EP 56 From Stage Lights to Radio Mics: Thriving in the Creative Life After 65
“No work of art is ever finished, including you.” This week’s guest, Randye Kaye, is a dynamic force of creativity, courage, and reinvention. From cabaret stages to public radio, from voice-over booths to bestselling books, Randye has never stopped evolving - and she’s still saying yes to new opportunities at 72. In this inspiring conversation, we explore how Randye’s colorful career has shifted through decades of personal and professional transitions, including single parenting, caregiving...
“No work of art is ever finished, including you.”
This week’s guest, Randye Kaye, is a dynamic force of creativity, courage, and reinvention. From cabaret stages to public radio, from voice-over booths to bestselling books, Randye has never stopped evolving - and she’s still saying yes to new opportunities at 72.
In this inspiring conversation, we explore how Randye’s colorful career has shifted through decades of personal and professional transitions, including single parenting, caregiving, and late-life creativity.
She shares how becoming a grandmother, launching a podcast, writing books, and stepping into new community roles have all deepened her sense of purpose and joy.
🎭 Highlights from the Episode :
• Creative Adaptation After 65 : How Randye reinvented herself from radio host to author, speaker, and audiobook narrator—and why flexibility is the secret to longevity in the arts.
• Turning Pain into Purpose : The story behind her powerful first book, inspired by her son’s schizophrenia diagnosis, and how she uses storytelling to educate and heal.
• Silencing “Negative Nellie” : Randye’s strategies for managing internalized ageism, embracing humor, and accepting physical changes without shame.
• New Dreams in a New Chapter : Hosting “All Things Considered” at 72, pursuing a TEDx talk, and building intergenerational community through the arts and podcasting.
• Being a Role Model by Being Real : Randye’s refreshing take on aging, self-love, and showing younger generations how to age unapologetically and authentically.
This episode is a celebration of resilience, reinvention, and the power of staying curious and creative at any age.
If you’re looking for a dose of inspiration to pursue bold dreams, find community, and break free from age-based expectations, this one’s for you.
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Randye Kaye
Actor/Speaker/Author/Radio Host
short:
Our guest today brings her work as a professional theater and improv actor to create spaces and teach skills for human connection and emotional intelligence.
She’s also a radio broadcaster (formerly with STAR 99.9 and now with WSHU, a local NPR affiliate), corporate trainer, podcast host, voiceover talent, audiobook narrator and author of two bestselling books, Happier Made Simple and Ben Behind His Voices.
She’s currently working on a solo show tentatively titled, “Cracks and All” by studying with comic Lisa Lampanelli.
longer version:
Randye’s love of performing began in summer camp, where sports seemed like torture and the “drama building” was a magical place. It was cemented by her parents’ collection of Broadway Cast albums, and she still knows all the words to Professor Harold Hill’s rap, “You Got Trouble.” She worked her way through college with her guitar, singing original and cover songs in eclectic coffee houses, then returned to her theatre roots for a decade of professional work in NYC, Los Angeles, and on tour.
Lotsa good stories here, from living in Beckley, West Virginia in a house with a haunted toilet (regional theatre gig), to tap dancing with Ann Miller (National Tour), to making an entrance from a magician’s “empty” Pyrex box and then singing “Could it be Magic” as the opening number of an act. Yeah. No kidding.
All that was B.C. (Before Children), of course. Since becoming a wife and parent, Randye has kept her career choices closer to home in Connecticut and NYC. Radio personality, theatre actress/singer, … Read More
