My Better Half
By Vanessa Finney
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Episodes: 34
Description
With career changes and second or even third acts becoming more common, My Better Half shines a light on midlife or late-life reinventions and how people are thriving in the second half of their lives. Listen to explore the creative potential of our later years.
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Living, loving, learning: Natasha Neece writes about her journey as a vocalist
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May 23, 2026 |
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Why the fitness industry may be missing the point of health
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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'Aging While Black' amplifies experiences of elderly Black Americans
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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Managing loss with creativity
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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Lifelong artist returns to first love
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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Menopause The Musical 2 sails into Medford Oct 11
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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From advertising executive to healthcare activist: A "reckoning of the soul"
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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Woman of tenacity applies herself to flying planes, then perfecting sourdough
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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Vanessa Finney's essay on older residents thriving published by Oregon Humanities magazine
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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'Encore: A High Achiever's Guide to Thriving in Retirement'
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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Debra Whitman on age-friendly cities in Oregon
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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Renee Montagne steps away from the mic and into the unknown
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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Managing Loss With Creativity
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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Love after 50
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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Step. Think. Repeat. An 80-year-old woman's 800-mile-long project
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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Ninety-three year-old sprinter from Ashland encourages everyone to get out and move
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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Doctor, doctor, give me the grapes
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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Picking up barbells (many times) in middle age
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Jun 16, 2024 |
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My Better Half: Founder of the Betty Kwan Chinn Homeless Foundation
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May 17, 2024 |
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How a fashion-conscious woman landed a modeling contract in her 60s
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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Wellness for the member of the family that can't say the term (woof!)
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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It's okay to be gray: deep thoughts on deep-seated ageism in society
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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What makes a person open a cooking school late in life, and what makes a muffin cosmic
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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My Better Half profiles a provider of sight and sound for film projects
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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Expert on healthy aging visits the latest installment of My Better Half
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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Activating the inner activist later in life
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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Switching up nutrition later in life
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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A visit with a Rogue Valley spa expert
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May 12, 2023 |
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New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik on life long learning
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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Documenting life in pictures and words and more, in My Better Half
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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Exploring life with a death doula
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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Resuming education later in life
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Jan 20, 2023 |
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Lifelong artist returns to first love
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Jan 07, 2023 |
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Judy Collins talks about great work in the second half of life
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Oct 26, 2022 |