Best Kelly And Claudia Podcasts (2024)

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The Value of Trust 20:37

2h ago20:37

20:37

Mike and Glenn take some time to discuss Trust and how the omission of facts bends the truth. They share that they fear the small weights of dishonesty as they can pile up and become risks in sobriety.By Mike R and Glenn H

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Dr. Claudia Hampton & the History of Affirmative Action in California 46:28

3d ago46:28

46:28

In 1974, Republican governor Ronald Reagan appointed educator Dr. Claudia Hampton, a Democrat active in her local NAACP, as the first Black woman trustee to the board of California State University. For the next twenty years Hampton would be known as the affirmative action trustee as she advocated for policies and budgets that would help support an…

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"You have to give it away" - featuring Boiled Owl Coffee 27:05

7d ago27:05

27:05

Steve G, founder of Boiled Owl Coffee, joins Mike and Glenn to discuss sobriety and small-batch coffee bean roasting. Odd combination? Not so, as quality and consistency are present in both's success. The session ends with an offer to send listeners FREE beans, so jump in for a chance to get some quality coffee.…

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Josephine McCarty: Mother, Lobbyist, Spy & Abortionist 58:00

9d ago58:00

58:00

Josephine McCarty, née Fagan, aka Mrs. Virginia S. Seymour, dba Emma Burleigh. M.D., was many things: mother, teacher, saleswoman, spy, lobbyist, and abortionist. And in 1872 she was also an accused murderer, after eyewitnesses saw her fire a pistol on a public streetcar in Utica, New York, killing one man and wounding another. Historian R.E. Fulto…

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Connecting - with "the girl gang" 56:22

14d ago56:22

56:22

Mike and Glenn take out the big table in the coffee shop, and "the girl gang"—Kim, Elizabeth, Katie, and Jackie—join in to chat about sobriety, community, and accountability. It's a great reminder that "it works."By Mike R and Glenn H

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The Auburn Prison System & the Case of William Freeman 54:09

16d ago54:09

54:09

In 1817, the second state prison in New York opened in Auburn, situated on a fast-flowing river so waterpower could be used to run machinery in the factories that would be housed in the prison. In a new practice of incarceration that would come to be known as the Auburn System, the prisoners labored in silence during the day for the profit of the p…

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"Safety through Surrender" with Special Guest Patrick Day 25:05

21d ago25:05

25:05

Author and Counselor Patrick Day joins Mike and Glenn to discuss the storms we all face and how to find safety in the crashing waves.By Mike R and Glenn H

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Quilting & the New Deal 41:51

23d ago41:51

41:51

As part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), so-called “unskilled” women were put to work in over 10,000 sewing rooms across the country, producing both garments and home goods for people in need. Those home goods included quilts, sometimes quickly-made utilitarian bedcoverings, but also artistic quilts worthy of exhibition. Quilts were feat…

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Thoughts on Therapy - coffee with Liz Kelly LICSW 29:12

28d ago29:12

29:12

Author and Therapist Liz Kelly join Mike and Glenn for this session, where she shares thoughts based on her book "This book is cheaper than therapy - A no-nonsense guide to improving your mental health" and her private practice. Topics touched on include Self-assessment, Grief, and increasing self-compassion. Liz is a Licensed independent clinical …

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The Federal Theatre Project 45:43

1M ago45:43

45:43

Between 1935 and 1939, the Federal Theatre Project, part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), employed over 12,000 actors and put on over 1200 productions in 29 states. Led by Hallie Flanagan, the FTP, using only a small fraction of the total WPA budget, employed theater professionals; entertained audiences, some two-third of whom had never …

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The Pragmatic Alcoholic - coffee with Special Guest Mike 35:19

1M ago35:19

35:19

The other Mike joins Mike and Glenn at the coffee shop, sharing his experience from slave-to-the-sauce to service while learning to appreciate the peace he found in the ” enough” he possesses today.By Mike R and Glenn H

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The Red Summer of 1919 & Black Resistance 44:28

1M ago44:28

44:28

In 1919, racial tensions in the US, exacerbated by changes brought about by the first wave of the Great Migration and by the return of Black soldiers who demanded equal citizenship from the country they’d fought for, boiled over into a summer of violence. In Washington, DC, 39 people died after days of fighting between white mobs and Black citizens…

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the POWER of 8 & 9 36:43

1M ago36:43

36:43

Glenn tears apart steps 8 and 9 in real-time, challenging all to get after the amends process. With timing and sponsor support, we can open the floodgates of fabulousness.By Mike R and Glenn H

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The Reconstruction Era & its Aftermath 50:25

2M ago50:25

50:25

As the Civil War was drawing to a close, President Lincoln was preparing for what came after, with plans for reunification of the country, and he began to advocate for limited suffrage for Black Americans. John Wilkes Booth’s bullet cut short those plans, and Southerner Andrew Johnson, who was much more sympathetic to the former Confederacy, succee…

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Life after Abstinence - Coffee with Claudia 26:53

2M ago26:53

26:53

Special Guest Claudia joins the boys, and they talk about life after abstinence and how to keep themselves on track. Awareness - paying attention to the "check engine light"By Mike R and Glenn H

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The Southern Plantation System 46:56

2M ago46:56

46:56

Fictional depictions of Southern plantations often present romanticized visions of genteel country life, but for the people enslaved on plantations the reality was that of a forced labor camp. At the same time the plantation was also their home. And although they had no choice in where or how they lived, enslaved people did work to make their resid…

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The value of the fellowship: Coffee with Claudia 29:01

2M ago29:01

29:01

Popular guest Claudia joins the boys in the coffee shop once again to discuss the freedom of facing fear and the value of the fellowship.By Mike R and Glenn H

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Slavery & Incarceration in New Orleans 41:33

2M ago41:33

41:33

Shortly after New Orleans became a US city (via the Louisiana Purchase), the municipal council established one of the country’s first professional salaried police forces and began operation of Police Jail, both efforts aimed at the capture and control of enslaved people who had run away from or otherwise disobeyed their enslavers. The history of Ne…

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Into Action 17:34

2M ago17:34

17:34

Mike and Glenn discuss measuring sobriety through inventory, planning, execution, disciplines, and accountability through transparency. Pulling apart page 86 of the AA Big Book, they talk about life into action.By Mike R and Glenn H

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The Jazz Maestros of Jim Crow America 45:19

2M ago45:19

45:19

Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie came of age in a deeply segregated country, battling racism to become celebrated musicians, composers, and band leaders whose music lives on. Joining me this week to discuss the lives and careers of these three musical geniuses is writer and journalist Larry Tye, author of The Jazzmen: How Duke Ellin…

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Living in the Bonus 26:59

2M ago26:59

26:59

Glenn and Mike chat about expectations, people-pleasing, and managing resentments.By Mike R and Glenn H

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Negro League Baseball 46:18

2M ago46:18

46:18

In its earliest years, the National League was not segregated, and a few teams included Black ballplayers, but in 1887 major and minor league owners adopted a so-called “gentlemen’s agreement” that no new contracts would be given to Black players. In 1920, pitcher and manager Rube Foster founded the first of the Negro Leagues, the Negro National Le…

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To Worry Less - NOW !! Session with Gigi Langer, Ph.D. 30:01

3M ago30:01

30:01

Author Gigi Langer joins the boys to talk about her extraordinary book Worry Less NOW. Sober.Coffee Website Recorded at Audiohive Podcasting Studio Hosted on Transistor.fmBy Mike R and Glenn H

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Log Cabin Republicans and the Gay Right 45:34

3M ago45:34

45:34

In 1977, a California state senator named John Briggs took to the steps of City Hall in San Francisco to announce a ballot initiative that would empower school boards to fire gay teachers based only on their sexual orientation. In response, gay activists around California mobilized, including gay Republicans, who formed among the first gay Republic…

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Seeking Truth: A Coffee with Dr. Jeff Herten 22:16

3M ago22:16

22:16

Sober.Coffee Website Recorded at Audiohive Podcasting Studio Hosted on Transistor.fmBy Mike R and Glenn H

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American Posture Panic 47:52

3M ago47:52

47:52

For several decades in the 20th Century, American universities, including elite institutions, took nude photos of their students, sometimes as often as twice a year, in order to evaluate their posture. In some cases students had to achieve a minimum posture grade in order to graduate. How did that practice develop, and how did it end? This week we’…

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Inspired: Time with Allen Berger, Ph.D. Part 2 23:50

3M ago23:50

23:50

Sober.Coffee Website Recorded at Audiohive Podcasting Studio Hosted on Transistor.fmBy Mike R and Glenn H

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The History of DARE 44:36

3M ago44:36

44:36

In the fall of 1983, the LAPD, under Chief of Police Darryl Gates and in collaboration with the LA Unified School District, launched Project DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education), sending 10 police officers into 50 elementary schools to teach kids how to say no to drugs. By the time DARE celebrated its 10-year anniversary, there were DARE officers…

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Baby Steps: Time with Allen Berger, Ph.D. Part 1 33:05

3M ago33:05

33:05

Renowned Speaker and Author Allen Berger, Ph. D., joins Mike and Glenn in the coffee shop for a meaty, can-not-miss session. Sober.Coffee Website Recorded at Audiohive Podcasting Studio Hosted on Transistor.fmBy Mike R and Glenn H

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Alice Roosevelt Longworth 45:08

3M ago45:08

45:08

When Theodore Roosevelt became president in 1901, his eldest child, 17-year-old Alice, rose quickly to celebrity status. The public loved hearing about the exploits of the poker-playing, gum-chewing “Princess Alice,” who kept a small green snake in her purse. By the time she died at age 96, Alice, whose Dupont Circle home included an embroidered pi…

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Real Conversations: A 3 year Check-In 25:23

4M ago25:23

25:23

Mike and Glenn check in on their 3 year anniversary of the podcast and talk sponsorship, service, prayer and forgiveness. Sober.Coffee Website Recorded at Audiohive Podcasting Studio Hosted on Transistor.fmBy Mike R and Glenn H

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Eleanor Roosevelt's Visit to the Pacific Theatre during World War II 42:01

4M ago42:01

42:01

In August 1943, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt set off in secrecy from San Francisco on a military transport plane, flying across the Pacific Ocean. It wasn’t until she showed up in New Zealand 10 days later that the public learned about her trip, a mission to the frontlines of the Pacific Theater in World War II to serve as "the President's eyes, ea…

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"The Session" -- Instagram LIVE -- March 2024 54:07

4M ago54:07

54:07

The boys take their coffee LIVE through Instagram while Brian, engineer extraordinaire, captures it for replay. Sober.Coffee Website Recorded at Audiohive Podcasting Studio Hosted on Transistor.fmBy Mike R and Glenn H

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Eliza Scidmore 43:27

4M ago43:27

43:27

Journalist Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore traveled the world in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, writing books and hundreds of articles about such places as Alaska, Japan, China, India, and helping shape the journal of the National Geographic Society into the photograph-heavy magazine it is today. Scidmore is perhaps best known today for her long-ru…

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"Connection" and other topics: 4 gals discussing Sobriety 32:30

4M ago32:30

32:30

Four lovely ladies join Mike and Glenn in the coffee shop to talk about connection in recovery and share the strength that they have found in sobriety. Sober.Coffee Website Recorded at Audiohive Podcasting Studio Hosted on Transistor.fmBy Mike R and Glenn H

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38 - Obi Felten, Flourish Labs 50:31

4M ago50:31

50:31

Obi is offering our podcast listeners a special discount! Find a trained peer supporter on peers.net who understands exactly what you're going through, then use code "BEVOYA" to book up to 4 FREE SESSIONS and share it with any teen or young adult in your life who could benefit from some extra support. A bit about this episode: I've been wanting to …

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Foreign Missionaries & American Diplomacy in the 19th Century 43:16

4M ago43:16

43:16

In 1812, when the United States was still a young nation and its State Department was tiny, American citizens began heading around the world as Christian missionaries. Early in the 19th Century, the US government often saw missionaries as experts on the politics, culture, and language of regions like China and the Sandwich Islands, but as the State…

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"Elation" and other topics: 6 guys discussing Sobriety 48:36

4M ago48:36

48:36

Glenn and Mike spend time with 4 other guys, talking about elation and other things sobriety. Sober.Coffee Website Recorded at Audiohive Podcasting Studio Hosted on Transistor.fmBy Mike R and Glenn H

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Tammany Hall, FDR & the Murder of Vivian Gordon 40:06

4M ago40:06

40:06

In 1931, Judge Samuel Seabury was leading an investigation for Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt into corruption in New York’s magistrate courts when a witness in the investigation named Vivian Gordon was found murdered in the Bronx. Because of the public demand for answers in this high-profile murder case, FDR could no longer keep his uneasy peace wi…

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Living in the Moment - the next 24 27:48

4M ago27:48

27:48

Glenn and Mike explore the most important time - the next 24. Sober.Coffee Website Recorded at Audiohive Podcasting Studio Hosted on Transistor.fmBy Mike R and Glenn H

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The Combahee River Raid of 1863 46:07

5M ago46:07

46:07

Starting in November 1861, the Union Army held the city of Beaufort, South Carolina, using the Sea Islands as a southern base of operations in the Civil War. Harriet Tubman joined the Army there, debriefing freedom seekers who fled enslavement in nearby regions and ran to seek the Union Army’s protection in Beaufort. With the intelligence Tubman ga…

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"Rapid Fire" - 6'sh Sober Espresso Shots PART 2 34:18

5M ago34:18

34:18

Mike and Glenn take on 6'sh sober shots in rapid-fire fashion. Sober.Coffee Website Recorded at Audiohive Podcasting Studio Hosted on Transistor.fmBy Mike R and Glenn H

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The History of Ice in the United States 43:19

5M ago43:19

43:19

Today, Americans consume 400 pounds of ice a year, each. That would have been unfathomable to people in the 18th century, but a number of innovators and ice barons in the 19th and 20th centuries changed the way we think about the slippery substance. Joining me in this episode is writer Dr. Amy Brady, author of Ice: From Mixed Drinks to Skating Rink…

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Living Sorry - the importance of self-forgiveness 23:40

5M ago23:40

23:40

Glenn and Mike take a hard look at self-forgiveness and Living Sorry. Sober.Coffee Website Recorded at Audiohive Podcasting Studio Hosted on Transistor.fmBy Mike R and Glenn H

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On To The Next! 46:30

5M ago46:30

46:30

We're baaack!! Wow, it's been a long, long time. Since our last episode, life has really derailed then railed and then went sideways and needless to say, podcasting was last on our ever growing list of adult obligations. There has been a lot of growth and healing in the time we've been away from the microphone and a lot of it has been while we sit …

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The History of Blue Jeans 41:26

5M ago41:26

41:26

If you’re like most Americans – or most people on earth – you have a pair of jeans, or maybe five, in your wardrobe. There’s a decent chance you’re wearing jeans right now. These humble pants were invented by a Reno tailor in the 1870s in response to a frustrated customer whose husband kept wearing through his pants too quickly. How, then, did they…

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“A Night With Blue October” 55:50

5M ago55:50

55:50

Glenn shares the transformational evidences found in recovery with the assist from his favorite band Blue October.By Mike R and Glenn H

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The History of Pinball 51:07

5M ago51:07

51:07

In January 1942, Mayor Fiorello La Guardia sent New York City police out on an important mission; their objective: to find and destroy tens of thousands of pinball machines. But some of pinball’s most important innovations, including the development of flippers, happened in the decades that it was banned in New York and many other US cities. This w…

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The Darker Side of Sobriety ! 22:26

5M ago22:26

22:26

Glenn and Mike take a look at the sad reality of active addiction in this moving episode.By Mike R and Glenn H

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The History of US Foreign Disaster Relief 42:43

5M ago42:43

42:43

In 1812, the United States Congress voted to provide $50,000 to assist victims of a horrific earthquake in the far-away country of Venezuela. It would be another nine decades before the US again provided aid for recovery efforts after a foreign rapid-onset natural disaster, but over time it became much more common for the US to help in such emergen…

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