“It means different things all the time, but it always works”: Listeners share stories of the music of their lives, from Prince to Joni Mitchell to The Beastie Boys and everyone in between. Find the full archive of 30+ Still in Rotation guest posts here! This 2021 re-recording of “Biko” by my still-in-rotation performer Peter Gabriel is just jaw-dropping to me. Thanks as always to M. The Heir Apparent, who provides the music behind the podcast – check him out here! ***This is a rough transcription of Episode 96 of the Midlife Mixtape Podcast. It originally aired on April 27, 2021. Transcripts are created using a combination of speech recognition software and human transcribers, and there may be errors in this transcription, but we hope that it provides helpful insight into the conversation. If you have any questions or need clarification, please email dj@midlifemixtape.com *** Taya Dunn Johnson 00:00 All of his songs move me in different ways, and whenever I need to creative push, I know that this collection will give me what I need. Nancy Davis Kho 00:09 Welcome to Midlife Mixtape, The Podcast. I’m Nancy Davis Kho and we’re here to talk about the years between being hip and breaking one. [THEME MUSIC – “Be Free” by M. The Heir Apparent] Nancy 00:33 Hi Listeners! Before we get into today’s episode, I wanted to give a hearty congratulations to the team at TueNight.com, a community for GenX women – you’ve probably heard me talk about them before because I love the writing, interviews and resources on their site and in their FB community. Their founder and editor-in-chief Margit Detweiler was my guest for Episode 82 of the Midlife Mixtape Podcast! Well, TueNight is now growing into the next step and, aside from a fabulous refresh of the TueNight.com website, they’re creating their own TueNight community platform for events, live and on-demand courses, topic-based groups and live chats. It’s been a long time coming and a lot of work on their part so I hope you’ll check out the TueNight.com – TUENIGHT.COM. She looks like she just came back from the spa or had VERY subtle work done. And while we’re on the topic,  let me shout out a couple more websites podcasts that aim at the ladies of a certain age: The Woolfer, Jumble & Flow, Dame Magazine, Girls of Certain Age – of course their creator Kim France was a guest on Ep 70 of the Midlife Mixtape Podcast, she was the founding editor of Lucky Magazine – and a new one to me, Black Girl’s Guide to Surviving Menopause,  a multimedia project seeking to curate and share the stories and realities of Black women and femmes over 50. That’s https://blackgirlsguidetosurvivingmenopause.com/ Lots of new stuff for your midlife listening, check it out! [MUSIC] Hi there and welcome to the Midlife Mixtape Podcast! I’m Nancy Davis Kho, creator and host of the Midlife Mixtape Podcast and author of The Thank-You Project: Cultivating Happiness One Letter of Gratitude at a Time. Did you have a favorite member of New Edition, Menudo, or New Kids on the Block? Take your calcium supplement and relax, you’re among friends here.