We Are Chaffee: Looking Upstream
Join host Adam Williams and a diverse group of local guests sharing “human forward” conversations of personal challenges and experiences that shaped their lives. The hope is that sharing these stories will raise awareness and compassion within our community to create positive change in an “upstream”, proactive way. A true storytelling podcast, “Looking Upstream” is supported by the Colorado Public Health & Environment: Office of Health Equity.
Wrapping up the We Are Chaffee Podcast with Andrea Carlstrom, Director of Chaffee Public Health.
August 5 - Tommy Gram-Alene -Outdoor Educator, Professional Guide, and Avalanche Course Leader.
June 24, 2025 -Nathan Ward, Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, on a creative life of adventure.
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Lara Richardson, on her memoir The Table, the rare life of ranching in contemporary America.
John and Coleen Graybill, of the Curtis Legacy Foundation, are doing their “life’s best work” -
supporting great-grandfather Edward Curtis’ iconic work, shining light on Native voices and stories.
May 13, 2025 - MaryAnn Longwell made a career change in her early 50's.
...she became a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and counselor.
Reed Dils, pioneer river outfitter in the Arkansas Valley, on the industry’s Wild West early days.
April 15 - Johnny Buschmann, on Columbine, survivor’s guilt & ‘trauma camp,’ forgiveness & love.
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Apri 1 -Betsy Dittenber, of the Community Foundation, on personal transformation, social justice.
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March 18 -Josh & Maddy Chance, of Headwater Farms, on their love story & adventures in farming.
March 4-Jessica Oatman on loss & joy, living for today, making vibrant art, surfing & adventure..
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Feb. 18, 2025 - Tracy Arthur Kachadourian, on conflict resolution...
...self-accountability, her emancipation as a teen & the benefits of investing in youth
January 21, 2025 - Krista Jarvis-Life, art, and costumes.
Creativity under communist constraints, the ‘Velvet Revolution’, upcycled fashion & a circus village
Jan 7, 2025 -Gina Lucrezi, on creating Trail Sisters, community & public service, and her olympics.
Dec. 3, 2024 - Ram Yigit on baking, life in Kurdistan, seeking asylum and not being able to go home.
Nov 19, 2024 -PT Wood the rise of microdistilleries, local politics, affordable housing and more.
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Nov 5, 2024 -Community Storytelling - with Adam Williams
Adam is interviewed for the podcast, "Eyestreet"
Oct 15, 2024 - Chris White on Yurts, earthships, and marine biology.
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Oct. 8 - Stacey Joslin & Elizabeth Ruggiero, on mental illness & health, what’s missing in therapy,
September 25, 2024 -DebbieCassidy on a Heros Journey.- From Bad Decisions to Becoming a Healer.
September 17, 2024 - Read McCulloch of Chaffee Housing Trust on Housing Problems and Solutions.
September 10, 2024 - RyanShort co-founder of CivicBrand, on ‘locals first’ placemaking & civic pride
August 13, 2024 - Ken Brandon, the man in the giraffe suit - joy and wierdness on a bicycle.
June 18, 2024 -Julie Speer Jackson, Emmy Award-winning filmmaker & director of ‘A Home in Paradise’
June 4, 2024-Carrie & Michael Fox, on grief & healing, revelation, poetry & music, and a lot of love
Jed Selby - affordable housing, building the future, love of live music & what motivates him.
October 31, 2023 - Keith Baker, Chaffee County Commisioner and retired navy commander on leadership.
October 15, 2023 - Eddie Sandoval, chef, restaurateur and concert manager on music, food, community.
October 3, 2023 - The Fites- family #vanlife, living dreams now, finding commonality with strangers.
September 19, 2023 -Suzy Kelly, historian & rancher, on capturing & losing stories of the past.
Rick and Katy talk with host Adam Williams about adventure & leaps of faith, leadership & community, land conservation & historic preservation.
June 13, 2023 -Travis Macy, endurance athlete and author, on his new book, his father and Alzheimers
May 30, 2023 -Brinkley Messick on his journey as an artist and his passion for the wilderness.
Elisia Parham, on slam poetry, Black Lives Matter, allyship, confronting her own biases, activism out of love, and having difficult conversations.
May 9, 2023 - Sophia Herzog Gibb, two-time Paralympic medalist, on her swimming and confidence.
March 28, 2023 - Chaffee County director of Public Health reflects on the pandemic, and optimism.
Andrea Carlstrom talks about what motivated her to persevere.
Feb. 14, 2023-Les Messamer, growing up fundamentalist, shunned for enlisting during WWII, and more.
August 23, 2022 - Alex Restrepo tells of a childhood in two worlds and a father who cared.