Retirement Talk for Boomers, Seniors, and Retirees
Retirement Talk is an audio podcast intended to help people who are retired, or considering retirement, to examine their own lives. We will consider retirement in all its facets - not just financial. We want to examine our own lives and those of others, who seem to have looked closely, made choices, and are pretty happy with the consequences We want to encourage thought and action.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 7 minutes
- Episodes
- 833
- Years Active
- 2006 - 2025
132 Heroes
We all have heroes. We need heroes. Pete Seeger is one of mine. Here is a guy with a banjo and a backbone who became an icon during his life time. What is it about people that make them heroic in our…
00:08:17 |
Fri 08 May 2009
131 Time for Indulgence - The Coffee Shop
Taking time for coffee is one of the pleasure of our retired life. For over twenty years we have found time for a trip to the coffee shop on a daily basis. Some might call this a wast of time; but ti…
00:08:30 |
Fri 01 May 2009
130 Road Trip Part 2: Lessons Learned
The last step in the Epicurean development of the Cult of Happiness is to reflect on our planning and actualization. In completing the Road Trip Series the reflections prove enlightening. There were…
00:08:20 |
Fri 01 May 2009
129 Reviewing the History of Our Time
Dick Smith Finds inspiration while drinking coffee with other retired friends. Their conversation and minds mix and bring different views to lives that have spanned the same time frame.
00:05:43 |
Fri 17 Apr 2009
128 Retirement, Poetry, and the Immigrant
Jackie Spinks tries her hand at poetry in this podcast. Her father - the immigrant - and the depression come together to give us a unique picture of the depression and the present economic predicamen…
00:04:03 |
Fri 17 Apr 2009
127 Road Trip Part 20: Retirement Values and Patriotism
Retirement may be a time to "kick-back" in some ways. It can afford us more time to consider our own values and those of our community. Dick Smith writes letters to the editor of the local newspaper…
00:05:58 |
Fri 17 Apr 2009
126 Road Trip Part 19: The Road Runs to Denver
I could move to Denver, Colorado. Driving from Jackson, Mississippi we made miles. The road was straight and flat. We did find some interesting stops, but the city of Denver and the local neighborhoo…
00:09:19 |
Fri 17 Apr 2009
125 Road Trip Part 18: Mississippi
A memorable stop on our road trip was the great state of Mississippi. We went there to pay homage to two great American writers and visit a cousin. We left with a deeper understanding of what it mean…
00:09:21 |
Fri 17 Apr 2009
124 Road Trip Part 17: Blue Ridge Mountain Parkway to Graceland
Driving the Blue Ridge Mountain Parkway can be beautiful in the winter - beautiful vistas and little to no traffic. But the home of Elvis Presley was the highlight of these few days. For anyone of re…
00:06:37 |
Fri 17 Apr 2009
123 Road Trip Part 16: Chesapeake Bay to Monticello
This retirement podcast comes from our turning point on our road trip. We turn west from Chesapeake Bay and head west. Without clear direction, we tend south and west. Charlottesville, Virginia beco…
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Fri 17 Apr 2009
122 Road Trip Part 15: Washington D.C.
Washington DC is a destination point on this road trip. Retirement talk often evolves into discussion of our nation's capital. This retirement podcast tells of a four day visit to the famed city. It …
00:08:58 |
Fri 17 Apr 2009
121 Road Trip Part 14: Durham and Chapel Hill
Durham and Chapel Hill are college towns: Duke and the University of North Carolina. The towns are similar in many ways. They are great places to live according to the residents. Retirement Talk look…
00:06:53 |
Fri 17 Apr 2009
120 Road Trip Part 13: Savannah and Strength Training
This retirement podcast follows our road trip through Savannah, Georgia. It then moves through South Carolina and visit with a retired friend who has found his key to retirement in competitive weight…
00:07:57 |
Thu 16 Apr 2009
119 Road Trip Part 12: Sarasota
For many, the senior lifestyle dream involves moving to Florida. Our road trip included a stop in both Panama City and in Sarasota. We could visit some friends and check out the appeal.
00:07:06 |
Thu 16 Apr 2009
118 Road Trip Part 11: Bay Saint Louis to Panama City
This retirement podcast follows our journey along the Gulf of Mexico focusing on Bay Saint Louis and Panama City. The real story is about visiting old friends. Retirees, be the boomers or seniors, ca…
00:06:45 |
Thu 16 Apr 2009
117 Road Trip Part 10: New Orleans
"I love New Orleans". Everyone I met who lives in New Orleans said that. No exceptions. This retirement podcast is focused on our road trip stop in New Orleans. From the French Quarter to Katrina, I …
00:07:35 |
Thu 16 Apr 2009
116 Road Trip Part 9: From Ruidoso to New Orleans
Ruidoso, New Mexico works well with my friends senior lifestyle. They moved here at age 78 and love it. Big Bend National Park, Austin and San Antonio are also visited in this podcast.
00:08:41 |
Thu 16 Apr 2009
115 Road Trip Part 8: Forced Retirement and Sun City
In this retirement podcast a more difficult retirement is discussed; a medical retirement. How does one deal with health demands that end work and force retirement? In this interview we meet and talk…
00:07:57 |
Thu 16 Apr 2009
114 Road Trip Part 7: Retirement in Sun City, Arizona
Retirement lifestyle choices lead many Americans to Sun City, Arizona. This interview gives one view of why it is such a great place to retire for some. Others may conclude that it is not for them.
00:09:16 |
Thu 16 Apr 2009
113 Road Trip Part 6: Hope, Arizona and RV'ing
For many retirees their senior lifestyle revolves around traveling to warm climates with an RV. Here is an example of one place and one person who has been doing that very thing for 13 years. You mig…
00:09:28 |
Thu 16 Apr 2009
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