Chad Mendes in the Conor McGregor fight, if he thinks that Chad beats Conor on a full training camp. - Jake Shields returns to Submission Radio right after his controversial loss to Rousimar Palhares at WSOF 22. Moments after being cleared from hospital, Jake talks about his immediate reaction to the fight, the eye-gouging, how the thumbs to the eye affected his performance, Steve Mazzagatti's refereeing, the kimura, if he thinks Palhares held the submission on too long, the reactions of Ray Sefo and Ali Abdel-aziz, what he thinks should happen with Rousimar and if he thinks he should be punished or suspended, thoughts on a rematch, and more. - Alex Chambers makes her first appearance on Submission Radio to discuss her fight against Paige VanZant at UFC 191. "Astro Girl" chats about her background in astrophysics, her experience on The Ultimate Fighter 20, her come-from-behind win against Kailin Curran at UFC Adelaide, her coach telling her that if she didn't win she'd be out of the UFC, if she was surprised that she was matched up against Paige, being an underdog at UFC 191 and the UFC building up Paige VanZant, training at American Top Team and what she's been working on, if an army of Terminator robots could potentially take over Australia, filming the UFC commercial in a park at night, and more. - Coach Mike Winkeljohn returns to Submission Radio to talk about some of his star pupils, including Carlos Condit challenging Rory MacDonald for the Welterweight title, his thoughts on the Lawler/MacDonald matchup that took place at UFC 189, Donald Cowboy Cerrone possibly fighting Rafael Dos Anjos in a rematch for the UFC lightweight title, if he thinks cowboy might fight earlier, if Cowboy has made the necessary improvements and adjustments to not get controlled on the ground, Cerrone's allegations of RDA being on PEDs, Andrei Arlovski fighting Frank Mir at UFC 191, the advantages of previously training Frank and knowing his game, Mir's improved boxing and performance against Todd Duffee, Mir's weight gain and if he is lazy in the gym, Holy Holm and how soon she'll fight Ronda Rousey, if there's another side to Holly that we haven't seen yet, John Dodson having a rematch against Demetrious Johnson at UFC 191 and what the difference will be this time. - Also on the show is discussion on UFC 190 and fights such as Ronda Rousey vs Bethe Correia, Mauricio Shogun Rua vs Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, Stefan Struve vs Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Bigfoot Silva vs Soa Palelei, Claudia Gadelha vs Jessica Aguilar, Demian Maia vs Neil Magny, Patrick Cummins vs Rafael Cavalcante, and more! - twitter.com/SubmissionAus , - facebook.com/SubmissionRadioAus , - youtube.com/user/submissionradioau

This week's Guests on the show include: - TJ Dillashaw fresh off his victory over Renan Barao at UFC on FOX 16 returns to Submission Radio to talk about what he thought of his performance, how it feels to have Barao behind him, if Barao needs to move up to Featherweight, Dominick Cruz's comments on him being a "wannabe" and how when he returns the Bantamweight division can "get back on track". Dillashaw also discusses Cruz's comments about his coach Duane Ludwig and saying that he could be Duane's coach, how a potential fight against Cruz would play out, when TJ sees himself returning, "The Dominator" acting like Conor McGregor and talking trash, what happened to Chad Mendes in the Conor McGregor fight, if he thinks that Chad beats Conor on a full training camp. - Jake Shields returns to Submission Radio right after his controversial loss to Rousimar Palhares at WSOF 22. Moments after being cleared from hospital, Jake talks about his immediate reaction to the fight, the eye-gouging, how the thumbs to the eye affected his performance, Steve Mazzagatti's refereeing, the kimura, if he thinks Palhares held the submission on too long, the reactions of Ray Sefo and Ali Abdel-aziz, what he thinks should happen with Rousimar and if he thinks he should be punished or suspended, thoughts on a rematch, and more. - Alex Chambers makes her first appearance on Submission Radio to discuss her fight against Paige VanZant at UFC 191. "Astro Girl" chats about her background in astrophysics, her experience on The Ultimate Fighter 20, her come-from-behind win against Kailin Curran at UFC Adelaide, her coach telling her that if she didn't win she'd be out of the UFC, if she was surprised that she was matched up against Paige, being an underdog at UFC 191 and the UFC building up Paige VanZant, training at American Top Team and what she's been working on, if an army of Terminator robots could potentially take over Australia, filming the UFC commercial in a park at night, and more. - Coach Mike Winkeljohn returns to Submission Radio to talk about some of his star pupils, including Carlos Condit challenging Rory MacDonald for the Welterweight title, his thoughts on the Lawler/MacDonald matchup that took place at UFC 189, Donald Cowboy Cerrone possibly fighting Rafael Dos Anjos in a rematch for the UFC lightweight title, if he thinks cowboy might fight earlier, if Cowboy has made the necessary improvements and adjustments to not get controlled on the ground, Cerrone's allegations of RDA being on PEDs, Andrei Arlovski fighting Frank Mir at UFC 191, the advantages of previously training Frank and knowing his game, Mir's improved boxing and performance against Todd Duffee, Mir's weight gain and if he is lazy in the gym, Holy Holm and how soon she'll fight Ronda Rousey, if there's another side to Holly that we haven't seen yet, John Dodson having a rematch against Demetrious Johnson at UFC 191 and what the difference will be this time. - Also on the show is discussion on UFC 190 and fights such as Ronda Rousey vs Bethe Correia, Mauricio Shogun Rua vs Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, Stefan Struve vs Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Bigfoot Silva vs Soa Palelei, Claudia Gadelha vs Jessica Aguilar, Demian Maia vs Neil Magny, Patrick Cummins vs Rafael Cavalcante, and more! - twitter.com/SubmissionAus , - facebook.com/SubmissionRadioAus , - youtube.com/user/submissionradioau