Cha Chat

This is an accompaniment to Episode 9 (3-1) on Ukrainian Tea Culture where Erik explores the mistake he made in the podcast of referring to Ukraine as "the Ukraine" and the importance of what words we choose, openly admitting mistakes and improvement moving forward. Please go to the site for more information.  Two more bonus soundtracks from Nadia Tarnawsky are also in this podcast:

Shadows of Our Forgotten Ancestors.  Music direction by Alexander Fedoriouk. Cleveland, OH: Folk Sounds Records, 2001.

Vasyl Geker, violin

Alexander Fedoriouk, cimbalom, buben

Andrei Pidkivka, sopilka, tylynka

Nadia Tarnawsky, vocals

Mykola Kuzyk, trembita

Discuss tea culture in the carpathian mountains of Ukraine with Nina Fontana and Nadia Tarnawsky.  Click here for more information and accompanying content.

Music provided by Nina Tarnawsky:

Shadows of Our Forgotten Ancestors.  

Music direction by Alexander Fedoriouk. Cleveland, OH: Folk Sounds Records, 2001.

Vasyl Geker, violin

Alexander Fedoriouk, cimbalom, buben

Andrei Pidkivka, sopilka, tylynka

Nadia Tarnawsky, vocals

Mykola Kuzyk, trembita

Join Dr. Erika Rappaport (UC Santa Barbara) and Bethany Qualls (UC Davis) as we discuss their research in a broad history of British culture, tea, gossip and gender.  

for more information, please go to our Cha Chat site.

Join Erik, Denise, Zoe and Gabby as they discuss their project of creating a mindful tea meditation that takes only five minutes (maybe less) out of your day but reminds you to take care of yourself.  See here for details on the project: https://www.library.ucdavis.edu/guide/mindfulness-tea-meditation/

If you have the teaware, here is a mindful tea meditation geared more for gong fu teaware.  For more details: https://www.library.ucdavis.edu/guide/mindfulness-tea-meditation/

Narrated 3/9/2021 by Erik Fausak

This is a tea mindfulness meditation with its most basic components.  This is such a nice experience and reduces stress, we hope you incorporate it into regular practice.  Visit here for more details: https://www.library.ucdavis.edu/guide/mindfulness-tea-meditation/

Narrated 3/2/2021 by Zoe Peralta-Page

As we prepare for the 6th GTI colloquium on January 21, 2021, we look back to the 5th GTI colloquium and the exhibits at the UC Davis Library that were set up concurrently.  Librarians Dan Goldstein and Leyla Cabugos talk with Cha Chat host (and librarian), Erik Fausak, about the exhibits at Shields Library and Carlson Health Sciences Library.  Please see more description and exciting links at the UC Davis LIbrary Cha Chat podcast site.

Explore opportunities in the tea industry as we discuss recent UC Davis graduate, Matthew Maekawa's internship at QTrade Teas.  Joining us is Matthew's employer and CEO of QTrade Teas, Manjiv Jayakumar.  

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Join Harold Linda as he shares his tea space with Thiago Braga, Greta Anders, and myself, Erik Fausak.  We'll discuss our intertwined natural history of tea and explore the notion of "tradition" and "authenticity".  More details on our Wordpress site at UC Davis Library, https://www.library.ucdavis.edu/guide/chachat/#4th-podcast-immersive-tea-experience-5

3rd podcast for the Global Tea Initiative, we are sitting with the Global Tea Club, comprised of UC Davis students interested in tea.  Join us as we discuss the origin and direction the tea club as well as a tantalizing teaser of conversation and debate on hot topics in the tea industry.   Joining us are past presidents of the Global Tea Club, Lydia Chin Yi Kao and Tait White-Rasmusson. For more information, please visit the website: https://www.library.ucdavis.edu/guide/chachat/#3rd-podcast-global-tea-club-4.