The Third Act
WBUR's "The Third Act" series highlights people who worked full careers and re-invented themselves later in life, often in surprising and inspirational ways.
Climate champion Bill McKibben recruits people over 60 to join him for an activist 'Third Act'
"If you want to push around Washington or Wall Street or Beacon Hill, then having some people with hairlines like mine is a useful asset," McKibben said, lifting his cap.
Lots of older Americans are reinventing their lives. Here’s why it matters to all of us
Anthony Brooks started paying attention to stories about people who reinvent themselves in interesting ways about 15 years ago. He collected so many that they became WBUR's "Third Act" series,...
Born in '60s San Francisco, all-girl rock band Ace of Cups roars back a half-century later
In 1967, the all-girl band Ace of Cups burst onto the San Francisco rock and roll scene, attracting a big following and touring with some of the most famous musicians...
Natalie Jones thought she wasn't cut out for college. At nearly 60, she got her master's and reinvented her life
Natalie Jones is among lots of older people who are living their third act — either by choice or necessity or both — according to Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, a Harvard professor...
Julieanna Richardson's 'third act': The Harvard-trained lawyer left corporate life to document the Black experience
After chapters as a corporate lawyer and working in television, HistoryMakers became Julieanna Richardson's "third act." "You get to a point where you start asking, 'What is going to be...
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From examining the dead to guiding the living, Tom Andrew embraces his 'third act'
The traditional idea of three stages of life — learning, earning and retiring — is increasingly seen as outdated. Instead, many people like Tom Andrew are living their third act,...
'60 is the new 50': As life expectancy rises, how Americans are embracing life's third act
100 years ago, average life expectancy in the U.S. was 47. Today, it's closer to 80 -- and lots of people are using those extra 30 years to reinvent themselves....