Conversations with working women over seventy who refuse to be stopped by outdated assumptions of the roles of older women in society today. We discuss gender, equity, ageism, race and relationships in both the workplace and society.
We decided to add a bonus episode this season by turning the microphone inward (so to speak) and, so, I am going to interview my lovely co-host Phoebe Rubin today, since Phoebe checks the boxes of being a working woman over seventy. Phoebe Rubin is a film producer and director. She began making movies in 1999. Her first film, Women Who Cry In Restaurants, was part of the LA Shorts Festival. In 2004, Phoebe began making documentary films with Erica Tanamachi for non-profit organization...
26 Apr 2023
Pat Welsh - Writer, 92
Pat Welsh is an Emmy-award winning garden writer and author of books including Pat Welsh’s Southern California Gardening: A Month by Month Guide--which is the bible for all Southern California gardeners. She was the first Garden Editor of San Diego Home/Garden Magazine in 1979 and hosted a TV news garden segment on Channel 39 on the San Diego evening news. She also hosted multiple garden videos and infomercials for Better Home and Gardens and the H/GTV network. Pat has receive...
19 Apr 2023
Cheri King - Executive Director of Berkeley National Junior Tennis League, 73
Today we get the great pleasure to interview Cheri King. Cheri was born and raised in Berkeley, California. She is the Executive Director of the Berkeley National Junior Tennis league. Since the league's inception, they have coached thousands of youth from ages 5 through 12. Cheri has over 30 years experience as a recreational tennis player and 15 years as a coach, manager and tennis league commissioner. She also is Executive Director of her family non-profit Operation/Pride where she runs th...
12 Apr 2023
Lana Wilson - Ceramicist, 80
Lana Wilson is a studio potter who lives in Berkeley, California. Lana was recently introduced to us by a family member and we were immediately compelled by her extraordinary ceramics. Each piece expresses her unique vision of the world--they are organic, personal and beautiful. She has given more than 150 workshops on the ancient pottery technique of handbuilding that involves creating forms without a pottery wheel at institutions including Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Penla...
5 Apr 2023
Marlene Caldes - Metaphysician, 70
Marlene Caldes is a lifelong Metaphysician who recently gave Phoebe a terrific tarot reading. She was so impressed with her work, she wanted to include her on this show. Marlene is internationally known for her Intuitive Forecasting, and integrating the practical with the mystical. Marlene is a speaker and seminar leader, tarot reader, coach and mentor. Marlene was one of the first female radio hosts on the popular SF’s KEST personal growth ‘HotLine to the HIghSelf” morning radio progra...
29 Mar 2023
Barbara Lavine - Therapist, 72
Barbara Lavine is a Licensed Professional Counselor. She attended Michigan State University for her undergraduate degree, then moved to the Washington DC metro area where she worked in the field of Hospital Personnel Management. While raising her sons she completed her graduate work in Counseling at George Washington University and worked part- time doing executive search. She then worked as a professional school counselor for 27 years. For the last five years she has been working...
Today we get the pleasure to interview Amy Utsunomia Honjiyo. Before our conversations, we ask all of our guests to send us a biography or resume that we can use to write their introduction for the show. And upon request for Amy’s biography, she sent us her life resume that was so delightful that we are simply going to read it. Amy Honjiyo, 71 years of living. Before ‘Pencil-pushing’ Happy-go-lucky, roller skating hula-hooper who loved Girl Scouts and almost made it into Woodstock. 20 &...
15 Mar 2023
Manuelita Brown - Sculptor, 81
Manuelita Brown, is a former teacher of mathematics and currently a professional artist and sculptor who lives in a small beach town in San Diego, CA. Manuelita specializes in bronze figurative and portrait sculpture and has completed private, corporate and public commissions that live in museums, on college campuses and public arenas throughout the United States. Her work is expansive and includes, but not limited to, eight life-sized dolphins called Alamas del Mar, a bust of Matthew A...
8 Mar 2023
Sharen Butrum - Fund Development Manager, 73
Today we get the pleasure to speak with Sharen Butrum. Sharen is the Fund Development Manager for Rural Community Assistance Corporation, a non-profit agency based in Sacramento that helps disadvantaged communities overcome economic challenges. She is a grant writer and fund developer, responsible for helping the organization meet its $20 million annual fundraising goal. Sharen began her career as a journalist with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in South Australia in 196...
28 Jan 2023
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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. https://www.instagram.com/workwhileyouhavethelight/
25 Mar 2021
Dr. Selma Holo - Museum Executive Director, 78
Today we get the pleasure to speak with Selma Holo. We met Selma two years ago for our documentary and have been following her extraordinary career as Executive Director of USC Museums, a position she has held since 1981. We’ve watched her create and implement various exhibitions for the Fisher Museum while gracefully juggling the many other responsibilities her job demands. She is Full Professor of Art History and Director of the International Museum Institute at USC. In addition, Selma is a...
25 Mar 2021
Mei-Lee Ney - Financial Advisor, 74
Mei-Lee Ney is truly a self-made woman, and her life story is an inspiration. Mei-Lee is president of Richard Ney & Associates, an investment advisory firm in Pasadena which she joined in 1973. She was the business partner of her husband, Richard Ney, author of three books on the stock market, two of which she edited. She also was co-creator and editor of “The Ney Report,” an investment newsletter published from 1976 to 1999. Mei-Lee has donated millions of dollars to various charities...
19 Jan 2021
Dot Fisher-Smith - Artist, 92
Dot Fisher-Smith is an artist, journalist, activist, buddhist, group leader and teacher in Ashland, Oregon. Dot was the main subject of a feature documentary released in 2010 called: AN ORDINARY LIFE. Dot’s art is simple in conception--colored pencils, ink and pastels drawn on worn canvas from her meditation yurt--and yet, the precision of her lines coupled with the organic process in which she creates is next to genius. However, Dot is perhaps even more known for her activism--pictured in 20...
19 Jan 2021
Dr. Carol Miller - Physician, 72
Today we’ll be talking with Dr. Carol Miller. Dr. Miller specializes in Neonatal-Perinatal medicine. She is the Professor Emeritus at the UCSF School of Medicine in the department of pediatrics. Her special interests include the primary care of infants and children with high risk conditions. In the community, she is the medical consultant for the Marin Department of Health and Human Services under the division of Maternal and Child health. She is also the co-founder and consultant for Healthy...
29 Dec 2020
Judy Brooks - Producer, 74
Judy is the founder of Lightbridge Media which she launched with her husband in 1998. They created and produced a series for PBS called HEALING QUEST that aired for 13 seasons. Judy produced and directed a 6 part video series about domestic violence called BROKEN WINGS. Judy produced and hosted THE INTUITIVE CONNECTION, a weekly radio show in San Francisco. Currently, Judy co-hosts and produces a weekly radio program and podcast on i heart radio. Most recently, Judy has a new podcast calle...
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