Looking Upstream |Podcast | We Are Chaffee

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We Are Chaffee: Looking Upstream is a human-forward, conversational podcast in which host Adam Williams talks with guests about their lived experiences and how those have shaped who they are now. The conversations also weave in the topics that go into making a community healthy, vibrant and connected.

The We Are Chaffee podcast was published from July 2022 to September 2025. It was produced and hosted by Adam Williams. The podcasts are archived with our partner organization KHEN Community Radio.

Topics in the archive include: housing affordability, nutrition and health (e.g. outdoor activities, tick-borne disease, public health programs, Alzheimer’s, postpartum depression & anxiety), identity (e.g. race, gender), substance abuse and recovery, spirituality and faith, social and political challenges, local and broader history, nature and environment, community and entrepreneurship, creativity and change, death and resilience.

Please click here to listen to one of our 92 episodes.

Rob & Sarah Gartzman (‘The Biker & The Baker’), on balancing fear and love in business and marriage, and building a future that works

Jordan Cunliffe, on his love of soccer & coaching, self-sabotage & a decade of addiction, Carl Jung & doing hard things, and ‘an insane Google search’

Gina Lucrezi, on creating Trail Sisters, ‘The Candidate’, community & public service, gold for Team USA & harnessing her superpower

Dr. Erica Gift, on rewilding & foraging, psychology & food choices, the science of meditation, pathological optimism, magic mushrooms & a Vanagon named ‘Butter’

Read McCulloch, of Chaffee Housing Trust, on housing affordability problems & solutions, short-term rentals, and the community land trust model vs. deed-restricted housing

Eddie Sandoval, chef, restauranteur & concert manager, on the visceral nature of music, sharing food as community, and travels in Southeast Asia

Elisia Parham, on slam poetry, Black Lives Matter, allyship, confronting her own biases, activism out of love, and having difficult conversations

Sophia Herzog Gibb, two-time Paralympic medalist, on her swimming career, cultivating resilience and confidence, her dwarfism and a love story

Jed Selby, South Main developer & former pro kayaker, on affordable housing, building the future, his love of live music & what motivates him

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