Jul 10, 2026 · 12 min · 9 segments
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…
Oceana SawyerHost
"Elders are a sentinel species of humanness, and like other forms of life in our corner of the world, they've mysteriously gone missing.
Young people are often involuntarily looking for them, and they can't find them.
I am just making a place at the banquet hall of this teetering corner of the world for a few of them.
I'm only making something like a proper place, something like a seat of honor and a proper hearing for the voice of age.
This is a plea and a plot for elders in training." I could say this eloquence of Stephen Jenkinson from the beginning of his book, Come of Age, sums up the entire podcast, and just leave it at that.
But to be fair, that's just the banquet table, right? In this first episode of Growing Elder, I hope to offer a few more tidbits to set the table for the feast that awaits you in the coming episodes.
"Elders are a sentinel species of humanness, and like other forms of life in our corner of the world, they've mysteriously gone missing.
Young people are often involuntarily looking for them, and they can't find them.
I am just making a place at the banquet hall of this teetering corner of the world for a few of them.
I'm only making something like a proper place, something like a seat of honor and a proper hearing for the voice of age.
This is a plea and a plot for elders in training." I could say this eloquence of Stephen Jenkinson from the beginning of his book, Come of Age, sums up the entire podcast, and just leave it at that.
But to be fair, that's just the banquet table, right? In this first episode of Growing Elder, I hope to offer a few more tidbits to set the table for the feast that awaits you in the coming episodes.
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