Work While You Have the Light Trailer

Conversations with working women over seventy who refuse to be stopped by outdated assumptions of the roles of older women in society today. In this podcast, we discuss gender, equity, ageism, race and relationships in both the workplace and society. Work While You Have the Light features a different working woman every episode. 

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00:00:00:08 - 00:00:17:21
Usually I'm downplaying the fact that I am still working in my seventies because I don't want people to be aware that so much work was going to be the thing that would give me the courage to be able to make the decisions along the way that I had to make. If I'm not going to work, what would I do?

00:00:18:04 - 00:00:41:07
I'm Phoebe Rubin and I'm 73 years old, and I'm Erica Tanamachi and I'm 40. This podcast profiles working women over 70 who continue to innovate and contribute to our society. You keep on coming around to yourself throughout life, reminding yourself of how you are. I am changing all the time, working and making things better for someone is paramount.

00:00:41:08 - 00:00:59:22
They surround you in the grocery store. They sit next to you on the bus and often go unnoticed. Don't look at society for a for a model of how to do your life. Do it from the marrow of your bones. Feel into the movement inside you and let that guide you. Be bold.