# second act (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover second act. Page: Feed: --- ## [65: Laid Off at 50. Now She’s Building a Business She Can Take Anywhere.](https://nomads50plus.substack.com/p/65-laid-off-at-50-now-shes-building) _2026-08-20 · chris kalaboukis · Nomads 50+ Midlife Recalibrated, Travel Optional._ Colleen Kohanik didn't quit a corporate job because she had a carefully constructed plan to become an entrepreneur. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211563340/dc08f5dcd65082e95f77a49973e96dff.mp3) ## [You Don’t Need More Destinations. You Need More People.](https://nomads50plus.substack.com/p/you-dont-need-more-destinations-you) _2026-08-18 · chris kalaboukis · Nomads 50+ Midlife Recalibrated, Travel Optional._ The greatest surprise about becoming a digital nomad isn’t the places you visit. It’s the community you discover. ## [RAISED BY FERNS: Q&A with Maya Jewell Zeller](https://bloomliterary.substack.com/p/raised-by-ferns-q-and-a-with-maya) _2026-08-18 · Bloom · Bloom_ Bloom spoke with Jewell Zeller about her debut memoir, which immerses readers in the miracle of bookmobiles and motherhood—as well as the wisdom of trees, ferns, and water. ## [Sunday Spark 44: Expert Research & Sourcing Service](https://nomads50plus.substack.com/p/sunday-spark-44-expert-research-and) _2026-08-16 · chris kalaboukis · Nomads 50+ Midlife Recalibrated, Travel Optional._ Get Paid to Find the People, Information, and Opportunities Your Clients Don’t Have Time to Find Themselves ## [Playbook 3: Defining Your Next Chapter](https://nomads50plus.substack.com/p/playbook-3-defining-your-next-chapter) _2026-08-14 · chris kalaboukis · Nomads 50+ Midlife Recalibrated, Travel Optional._ Stop Asking What Comes Next. Start Deciding What You Want Next to Look Like. ## [64: She Discovered It Was Cheaper to Travel the World Than Stay Home](https://nomads50plus.substack.com/p/64-she-discovered-it-was-cheaper) _2026-08-13 · chris kalaboukis · Nomads 50+ Midlife Recalibrated, Travel Optional._ What if becoming a digital nomad wasn’t the financially irresponsible choice? [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210658632/bca4a38a2b0f17263e20bb491a344676.mp3) ## [Buy Back Your Time at Every Opportunity](https://nomads50plus.substack.com/p/buy-back-your-time-at-every-opportunity) _2026-08-11 · chris kalaboukis · Nomads 50+ Midlife Recalibrated, Travel Optional._ The smartest investment you can make after 50 isn’t always financial. Sometimes it’s simply removing friction from your life. ## [Build the Life That Fits Now: Vicki Portune-Hughes on Work, Income and Cozy Abundance After 50](https://nomads50plus.substack.com/p/cozy-abundance-with-vicki-and-chris) _2026-08-10 · chris kalaboukis · Nomads 50+ Midlife Recalibrated, Travel Optional._ What if the goal isn’t to escape your life? [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210357883/01a2b856ed27a070c7355a73cbff3fcd.mp3) ## [The Part of Nomad Life Nobody Talks About: What Happens When You Come Back?](https://nomads50plus.substack.com/p/mindful-midlife-crisis-with-billy) _2026-08-10 · chris kalaboukis · Nomads 50+ Midlife Recalibrated, Travel Optional._ Digital nomadism is usually sold as freedom. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210357547/2542fd2ed876cc20c7904126bc8f8d60.mp3) ## [Sunday Spark 43: AI Agent Builder for Small Businesses](https://nomads50plus.substack.com/p/sunday-spark-43-ai-agent-builder) _2026-08-09 · chris kalaboukis · Nomads 50+ Midlife Recalibrated, Travel Optional._ Create Digital Employees That Handle Real Work—and Build a Business Around the Biggest Shift Since the Internet ## [Open directory of blogs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/IkixDr429qeE) _2026-08-09 · **Sponsored**_ Drop URLs or OPML — get per-blog pages plus machine-readable JSON, OPML, text ## [Playbook 2: Finding Your North Star Again](https://nomads50plus.substack.com/p/2-finding-your-north-star-again) _2026-08-07 · chris kalaboukis · Nomads 50+ Midlife Recalibrated, Travel Optional._ How to Rediscover Purpose When the Goals That Once Drove You No Longer Do ## [63: 🔥 Sex, Travel, Startups & Reinvention After 60](https://nomads50plus.substack.com/p/63-sex-travel-startups-and-reinvention) _2026-08-06 · chris kalaboukis · Nomads 50+ Midlife Recalibrated, Travel Optional._ Suzanne Noble’s Unconventional Second Act [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209633597/9fbe4e86cdba9fa03cba7e4fd2c3a080.mp3) ## [An excerpt from MUD ON THE MOON: A HYBRID MEMOIR](https://bloomliterary.substack.com/p/an-excerpt-from-mud-on-the-moon-a) _2026-08-04 · Bloom · Bloom_ by Nita Noveno ## [THE SECOND ACT: Kai Maristed on Late Blooming, Being Cut to the Ground, and What Came Next](https://bloomliterary.substack.com/p/the-second-act-kai-maristed-on-late) _2026-07-28 · Bloom · Bloom_ BLOOM kicks off the new SECOND ACT series with this reflection from Kai Maristed on blooming 'late', changing direction—and then blooming again. ## [ESQUIRE BALL, STORIES FROM THE GREAT BLACK SWAMP: Q&A with Lisa Slage Robinson](https://bloomliterary.substack.com/p/esquire-ball-stories-from-the-great) _2026-07-21 · Bloom · Bloom_ 'What emotions and grit and horror could I uncover?' ## [Shall We? On The Long Run, or A Willingness To Be Ridiculous](https://bloomliterary.substack.com/p/shall-we-on-the-long-run-or-the-willingness) _2026-07-07 · Bloom · Bloom_ What keeps the most innovative, exciting artists going, decade after decade. What will keep BLOOM going? ## [An Invitation from Bloom's Founding Editor](https://bloomliterary.substack.com/p/an-invitation-from-blooms-founding) _2026-07-01 · Bloom · Bloom_ ICYMI: Join Us for Bloom Book Club + Bloom Monthly Meetups [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/204518276/1c0589ea5d5902d12f2288620987697e.mp3) ## [Announcing Bloom Book Club and Monthly Meetups](https://bloomliterary.substack.com/p/announcing-bloom-book-club-and-monthly) _2026-06-25 · Bloom · Bloom_ New opportunities for connection and community at Bloom ## [NAMES HAVE BEEN CHANGED: Q&A with Yu-Mei Balasingamchow](https://bloomliterary.substack.com/p/names-have-been-changed-q-and-a-with) _2026-06-23 · Bloom · Bloom_ 'Urgent, prickly, demanding to be taken seriously': on following the voice of an accidental fugitive ## ["Up the Mountainside" and "Endowment": Two Poems](https://bloomliterary.substack.com/p/up-the-mountainside-and-endowment) _2026-06-02 · Bloom · Bloom_ by Ryan C. Tittle ## [International money transfers (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/4IP6zM6bXTTA) _2026-06-02 · **Sponsored**_ Send money to other countries and manage multi‑currency balances online. ## [IN BLOOM: Q&A with Liz Allan](https://bloomliterary.substack.com/p/in-bloom-q-and-a-with-liz-allan) _2026-05-26 · Bloom · Bloom_ From one of The Observer's best debut novelists of 2026, a story about the power of teenage friendships ## [The Afterlife of Mrs. Ethel Rigsby-Higginbotham](https://bloomliterary.substack.com/p/the-afterlife-of-mrs-ethel-rigsby) _2026-05-12 · Bloom · Bloom_ by Judith Sanders ## [A METHOD OF REACHING EXTREME ALTITUDES: Q&A with Nancy J. Allen](https://bloomliterary.substack.com/p/a-method-of-reaching-extreme-altitudes) _2026-04-28 · Bloom · Bloom_ David Haynes spoke with Allen about her debut short story collection, which is out now from the University of New Mexico Press. ## ["Remember" and "Biography in Pink": Two Poems](https://bloomliterary.substack.com/p/remember-and-biography-in-pink-two) _2026-04-14 · Bloom · Bloom_ by Diane Elayne Dees ## [Special Report: Debuting After Fifty panel at AWP](https://bloomliterary.substack.com/p/special-report-debuting-after-fifty) _2026-04-07 · Bloom · Bloom_ Sara Lippmann, Melanie Pappadis Faranello, Chin-Sun Lee, Nita Noveno and Zeeva Bukai discuss the joys and challenges of debuting after fifty ## [DISPATCH FROM EVERY SECOND GUESS: Q&A with Megan Gannon](https://bloomliterary.substack.com/p/dispatch-from-every-second-guess) _2026-03-31 · Bloom · Bloom_ by Shabana Kayum ## [Special Report: Debut Novelists on Writing Fiction and Making Visual Art](https://bloomliterary.substack.com/p/special-report-debut-novelists-on) _2026-03-24 · Bloom · Bloom_ by Leah De Forest ## [An Excerpt from BELONGING TO THE AIR: A Novel](https://bloomliterary.substack.com/p/an-excerpt-from-belonging-to-the) _2026-03-17 · Bloom · Bloom_ by Avery Irons ## ["Rest and Relaxation" and "Collected Correspondences": Two Poems](https://bloomliterary.substack.com/p/rest-and-relaxation-and-collected) _2026-03-03 · Bloom · Bloom_ by Robert D. Taylor ## [An Excerpt From MULE BOY, A Novel](https://bloomliterary.substack.com/p/an-excerpt-from-andrew-krivaks-new) _2026-02-17 · Bloom · Bloom_ by Andrew Krivak ## [Screen Share With Real Control (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/GxtyTdBaBFic) _2026-02-17 · **Sponsored**_ Collaborative screen sharing with simultaneous remote control — open source, like Screenhero. ## [An Excerpt from LONDON SOJOURN: Rewriting Life After Retirement](https://bloomliterary.substack.com/p/an-excerpt-from-rebecca-knuths-memoir-london-sojourn-rewriting-life-after-retirement) _2025-12-09 · Bloom · Bloom_ by Rebecca Knuth ## [BEWARE THE TALL GRASS: Q&A with Ellen Birkett Morris](https://bloomliterary.substack.com/p/beware-the-tall-grass-qa-with-ellen-birkett-morris) _2025-12-02 · Bloom · Bloom_ by Liz Ross