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
112 Road Trip Part 5: Starting Out, or Actualization
The day the trip starts can be filled with surprises. Our road trip across the country was no different. It seemed like the gods were planning against us, but the trip did get underway. We went from …
00:09:21 |
Thu 16 Apr 2009
111 Road Trip Part 4: Why Travel?
Why do we always seem to want to travel? It seems to be part of retirement lifestyle. Before we take a trip we might want to clarify in our mind just exactly what we hope to gain. Perhaps we are bet…
00:05:38 |
Thu 16 Apr 2009
110 Road Trip Part 3: A Place to Stay
There are many ways to travel. Where to sleep each night is a particularly important consideration. Our trip plan revolves around home exchanges as established basis from which to experience general …
00:08:09 |
Thu 16 Apr 2009
124 Road Trip Part 17: Blue Ridge 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…
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Fri 13 Mar 2009
109 Road Trip Part 2 - The Vehicle
This retirement podcast is part of a series concerning taking a road trip across America. A major consideration has to be what type of vehicle will serve the needs of an extended venture. Here is the…
00:07:46 |
Fri 05 Dec 2008
108 Our True Home
John McCain recently revealed the ownership of nine homes at the present time. Dick Smith had eight houses, but not all at the same time. Converting a house into a home is a trick. I'm not sure it ca…
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Thu 27 Nov 2008
107 Road Trip USA - Planning
An oft heard dream of many retirees is to, "Take a road trip around the America". We are gearing up for just such a trip. We will document our venture here through several podcasts. What works and w…
00:07:12 |
Thu 20 Nov 2008
106 "Because I Said So!"
We have all heard the words in the title of this retirement podcast. Sometimes they were said to us and sometimes we said them to others. Dick Smith believes retirement gives us time to change our mi…
00:06:33 |
Fri 14 Nov 2008
105 Being Taken Advantage Of
Being taken advantage of is a lifelong problem. Retirement does not exempt us from this difficulty. We all fall victim sometime, or we know someone who has. We can learn from sharing our stories.
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Thu 06 Nov 2008
104 Risky Business
A senior lifestyle can include taking a risk. As we age we tend to avoid big risk taking. Sometimes we need to screw up our courage and step out on a limb. It makes life more exciting and interesti…
00:05:50 |
Thu 30 Oct 2008
103 Mentors
We all remember people who had exceptional influence on our lives. In this memoir, Dick Smith relates some of his favorite people who played a role in making him who he is today.
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Thu 23 Oct 2008
102 Guilt, Stress and Retirement
Lessons learned in early life can stay with us throughout life. Guilt - unwarranted guilt - is one of those lessons that can remain undiscovered but yet produce life long stress. Overcoming stress is…
00:07:26 |
Thu 16 Oct 2008
101 Abortion, Absolutism, and Aging
Jackie Spinks looks back over eighty years of personal experience related to the issue of abortion and how our values are formed. One thing about getting older; it gives us perspective. We retired fo…
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Thu 09 Oct 2008
100 Retirement by Projects
Retirement Talk is one hundred episodes old and still growing. The role it plays in my retired life serves as a focal point for using projects as a method of retirement living.
00:07:25 |
Thu 02 Oct 2008
099 Retirement and Neighbors
Neighbors can make retirement miserable, or if approached with care, become tolerable if not enjoyable. Retired folks need to move cautiously when they venture into the neighborhood. Care must be tak…
00:06:34 |
Thu 02 Oct 2008
098 "We are Here to Help You"
Sometimes choice of words affects us more than we are aware. Retired folks have years of experience on which to rely for clarity. We need to exercise due diligence.
00:06:28 |
Thu 25 Sep 2008
097 Exercise - for the Brain?
We know our muscles, lungs and cardiovascular system needs to get some exercise. We may not connect this exercise with the best thing in the world we can do for our brain. But, it seems to be true.
00:06:50 |
Sun 14 Sep 2008
096 Government: Under the Constitution?
One topic of conversation that is prevalent among the retired people I know is politics. There is a lot of experience and history among we older folks that can make for varied thoughts concerning the…
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Wed 06 Aug 2008
095 A Lifelong Interest - Geodesic Domes
Retirement brings many topics of discussion into our lives. Some may continue on from youth. Dick Smith shares with us his everlasting interest in geodesic domes.
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Fri 25 Jul 2008
094 Retirement and A Work of Love
Some times society values what we choose to do with our life in retirement with continued income. Imagine, doing what you really want and getting paid for it? My friend, Lewis, created a perfect matc…
00:06:58 |
Thu 17 Jul 2008
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