Retirement Starts Today Podcast
1) Retirement Dreams or Retirement Nightmares? Lessons from Today’s Retirees
"Only 5% of retirees say they’re living the dream and 19% are living the nightmare." says Deb Boyden in an article from Yahoo Finance. Deb provides three lessons to protect your future, which we dig i...Show More
2) Why Your Old Spending Habits Won’t Work in Retirement
If you’ve saved more than a million dollars, that puts you ahead of 90% of your peers. Statistically, that makes you a super saver. But one of the biggest challenges super savers face is this: it’s ha...Show More
3) Don’t Let Your Brain Shrink Your Retirement Benefits
We’re taking another look at one of retirement planning’s sneakiest pitfalls — underestimating your own life expectancy. We explore why smart people make short-sighted Social Security decisions, how p...Show More
4) Inside the new Tax Rules for Retirees
We’re going inside the new tax rules for retirees. From a brand-new $6,000 deduction for seniors to major changes in how charitable giving is handled, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act has reshaped key ...Show More
5) Why Financial Independence is Overrated
Nick Maggiulli’s latest article in Of Dollars & Data challenges one of the core ideas that drives personal finance blogs, podcasts, and even some of our own thinking — the belief that financial indepe...Show More
6) The (F)Law of Averages
The (f)law of averages challenges a dangerous assumption we see far too often in retirement planning: The use of average life expectancy as a reliable planning target. The question is: If you make it...Show More
7) Live on $2,972 monthly in an RV
Could heaven be an RV in a state park? It is for Marian Barry, who became a traveling nurse after working in hospitals during the pandemic. We share this story from a Business Insider article, pointin...Show More
8) Spending Drops in Retirement, but Satisfaction Doesn't
New research from David Blanchett, head of retirement research at PGIM, challenges one of the biggest assumptions in retirement planning: that happiness in retirement depends on maintaining a constant...Show More
9) One Big Beautiful Podcast Episode
There is a lot to cover in this episode, including new legislation that could impact your retirement. Plus, 6 More Retirement Financial Myths to Avoid, and a listener with substantial assets who wants...Show More
10) Mailed, Stolen and Cashed: a $114,000 Retirement Check
This week’s headline reads like a financial horror story — and unfortunately, it’s a true one. 😱 33-year-old Mr. Handy changed jobs and did what millions of Americans do every year: he requested a ro...Show More