I Am Interchange

Topic: Standing Rock

Interchange is a humanities project and talk show style event where artists, activists & entrepreneurs with different ideas and perspectives come together to address multiple topics and provoke thoughtful dialogue. We don’t necessarily need a solution when we’re finished, though a good mind flush of new ideas and creativity can offer wisdom and perspective to our own process and development. By doing so, we create a level platform for history, politics, religion, philosophy, criticism, ethics, self-consciousness, reason, creativity, human values and aspirations. We’ll develop our dialogue into a podcast that will be available worldwide.

Lineup:

Chuck Peck- Energy Industry

Brian Gootkin- Gallatin County Sheriff

Meg Singer- Indigenous Justice Outreach Coordinator for the ACLU

Jessica Sena- Communications Advisor, Montana Petroleum Association

Darrin Old Coyote- Former Crow Tribal Chairman

Jesse Barney- Activist

KD Segura- Organizer, Activist.

Brent Mead- Montana Policy Institute

Topics: Land use, treaty rights, our reliance on petroleum products, energy, the history of the area, the camps, activism, colonization, water protectors, police and more.

Produced by: Dylan Jesse, Justin Wayne, Susan Carstensen & Tate Chamberlin

Music: Nintendeaux & Dubuddha

Moderator(s): Tate Chamberlin & Kiah Abbey

Photo by: MT Shots Photography

(The cover art was taken during the veteran occupancy at Standing Rock in December, 2016.

What happens when a tall drink of water, a self-motivated mom to the masses, and a passionate walking dick joke get together? Unparalleled improvisation, challenging classes, and a comic community defined by laughter.

Well, that is, in any time other than the present. When Last Best Comedy founders and veteran improv artists Annie and Levin O'Conner and Molly Hannan banded together to develop a performance and training venue in early 2020, the last thing they expected was that contagious laughter would be the end of comedy.

Just days before they were due to sign the lease on their new space, the country shut down in the wake of rising numbers and a pandemic that has proven to be the cruelest and most persistent of hecklers.

Little did Yarrow Kraner know, as he submitted to yet another ass-kicking in a series thereof, that those same bullies would ignite a distant passion for social justice, for the power of voice, and for the change felt around the world. Meager beginnings with his superhero mother fostered a tenacious, insightful boy that found the meaning of empathy in the fight for self. In 2003, after a string of entrepreneurial and directorial successes, Kraner launched HATCH, “a network of influencers accelerating progress on solutions for global challenges.” Through its many iterations, HATCH has been an ever-evolving conduit for creativity, social activism, volunteerism, innovation, and that global change Kraner had envisioned decades earlier.

In this podcast, Interchange Founder Tate Chamberlin and guest Yarrow Kraner discuss the pandemic’s implications and possibilities for industry, the environment, and the minds finding hope in the spaces between what was, what is and what might become.

Photos by Ben Johnson

Topic: Guns

Interchange is a humanities project and talk show style event where artists, activists & entrepreneurs with different ideas and perspectives come together to address multiple topics and provoke thoughtful dialogue. We don’t necessarily need a solution when we’re finished, though a good mind flush of new ideas and creativity can offer wisdom and perspective to our own process and development. By doing so, we create a level platform for history, politics, religion, philosophy, criticism, ethics, self-consciousness, reason, creativity, human values and aspirations. We’ll develop our dialogue into a podcast that will be available worldwide.

Panel Includes: Steve Crawford: Chief of Police Logan Olson: Students for Concealed Carry on Campus Chris Forrest: Concealed carry licensing Betty Stroock: Gun Control Advocate Gregory Smith: Pacifist

Produced by: Dylan Jesse, Justin Wayne & Tate Chamberlin Music: Nintendeaux & Dubuddha Moderator(s): Tate Chamberlin & Kiah Abbey

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.