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Your Third Third is the essential guide for people aged 50 and above, pivoting the conversation from anti-aging to "pro-living" with purpose and intention. Host Steve Gershik invites listeners to redefine the years 60-90 as the era of integration, meaning-making, and intentional legacy, not decline.
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Your Six Needs
Why do we keep doing things we know aren't good for us?In this episode of Your Third Third, Steve looks at six underlying human needs that quietly drive more of our behavior than we realize:…
Open the Box
This episode is about the difference between reinvention and integration, and why that distinction matters more than most people realize when they're standing at the edge of the third third.The…
S1E9 The Friends You Actually Choose
Episode 9: The Friends You Actually ChooseShow NotesThis episode digs into the science of how friendship works differently after 50. Steve explores what sociologists call "chosen family," the concept…
The Staircase of the Mind
We've all had the moment. Standing in a doorway, phone in hand, no earthly idea why we're there. At 30, that's a punchline. At nearly 60, it feels like something else entirely.This episode starts…
When Friendships Stop Fitting
Some friendships don't end in a fight. They end in drift. You know, two people who quietly became strangers while still knowing each other's old addresses. In this episode, Steve Gershik explores one…
S1E6 The Mask Falls
The Mask Falls with Rabbi Ted RiterIn this episode, Steve talks with former congreationgal rabbi Ted Riter to discuss the professional masks we construct over decades, what happens when it fallas a…
S1E5 Book Report from the Edge of What’s Next
In this episode: five books for Your Third Third, five tools you can use this weekBooks MentionedDesigning Your Life by Bill Burnett and Dave EvansFrom Strength to Strength by Arthur C. BrooksLife Is…
Dying to Live Longer
In This Episode:The Supplement Aisle Panic: Why midlife health feels like a high-stakes performance review.Longevity Fixation: When self-care morphs into self-surveillance.The Science of Stress: How…
My Mind Wouldn't Shut Up
I spent several days at Spirit Rock Meditation Center not talking, not reading, and not making eye contact. People imagine this is relaxing. It is not relaxing. It's like a haunted house, except the…
The Physics of Friendship
For thirty years, the office was a friendship vending machine. You showed up, pushed buttons, and out came colleagues who knew your coffee order and shared that knowing look when someone said…
S1E1 The Map Nobody Gave You
You're not winding down. You're entering a new chapter, but society's map for this stage of life is blank. Host Steve Gershik argues that the real risk isn't slowing down. It's drift: becoming a…
Your Third Third - Coming soon
Your Third Third is the essential guide for navigating life’s next great chapter after 50 with purpose and intention.Host Steve Gershik explores how to find new connection, manage family transitions,…
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Your Third Third has published 12 episodes since January 2026, covering topics in Society & Culture.
Your Third Third is currently highly active with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 17m.
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