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The Growing Edge

The Growing Edge

The Growing Edge Podcast is hosted by Parker J. Palmer and Carrie Newcomer. In this podcast Carrie, Parker and exciting guests will explore new life on the growing edge - personally, vocatio...

Episodes

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Episode 66: Everyday Sacred-A Conversation With Poet James Crews

I hope you’ll join Parker and me for this heart expanding conversation with poet, James Crews. We discuss his new book "Everyday Sacred" , s...

00:53:47Oct 24, 2026

Episode 64 - Rebroadcast of The Promise of Loving Kindness, The Problem of Evil

Carrie Newcomer & Parker J. Palmer Rebroadcast a podcast recorded in May 2022. In this podcast they explore the poems “What I’ve Learned So...

00:55:20May 31, 2026

Episode 64: A Conversation With Poet Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

Join Parker and Carrie for this heart opening conversation with poet, storyteller and wise woman, Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer. Rosemerry is a...

01:07:05Apr 15, 2026

Episode 63: A Conversation With Author Christy Berghoef - The Nature of Belonging & Being Rooted

Join Carrie Newcomer and Parker J. Palmer for a beautiful conversation with author/contemplative photographer Christy Berghoef. Christy is a...

00:52:49Dec 31, 2025

Episode 62 A Conversation With Musician, Author, Activist David LaMotte

Join Parker J. Palmer and Carrie Newcomer as they explore peacemaking in divided times with David Lamotte. David has a wide-ranging career a...

01:05:36Oct 1, 2025

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, activis...

01:13:30Jul 31, 2025

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

00:50:27Jun 5, 2025

Episode 59 - Conversation about imothy Snyder’s book On Tyranny.

Please join us for a conversation about historian Timothy Snyder’s book On Tyranny. Carrie and Parker discuss four of the twenty hallmarks o...

01:04:27Mar 27, 2025

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 disillusion...

00:43:48Jan 21, 2025

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...

01:05:54Sep 29, 2024

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 Valar...

00:51:28Jul 31, 2024

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 we...

00:48:10Jun 1, 2024

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, a...

00:52:15Mar 29, 2024

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 Foun...

00:58:52Jan 31, 2024

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 w...

00:49:25Nov 30, 2023

Episode 53: The Inner Roots of Democracy - Holding Difference & Prophetic Voice

In this podcast Parker and Carrie wrestle with when and how we creatively hold the tension of our differences, and when differences are to g...

00:50:20Sep 30, 2023

Episode 52 The Call To Public Service: A Conversation With Indiana State Senator Shelli Yoder

In this podcast, Carrie and Parker speak with Indiana State Senator, Shelli Yoder. We explore together Shelli’s history and vocation in pass...

00:53:17Jul 31, 2023

Episode 51: All Real Living Is Meeting: Is Community Possible

In this podcast, Carrie and Parker talk about our individual and collective longing for safe and generative community. We’ve always been tug...

00:50:54Jun 1, 2023

Episode 50: A Conversation with Scott Russell Sanders, author of “Small Marvels”

In this podcast, Carrie and Parker talk with author Scott Russell Sanders about his new book Small Marvels. Scott’s work often explores the...

00:55:53Mar 31, 2023

Episode 49 An Exploration of The poem "Thanks, Robert Frost"

Parker and Carrie hope you'll join us as we explore the poem "Thanks, Robert Frost" by David Ray. Inspired by the poem, we revisit parts of...

00:56:56Jan 31, 2023