This is the archive of the We Are Chaffee podcast, a conversational podcast of humanness, community and well-being rooted in Chaffee County, Colorado. Produced and hosted by Adam Williams in collaboration with Chaffee County Public Health.
The End: Wrapping up the We Are Chaffee Podcast with Andrea Carlstrom, Director of Chaffee County Public Health
Adam Williams ties a bow on the We Are Chaffee podcast in this episode, talking once more with Andrea Carlstrom, who, as director of Chaffee County (Colo.) Public Health, has supported the show for the entirety of its more than three years and nearly 100 episodes.
They talk about the value of community stories, resiliency and advocacy, and the new programs within the larger We are Chaffee storytelling initiative. They also talk about the goings on with Chaffee County Public Health and its continuing to be a cornerstone of well-being in the Chaffee County community.
9 Sept 2025
Becca Williams, founder of Menopausey, on insatiable curiosity & ‘saving the world,’ entrepreneurship & creative problem-solving, practicing gratitude, the seasons of life & perimenopause
Becca Williams wears many hats in the tech world these days, including being the founder of the startup Menopausey, which, as the name suggests, is related to perimenopause and menopause. But she’s also been a newspaper and magazine photojournalist and owned a wedding photography business. She’s been a high school Spanish teacher and a middle school art teacher. She’s traveled in the world extensively and was an HIV/AIDS educator in the Peace Corps in Malawi, in Africa. She was a ski instructor at the National Sports Center for the Disabled in Winter Park, many years ago, too. She’s an artist. ... She’s been and done many things.
With those stories in mind, she and Adam Williams talk about the seasons of life, including the midlife stage and perimenopause. As founder of Menopausey, Becca is working on an area of women’s health and education that seems to be rising in public awareness right now. But the information that’s out there often is not accurate, not to mention the myths of menopause that are perpetuated in pop culture, makes this a topic that is in need of attention.
Becca shares some of the dozens of symptoms of perimenopause and other information that many of you – and those around you – will find relevant, sooner or later. This stage of life affects us all in one way or another, men included.
26 Aug 2025
Dr. Erika Altneu, geriatrician, on the art & science of geriatric medicine, good life & good death, and medical aid in dying
Dr. Erika Altneu, geriatrician, talks with Adam Williams about the art and science of geriatric medicine. They talk about how she helps her patients pursue a good life and, when it’s time, a good death. They talk about the community connection and creative problem-solving that accompanies being a physician in a small, rural community versus a large urban area like Denver, which has more resources.
Erika and Adam also talk about normalizing conversations about death as a matter of life in “death cafes,” and the who, what, when, where and how of the medical aid in dying process. Among other things.
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