Scott R. Edgar
Host of The Poet (delayed)
I was born in 1974 in Eugene, Oregon — in Sacred Hearts Hospital to be exact. My two older sisters were both born in England, so I guess it was fitting that my parents' “All American Boy” was born on Babe Ruth’s birthday. Shortly thereafter, my mom brought me home in a bundle to the blackberry covered banks of the Willamette River in Harrisburg. As we drove, she held me in her arms, in the front passenger seat with no seat belt. (Ah, 1974) We arrived at our destination, my Grandparent’s old, two-story Victorian home that was and still is guarded by two lion statues at the end of the driveway where we were welcomed by my two enamored big sisters.
At that time, my dad was in the USAF and stationed in Thailand, but before he left, he made one request of his pregnant wife: “If our baby is a boy, don’t name him after me. It would just be too confusing.” She replied, blinking her beautiful eyes, “Okay, Scott. Now you go and be a good soldier.” Well, as evidenced by the fact that my dad received notice of my birth via Western Union telegram, there wasn’t much he could say or do from Thailand in 1974 when I was born and my sweet Mom looked at me and whispered, “You’re my little Scottie.”
And that’s how it all started for me.
And now I'm 49 years old and a father of 5 wonderful kids. I love to write and explore the deserts in southern Utah.
Scott R. Edgar has hosted 51 Episodes.
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Episode 35: The Traveling Sisterhood
June 11th, 2024 | Season 1 | 54 mins 27 secs
authenticity, empowerment, healing, poetry, self discovery, women supporting women
Angie is a mother, a photographer, an entrepreneur, a bringer-together of women for healing and a travel addict. She and I sat down and talked about the power of community in healing - especially a community of women for women. We talked about how she started the annual women’s retreats. And we talked about so, so much more. She’s a remarkable woman doing remarkable things amongst other remarkable women.
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Episode 34: We have art lest we perish of the truth. ~ Nietzsche
June 4th, 2024 | Season 1 | 1 hr 12 mins
authenticity, poetry, self discovery
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Episode 33: Nostalgia for Now, Part 2
May 28th, 2024 | Season 1 | 43 mins 37 secs
authenticity, poetry, self discovery
Part 2 of my conversation with SAW. See how the cliffhanger turns out and stay for the conclusion of our conversation in which Stephen takes over host duties and starts questioning me.
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Episode 32: Nostalgia for Now, Part 1
May 21st, 2024 | Season 1 | 1 hr 32 mins
authenticity, poetry, self discovery
I met Stephen in high school in Collinsville, IL in 1988. I moved away after my junior year in 1991 and we have bumped into each other only a few times since, but before I moved away we had some grand times. In part 1, we talked about the grandest time we had together when we took a road trip to the east coast as two 17 year old boys (one with a horrible haircut) armed with fake IDs, a bag of audio cassettes, a rough idea of what we were going to do and…well, that was about it.
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Episode 31: “i have been a thousand different woman” by emoryhall
May 16th, 2024 | Season 1 | 1 hr 8 mins
authenticity, poetry, self discovery, transactional love, unconditional love
I was joined by my friend, Wendi Shavon. I asked Wendi to chose a poem to read and she chose “i have been a thousand different woman” by poet emoryhall. She read the poem and we discussed.
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Episode 30: “You don’t pass or fail at being a person, dear.”
April 30th, 2024 | Season 1 | 1 hr 8 mins
authenticity, individuality, may i be i, poetry, self discovery
I’m joined by Rachel Allen, LCSW. She chose a quote from a favorite book of her, Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman, which includes the line, “You don’t pass or fail at being a person, dear.”
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Episode 29: This Be the Verse by Philip Larkin
April 25th, 2024 | Season 1 | 54 mins 21 secs
authenticity, intergenerational trauma, parenting, poetry, self discovery
I’m joined by my friend Tyler Mathis who reads Philip Larkin’s poem “This Be The Verse.” We discuss the trauma passed down from generation to generation and ways that we are dealing with it and hopefully breaking the chain.
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Episode 28: Wild Geese by Mary Oliver
April 12th, 2024 | Season 1 | 1 hr 25 secs
alignment, authenticity, mary oliver, poetry, self discovery, wild geese
I’m joined again by Josh Baron and we read Mary Oliver’s poem, Wild Geese, and discuss the idea that “we do not have to be good.”
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Episode 27: The Capacity of Your Tears
November 25th, 2023 | Season 1 | 1 hr 6 mins
asking for help, authenticity, hope, hopelessness, poetry, self discovery, tears
We can't do it all alone. Sometimes, we need to reach out for help and that's not always easy. In fact, in my experience, it's rarely easy. In this episode, I discuss three obstacles that get in my way of asking for help.
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Episode 26: The Burning Comes First
November 7th, 2023 | Season 1 | 25 mins 17 secs
authenticity, be brave, healing, kalen dion, mental health, phoenix rises, poetry, self discovery
Carl Jung said, “There is no coming to consciousness without pain.” My experience has been that this is true and in this episode, I use a poem by Kalen Dion as a way to introduce Jung’s concept and then discuss my experiences with change.
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Episode 25: Terrible Potential (redux)
August 6th, 2023 | Season 1 | 1 hr 4 mins
authenticity, childhood trauma, hope, mental health, personal responsibility, poetry, recovery, self discovery
In this episode, I revisit my poem, Terrible Potential, and talk about ways in which it applies to my recovery.
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Episode 24: Love People Equally
May 8th, 2023 | Season 1 | 36 mins 39 secs
authenticity, daughters, poetry, self discovery
My daughter Ruby and I were the only ones home, so I decided to record an episode of The Poet (delayed) with her. We talked about her track and field season that just finished up, softball, boys, poetry, music, flying fish and boys.
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Episode 23: “…the catching of my whole heart”
May 3rd, 2023 | Season 1 | 1 hr 38 mins
authenticity, individuation, poetry, self discovery, spiritual bypass
I was joined by my friend and poet, Kelli Stephens and she read her unnamed poem from which I grabbed the title of this episode, “…the catching of my whole heart.” We discussed healing, religion, leaving religion, finding yourself and finding peace in your sovereignty and much, much more.
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Episode 22: Meaningful Life
April 11th, 2023 | Season 1 | 1 hr 45 mins
authenticity, meaningfulness, mental health, poetry, self awareness, self discovery
I was joined by neuropsychologist Ben Christiansen in episode 22 of The Poet (delayed). We read my haiku, Meaningful Life and discussed what a meaningful life consists of and how we can work towards one. Hint: it involves math…well, equations at least.
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Episode 21: Comprehend Yourself
April 7th, 2023 | Season 1 | 1 hr 39 mins
authenticity, divinity, poetry, self discovery
In the summer of 1991, I nearly drown at Deer Creek Reservoir near Heber City, Utah. My poem, Comprehend Yourself, is a summary of that event, and in this episode of The Poet (delayed), Mechelle Wingle and I discuss that poem and its meaning and meanings.
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Episode 20: They Were Beacons Once
March 6th, 2023 | Season 1 | 1 hr 5 mins
addiction, authenticity, childhood trauma, gabor mate, johann hari, poetry, recovery, self discovery
In this episode of The Poet (delayed), I'm joined by Las Vegas based therapist, Brad Singletary as we read my poem, "They Were Beacons Once," and have a discussion about addiction, its cause and recovery.