The Growing Edge Podcast
1) Episode 61 Revisiting The Power of Story & Song With John McCutcheon
Today Parker and I will be revisiting our conversation with musician, master songwriter, storyteller, multi-instrumentalist, author, activist, seven-time grammy nominee, John McCutcheon. In this epi...Show More
2) Podcast Episode 60: A Conversation with Unitarian Universalist Pastor & Activist Susan Frederick-Gray
Podcast Episode 60: A Conversation with Unitarian Universalist Pastor & Activist Susan Frederick-Gray by Carrie Newcomer & Parker J. Palmer
3) Growing Edge Episode 59 April 2025
Please join us for a conversation about historian Timothy Snyder’s book On Tyranny. Carrie and Parker discuss four of the twenty hallmarks of authoritarian governments addressed in Snyder’s clear and ...Show More
4) Growing Edge Episode 58 February 2025- Cutting Loose
Join Parker and Carrie for a conversation about William Stafford’s poem “Cutting Loose”. In this episode we explore the way that disillusionment or feeling lost can bring with it a powerful sense of ...Show More
5) Episode 57: Unexpected Hope in Improbable Actions: A New Conversation with John Paul Lederach
Join Parker and Carrie for a conversation with Notre Dame’s Professor Emeritus of International Peacebuilding, John Paul Lederach, about his Pocket Guide for Facing Down a Civil War. This new booklet...Show More
6) Rebroadcast Episode 22 Revolutionary Love - A Conversation With Author:Activist Valarie Kaur
This month Parker Palmer is taking a sabbatical. This is a re-broadcasting our June 1 2020 conversation with Author/Activist/Filmmaker Valarie Kaur. In this episode we discuss her book " See No Stra...Show More
7) Episode 56: “Toughness for a Gentle World”—A Conversation about May Sarton’s Poem “An Observation”.
In this episode, Parker J. Palmer and Carrie Newcomer explore May Sarton’s poem, “An Observation.” Gardening is rich with metaphors for a well-lived life. Amend and prepare the soil. Plant the seeds, ...Show More
8) Episode 55: A Conversation With Quaker Author Phillip Gulley
In this episode, Parker J. Palmer and Carrie Newcomer have a conversation with author/pastor/theologian Philip Gulley. Gulley is a pastor, an author, a source of wisdom and hope, and a clear and prop...Show More
9) Episode 54: Revisiting A Sand County Almanac—A Conversation with Buddy Huffaker
In this episode Parker J. Palmer and Carrie Newcomer have a conversation with Buddy Huffaker,the Executive Director of the Aldo Leopold Foundation . We discuss the 75th anniversary of Aldos Leapold’s...Show More
Episode 54: Revisiting A Sand County Almanac—A Conversation with Buddy Huffaker
58:52 | Jan 31st, 2024
10) Rebroadcast of Episode 28 A Reason For Delight - A Conversation With Poet, Ross Gay
In this episode Parker J. Palmer and Carrie Newcomer revisit favorite episode with Author/poet Ross Gay, who has touched countless readers with his books A catalogue of Unabashed Gratitude, Beholding...Show More
Rebroadcast of Episode 28 A Reason For Delight - A Conversation With Poet, Ross Gay
49:25 | Nov 30th, 2023