Making Our Way

Episode 70 - New Orleans Postcards Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Host: Jim. To celebrate their anniversary, Dee & Jim traveled to New Orleans and recording a few audio postcards from around the French Quarter. Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com More information about Deanna & Jim Cheyne is here: https://www.cheynemu...

Episode 69 - In Memoriam Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Hosts: Jan, Rob, Dee, & Jim. We remember Ethel Mae (Robb) Cheyne, Jan & Jim’s mom, on the 30th anniversary of her passing. These few craps are not enough. Volumes could be written. Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com More information about Deanna & Jim Cheyne...

Episode 68 - At the Movies Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Hosts: Jan, Rob, Dee, & Jim. Making Our Way goes to the movies to review 7 films: The Naked Gun (2025), Superman (2025), A Charlie Brown Christmas, Sharknado, The Thursday Murder Club, The Outfit, and War of the Worlds (2025). Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com Mo...

Episode 67 - Alaska: 3 Ways from Sandy  Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts   Hosts: Jan, Rob, Dee, & Jim. Guests: Sandy & Russ.  All things Alaska, and how to get there, including Fat Bear Week, the Alcan Highway, Denali, cruises, reindeer, dog sleds, & humpback whales. Plus, halibut, just because.  Links:  Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://...

Episode 66 - The Rest of the Story Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Host: Jim. Jim meets power pitcher and Detroit Tiger legend Frank Lary -perhaps. Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com More information about Deanna & Jim Cheyne is here: https://www.cheynemusic.com Thanks for listening. Share with your friends. Find this and...

Episode 65 - Autographs Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Hosts: Jan, Rob, Dee, & Jim. “Have you ever asked for an autograph?” asks Stephen Colbert’s “Colbert Questionnaire.” We supply a few answers, plus name our favorite Robert Redford films. Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com More information about Deanna & Jim Cheyn...

Episode 64 - Keep Calm & Carry-ons Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Hosts: Jan, Rob, Dee, & Jim. Travel Tips, including packing, AirTags, Passports, Global Entry, TSA PreCheck®, USB at airports, RESERVE, CLEAR Plus, and a few things from Rick Steves. Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com More information about Deanna &amp...

Episode 63 - All Lives? Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Hosts: Jan, Rob, Dee, & Jim. We continue our conversation about race with focus on New Orleans, red lining, Black Lives Matter, Trayvon Martin, and how engaging people does not always bring the results one might hope for. Thanks for listening. Share with your friends. Find this and more at cheynemusic.com/podc...

Hosts: Jan, Rob, Dee, & Jim. A conversation about race, and how 3 kids from the suburbs of Detroit, and 1 from Newfoundland, Canada, became aware of racial tensions, and how we came to the positions on the question we hold today, with help from Francis S. Collins. Plus, a nod to television, Ed Sullivan, and Star Trek. Thanks for listening. Share with your friends. Find this and more at cheynem...

Episode 61 - Bentham’s Selfie Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Jim takes on philosophy’s “Trolley Problem,” discusses Jeremy Bentham and Immanuel Kant, Bentham’s utilitarianism and Kant’s categorical imperative, and learns of Bentham’s rather unique idea of how he might be useful even after death. Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprou...

Episode 60 - All Creatures Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts We lay the groundwork for a discussion of the ethical treatment of animals, including their use in the food chain, in entertainment, in research, in product testing, in zoos and wildlife parks, and in hunting, including our own experiences and changing points of view as we have been Making Our Way. Links: Makin...

Episode 59 - Companions Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Jan & Rob, Dee & Jim talk about companion animals they have known, some of whom do well in the home, others not so much. Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com More information about Deanna & Jim Cheyne is here: https://www.cheynemusic.com Thanks for listening. S...

Episode 58 - Imago Dei Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Jim wishes a happy birthday to the universe - 7002 years old on Sunday, April 27th, 2025. He also takes a look at Johannes Kepler, the Parthenon, the Imago Dei (image of God) from Genesis 1, and sees an unexpected connection between “Dei” and “DEI.” Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.bu...

Episode 57 - National Parks Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts We conclude our discussion of our National Parks experiences; the economic argument for National Parks; Niagara Falls: a cautionary tale; Nature as witness to Creation; Ranger talks; Rob’s career goal; the Canadian Rockies; and dogs in the National Parks. Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: htt...

Episode 56 - Dad’s Camera Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts A conversation about our National Parks, Dad’s Zeiss Ikon camera, a bit of Richard Dawkins, and cash flying out of a Cadillac on a mountain. Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com More information about Deanna & Jim Cheyne is here: https://www.cheynemusic.com Thanks fo...

Episode 55 - Political Climate Change - In conversation with Maria Mathieson Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Our conversation with Maria Mathieson concludes with the repercussions of working in DEI efforts in the current political climate, Maria’s many travel and home mishaps, and her fondness for the American Tacky artistic movement. Thanks for listening. Share with y...

Episode 54 - A Level Playing Field - In conversation with Maria Mathieson Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Maria Mathieson, long time friend, Executive Director of Peabody Preparatory in Baltimore, and board member of Equity Arc, discusses the role of diversity, equity, and inclusion in providing artistic development to disadvantaged young people. She discusses collabor...

Episode 53 - Jean, Harvey, & Jade Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Rob presents 3 people who have had a significant influence on him as he has been Making His Way: Jean Hawson, Harvey Allen Marks, & Jade Thomas Moore. Thanks for listening. Share with your friends. Find this and more at cheynemusic.com/podcast.

Episode 52 - Carl, Alexander, David, & Robert Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Jim presents 4 people who have had a significant influence on him as he has been Making His Way: Carl Sagan, Alexander Ringer, David Liptak, & Robert Bridges Thanks for listening. Share with your friends. Find this and more at cheynemusic.com/podcast.

Episode 51 - Roma, Martin, & Barbra Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Dee presents 3 people who have had a significant influence on her as she has been Making Her Way: Roma Hayward, Dr. Martin Luther King, and Barbra Streisand. Thanks for listening. Share with your friends. Find this and more at cheynemusic.com/podcast.

Episode 50 - Dave, Bev, & Jane Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Jan presents 3 people who have had a significant influence on her as she has been Making Her Way: David McMahon, Bev Minn, and Dr. Jane Goodall. Thanks for listening. Share with your friends. Find this and more at cheynemusic.com/podcast.

Episode 49 - Jonah Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Host: Jim Jim explores the book of Jonah from a non-traditional point of view. Thanks for listening. Share with your friends. Find this and more at cheynemusic.com/podcast.

Episode 48 - Ethos, Logos, Pathos Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Hosts: Jan, Rob, Dee, & Jim Heresthetics. Plus, shouting across an 8-lane highway, a bit of Jordan Klepper. The structure of effective rhetoric: ethos, logos, pathos, and kairos. A speech from British Prime Minister Hugh Grant. A speech from Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Thanks for listenin...

Hosts: Jan, Rob, Dee, & Jim Social media getting a bit contentious? With the national dialogue approaching DEFCON 2, we take a look at how to negotiate contentious conversations without losing principles and without losing face. Thanks for listening. Share with your friends. Find this and more at cheynemusic.com/podcast.

Episode 46 - An Epic Adventure - III Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Hosts: Jan, Rob, & Jim. Guests: Lillian & Larry Harrison Jan, Rob, Lillian, & Larry complete their journey aboard Viking’s Grand European Tour with some of the lighter moments in Amsterdam (what Red Light district?), Cologne (Kölsch Beer), and Vienna (an unexected bather in Stadt Park). Pl...