Making Our Way

James
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Journeys shape us, change our viewpoints, disturb our assumptions, and enrich our awareness of places both common and exotic. Join Jan, Rob, Dee, and Jim on a weekly journal of where we’ve been, how our perspectives have grown, and what may lay beyond the next bend in the road. Our dogs might join in, too, so grab a cup of coffee for an armchair journey around the world of travel, food, culture, and friends.

  1. 4D AGO

    The Sin of Empathy?

    Episode 85 - The Sin of Empathy? Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Host: Jim. Jim confronts the recent backlash against empathy in the current religious-political-social conversation. Captain Kirk and Stephen King drop in for a visit. Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com More information about Deanna & Jim Cheyne is here: https://www.cheynemusic.com Thanks for listening. Share with your friends. Find this and more at cheynemusic.com/podcast.

    18 min

  2. FEB 18

    Stop. Look. Listen.

    Episode 84 - Stop. Look. Listen. Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Hosts: Jan, Rob, Dee, & Jim. Continuing our quest for that “carousel-worthy” vacation photo, the crew talks about their successes and the ones that got away. What makes one photo a scene while another tells a story? Photos as witness. With stops at The Art Institute of Chicago, and the Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg. Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com More information about Deanna & Jim Cheyne is here: https://www.cheynemusic.com Thanks for listening. Share with your friends. Find this and more at cheynemusic.com/podcast.

    25 min

  3. FEB 11

    Carousel-worthy

    Episode 83 - Carousel-worthy Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Hosts: Jan, Rob, Dee, & Jim. The goal of our vacation photographs? To be carousel-worthy; not to mention the gold standard: “America the Beautiful”-worthy. How our fathers approached family photography, how we choose what to shoot, the #1 image of vacation photographers in film days. Ansel Adams & Clyde Butcher, and the patience required to find a carousel-worthy photo. Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com More information about Deanna & Jim Cheyne is here: https://www.cheynemusic.com Thanks for listening. Share with your friends. Find this and more at cheynemusic.com/podcast.

    24 min

  4. FEB 4

    On the Beautiful Blue Danube

    Episode 82 - On the Beautiful Blue Danube Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Hosts: Jan, Rob, Dee, & Jim. Guests: Lillian and Larry Strauss’s “An der schönen blauen Donau,” perhaps the world’s most famous waltz, is beautiful music, but misses on two points. Rob says it’s not really blue, and in Strauss’s time the river did not flow through Strauss’s Vienna as it does today. Lillian, Larry, Jan, & Rob offer no complaints, and say their trip was more about the company they kept, and of course the food. Join them on their Romantic Danube Viking River Cruise from Regensburg through Passau, Krems, Vienna, and Budapest. Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com More information about Deanna & Jim Cheyne is here: https://www.cheynemusic.com Thanks for listening. Share with your friends. Find this and more at cheynemusic.com/podcast.

    23 min

  5. JAN 28

    A Pause

    Episode 81 - A Pause Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Host: Jim The crew places a pause in their series on Central Europe in light of events in Minneapolis. Jim offers a few thoughts. Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com More information about Deanna & Jim Cheyne is here: https://www.cheynemusic.com Thanks for listening. Share with your friends. Find this and more at cheynemusic.com/podcast.

    3 min

  6. JAN 21

    A Tale of Two Nurembergs

    Episode 80 - A Tale of Two Nurembergs Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Hosts: Jan, Rob, Dee, & Jim. Guests: Lillian and Larry Lillian, Larry, Jan, & Rob recall last year’s initial visit to Nuremberg and compare it with this year’s return. Both visits were through Viking River Cruises. One visit was by land (2025), one by sea (2024); well, by river. Close. 2024 was a brief visit, and was less than satisfactory. 2025 provided enough time to discover Nuremberg is much more than our travelers had remembered. Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com More information about Deanna & Jim Cheyne is here: https://www.cheynemusic.com Thanks for listening. Share with your friends. Find this and more at cheynemusic.com/podcast.

    23 min

  7. JAN 13

    Prague, by the numbers

    Episode 79 - Prague, by the numbers Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Hosts: Jan, Rob, Dee, & Jim. Guests: Lillian and Larry Prague, the City of 100 Spires, and the starting point for Lillian, Larry, Jan, & Rob’s 2nd Viking River Cruise through Central Europe. Our hosts and guests recount their most significant memories of their trip, with advice on how to prioritize this vast and rich city. Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com More information about Deanna & Jim Cheyne is here: https://www.cheynemusic.com Thanks for listening. Share with your friends. Find this and more at cheynemusic.com/podcast.

    29 min

  8. JAN 7

    "...The Same River Twice"

    Episode 78 - “…The Same River Twice” Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Hosts: Jan, Rob, Dee, & Jim. Guests: Lillian and Larry Harrison As is said, “No one steps in the same river twice.” Jan, Rob, Lillian, and Larry take another Viking Cruise vacation, touring Prague, Nuremberg, and then cruising down the beautiful blue Danube from Regensburg to Budapest. In this episode, they discuss the logistics involved in such a trip, and the benefits of traveling with Viking River Cruises - again. Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com More information about Deanna & Jim Cheyne is here: https://www.cheynemusic.com Thanks for listening. Share with your friends. Find this and more at cheynemusic.com/podcast.

    30 min
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Journeys shape us, change our viewpoints, disturb our assumptions, and enrich our awareness of places both common and exotic. Join Jan, Rob, Dee, and Jim on a weekly journal of where we’ve been, how our perspectives have grown, and what may lay beyond the next bend in the road. Our dogs might join in, too, so grab a cup of coffee for an armchair journey around the world of travel, food, culture, and friends.

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  • Creator
    James
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    85
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Making Our Way
  • Show Website
    Making Our Way