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Don Chaffer is a singer-songwriter (Waterdeep), a composer-lyricist-librettist (Son of a Gun, The Unusual Tale of Mary and Joseph's Baby), and a professor (Lipscomb University's School of Music). His stories are often sad and often funny—and often at the same time. In this "Sad Stories Told for Laughs" episode, Don Chaffer talks to Jonathan Rogers about the difference between embarrassment and shame, ironic distance, and other matters. Support the show: https://therabbitroom.givingfuel.com/member See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Interview with producer, composer and writer, Don Chaffer - we talk about a myriad of different topics including (but not limited to) how introverted habits can make creativity more productive, embracing the flip side of obstacles, how to keep your work playful, the effect of mental health and medication on creativity and the history of pop music. For more info on Don: www.donchaffer.com For questions or coaching inquiries: mail@jennyrebecca.com; @artistsrisingco;@iamjennyrebecca
Wherein Rebecca Reynolds kicks off the show with her poem "Welcome," Don Chaffer reads The Wilderness Journal, and Drew Miller shares the first ever Word of Befuddlement: pleethe. Send in your very own definition of "pleethe" to Drew Miller (drew@rabbitroom.com) and he might just read it on next week's show. And who knows? You may even guess correctly. Transcripts are available for The Molehill Podcast. You can find them at RabbitRoom.com/Podcast. Original Molehill Podcast theme music by Zach & MaggieSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Wherein our host, Drew Miller, attempts to convey the spirit of The Molehill (the Rabbit Room's annual literary journal); lists the many Molehill contributors who will be reading their stories, poems, and essays throughout this season (Jennifer Trafton, Helena Sorensen, Don Chaffer, Jonathan Rogers, Andrew Peterson, Rebecca Reynolds, Russ Ramsey, and many more); and invites you to consider the molehills in your own life that deserve to be made into mountains. Transcripts are available for The Molehill Podcast. Click here to view them.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
It’s hard to describe this week’s episode. Don Chaffer’s story is filled with some incredibly heavy subject matter, and yet somehow he manages to balance it with humor and hope. Buckle up because this episode is an epic journey! Instrumental is a show about the big and small moments that shape our lives. In every episode, my guest and I start near the end of their story and work our way back to the beginning. I hope these conversations inspire you to embrace every beautiful second of this incredible and unpredictable life, because the truth is none of us knows which moment will be the one that changes everything. www.jjheller.com/podcast www.donchaffer.com Subscribe now for updates.
Drew Miller talks with Don Chaffer about the song "Be Invisible" from his musical, The (Almost) Unforgettable Edwin Booth. They discuss the creativity to be found in the “fenced-in areas” of musical theater, the magic of seeing so many people bring your work to life on stage, and art as a way of practicing empathy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week we continue with our panel of Fours -- Sandra McCracken, Megan Miller, Matthew Perryman Jones, and Don Chaffer. Tune in as we discuss the strengths and challenges of being a Four, and then stick around to the end when Ian and guests pull some guitars down from the studio walls and spontaneously break into a Dylan tune. It's pretty unforgettable.
For those who are new to the Enneagram or to what life is like as an Enneagram Four, let me just give a 50,000-foot fly-by of the Enneagram Four. Fours, called the Individualists, sometimes called the Romantics or the Tragic Romantics, these are folks who have a sense that they carry within themselves some deficiency--some irredeemable deficiency--a missing piece in their essential makeup that they can't quite name. It actually elicits or brings up in them this kind of inconsolable longing for the un-nameable missing piece that they're trying to find and recover so that they can feel a part of the world. They feel as though they're disqualified from belonging because they're different from other people. And so, this launches them on a lifelong quest, usually early on with the struggling low self-esteem, I've never met a Four who told me that that was not an issue for them. And their passion, or their deadly sin, is Envy. So, what is it that Fours? Fours envy the normalcy, the happiness, and the apparent ease with which other people seem to move in the world. We just look at other people and think they just haven't suffered as much as we have. We just have this perception that other people have had an easier time of it in this life. And that can sometimes give us a little bit of superiority, almost, because we also become addicted to our suffering if we're not careful. It becomes the core of our identity--the tragic story of the past that we don't know how to divorce ourselves from, and even if we could who would we be without it, without that tragic story? God, we'd be ordinary, which of course points to the underlying motivation of the Four which is a compulsive need to be unique and special as a strategy to compensate for what we perceive to be this irredeemable deficiency. To best illustrate the ways that Fours are unique, even from each other, I brought in a panel of Fours for this week's show. The thing I love about panels is it's so much better for people to learn about these different types, these archetypes of the Enneagram, straight from the mouths of those who live in the shoes of those different styles of being in the world. Fours are the most misunderstood number on the Enneagram in general. So, tune in as Sandra McCracken, Megan Miller, Matthew Perryman Jones, and Don Chaffer join us in studio to talk about all things Four.
This week the boys dive into the certifiably legendary 'Jason and the Argonauts' by Don Chaffer, while also trying vodka gummy chews, getting greeted by the IMDBird and selling out. Also Chapters 16-19 of Skulduggery Pleasant. Twitters: twitter.com/skullboyspod - The Podcast twitter.com/RabicWill - Will Barker twitter.com/PuckRumhollow - Kim Walsh twitter.com/elliott_rye - Oliver Elliott-Rye Remember to subscribe, hit us up with those 5 stars on itunes and share with your friends and family x And our sponsor: https://en-gb.facebook.com/rattlesnaketheband/
Andrew talks with his friend Don Chaffer, who he used to stalk, and talk about the beginning of Waterdeep, losing your parents, the choices that choose you as an adult, and musical theater. A LOT about musical theater. It's fascinating. Check out andrewosenga.com/podcast for more about The Pivot and our host Andrew. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-pivot/support
Welcome to the Pivot. Stories of people who have made a change. This is our introductory episode where host Andrew Osenga tells us a bit about the journey that led to this podcast and what you can expect to hear in season one. Upcoming guests include: Dave Barnes, Ellie Holcomb, Dan Haseltine, Bebo Norman, Annie Downs, Steve Taylor, Don Chaffer, Andrew Peterson and Stacia Freeman. You can find out more about this podcast at Andrewosenga.com/podcast --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-pivot/support
The Road Back to You: Looking at Life Through the Lens of the Enneagram
In our last program, we viewed politics and personality through the eyes of an Enneagram 4. In this interview, Ian and Suzanne continue their exploration of the Enneagram 4 through the thoughts and stories of Don Chaffer, one of the singer/songwriters in the group Waterdeep. Also: producer, engineer, and, lately, musical theater composer/lyricist. If you are a person who enjoys the unusual, the dramatic, and the textured side of life, then discover: Why you take such comfort in sad songs, movies, and stories. Why it's difficult for you to find your place in a room full of people. Why you have so many feelings in a day and it's hard to know which ones to pay attention to. Why you're frustrated when people misunderstand you. Why 4's enjoy long conversations in the Home Depot parking lot. This episode is insightful, funny and it includes a live performance by Don of one of his original songs. You won't want to miss this one, regardless of your Enneagram number...Enjoy! And, please join us next week as we interview caring parents of two small children who are both Enneagram 1's, as we explore the struggles and joy of sharing an Enneagram number and how it impacts their parenting.
We are back with another super fun live episode from Under The Radar's annual Escape To The Lake retreat! Guests are Eric Peters, Justin McRoberts, and Don Chaffer (of Waterdeep) and it gets wild, nerdy, and hilarious.
At Hutchmoot 2012 we put together a group of musical collaborators from various backgrounds to discuss the ways in which they work together to create. The teams are Ron Block and Rebecca Reynolds, who wrote Ron's latest (2013) album; Don Chaffer and Lori Chaffer, the husband and wife band Waterdeep; and Ben Shive and Cason Cooley, music producers who worked together on Andrew Peterson's album Light for the Lost Boy See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
At Hutchmoot 2012 we put together a group of musical collaborators from various backgrounds to discuss the ways in which they work together to create. The teams are Ron Block and Rebecca Reynolds, who wrote Ron's latest (2013) album; Don Chaffer and Lori Chaffer, the husband and wife band Waterdeep; and Ben Shive and Cason Cooley, music producers who worked together on Andrew Peterson's album Light for the Lost Boy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Contrition, Confession, and Candor: Lent 5B*, for Sunday 2 April 2006; book review: *A Spiritual Field Guide; Meditations for the Outdoors* by Bernard Brady and Mark Neuzil (2005); film review: *Bubble* (2006); poem review: *Lenten Prayers, Week 1* by Thomas Hopko; music review: *What You Don't Know Won't Hurt You* by Don Chaffer.