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Second Act Stories

Andy Levine

Booking Overview

This narrative interview podcast focuses on life and career change, featuring external guests who describe decisive pivots, reinvention, and the pursuit of more rewarding second acts. PR agencies could credibly pitch entrepreneurs, nonprofit founders, creatives, executives, later-life career changers, and public figures with compelling personal or professional transitions; booking difficulty is medium because the show welcomes accessible real-world changers but has also featured highly prominent guests.

Metrics

Episodes: 210

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

YouTube: 1.9k subscribers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

secondactstories@gmail.com

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Host

Andy Levine - Podcast host and interviewer focused on life and career change, documenting the experiences, motivations, and lessons of people who have pursued new paths.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Guests generally have a compelling, clearly defined life or career pivot backed by meaningful real-world experience, such as launching a business or nonprofit, changing professions, overcoming a major setback, or building a notable second career.
Required Achievements:  
Successful second-career launch, Founded or built a business or nonprofit, Overcame a major personal or professional setback, Established recognition in a prior or subsequent career

Recent Guest Discussions

Tom Green - Recovering From Stage-four Kidney Cancer, Perseverance, And Pursuing College Football Later In Life.

Andy Lindberg - Childhood Film Fame, Returning To Theater And Acting, Overcoming Shame, And Transitioning Into Environmental And Youth Programming.

Wade Milyard - Leaving Law Enforcement, Finding A New Mission After Retirement, And Creating A Mobile Social-impact Organization.

David Pogue - Moving From Broadway To Technology Journalism And Television, Embracing Unexpected Opportunities, And Building Multiple Successful Careers.

Paul Giannone - Leaving A Long Corporate Technology Career At Age 56 To Open A Successful Pizza Business And Pursue An Entrepreneurial Calling.

Recent Topics

Career, Career Change, Entrepreneurship, Retirement, Social Impact

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Second Act Stories
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From Radio Hits to Radio Host: Black Crowes Drummer Steve Gorman

September 27, 2026

Steve Gorman's drumming helped put The Black Crowes on the radio. These days, he's the one behind the microphone. Long before the band sold millions of records, Steve planned to become a broadcaster. He studied broadcast journalism in college and dreamed of working in sports. Then he borrowed a drum kit, dropped out of school, moved to Atlanta and joined the band that would become The Black Crowes. He owned his first kit for a matter of weeks when he recorded a demo with them. The band's rise...

Suiting Up at 61: Tom Green Aims To Become The NCAA's Oldest, College Football Player

July 23, 2026

Football is a difficult sport. It demands physical strength, speed, endurance and mental toughness. So it surprised us when we heard about Tom Green, a 61-year-old man focused on becoming the oldest football player in NCAA history. Tom is now a sophmore at McDaniel College, a few minutes away from his home in Westminster, Maryland. He is on the practice field as a defensive lineman playing against athletes who are one-third his age. If he gets on the field for just one play in the upcoming se...

"Stand By Me" Made Andy Lindberg Famous; Nature Gave Him a Calling

May 27, 2026

If you're of a certain age, you may not know the name Andy Lindberg. But you definitely know his most famous role. Andy played Lard Ass Hogan in the legendary Rob Reiner film "Stand By Me," one of the most beloved coming-of-age movies ever made. His scene, the unforgettable "barf-o-rama" at the pie-eating contest, remains one of the most memorable movie moments of the 1980s. It was gross. It was hilarious. It was impossible to forget. Andy was 14 years old when he filmed the scene in Oregon, ...

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