<figure><img src="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/202c5bc/2147483647/strip/false/crop/2500x1400+0+0/resize/792x444!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa3%2F47%2F2097acf24f289532b240b2dfa3b4%2Fmy-better-half-episode.png"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><figure><img src="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/e8a88f8/2147483647/strip/false/crop/800x533+0+0/resize/792x528!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa5%2Fd5%2F7feec71842e2a024166ec4c8c578%2Freneemontagne.jpg" alt=""Morning Edition", hosts Steve Inskeep and Renee Montagne."><figcaption>"Morning Edition", hosts Steve Inskeep and Renee Montagne. (Stephen Voss/Stephen Voss)</figcaption></figure>Renee Montagne began freelancing for NPR in the 1980s, eventually co-hosting All Things Considered and Morning Edition. During her 44 years at the network, her storytelling style won listeners' hearts and major journalism awards - many of them during her second half of life.

"Morning Edition", hosts Steve Inskeep and Renee Montagne. (Stephen Voss/Stephen Voss)Renee Montagne began freelancing for NPR in the 1980s, eventually co-hosting All Things Considered and Morning Edition. During her 44 years at the network, her storytelling style won listeners' hearts and major journalism awards - many of them during her second half of life.

"Morning Edition", hosts Steve Inskeep and Renee Montagne. (Stephen Voss/Stephen Voss)Renee Montagne began freelancing for NPR in the 1980s, eventually co-hosting All Things Considered and Morning Edition. During her 44 years at the network, her storytelling style won listeners' hearts and major journalism awards - many of them during her second half of life.

Renee Montagne steps away from the mic and into the unknown

With career changes and second or even third acts becoming more common, My Better Half shines a light on midlife or late-life reinventions and how people are thriving in the second half of their lives. Listen to explore the creative potential of our later years.

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Renee Montagne steps away from the mic and into the unknown

Renee Montagne steps away from the mic and into the unknown