Best Erika Chambers Podcasts (2024)

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Dr. Lila Chambers, "Liquid Capital: Alcohol and the Rise of Slavery in the British Atlantic, 1580-1737" 32:44

10d ago32:44

32:44

Dr. Lila Chambers, research fellow at Gonville and Cauis College, Cambridge, joins Shea Hendry and Hugh Wood to discuss her upcoming book, Liquid Capital: Alcohol and the Rise of Slavery in the British Atlantic,1580-1737. Lila's research traces the intertwined development of political economy, diplomacy, and race in West Africa, the Caribbean, the …

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Special Episode 89: It's Been a Rough Week, Peeps! 47:29

10d ago47:29

47:29

Well, we definitely had no plans to do any episodes this Summer, but in light of the reality of the mash-up of the presidential debate and terrifying Supreme Court decisions--all just a few days before July 4th--we decided to pop up an episode so we could process and hopefully put a few things out into the universe for ourselves and others as we tr…

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Prof. Steven Hahn, "Illiberal America: A History" 39:37

17d ago39:37

39:37

Prof. Steven Hahn, Pulitzer Prize winning historian, joins Fergus Seldson Games and Hugh Wood to talk about his new work, Illiberal America: A History. Offered as a corrective to Louis Hartz's classic, The Liberal Tradition in America, Prof. Hahn discusses westward expansion, eugenics, and a deep seated but not intractable illiberal current that ha…

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Prof. Daniel Widener, "The Dream of a Common Language: Afterlives of U.S. Thirdworldism" 36:28

24d ago36:28

36:28

Daniel Widener is a Professor of History at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of Black Arts West and the book under discussion today: Third Worlds Within: multiethnic movements and transnational solidarity, available through Duke University Press. Taking their cues from the book’s introduction, titled “The Dream of a Common …

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Prof. Erika Lee, "Reclaiming Lost Histories of Asian America" 28:18

1M ago28:18

28:18

Erika Lee, this year’s Pitt Professor of American History and Institutions at Cambridge University, Bae Family Professor of History, and Radcliffe Alumnae Professor at Harvard University, joins Fergus Selsdon Games and Sam Lanevi—both PhD candidates here at Cambridge—to discuss her upcoming work Reclaiming Lost Histories of Asian America. Topics in…

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Arianne Sedef Urus, "Common Shores: Property and Resource Access in the Eighteenth Century Newfoundland Cod Fisheries" 38:32

1M ago38:32

38:32

Arianne Sedef Urus, Assistant Professor of Early American History and Fellow at Christ's College, Cambridge, joins Megan Renoir and Hugh Wood to discuss cod fisheries, early modern empires, and Indigenous expropriation through the commons.

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Prof. Manfred Berg, "The Right to Bear Arms: Guns, Mass Shootings, and the Militia Movement" 34:40

2M ago34:40

34:40

Prof. Manfred Berg, Curt Engelhorn Chair in American History at the University of Heidelberg, joins Megan Renoir and Hugh Wood to discuss the 2nd Amendment, mass shootings, the militia movement, and the possibility of another American civil war.

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Ep 88: Season 5 Wrap - Wow, that was a lot of goodness! 29:22

2M ago29:22

29:22

Wow, 88 episodes for Soul Practice and this season, which started in November, had so much goodness. We are so grateful for our friends who come play with us, everyone who listens, and a place for us to letting our soul lead us and our practices help change us and the world we live in. Happy Summer. No telling what Fall will bring for Soul + Practi…

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Ep 87: Soul Practices for Summer 39:31

2M ago39:31

39:31

As we begin to wind down Season 5, in this episode we share some simple things to remember for our soul, simple practices to consider, especially as we go into Summer. Now, to use them :)By Erika Chambers

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Ep. 86: Social Change & Trauma Healing with Holly Roach 47:16

2M ago47:16

47:16

There is so much goodness in this episode! We loved our conversation with Holly Roach, who is a social justice educator, contemplative activist, and community organizer dedicated to creating healthier people, systems, movements. Individual, ancestral, and collective trauma work all is linked together and basic practices to heal matter! Based near A…

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Ep. 85: Compassionate Dementia Care with Peggy Budai 46:26

2M ago46:26

46:26

For more information, Peggy recommends Healing Dementia, by Kyrie S. Carpenter: https://www.amazon.com/Healing-Dementia-Kyri%C3%A9-S-Carpenter/dp/1986619923 As well as a couple of websites: https://contenteddementiatrust.org/ and https://teepasnow.com/ Also if people want more information, feel free to contact Peggy at peggybudai31@gmail.com.…

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Erik Mathisen, "The Problem of Free Labor and the Origins of the Republican Party" 26:01

3M ago26:01

26:01

Dr. Erik Mathisen joins Hugh Wood and Rob O'Sullivan to discuss his paper "The Problem of Free Labor and the Origins of the Republican Party." Dr. Mathisen places the idea of Free Labor within a global context and attempts to understand how the flaws of Free Labor were glossed over by proponents and later historians.…

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Ep. 84: Enneagram Hacks with Terra Lenihan 47:55

3M ago47:55

47:55

We love the Enneagram and our friend Terra Lenihan, Enneagram coach and catalyzer for healthier systems and teams, had so much fun processing some simple hacks that we can draw from as tools, reminders, skills, and reminders for our souls that can help us practice healthier ways of moving in the world. You can connect with Terra at terralenihan.wor…

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Ep 83: All Roads Lead to Power 35:05

3M ago35:05

35:05

All roads do lead to power and in this episode we process power and Kathy's newest book project called...."All Roads Lead to Power: A Redemptive Challenge for Lent" that is releasing January 2025 in an accessible weekly reflection with practices format. Oh, we need more honest reflection about power and practices that help develop a healthier kind.…

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Ep 82: Faith Is Beyond the Container 44:24

3M ago44:24

44:24

In this episode, we process faith deconstruction in some different ways than before-- exploring how language limits, faith is not the same as "faith systems" and how to nurture what supersedes all of the containers to get to the simple truths and practices that help us become healthier humans.By Erika Chambers

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Ep 81: Systems are Everything with Pam Wilhelms Johnston 47:36

3M ago47:36

47:36

Why is the world such a mess and what can we do about it? The answer--we need more healthy living systems and it starts with us. In this episode we learn from the wise and amazing Pam Wilhelms Johnston whose work as an organizational development consultant, executive coach, and healthier systems catalyzer is what we need more of in the world. Healt…

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Ep. 80: Holy Ghosted with Dr. Tiffany Yecke Brooks 37:54

4M ago37:54

37:54

It was so fun to play with our friend Dr. Tiffany Yecke Brooks, author of multiple books including her newest, Holy Ghosted: Spiritual Anxiety, Religious Trauma, and the Language of Abuse. We laughed and swore and shared about finding peace, freedom, and healing after being in a culture that unfortunately doesn't promote any of those things very we…

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Ep 79: Nature Heals and "Everything is Better Outside" 34:52

4M ago34:52

34:52

Hand in hand with last week on faith beyond beliefs, in this episode we process the power of healing in nature. It opens us in ways our souls need without a lot of effort. In the words of Jared Escobar, "everything is better outside."By Erika Chambers

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Elizabeth R. Varon, "White Supremacy in American Politics: An Origins Story" 29:16

4M ago29:16

29:16

This week, Elizabeth Varon, Harold Vyvyan Harmsworth Professor of American History, University of Oxford, and Langbourne M. Williams Professor of American History, University of Virginia, examines the political discourse of the Reconstruction era, and particularly the origins of the phrase "white supremacy." NB this episode contains reference to ou…

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Ep 78: Beyond Beliefs 40:17

4M ago40:17

40:17

In this episode we chat about faith being far beyond belief, and that's why it's so scary and foreign. Practicing this is no small thing but our soul can hold unknowns a heck of a lot better than our heads.By Erika Chambers

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Ep. 77: When the Solution is the Problem 39:43

4M ago39:43

39:43

While all our efforts for self-improvement and healing can be helpful, we can also become stuck in endless loops of trying to do better, be better, figure things out. In this episode we process how sometimes the solution is the problem. What if nothing is "wrong" with us?By Erika Chambers

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Dr. Noam Maggor - "Escaping the Periphery: Railroad Regulation as American Industrial Policy" 27:18

4M ago27:18

27:18

Dr. Noam Maggor, Senior Lecturer in American History at Queen Mary, joins the podcast to discuss the transformation of American capitalism in the late-C19th. We focus on railroad regulation as a tool of the American 'developmental state'.

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Ep 76: Death is not a Failure with Eric Jepsen 43:08

4M ago43:08

43:08

In this episode we chat with our friend Eric Jepsen, who is the founder of Beautifully MAID (beautifullyMAID.org) and a passionate advocate for end of life options for people with terminal illnesses. We need to integrate conversations about death into the regular rhythms of our lives and we're grateful for spaces like to learn, listen, and expand o…

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Prof. Jefferson Cowie - "Freedom's Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power" 37:44

5M ago37:44

37:44

We discuss the complex history of ‘freedom’ in American history with 2023 Pulitzer Prize winner Jefferson Cowie (Vanderbilt University).

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Ep. 75: Finding Transformation through Truth with Mary Rader 48:18

5M ago48:18

48:18

We love having interesting conversations with our friends, finding hope and healing and resonance in hard places. Mary Rader catalyzed our 12 Steps for Anti-Racism group at The Refuge and we just all got back from our 2nd Civil Rights Learning Trip to Alabama a few weeks ago. In this episode Mary shares more about what happens when we are confronte…

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Prof. Andrew Preston - A Bridge in Chicago: The New Deal and National Security 35:47

5M ago35:47

35:47

Prof. Andrew Preston is joined by two of his supervisees, Sam and Caleb. They discuss his next book project, which is about the invention of national security in the New Deal period.

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Ep 74: Presidents Day and Truth Telling 40:11

5M ago40:11

40:11

For President's Day this year in the US we decided just to ramble a bit about what we're learning about the truth of our history and what that's doing inside of us as we grow and change. It's all a hot mess. Happy $*!^$&!()% Presidents Day!By Erika Chambers

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Prof. Stephanie Lewthwaite - "Relational Memories: Latinx Art in New York City Since the 1970s" 21:12

5M ago21:12

21:12

Tune in for Latinx visual culture, New York's alternative 'artworlds' of the 1970s, Black Atlantic women artists and the nature of canonisation. Prof. Stephanie Lewthwaite is Associate Professor in American History (Faculty of Arts) at the University of Nottingham

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Ep. 73: Awkward Spirituality and more with Ryan Taylor 44:48

5M ago44:48

44:48

We love playing with friends and in this episode Ryan Taylor joins us for a fun conversation about the power of simple, unplugged, wild, and free spirituality that looks nothing like what a lot of the shiny we have been sold. Ryan's a mystic, person of presence, spirituality director, author of Awkward Spirituality: The Divinity of Ordinary Life an…

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Dr. Joanna Cohen, "Hall’s Sympathies: Loss, Law, and the Limits of Feeling in Nineteenth Century America" 32:40

5M ago32:40

32:40

Dr. Joanna Cohen, Reader in American History at Queen Mary University of London, invites Fergus and Rob to consider some major problems in nineteenth century legal history and the history of capitalism. A lot of our discussion turns on the meaning of 'sympathy' in historical analysis.

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Ep 72: A Shallow Conversation about the Oscars 31:50

5M ago31:50

31:50

Yeah, we decided to mix it up this week and just have a light and easy convo about the Oscars. Even though at the time of recording Phyllis had only watched 3 of the movies (ha!) we had a lot to talk about. If you're an avid movie fan, don't be too annoyed with us!By Erika Chambers

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Ep. 71: The 4 Food Groups of the Sovereign 38:23

6M ago38:23

38:23

We always love talking about the 4 Gateways (we did 5 episodes on it several seasons ago)--Lover, Magician, Warrior, Sovereign or Feeling, Thinking, Doing, Being. As we enter into a new year, it's a great time to consider how we can nourish our Sovereign and this episode is focused on its 4 Food Groups--Validation, Support, Inspiration, Blessing. E…

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Ep. 70: A "Certain Kind of Family" Supremacy 35:43

6M ago35:43

35:43

We've talked a lot about the lies of white supremacy, Christian supremacy, male supremacy, and a lot of other supremacies over the last few years, but this episode is about one of them that doesn't get much play--"a certain kind of family supremacy." What's baked into our cultures and systems about what's better than others that's seeped into how w…

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Out of Focus with Amber Cantorna-Wylde 41:10

6M ago41:10

41:10

We love playing with kindreds and in this episode we interview Amber Cantorna-Wylde, author of several books including her most recent--Out of Focus: my story of shame, sexuality, and toxic evangelicalism. An LGBTQ+ advocate and community cultivator, Amber brings so much wisdom, honesty, and challenge to the table and we feel so grateful to have he…

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Starting 2024 with Existential Angst 45:57

6M ago45:57

45:57

Sometimes, thinking about the human condition and the reality of suffering in the world is just too overwhelming, especially when the stories we rely on to keep our balance no longer hold up. How do we create lives worth living in the face of suffering, horror, and the very real threats to humanity and our earth right now? And why should we bother?…

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Ep. 67: Holiday Healing 35:04

7M ago35:04

35:04

Oh, the holidays stir up so much for so many. In this last episode of 2023 we process some ways we can all find our way in as healthy of ways as possible as we keep practicing, together.By Erika Chambers

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Ep 66: Nonviolent Communication with Joanna Douglas 51:38

7M ago51:38

51:38

We loved hanging out and learning from our friend Joanna Douglas, who nurtures soul care and spiritual formation at The Refuge and facilitates workshops, groups, and teams using non-violent communication/mindful communication/compassionate communication tools (along with a lot of others, too!). This episode is filled with so many gems and we are gr…

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Ep. 65: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Realities with Jamison Escobar 54:12

8M ago54:12

54:12

It's always fun to play with Jamison Escobar, Kathy's son. This year he is now working as the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Coordinator for the LA Lakers and so this episode is about learning, listening, considering the challenges DEI is facing in our country at the moment and what we can keep doing personally and organizationally to cultivate g…

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Ep. 64: Politics & Election Ugh and Staying Healthy 41:05

8M ago41:05

41:05

It's November 2023 and we're less than a year away from a big ugly election. We don't want to get ahead of ourselves but we also want to make sure we recognize what's ahead and what's at stake and what we're feeling and others are wrestling with, too. Really, it's just a raw conversation because that's what we do here.…

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Ep. 63: The Subversive Soul 38:13

8M ago38:13

38:13

Phyllis's book--The Subversive Soul: the gentle revolution everyone needs--is now available on her website for download and we're so grateful it's in the world. In this episode she shares more about it and some of the major moments. It's got so much goodness in it. Her website is phyllismathis.com if you want to download your free copy.…

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Ep 62: Real Life Rambles & Regroup 35:30

8M ago35:30

35:30

This episode is our real transition into the new season. Last week's conversation was so important to not wait on and so in this one we do what we normally do after a break--ramble about real life, what's alive for us, what we're learning, what we're practicing in this season as we regroup.By Erika Chambers

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Episode 61: Season 5 Kick Off--War, Palestinian Refugees, and Reality with Suzann Mollner of Beirut and Beyond 47:16

8M ago47:16

47:16

Content Warning: Gaza War through the lens of Palestinian refugees. It's been a while and a lot of horrifying things are happening in the world. We decided to skip over the intro episode and just start this new season off with what's heavy on so many souls right now--what's happening in Gaza and the reality of over 10,000 Palestinian civilians kill…

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Dr. Lewis Defrates, "Neutrality by Absence: The Selective Repatriation of Americans at the Beginning of the First World War" 23:50

9M ago23:50

23:50

Dr. Lewis Defrates discusses his paper "Neutrality by Absence: The Selective Repatriation of Americans at the Beginning of the First World War." The paper describes how the U.S. government rushed to extract its citizens, ordered by social category, from the crisis rapidly unfolding across Europe. The paper promises to reshape our understanding of t…

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Prof. Nick Guyatt, Writing American History in Uncertain Times 50:41

11M ago50:41

50:41

Prof. Nick Guyatt, Caleb Woodall, and Hugh Wood discuss Nick's role as editor of the upcoming Oxford Illustrated History of the United States. We discuss the history and culture wars, the narratives that surround the American past, and the difficult political terrain the contemporary historian must navigate.…

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Prof. Richard J. M. Blackett, "Looking For Samuel Ringgold Ward" 44:39

1y ago44:39

44:39

Richard J. M. Blackett, Andrew Jackson Professor of History at Vanderbilt University, joins Fergus and Shea to discuss the largely forgotten abolitionist Samuel Ringgold Ward.

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Dr. Grace Mallon, "Federalism for Beginners: Intergovernmental Relations and Interdependent Sovereignty after 1789" 26:34

1y ago26:34

26:34

Dr. Grace Mallon - Kinder Junior Research Fellow in Atlantic History, and fellow of University College, Oxford - joins Jasmin Bath and Hugh Wood to discuss the peculiarities and practicalities of federalism in the Early Republic period.

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Prof. Andrew Preston, The Iraq War: 20 Years On 26:24

1y ago26:24

26:24

Prof. Andrew Preston discusses the causes and implications of the American invasion and occupation of Iraq with Fergus and Hugh.

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Prof. Gregory Daddis, "Faith and Fear: America's Relationship with War in the Modern Era" 32:59

1y ago32:59

32:59

Prof. Daddis joins Caleb Woodall and Fergus Selsdon Games, both PhD candidates here at Cambridge, to discuss his forthcoming work Faith and Fear: America's Relationship with War in the Modern Era. We discuss power, gender, and America's faith in the transformative capacity of conflict.

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Episode 60: Season 4 Wrap (and now a Summer Break!) 36:59

1y ago36:59

36:59

Wow, this is our 60th Episode of Soul + Practice and our Season 4 Wrap, where we look back at the last 5 months of conversations and reflect on all the goodness before a 3 month summer break. Thanks for listening!By Erika Chambers

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Episode 59: Truth, Transformation, and Patriarchy with Melvin Bray 45:58

1y ago45:58

45:58

What an incredible conversation we had with our friend Melvin Bray, author of the 12 Steps Truth and Transformation Model, and co-catalyzer of a group of black men walking through the steps together and healing from patriarchy in community. We could have talked all day but this episode is packed with so many gems of wisdom and deep challenges for a…

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