Learning to Listen: Sex, Surrender and Letting Go with Dominatrix and Author, Dana Pharant Today we are #LIVEintheHIVE with Mistress Dana Pharant, professional dominatrix. author and Surrender expert for those who “need to get their head out of their ass and back to loving life.” Dana is no stranger to The Edge of Everyday podcast– I’ve had her on the show, not once, but twice. You MUST check out those episodes: The Inner Dominatrix: Part I https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-inner-dominat...
May 15, 2026•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 57
Ep 56 | Past Life Regression and Spirit Guides: Insight, Illusion or Something Else? with Certified Hypnotist and Author Karen Kubicko What if some of your strongest fears, habits, or even relationships didn’t start in this lifetime? Today we are #LiveintheHive with Karen Kubicko, a past life regressionist who helps clients access deeply immersive experiences that feel like memories from another time. For some, it’s healing. For others, it raises big questions about consciousness and identity. K...
May 01, 2026•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 56
Hello Hive! Happy birthday to me! It’s April 15th, Income Tax Day, and my mother always told me I was a great return on my birthday. It’s also World Art Day! Art nurtures creativity, innovation and cultural diversity for humans around the globe, playing an important role in sharing knowledge and encouraging curiosity and courageous conversations. And ART is RESISTANCE! What better day to release my next episode, one that celebrates creativity, identity, and the power of artistic expression and s...
Apr 15, 2026•57 min•Ep. 55
Happy April Fools Day! April 1st is a day for surprises. Far more than a prank day— The Day of the Fool is a ritual threshold. What better day to launch The Edge of Everyday podcast on Magic Thread Media? April Fools’ Day belongs to the archetype of The Fool—the one who steps forward without a map, who trusts curiosity over certainty, and who begins the journey before knowing where it leads. T The "truth" of the fool is a paradox... A step into uncertainty A break from rigid thinking Permission ...
Apr 01, 2026•2 min
I have some FANTASTIC NEWS to share with you and this news centers around my guest today. The Edge of Everyday Podcast is MOVING to a new platform! As of APRIL 15th – my birthday – The Edge of Everyday will broadcast on a new platform, Magic Thread Media, founded by Amy Lynn Durham, host of Create Magic at Work Podcast – which is now in the top 5% of the podcasting world. And today we are #LiveInTheHive with Amy, herself, to talk all about it! Magic Thread Media, founded in December 2025, is a m...
Feb 27, 2026•49 min•Ep. 54
“Ferocious Compassion requires that I find the courage to speak my truth, to find the courage to be disliked, to find the courage to turn and face confrontation. Ferocious Compassion guides me to choose authenticity over approval. It allows me the freedom to assert myself, to be vulnerable, to express, not suppress my true emotions and intentions.” - Author, Sandra Bargman Today we are #LiveInTheHive with award-winning author, book mentor, editor, leadership coach, and my friend, Cynthia Gregory...
Feb 13, 2026•49 min•Ep. 53
Today we are #LIVEInTheHIVE with Brian Gorman, maverick leadership coach and author of Leading into the Age of Wisdom: Reimagining the Future of Work. Brian writes: “ When hierarchies falter, networks and circles emerge. When loyalty contracts dissolve, people seek belonging and purpose. When change accelerates, organizations must cultivate adaptability and rhythm. When technology grows powerful, the human role shifts from doing the work of machines to bringing discernment, empathy, and wisdom i...
Jan 30, 2026•51 min•Ep. 52
"Young People Are Acts of Nature, But Beautiful Old People Are Works of Art" - Dr. Marion Today we are #LiveInTheHive in Dr. Marion Somers, award-winning and nationally recognized Geriatric Care Specialist, professor, and author of the book, Eldercare Made Easier: Ten Steps to Help You Care for an Aging Loved One. From the moment I met Dr. Marion, I’ve been captivated by her passion for the elderly, for the death and dying process, and for LIFE! We’ve had many poignant conversations about her li...
Jan 16, 2026•46 min•Ep. 51
Happy New Year Everyone! Goodbye 2025 and hello 2026. I have high hopes for 2026. We can all agree 2025 has been quite an insane roller coaster of a ride, to put it mildly. A Universal 1 Year (2026) is a threshold. It begins a new nine-year story not only for the world, but for each of us. If you imagine the past nine years as a chapter – from 2017 to 2025 – the 1 Year is the moment the next chapter title appears. The page is blank. The pen is in your hand. The themes of a 1 Year revolve around ...
Jan 01, 2026•19 min•Ep. 50
What is the relationship between theatre, storytelling, and community? In a larger sense, what is the role of art in times of resistance and unrest politically? Today we are #LiveInTheHive with Seth Gordon, author of the new book, Crossroads in the American Theatre: New Leaders in a New Age. This book is a must read for theatre geeks, theatre lovers and for those who understand the importance of art and the communal experience of live theatre in these dark and challenging times. The American the...
Dec 15, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 49
What is Gratitude? How do we connect with Gratitude in challenging times? Today we are #LiveInTheHive with your host, Sandra Bargman, to share her thoughts on Gratitude and what the Thanksgiving holiday means to her. Hint: It’s her wedding anniversary! In this solo special episode, Sandra… Talks about the inherent paradoxes of Thanksgiving Day. The emotional nostalgia that edges up to the myth upon which the holiday is based. Reads a story written a few years back about her Thanksgiving wedding....
Nov 27, 2025•31 min•Ep. 48
Today we are #LiveInTheHive with Transformational Guide, Medium, and Author, Deborah Hanlon. What can our connections to death, loss, and grief teach us about living more fully? Deborah is committed, in all of her work, to the understanding that Intuition is not a mystical gift reserved for only a few - it is our human birthright AND, by learning to tap into it intentionally, it becomes an extremely helpful tool in addressing our current levels of societal and cultural polarization, as well as c...
Nov 14, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 47
Happy Anniversary to #TheEdgeofEverydayPodcast! This month marks the 4th ANNIVERSARY of when I started this podcast at TalkRadio.NYC and the 2nd year Anniversary of moving the podcast to MaximizeU.Life. Of course, also streaming on all your favorite podcast platforms. Happy Halloween – Happy Samhain - Happy Witches New Year! On this night, in the place between the old and the new, all is possible. It is in this place of paradox where transformation lives. And that place is the edge, the edge of ...
Oct 31, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 46
Today we are #LiveInTheHive with award-winning author, book mentor, editor and leadership coach, Cynthia Gregory. “Allow your story to take up space in the world.” - Cynthia Gregory The power of storytelling and the power of finding and sharing your VOICE in the world is at the heart of every aspect of Cynthias work. Sound familiar? No surprise that from the instant I met her, I was completely drawn to Cynthia and her soulful and creative work. I’m thrilled to announce that I am a contributing a...
Oct 15, 2025•48 min•Ep. 45
I’m very happy to be back in front of my mic, having been away from #TheEdgeofEverydayPodcast for 6 weeks. I didn’t plan to take a break. But because of a slew of unforeseen conflicts and guest scheduling issues, and because I was off doing a play…it just happened. Happy Fall! Today we are #LIVEintheHIVE with two special guests, multi-award-winning guitarist and singer/songwriter, Sean Harkness - and Liz Picolli, SDC director/choreographer, and founder/artistic director of Queen of Rogues Arts S...
Oct 02, 2025•57 min•Ep. 44
Recently I was asked by one of my guests after we finished recording…. What was the inspiration behind creating the Edge of Everyday Podcast? Why did I feel called to the kinds of conversation I explore in each episode? I appreciated her question and her curiosity. Quite simply – I am captivated by paradox and I’m deeply committed to amplifying voices and stories, particularly those of women. What to say, how to say it, and why it matters is at the heart of everything I do, and everything I teac...
Aug 15, 2025•37 min•Ep. 43
Hello listeners. This is a potent episode and I am so grateful to my guests. We are #LIVEintheHIVE with Betsy Gaines Quammen, historian and award-winning author of American Zion + True West – and Tasha Adams, the ex-wife of Oath Keeper’s founder, Stewart Rhodes. Betsy has previously been a guest on #TheEdgeofEverydayPodcast in June of 2022 and in that episode, we talked about both of her powerful and increasingly relevant books and the significant need to have difficult conversations across pola...
Jul 31, 2025•59 min•Ep. 42
With our anti-science, anti-intelligence, chaos and cruelty driven administration, it’s hard not to feel completely hopeless about the climate emergency. Today we are #LIVEintheHIVE with Harriet Shugarman , a US based university professor, multi-award-winning author, writer, economist and climate policy advisor with many years of experience working on our climate emergency . www.ClimateMama.com We are still reeling from the catastrophic floods in Texas, with a death toll presently at 111 and ano...
Jul 16, 2025•52 min•Ep. 41
Today we are #LIVEintheHIVE with Karen Hinton, author of the bestselling book, Penis Politics: A Memoir of Women, Men, and Power – Karen was a guest on our show in January of 2023, for our episode entitled The Edge of Silence. What is the price of silence in Penis Politics? You can check out that phenomenal episode at TalkRadio.NYC or on my YouTube channel, Sandra Bargman on the Edge of Everyday . Her book, Penis Politics , is a compelling coming-of-age memoir, set both in small-town Mississippi...
Jun 26, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 40
An on-going series with Joanna Rush Today we are #LiveintheHive with our special guest, actor, activist and playwright, Joanna Rush. Joanna and I share similar experiences in our career trajectories. Our first chapter was spent performing, in our 2nd chapter we added becoming a seminary trained and ordained Interfaith Minister, and in our 3rd act, we’ve layered on the roles of activist and political junkie, loudly sharing our own voice in our artistic expression. I had Joanna on #TheEdgeofEveryd...
Jun 13, 2025•55 min•Ep. 39
Today we continue with Part II of our special 2-part series dedicated to Mothers. We are #LIVEintheHive with my special guests, 3 women I adore, to continue talking about the complexities and paradoxes of MOTHERHOOD, the complicated mother-daughter relationship, care-giving a parent, the joy of having children, the choice not to have children, the care taking of Mother Earth and the mentoring of young people. Meg Flather is a two-time Bistro Award winner and a four-time Manhattan Association of ...
Jun 02, 2025•54 min•Ep. 38
Today is May 15th and we just celebrated Mother’s Day here in the US – and this special two-part series is dedicated to Mothers. Today we are #LIVEintheHive with my special guests, 3 women I adore, to talk about and to HONOR the wonderful complexities and paradoxes of MOTHERHOOD, the complicated mother-daughter relationship, care-giving a parent, the joy of having children, the choice not to have children - and the mentoring and nurturing of young people. So many stories told, so many surprises,...
May 15, 2025•57 min•Ep. 37
Happy May Day! This episode was recorded on Earth Day, April 22, and drops on May Day – some very potent energy! Earth Day is an annual event celebrated on April 22nd, aimed at raising awareness and promoting environmental protection. It's a global movement where individuals, communities, and organizations unite to take action and address environmental and climate crisis issues. May Day's cultural significance is deeply intertwined with spring goddesses and pagan rituals… its roots lie in ancien...
May 01, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 36
Happy Birthday to Me! I have a fun ritual that I do every year on my birthday – I try something new – something really physical – and something I’ve never done before. For example, one year I ziplined, I did hot yoga one year – one year I went pole dancing, one year I attended a sweat lodge – this year, I’m going rock climbing! I love this ritual – and my loyal listeners know how I adore ritual – because it reminds me to keep thinking outside of the box and to let go of what may be MY “tried and...
Apr 15, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 35
Happy April Fools day! The fool archetype in literature, often seen as a wise fool or jester, is a character who, through seemingly simple or foolish behavior, challenges authority, speaks truths others can't, and acts as a counterbalance to societal norms, often with humor and resilience. Today we are #LIVEintheHIVE with our special guest, actor, comedian, choreographer, playwright, multi- hyphenate extraordinairre and master storyteller, Melinda Buckley. She has written and performed several s...
Apr 01, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 34
Today’s episode was recorded in January of 2023 and it is a wonderful conversation I had with one of my most favorite people, author and spiritual teacher, Gloria Karpinski. I met Gloria at the end of my 1 st year of seminary when she came to speak at the Ordination Ceremony for The New Seminary at St. John the Divine. She became a trusted mentor and friend – and I went on to produce + narrate the audio version of her book , Where Two Worlds Touch. (A short clip from the narration has been inser...
Mar 17, 2025•54 min•Ep. 33
Today we are #LIVEintheHIVE with the multi-talented and multi-award-winning performer, host and raconteur, RICHARD SKIPPER, for a spirited conversation about the power of positivity, the rough edges of ambition and embracing our third act potential, the shifting landscape of the NYC cabaret scene, and of course, we’ll hear juicy stories from his treasure trove of performance history. Richard is best known for his impersonation of Carol Channing for twenty years and for chronicling the history of...
Feb 28, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 32
Happy Valentines Day! Today is the ultimate valentine episode…making love with the divine! Today we are #LIVEintheHIVE with our special guest, Kay Louise Aldred, for a follow up conversation, part II to our episode from a couple months ago, Ep 26 | There Is Not a Normal Human: Somatic Shamanism and Neurodiversity. As you know, if you are a loyal listener, I NEVER have enough time with my guests! It’s always a fine line for me between unpacking a topic more deeply or moving on to another aspect o...
Feb 14, 2025•52 min•Ep. 31
Today’s episode was recorded on January 16 th , 2023, on Martin Luther King, Jr Day. It’s a powerful conversation I had with author and diversity and inclusion expert, Annemarie Shrouder. Here in the USA, we just held the inauguration for the incoming President, a convicted felon, and his sycophants who have crafted Project 2025, on January 20 th , ironically falling on MLK, Jr Day. Since day One, DEI has been under attack. Federal agencies have begun removing resources from their webpages follo...
Jan 31, 2025•58 min•Ep. 30
What is Cultural Intelligence? How does it intersect with DEIB? How does it serve being a Change Maker in these challenging times? Today we are #LIVEintheHIVE with high performance coach, TEDx Speaker, and entrepreneur Kristin Joy Ekkens for a compelling conversation about reaching out of our comfort zones and across the cultural divide. How can we be more inclusive? How can we, as 21 st Century Leaders, embrace a more expanded understanding of adaptability? Join us to learn more about the trans...
Jan 15, 2025•56 min•Ep. 29
