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
867 FOMO
"I Like Being Old", is the title of a book I recently came across. It is written by k. Eileen Allen. She is a 90 year old woman who is blind. She says she likes being old and I believe her.
00:05:09 |
Sun 04 Feb 2024
866 Take a Risk
Nietzsche advised us to step out on the edge and take a chance. He urged us to do something different with our lives. "We need to break ourselves in two," he said. And then create an even greater se…
00:06:49 |
Sun 28 Jan 2024
865 No One Listens
I recently read of a Barbie Doll who is connected to the Internet via wi-fi. It hears your voice and responds similar to Seri but it remembers everything and can thus personalize each response instan…
00:07:41 |
Sun 21 Jan 2024
864 Looking Forward - Looking Backward
When retired we're allowed more time to choose different paths; to explore new roads. All we have to do is make up our mind as to which direction we want to go. We don't want to just sit in the midd…
00:06:33 |
Sun 14 Jan 2024
863 Weather
"You never want to let the weather dictate what you do with your life". That is a line I used to recite to the kids whenever we wanted to go hiking, biking, or skiing.
00:08:27 |
Sun 07 Jan 2024
862 Aging & Expectations
It only seems reasonable that we should indeed do some preparation for a period of perhaps 30 or 40 years of living. We need to develop some expectations. I’m not sure they need to be "Great Expecta…
00:08:45 |
Sun 31 Dec 2023
861 Keeping Busy Plan (KBP)
"In my early 40s I decided to develop a spreadsheet of activities and interests I had (or was interested in learning) that would keep me physically fit, keep my brain active and provide me with the m…
00:08:06 |
Sun 24 Dec 2023
860 Changing Our Ways
Sometimes we wish we could change. Change our life. Change our habits. But change just doesn't come easy for some of us. These stories illustrate the power of habits and any attempt to change them.
00:09:59 |
Sun 17 Dec 2023
859 Elders & Environment
Our experiences in life can become a treasure chest from which we can share. We can keep alive the bond between Elders, wisdom and nature
00:06:43 |
Sun 10 Dec 2023
858 Screen Apnea
Ever had a breathing problem? I have. Now I find that a new cause of the problem may lie with electronic screens: phones, tablets, television, or gaming screens of any sort.
00:08:02 |
Sun 03 Dec 2023
857 Chop Wood, Carry Water
"As I lie idly drifting on Walden Pond I cease to think and begin to be". When does that happen? Trouble is; we wake up. We look at the front page of the paper, we talk to our kids or our grandchildr…
00:07:19 |
Sun 26 Nov 2023
856 Who Made That Rule
"Who made the rule, anyway?" We retired folks need to ask that question about a lot of things. We have a lifetime of experiences to guide us in decision making.
00:08:06 |
Sun 19 Nov 2023
855 Flat Earthers
Staying informed isn't easy. Our forefathers had to rely on word of mouth or the slim pamphlet that might circulate among the masses at the speed of a slow horse. Today it’s instantaneous. Electronic…
00:07:46 |
Sun 12 Nov 2023
854 Venturing Into Politics
This podcast has tried to avoid the topic of politics. It has not been easy. Politics is a topic that retired people have plenty of time to discuss. From this time on politics will be fair game. It i…
00:06:07 |
Sat 04 Nov 2023
853 Holidays
Modern societal demands have moved children far away from parents, cousins away from cousins, and sometimes, brothers and sisters away from each other. The nuclear family is not an exaggeration in an…
00:08:09 |
Sun 29 Oct 2023
852 How Much Is Enough?
One question that people getting close to retirement always ask is, "How much money do I need? How much is enough?" There seems to be no hard and fast rule. What is a person to do?
00:08:59 |
Sun 22 Oct 2023
851 Retired, Camping, Biking
Camping and biking. The memories and stories they produce are priceless. And they don't have to end with retirement.
00:09:22 |
Sun 15 Oct 2023
850 Technology - Keeping Up
"I just can't keep up" Ever heard someone say that. My parents used to say it when I was a kid seventy to eighty years ago. If they only knew how fast the pace of change was to accelerate they would…
00:07:57 |
Sun 08 Oct 2023
849 Downsizing
Downsizing seems to be a move that accompanies retirement or just getting older. Changes accumulate and we find ourselves for any combination of reasons looking to find a change in residence.
00:08:42 |
Mon 02 Oct 2023
848 Reunions & Attitude
Time always seemed short and conversations rushed. There was no time to develop any sort of meaningful exchange. I would like to have had an hour or two with several of them in a one on one conversat…
00:08:11 |
Sun 24 Sep 2023
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