I Am Interchange

Veteran Smokejumper and Interchange X-Change Panelist, Paul Chamberlin sat down with his nephew, Tate Chamberlin. His 25 years of service in an age of evolving science gives Paul a unique view on if forest fires can be managed. As Tate searches for the answer, he discovers how it feels when a noble idea stops being noble in hind site. Why we must adapt to new discoveries despite how it may contradict our pre-existing beliefs. And, how everything, including a devastating forest fire, can be both useful and "good". This while exploring his uncle’s fears, his place in the brotherhood of Smokejumpers, and his view on Climate Change Deniers. Photo by: Ben Johnson

With farming and ranching moving to an industrial scale and model worldwide, the mechanization of all things edible, and the ready availability of foods imported from across the globe, our relationship with our food has become more complex than ever before. Add to that the mind-melting array of different diets espoused as the best (or only) option and deciding “what's for dinner?” has become a question of health, environmental concerns, and ethics. As with anything this complicated, no one side is ever 100% right, so we had to take a closer look. This is not a discussion of the broad strokes of agriculture and how we get our food—it is a close look at how people find themselves engaging with the massively complex systems that come between the food on our plates and the farms from whence it came. It’s about personal ethics and cultural philosophies. It does get a little heated when the question of ethics comes up, but that only serves to show how deep, how meaningful the whole enterprise of feeding ourselves a

Former MT Cattle Rancher, Animal Rights Activist and Interchange X-Change Panelist, Howard Lyman sat down with Tate Chamberlin. His background, one in a million surgery success story, and his ordeals being sued with Oprah by the Cattle Industry for $180 million four times gave Howard the right to voice his opinion on the strength it takes to accomplish lofty dreams. In today’s episode Howard and Tate search for the answer, are our food systems sustainable. This while exploring why farming is the way it is, how hard change can be, and why we need to keep fighting to improve life for generations to come.

I Am Interchange hosted a controversial & provocative dialogue on Machismo and the Male Identity in an age when society is coming out of the closet, and women are finding their voices.  This thought-provoking conversation fosters curiosity on ideas that include, how much of your identity is entwined in your sexuality? Can a Leather Daddy be submissive? Do abuse survivors ever fully recover? Can a man be a man without being Machismo? The Machismo Panel features fresh and diverse perspectives. Sasha Joseph Neulinger a Filmmaker / Public Speaker, Timothy Tate an Archetypal Psychotherapist, Erin Schattauer a domestic violence survivor, Mick Burling a Leather Daddy, Rodrigo Martinez Diaz a Zen practitioner, Bobbie Zenker a Trans Activist and Paola Torres a Spanish teacher.

Senate Candidate, Activist, Alliance for the Wild Rockies Board Member, and Interchange XC Change Panelist, Steve Kelly sat down with me, Tate Chamberlin. Steve’s love of the outdoors and drive to protect it grants the Green Party Candidate an interesting perspective on the question, Can Forest Fires Be Managed? As I search for a deeper understanding of how wildfires should be managed, I discover Steve’s theory on the hidden objective of the Forest Service and their famous mascot Smokey The Bear. This when asking the questions, do we even need to manage forest and forest fires? And why is Montana sending its national resources, the main reason behind our booming tourism industry, across national borders?

Tate Chamberlin sat down with Dave Atkins, a forest ecologist turned publisher who has worked across the western US for the past 40 years. Dave strives to find the balance between environmental protection and function, economic sustainability, and social needs when thinking about how to create a better world. He’ll be joining us again in May to lend his expertise surrounding wildfires, which we begin discussing during this podcast. How do we live with fire and use it effectively? How do we bear in mind the necessity to fulfill our individual and most basic needs, while also understanding our actions affect our community and environment? Can we achieve a balance?

In this episode, Tate Chamberlin sat down with Mick Burlington, a crisis counselor and life coach specializing in trauma. Mick has also been a part of the Leather Community since 1991, and has become a pillar of guidance for gay and bisexual men struggling with identity. According to Mick, there is a separation between macho, machismo, and masculinity. Stick around as he guides us through the gray area between the separation, recalling his own journey of identifying as a gay man and the role that masculinity has played throughout his life. Produced by: Tyson Lunn & Tate Chamberlin Music by: Nintendeaux Writing by: Neel Sharma

Joining us today is Timothy Tate, an archetypal psychotherapist based out of Montana. Building from our previous podcast, Timothy takes us on a journey of understanding how we can both leverage and abuse machismo. Using the blending of a matriarchy and patriarchy as a model, Timothy believes the tension of opposites drive both creativity and destruction. Can we use this archetype to better understand the human experience and unshackle machismo as being a mere gender stereotype? This episode is a precursor to a larger panel we have coming up in February. Seven people from different backgrounds will be discussing Machismo, what it means to them, and how it can be both a negative and positive tool. Hope to see you there.          

Joining us in this episode is the very multi talented Erin Schattauer out of Montana. We’ll be discussing machismo, using Erin’s experience as a domestic violence survivor to shed insight on how we can shatter gender stereotypes. Promoting emotionally aware development during children’s most formative years is a part of this process, which is something Erin both teaches and practices; she’s not only a domestic violence activist, but also a mother of a young son. Photo by: Ben Johnson Produced by: Tyson Lunn & Tate Chamberlin Writer(s): Neel Sharma

Broadly speaking, the term cultural appropriation focuses on instances where elements from a minority culture are adopted by a dominant cultural and re-used outside of their traditional, historical, and native cultural contexts.  In this episode of the I Am Interchange podcast, a diverse panel of artists, activists & entrepreneurs examine whether cultural exchange can happen in a way that honors unique cultures and identities, or if the history of using other cultures for financial gain makes it more difficult for an exchange to happen in an intentional and respectful manner.

Tate Chamberlin sat down with Jordan Fuller, a performance artist based out of Bozeman. From shedding the confines of his past, to retracing his roots, we’ll be exploring Jordan’s performance art as a vehicle to promote positivity. Stick around to hear more about the early stages of his latest project - using multi media to highlight living conditions on reservations across Montana.

Rob Irizarry was part of our live "Coal Town" Dialogue and Debate representing technology and artificial intelligence. In this episode, we'll recap our live event, AI, universal basic income and other shenanigans. He spent four decades working with hardware and software technology in both public and private sector organizations building systems, processes and teams in 38 countries, including a decade spent living in Asia. Rob has invested in and coached multiple startups, as well as working to improve education at all levels to help prepare America's youth for the technology that will shape their (and our country's) future.

I Am Interchange and Mountain Time Arts are pleased to present, Is Water A Human Right? A community dialogue & debate fusing artists, activists and entrepreneurs with different ideas and perspectives coming together to address multiple topics and provoke thoughtful dialogue. The public is also invited to participate and give their ideas during the event. We’ll develop our dialogue into a podcast that will be available worldwide. Lineup: Susan Duncan- Freelance Teaching & Agriculture Bently Spang- Northern Cheyenne Artist Kareen Erbe- Permaculture EJ Engler- Artist / Architect Steve White- Gallatin County Commissioner Carson Taylor- Mayor Of Bozeman Brian Popiel- SWIMBIA Matt Kelley- Health Department Produced by: Mountain Time Arts, Dylan Jesse, Tyson Lunn & Tate Chamberlin Music by: Nintendeaux Moderated by: Tate Chamberlin Performance Art by: DreamWalk I Am Interchange is a humanities project that brings contrasting and sometimes polarizing ideas into the same room to stir the pot. By doing so,

Meg Singer is the Indigenous Justice Outreach Coordinator for the ACLU of Montana. Meg is a native of Salt Lake City, UT, and a member of the Navajo Nation. After graduating from Westminster College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature, Meg moved to Polson, MT, to work as a student advisor for Salish Kootenai College. Meg’s passion for indigenous justice and the rights of Native American and Alaskan Native people took her to Bozeman, MT, to earn her Master of Arts degree in Native American Studies. She's featured on our dialogue & debate: Is It Cultural Exchange Or Appropriation? Produced by: Tyson Lunn, Chris Griffin & Tate Chamberlin

We caught up with Lori Shaw who is the co-founder of Colstrip United. A pro-coal grassroots movement dedicated to educating the public about the importance coal and coal energy. She is also running for City Council. Check it out!

EJ is featured in the I Am Interchange 'Morning Show' podcast. As a panelist in the upcoming Interchange debate, 'Is Water a Human Right,' EJ offers a preview of his views of what a 'Right' is. Episode produced by: Chris Griffin, Tyson Lunn & Tate Chamberlin. Music by: Nintendeaux

Welcome to I Am Interchange, fusing artists, activists & entrepreneurs with different ideas and perspectives coming together and address multiple topics and provoke thoughtful dialogue. Welcome to I Am Interchange, fusing artists, activists & entrepreneurs with different ideas and perspectives coming together and address multiple topics and provoke thoughtful dialogue.  Today's topic: HUMAN MIGRATION AND DISPLACEMENT. Our world hit a milestone in 2016—not one with the fanfare and excitement of launching the first satellite into space or landing on the moon, but a quiet and sobering one that is sending shock-waves through communities across the globe. Last year, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees announced that nearly 1 in 100 people around the world has been forcibly displaced from their homes. That's the highest percentage on record since the UN began keeping statistics in 1951. There are currently more than 60 million people globally who have fled from wars, persecution, extreme pov

In advance of our next I Am Interchange event: Is Water a Human Right? August 29, at The Filling Station in Bozeman; Tate Chamberlin sat down with Bently Spang, A Northern Cheyenne Artist, to preview the discussion on Water. In this podcast Bently provides a brief history of the Northern Cheyenne, the role, importance and respect of water to his tribe and to his artistic work. Produced by: Mountain Time Arts, Tyson Lunn, Chris Griffin & Tate Chamberlin

In our latest podcast, Kareen Erbe local Permaculturalist, speaks to the value of sustainability of food production, yes, gardening and farming. As you will hear, Water plays an important role and there are apocalyptic visions should we mismanage the sacred resource of Water. Hear more from Kareen, and other panelists, at the I Am Interchange dialogue & debate: Is Water a Human Right?, August 29th at the Filling Station in Bozeman, Montana. This episode was produced by:  Tyson Lunn, Chris Griffin & Tate Chamberlin

Welcome to another episode of I Am Interchange. If you are tuning in for the first time ever, I Am Interchange is a community dialogue & debate fusing artists, activists and entrepreneurs with different ideas and perspectives coming together to address multiple topics and provoke thoughtful dialogue. Along the way, we’ll be producing a series of mini episodes that feature guests of our debates and other interesting project goers. Today I have Brit Fontenot, who is the economic development director for the City of Bozeman. He was on our Coal Town event and that's what we're talking about in this episode. This episode was produced by: Chris Griffin, Tyson Lunn & Tate Chamberlin