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    <itunes:title>From Journalist to Playwright: Eden Lane&#39;s Second Act</itunes:title>
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    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode of Later in Life, Bob talks with Eden Lane, a longtime broadcast journalist who discovered a passion for playwriting and hasn't looked back. In just over a year, Eden has written a half dozen plays, including one recently named a semifinalist for the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center National Playwrights Conference. The conversation explores creativity, reinvention, and why some of our most meaningful chapters begin long after we think they've passed us by. Along the way, Bob and ...]]></itunes:summary>
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    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[At 58 years old, Steve Roberts decided to try something he had always wanted to do: community theatre. What began as a leap outside his comfort zone became a joyful new chapter that has resonated with thousands online and inspired people to reconsider what’s possible later in life. In this conversation, Steve shares what finally pushed him to audition, the fears and self-doubt he had to overcome, the community he discovered along the way, and why it’s never too late to pursue something that c...]]></itunes:summary>
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