Best The Spillway Podcasts (2024)

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BACK AT IT AGAIN 14:05

10M ago14:05

14:05

CHIT TO CHAT ABOUT, WITH ORIGINAL HOSTS BACK AT IT, MEL & TIFF. ENJOY THE POSTQUEL! 😉 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ChitChat_withMel&Tiff/support

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Conan The Barbarian 56:04

2y ago56:04

56:04

Dead Mikey Number 12: Conan The Barbarian This episode is just madness. Jean leads us through a dark valley of “Dead Mikeys” that are baked into the 1982 flick, Conan The Barbarian. In the mean time, Heather suffers from being forced to watch it and Doug desperately tries to find spots to read the commercials the gang couldn't record during their c…

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Human Highway : The Musical 49:17

2y ago49:17

49:17

Dead Mikey Number Eleven : Human Highway : The Musical So the gang finally got to see the movie Jean had been anticipating all season long, Human Highway – starring and directed by Neil Young. The flick also stars Dennis Hopper, Dean Stockwell, Russ Tamblyn, Sally Kirkland and Devo. Right at the top of the episode, Doug decided the best way to do a…

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Requiem For Ishtar 1:07:34

2y ago1:07:34

1:07:34

Dead Mikey Number Ten Requiem For Ishtar Jean and Doug are joined by their daughter Heather to discuss the 1987 Elaine May film, Ishtar and the controversy surrounding the movie upon its release. We also talk about Crocs, The Kiss Kruise and other madness. Footnotes and Follies: Links: “Little Darlin'” by Rogers and Clarke A Letterman segment on Is…

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Gimme Dumb Luck And Covid 3:25

2y ago3:25

3:25

Just a quick update that will self destruct once we're up and running again.By Pop Rocks And Soda

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The Full On Ruckus Of Faye Dunaway 39:55

2y ago39:55

39:55

Dead Mikey Number Nine The Full On Ruckus Of Faye Dunaway In this episode Doug goes over a line by line list of times Faye Dunaway may or may not have either behaved unprofessionally or straight up cold clocked someone. Seriously, Amber Heard doesn't have literal shit on Miss Dorothy Faye. Jean also teaches Doug how to say “Mahershalla.” Footnotes …

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THE LAST EPISODE. ENJOY 😉 25:29

2y ago25:29

25:29

Closing episode of this Adventure documentary. Trips, friends, family, music, change, memoirs with Mel, idea, surprise REVEALED! Love to yall! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ChitChat_withMel&Tiff/support

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Working Girl w Heather Dellamore 45:31

2y ago45:31

45:31

Dead Mikey Number Eight Working Girl In this ridiculous episode, the guys are joined by Heather "From Corporate" Dellamore from the podcast, “That Wasn't Supposed To Happen” to talk about the madness that went on behind the scenes during the filming of the Mike Nichols film “Working Girl.” Footnotes and Follies: Due to the ADD in the room (Assholes…

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A David Lynch Pin Of Shame 42:08

2y ago42:08

42:08

Dead Mikey Number Seven A David Lynch Pin Of Shame In this episode, Jean talks about an interview Laura Dern gave in Rolling Stone where she describes the contents of David Lynch's refrigerator. Jean then confesses to having some shame about never having seen Eraserhead. The boys later do a guided meditation on all this episode has taught them. Foo…

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Epilogue 11:00

2y ago11:00

11:00

What does it mean to continue this work after season one is completed? Jenny shares some thoughts, feelings, and actions around our individual, collective and interrelated work. ========== Welcome to our podcast. We’re so glad you’re here refocusing on Whiteness without supremacy or shame. Listen. Like. Follow. Instagram: @the.spillway | Facebook: …

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Season One: Key Findings 1:47:15

2y ago1:47:15

1:47:15

What has season one taught us about what it means to be a White person in the US today without supremacy or shame? After 9 weeks, 28 hours of recording, and 12 hours of published material Jenny and Loran identify the key findings of season one. In the conclusion of our first attempt at a community assessment of White people and Whiteness, Loran and…

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White LGBTQIA+ People & Trystan Reese 1:15:13

2y ago1:15:13

1:15:13

What does it mean to be White and LGBTQIA+? Here we sit down with Trystan Reese (seriously, just Google him) to talk about what it means to hold the identities of White and LGBTQIA+ in the US today. Some questions include: What does it mean to be a person who is both White and Queer? A person who is White and trans? Is there a difference between a …

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Focus Group: White Men [part two] 2:41:01

2y ago2:41:01

2:41:01

As this is the conclusion of the focus group, out of respect to the participants and the overall process, please make sure to listen to part one before downloading this episode What does it mean for White men to define their unfiltered experience, living in the US in the '20s? Loran and Jenny host a focus group with four White men who share their e…

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Focus Group: White Men [part one] 1:31:39

2y ago1:31:39

1:31:39

What does it mean for White men to define their unfiltered experience, living in the US in the '20s? Loran and Jenny host a focus group with four White men who share their experiences of race and racism in the US today. When was the last time you heard a White man talk about what it means to be a White man without supremacy or shame? Are any stereo…

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Human Things: Holding Space after Buffalo 32:31

2y ago32:31

32:31

How should White people respond/act/feel/think after another White nationalist massacre? In this special episode Jenny and Loran hold space for each other and other White people in a way that honors the paradox of being White in the US. We’ll reconvene with our regularly scheduled focus group next week. ========== In the episode Loran references th…

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Beyond White Supremacy: Healing White Men as Tools for Violence Prevention and Harm Reduction with Ben Jealous, Pablo Cerdera, Loran Grishow-Schade, & Fred Jealous 1:17:30

2y ago1:17:30

1:17:30

Why is healing White men critical within racial equity work? What can prevention and harm reduction look like in US culture? Loran sits down with Ben Jealous (President, People for the American Way and former President and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People [NAACP]), Pablo Cerdera (Founding Associate Director, Res…

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Chute Block: Perpetration-Induced Traumatic Stress 25:41

2y ago25:41

25:41

What is Perpetration-Induced Traumatic Stress (PITS)? Moral Injury? How are White people negatively impacted by racism, too? In these shorter episodes, called “chute blocks,” Loran and Jenny explore the ideas and concepts which inform the work of The Spillway. Mentioned in this episode: The Spillway Community Guidelines 1. Engage sequentially. The …

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The Whites of the Round Table: Lynn Burnett, Jared Karol, & Jill Nagle 1:10:30

2y ago1:10:30

1:10:30

What does it mean to work to be White while working to end White supremacy and shame cultures? Loran and Jenny sit down with Lynn Burnett (Founder, CrossCulturalSolidarity.com and The White AntiRacist Ancestry Project), Jared Karol (Founder, JaredKarol.com and author “A White Guy Confronting Racism”), and Jill Nagle (Founder, Evolutionary Workplace…

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A Better F***ing Party than White Supremacy & Evangeline Weiss 1:07:57

2y ago1:07:57

1:07:57

Alternative title: Cancel Culture and White Women & Evangeline Weiss What does it mean to be a White woman in the US today without supremacy or shame? What does it mean to hold cancel culture as White supremacist and shame culture? Loran and Jenny sit down with Evangeline Weiss, founder of Beyond Conflict & co-founder of We Are Finding Freedom to t…

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Chute Block: InterGenerational Trauma 23:59

2y ago23:59

23:59

What is interGenerational trauma and how is it impacting White people? In these shorter episodes, called "chute blocks," Loran and Jenny explore the ideas and concepts which inform the work of The Spillway. What to expect in the episode: InterGenerational Trauma fundamentals Implications for our work in the present-day How working with our interGen…

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White Academia & Amy Hillier, MSW, PhD 1:07:59

2y ago1:07:59

1:07:59

What does it mean to teach and talk about race and racism in our education systems? What does it mean to be White in academia? Here we sit down with Dr. Amy Hillier, MSW, Associate Professor at The School of Social Policy and Practice at the University of Pennsylvania with the following outline: What is CRT look like in your classrooms? What are we…

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White Men & Fred Jealous 53:43

2y ago53:43

53:43

What does it mean to be a White man in the US today without supremacy or shame? Loran and Jenny sit down with Fred Jealous, founder of Breakthrough Men's Community, to talk about the intersection of gender and race as it applies to White men. Questions include: What are we missing when we raise boys in the US? What’s so harmful about men being masc…

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The Spillway: How We Start 47:30

2y ago47:30

47:30

What does it mean to be a White person in the US today? If you mention or see race, you're racist. If you don't mention or see race, you're racist. A few months ago, I (Loran) started an organization, The Spillway, around supporting White people to work through Perpetrator Induced Traumatic Stress (PITS) and interGenerational trauma. I offer the se…

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Prologue 26:27

2y ago26:27

26:27

Welcome to The Spillway. If this is your first time here, we ask that you please start with this episode. We don't want to throw you into the deep end. Join Loran as we go over the foundation of The Spillway and the best tips and tricks as to how to approach this series. Ultimately, this is a work that is more like a book than a conventional podcas…

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What The Halen? w Matt Anderson 57:49

2y ago57:49

57:49

Dead Mikey Number Six What The Halen? Comic book writer Matt Anderson (Richie Rich, White Picket Fences) calls in to talk about the tragedy of Van Halen's Gary Cherone era. You read that correctly. This episode features three grown men talking about Van Halen on microphones – for the ladies! Footnotes and Follies: Clip of the infamous MTV music awa…

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The Exploding Dennis Hopper Trick 48:10

2y ago48:10

48:10

Dead Mikey Number Five The Exploding Dennis Hopper Trick Doug recounts that special evening in May of 1983 at RICE University when during a Q&A screening of the film Out Of The Blue, Dennis Hopper performed a stunt called The Russian Death Chair with 4-6 sticks of dynamite, while a crowd of students and drag race fans looked on. Footnotes and Folli…

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The Origin Of A Necromancer 40:06

2y ago40:06

40:06

Dead Mikey Number Four : The Origin Of A Necromancer In this ridiculous episode, Jean tells the story of his son's ethereal connection to both Gordon Lightfoot and The Underworld. Unfortunately, that's all we can say about it in the liner notes. Footnotes and Follies: *Clip of the original Elvis Costello SNL incident from 1977 *Clip of the recreati…

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Two Of Us Beatle-ing 1:11:02

2y ago1:11:02

1:11:02

Dead Mikey Number 3 : Two Of Us Beatle-ing In this episode, Doug and Jean do a deep dive on Peter Jackson's 7 ½ hour Beatles documentary, “Get Back.” The guys try their hardest to point the camera out of the window of Abbey Road Studios to better give context where there is otherwise very little. Footnotes and Follies: *The offer Lorne Michaels mad…

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Second Hand Grave Robbers 46:32

2y ago46:32

46:32

Dead Mikey Number 2 : Second Hand Graverobbers In this episode, Jean teaches us the origin of the phrase, “To Be Continued” as according to the middle eastern folk tale anthology, “One Thousand and One Nights.” Doug then tells us how he spent his junior high school years pretending to like the spanish boy band Menudo just so he could impress Puerto…

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Anticipating Stonehenge 35:57

2y ago35:57

35:57

Dead Mikey One : Anticipating Stonehenge In our very first episode, Jean tells Doug about the time Michael Jackson tried to buy Marvel Comics in hopes that he could one day play Spider Man – and this is before the show even gets started. Then Doug presents the first official “Dead Mikey” of the season by recounting the details of how the seminal sc…

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Difficult times 22:13

2+ y ago22:13

22:13

Arguments and getting blocked--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ChitChat_withMel&Tiff/support

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MERRY CHRISTMAS HAPPY NEW YEAR : Trips, sequins and dieting 29:34

2+ y ago29:34

29:34

Enjoy! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ChitChat_withMel&Tiff/support

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FUNdraiser 20:53

2+ y ago20:53

20:53

Fireside chat about the fundraiser and Galveston --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ChitChat_withMel&Tiff/support

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Galveston with Gilbert 5:31

2+ y ago5:31

5:31

Prayers needed --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ChitChat_withMel&Tiff/support

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Chit chat guest Cori 40:40

3y ago40:40

40:40

Fundraisers --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ChitChat_withMel&Tiff/support

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Don't Crowd the Spillway 28:03

3y ago28:03

28:03

NEW SEASON --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ChitChat_withMel&Tiff/support

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Dating & puppies 20:23

4y ago20:23

20:23

Puppies, Fb dating, stay safe--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ChitChat_withMel&Tiff/support

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Facebook dating 24:14

4y ago24:14

24:14

Facebook dating--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ChitChat_withMel&Tiff/support

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Fishin: Faving with Friends 16:12

4y ago16:12

16:12

Fishing puppies favorite things ravings faving--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ChitChat_withMel&Tiff/support

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Chit Chat 13:57

4y ago13:57

13:57

Happy Memorial Day!! EXCITED ANNOUNCEMENT NERVOUS BIRTHDAY MONDAY --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ChitChat_withMel&Tiff/support

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Humble Hut & Tent Camping 11:47

4y ago11:47

11:47

The building of the Humble Hut and Tent Camping--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ChitChat_withMel&Tiff/support

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QUARANTINE: Fishing, Campsite, Beauty 18:50

4+ y ago18:50

18:50

Campsite fishing --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ChitChat_withMel&Tiff/support

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Camping it'll be fun 9:01

4+ y ago9:01

9:01

Camping--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ChitChat_withMel&Tiff/support

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Oops, Props, and Air Bows 13:50

4+ y ago13:50

13:50

MELS BRAIN WENT Oops! BACKYARDs, Favors, Proposals? ChicChatChitChat--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ChitChat_withMel&Tiff/support

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Gen Zs & a Millennial on social distancing 7:16

4+ y ago7:16

7:16

Mel Chic Chat with guests Des, Tori and a guy named Tony--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ChitChat_withMel&Tiff/support