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Long-time NYC radio host Leslie Gold is telling the stories of the “Greatest Generation” in A Life’s Story with Leslie Gold which launched its first episode on May 4th spotlighting the oldest members of our society who have lived and are living amazing lives.
Leslie created and headlined the highly rated, The Radiochick Show for 10 years and shared her thoughts about current events while often taking provocative positions.
Here are some of the first stories she is spotlighting:
A 99-year-old WW2 veteran turned transgendered widow fights discrimination from the very government for which she fought. A 103-year-old goes to work as she has every day for decades. an 86- year-old woman waves her Senior Olympics medals at the medical community who wrote her off. A Holocaust survivor of 4 Nazi death camps endures unimaginable horrors yet rebuilds his life from being a walking skeleton to a life of happiness and love.
A Life’s Story shines a light on the lives of octogenarian, nonagenarians, and centenarians, many of whom have been participants in important chapters of history.
“We are losing a generation of folks who are markedly different than every generation that came after them. They grew up in a time when the world was facing momentous changes, and they lived that history. They did extraordinary courageous, and significant things. They are racking up achievements even at 80, 90, and 100 years old. These are remarkable life stories and there is a special wisdom that we can derive from their lives” reflects Leslie.
“Part of this is personal. I so wish I did this for my own parents. I am a broadcaster, why didn’t I think of it? says Leslie, “It’s too late now, today, I would give anything to hear my parents tell their own stories in their own voices.”
A Life’s Story is produced in partnership with Jam Street Media. A trailer is available here.