Growing Elder
Eldership in these current times: what is being called, what becomes possible? Welcome to a conversation on eldership. We are engaging in an inquiry into what is an elder in the context of liquid modernity when so much is being lost as multiple systems collapse. What can we find among the flow of disintegration that can be the seeds of new beginnings, and what role can an elder play in this liminal space between the old worlds and the new worlds? These are the guiding questions in every episode: What does eldership mean in current times? What does it or could it look like? What does it make possible? What does your path of eldership look like? Who are your elder role models? Grab your favorite beverage and join the conversation. You can share your thoughts on the Growing Elder Patreon platform. Speaking of which, it is because of the generous support of the Patreon community that this podcast is even possible. Heartfelt thanks goes out to the Ancestor Circle whose belief in this project supports its monthly unfolding at the highest level: COA You, too, can support the show. The Growing Elder Team: • Producer: Oceana Sawyer • Sound Engineer and Editing: Camelia Jade • Original Music: Chirigue Camelia Jade is the magician behind the production of every episode. In addition to being an audio engineer, she is also an accomplished musician singer songwriter known as Chirgue. Please checkout her music and other talents here.
Episodes
What does it mean to become elder in an embodied sense? This is the field that Arisika explores in this conversation from an elder on the long rich journey toward the next phase of life.
You can join Arisika in September at a virtual event titled, "Afrikan Healing and Wisdom".
I highly recommend you spend some time with her writing in Arrow Journal.
BIO
Arisika Razak, MPH, is the former Chair of the Women’s Spirituality Program a...
In this episode we explore both the cosmic and orgasmic terrain of eldership. Caffyn is a singular researcher and thinker queering almost any subject with her thoughtful perspective rooted in pleasure and the extra-ordinary.
Bio
Caffyn Jesse is a longtime teacher of somatic sexual wellness, as well as a writer and a queer elder. They offer an online program on the art and science of Sacred Intimacy. Books include Love and Death in a...
In this episode, Austen picks up a bit from where Bayo leaves off and goes in a slightly different direction from a Millenial perspective.
BIO
Austen Smith (they/them) is a storyteller, land-listener, and researcher based in the Deep South. In 2023, they founded Our Lunar Intelligence, which provides support for cultural preservation and organizational development in reproductive health, language access, environmental and housing jus...
In this episode we depart from elder as a physical being and look at the energy of elder can do in a world that is collapsing.
BIO
Bayo Akomolafe is the descendant of Yoruba fields of archetypal becomings and mythopoeic landscapes. He is an author, celebrated speaker, teacher, and self-styled trans-public intellectual (a concept imagined together with and inspired by the shamanic priesthood of the Yoruba healer-trickster)- whose voca...
Welcome to episode 2 with my friend and indigenous culture keeper, Dani. I didn't really begin thinking out loud about eldership until Dani approached me 3 years ago to be on her podcast, which was part of a research project.
There are very few cultures to which we have access in the global north that still have a robust role for elders. Dani belongs to one of them and her perspective is steeped in culture which is a gift to all of ...
In part two of the conversation with Awo Fatokun, he breaks down the role and the qualities that are required of elders in these times.
There is also an invitation at the end for an immersive Candomblé experience in the town where he resides in Brazil. The link is in the show notes.
Show Notes:
University of Minnesota Brazilian Study Abroad
https://cla.umn.edu/aaas/undergraduate/learning-abroad
Further reading:
Gesturing Toward Decolonia...
We kick off the podcast with a deep dive into eldership with Awo Fatokun (also known as Bill Calhoun). This is a two-part episode. In the first part he unpacks the historical basis of the current state of these Times from an Afro-Indigenous perspective. In part two, he discuss the role of elder for in the current context.
Note: it is such an honor that Awo Fatokun has continued to call me Iya since our intensive time together during...
Hello and welcome to the conversation. In this introductory episode, I give a bit of the backstory about how I arrived in this inquiry and what it means to me.
Show Notes:
"Come of Age" by Stephen Jenkinson
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