“Go Ahead and Tell Me” is the radio show that sparked something bigger. Hosted by Susan Douglas (originally alongside Denise Lane), it features compelling conversations with theatre directors, authors, wellness practitioners, entrepreneurs, and community leaders — each sharing the passions and turning points that shaped their lives.
As these stories unfolded, a powerful thread began to reveal itself: people bravely changing direction, often later in life, and stepping into entirely new chapters. What began as engaging interviews gradually illuminated a deeper truth — that reinvention has no age limit.
That dawning realization led to Restart at Any Age with Susan Douglas.
Listen to “Go Ahead and Tell Me” to discover the conversations that started it all — and if the question “What next?” is stirring within you, continue the journey with Restart at Any Age.
Podcast #144 From Hidden Child to My Name is Gitta:, a survivor of the Holocaust ,beginning Again at Every Age
Gitta was born Brigitta Spindel in Vienna in 1932. She was six when the Anschluss shattered her world, and nearly seven when she was put on a train with her sister and sent into the care of the OSE, the French Jewish organization that hid and rescued two thousand Jewish children. She spent six years in children’s homes, a convent, and farming families, losing her father, her grandparents, and much of her extended family. Her mother survived and was waiting in England.
She arrived in America at fourteen speaking only French. Of those early years she says simply, “I existed. I didn’t live.” Decades later the past returned in her body. Through therapy she found a way to live fully: forgiving herself and giving the anger back to the perpetrators. “Now,” she says, “I’m living, not just existing.”
At eighty-nine she retraced her wartime journey. At ninety-four her documentary My Name is Gitta premiered in Hollywood and won the audience award. Gitta’s life is a master class in beginning again — at every stage.
30 Aug 2026
Podcast# 143 From Freight Trains to 112 Countries: Chelsea George’s Life of No Regrets
Chelsea George fell in love with Santa Cruz in 1980 and still calls it home. Forty years after hopping freights to the National Hobo Convention, she’s heading back to Britt, Iowa — this time by Amtrak — hoping at last to be crowned Hobo Queen.
She’s also a former pro racquetball player, longtime UCSC instructor, photographer and filmmaker, traveler of 112 countries, and the mother who was present at Maya’s birth in Tijuana and later celebrated her daughter’s extraordinary short life. In this conversation she talks about freight-hopping days, racquetball adventures, Haiti, hosting 13-year-old Mardochee, and the motto that still drives her: live life to the fullest. No regrets.
3 Aug 2026
Podcast #142 The importance of knowing CPR. when it's vital with Hilary Gates , co- founder of Six Minutes to Live
Years ago, Hilary Gates stood frozen as a young athlete collapsed from sudden cardiac arrest right in front of her. She didn’t know what to do.
That moment changed everything.
Today, Hilary is a paramedic, educator, and co-founder of Six Minutes to Live — a movement dedicated to ensuring no one else feels that same helplessness. Through community CPR training, AED access, and a powerful “Care. Measure. Act.” approach, she’s helping people and communities be ready when every second counts.
In the latest episode of *Restart at Any Age*, Hilary shares her remarkable journey: from teaching and volunteer emergency medical work in Washington, D.C., through profound personal loss, to building a new life and mission in Santa Cruz.
Her story is a powerful reminder that our hardest moments can become the beginning of something that saves lives.
Listen to the full conversation.
Because when it comes to cardiac arrest, we all have a role to play.
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