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A college student in her 60s shares wisdom when it comes to reinventing oneself

NPR | By Joan Steidl,
Student Podcast Challenge
Published December 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM EST

Joan Steidl, who is now retired, shares her reinvention takeaways. She has a podcast about confronting the generational divide, takes comedy workshops and went back to college.

This is an excerpt from "The Mother of Reinvention" by Joan Steidl at Kent State University. Her story was a finalist in the 2022 NPR College Podcast Challenge.

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