Stories for the Third Quarter: Midlife, Myth, and Meaning

Writer and professor Scott Bryson, PhD, explores the power of story to help us navigate midlife. Stories for the Third Quarter is about that stretch between traditional adulthood and old age—when the roles we’ve lived inside begin to shift, success no longer always satisfies, and deeper reflections about identity, purpose, and aging rise closer to the surface.Through myth, poetry, psychology, and lived experience, each episode offers reflections for anyone in midlife who senses that something's changing and wants to think more deeply about the second half of life.