On the Porch: Carl Nordgren – Creativity Can Unite US

On the Porch: Carl Nordgren – Creativity Can Unite US

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May 31, 2026 · 51 min

About this episode

Carl Nordgren discusses creativity and its role in uniting communities and enhancing governance.

Carl Nordgren This Week: Carl Nordgren is a best-selling novelist, a teacher, and an imaginal cell. After 25 years as an entrepreneur, he taught Creativity at Duke for 14 years. He’s a two-time TEDx speaker and hosts the weekly radio show ‘Exploring your Creative Genius’ on 97.9 The Hill. His calling is to help each of us and all of us grow our creative capacities and develop our entrepreneurial instincts and behaviors, a calling that informed his book “Becoming a Creative Genius (again)”. His new book, “Common Ground for US” continues that work and offers new perspectives on governance and policy making for political and community leaders. You can attend his book launch event at Golden Fig Books in Carrboro on June 4, by clicking here. Randy Voller Come on up to the porch to have a chat with Randy Voller — former mayor, real estate developer, musician, man-about-town and more — in a recurring conversation and slice-of-life program presented by VRC Limited . If you love great conversations and amazing anecdotes, then come on up and join us…On the Porch! The post On the Porch: Carl Nordgren – Creativity Can Unite US appeared first on Chapelboro.com .

People in this episode

Host: Randy Voller

Guest: Carl Nordgren

Topics covered

  • creativity
  • entrepreneurship
  • governance
  • community leadership
  • novel writing

Keywords

  • creativity
  • entrepreneurship
  • TEDx
  • novelist
  • book launch

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Duke

Books & works: Becoming a Creative Genius (again), Common Ground for US

Places: Golden Fig Books, Carrboro

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