Who We Are

Champs Not Chumps is an audiopodcast featuring interviews with people who are pursuing creative, social, or intellectual projects.  Tom Dodson and Alana Kumbier produce the show and take turns hosting.

10: Mind the Gutter

Ben OwenTom talks with blogger and comics aficionado Ben Owen about alternative comics.

The whole episode is a critically-informed love-fest for comics, really, in which Ben praises the formal insights of Scott McLoud, the superhuman drawing of Jaime Hernandez, Lynda Barry's commitment to emotional truth, and Joe Sacco's respect for the integrity of individual stories.

9: Child's Mind

Chris WillardTom talks with psychotherapist Chris Willard about his book, Child's Mind, to be published this summer by Parallax Press. 

In the book, Chris discusses the benefits of teaching meditation to kids, adolescents, and young people. He not only presents scientific research, but also draws from contemplative traditions and uses storytelling to illustrate larger points.<--break->  He would also like you to know that Buddhists and other meditators are not doormats.