Podcast

While focused on financial independence and retirement planning, the NewRetirement Podcast probes guests for insights on additional important topics like money, investing, purpose, meaning, lifestyle, and health.

Hear from financial freedom bloggers, personal finance professionals, gurus of financial planning, noted authors, Nobel laureates, top notch professors, captains of big banking, and more. Past guests have included Morgan Housel (he’s such a good guest, he was on twice), J.L. Collins, J. David Stein, Jack Brennan (the former CEO of Vanguard), and Annie Duke.

You’ll get valuable insights to help you make the most of your money and time.

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Podcast Cody Garret

Podcast: A Conversation with Cody Garret About Financial Education

Noted financial planner Cody Garret discusses his passion for empowering people to get educated and build comprehensive financial plans.

February 22, 2024
Brian Portnoy Podcast

Podcast:  Financial Well-Being: A Holistic Approach with Brian Portnoy from Shaping Wealth

Steve talks with Brian Portnoy, founder of Shaping Wealth. They discuss how holistic well-being fits within the context of financial planning.

January 25, 2024

Podcast: Financial Innovations and Ethics with Paul Solli and Patrick Geddes of Aperio Group

Steve, Paul, and Patrick discuss financial education, the need for better financial solutions, and the importance of ethics in planning.

January 16, 2024
Gary danoff on the podcast

Podcast: Gary Danoff on Work, Purpose, and Cross Generational Planning & Literacy

Steve and Gary dive into the importance of financial literacy and how AI may impact society, especially the well being of young people. 

December 14, 2023
David Chen Podcast

Podcast: Community Member David Chen on How Good Habits and Creative Solutions Resulted in an Early Retirement

Hear David’s investing lessons and plan for generating income for life.  Plus what he learned about estate planning after his dad’s passing.

October 5, 2023

Podcast: Eric Balchunas, Bloomberg’s ETF Guru, Discusses his Book, “The Bogle Effect”

Bloomberg’s Eric Balchunas discusses his new book (The Bogle Effect), ETFs, the future of financial advice, and more.

April 13, 2023
burton malkiel

Podcast: Burton Malkiel and “A Random Walk Down Wall Street” 50 Years Later

Professor Malkiel discusses the latest edition of his legendary book and some of the biggest lessons from his own life.

January 12, 2023

Podcast: Joe Kuhn on the Tools You Need to Decide If It Is Safe to Retire

Financial Independence influencer on YouTube. Steve and Joe discuss Joe’s journey to financial independence, his rise on YouTube, and the lessons he’s learned along the way.

October 27, 2022

Podcast: DiverseFI and Regret Minimization Insights from Hospice Doctor, Doc G

Learn what end of life can teach us about financial independence from a hospice doctor who has observed the regrets of his dying patients.

October 6, 2022

Podcast: The Financial Samurai – “Buy This, Not That: How To Spend Your Way To Wealth And Freedom”

Steve and the Financial Samurai discuss Sam’s new book, “Buy This, Not That, How to Spend Your Way to Wealth and Freedom”. Listen in for tips on how to tackle life’s dilemmas in a rational way and achieve financial freedom.p

July 28, 2022

Podcast: Andre Nader — What and How Much is Enough to FIRE

Steve and Andre discuss “What is Enough” and also touch on a cool tool he built to help people explore relocation and remote work.

July 7, 2022

Podcast: Jeff Rose — Good Financial Cents

Steve and Jeff discuss why financial control & independence is important and how to plan, save & invest your way there

April 21, 2022

Podcast: Cullen Roche — Inflation Risks & Investing for Retirement

Steve and Cullen, founder of Orcam Financial Group and Discipline Funds, discuss inflations risk and investing for retirement

February 24, 2022

Podcast: David Blanchett — Guaranteed Income in Retirement

Steve and David discuss retirement income and go over some listener questions

December 9, 2021

Podcast: Mike Piper — Social Security and Tax-Efficient Retirement Planning

Steve and Mike discuss Social Security planning, Roth conversions, and retirement account distributions.

September 30, 2021

Podcast: Renee Schaaf — Past, Present, and Future of Enterprise Retirement Plans

Steve Chen is joined by guest Renee Schaaf — the President of Retirement Income Solutions at the Principal Financial Group

September 9, 2021

Podcast: Taylor Schulte — Stay Wealthy

Steve and Taylor Schulte — the founder of Define Financial and the Stay Wealthy Retirement Podcast — discuss tax and legacy planning, as well as what are and how to use Donor Advised Funds (DAFs).

July 1, 2021

Podcast: Joe Saul-Sehy, founder of Stacking Benjamins

Episode 59 of the NewRetirement podcast is an interview with Joe Saul-Sehy — the founder of the Stacking Benjamins podcast and community — and discusses Joe’s story, what he’s building, and his new book, Stacked.

June 17, 2021

Podcast: Jack Brennan — Insights from the Former CEO of Vanguard

Episode 58 of the NewRetirement podcast is an interview with Jack Brennan — the handpicked successor to Jack Bogle at the Vanguard Group

May 20, 2021

Podcast: Peter Leyden — A Vision of the Future from 2020 to 2050

Peter and Steve discuss what the next 30 years might bring us and how that could impact our lives and the lives of future generations.

April 22, 2021

Podcast: Roger Whitney — Agile Retirement Management

Steve and Roger discuss an agile process to truly rock retirement, not just survive it. Make the most of this period of life.

March 25, 2021

Podcast: Paula Pant — You can Afford Anything but not Everything

Episode 54 of the NewRetirement podcast is an interview with Paula Pant, the Founder of Afford Anything, a personal finance site, and host of the Afford Anything Podcast with 15 million downloads. (congrats!) Paula’s core belief is that you can “Afford Anything but not Everything”, and every decision has a tradeoff. We’re going to discuss…

March 18, 2021

Podcast: Brooke Southall — The Past, Present & Future of Wealth Management

Episode 53 of the NewRetirement podcast is an interview with Brooke Southall — Founder and Principal Reporter of RIABiz.com — and discusses the past, present and future of wealth management. Listen Now: Don’t miss out on future episodes: subscribe on iTunes subscribe on Stitcher And, join our private Facebook Group to discuss this podcast, suggest…

February 11, 2021

Podcast: Ben Carlson — Everything You Need to Know About Saving For Retirement

Episode 52 of the NewRetirement podcast is an interview with Ben Carlson — Director of Institutional Asset Management at Ritholtz Wealth Management — and discusses whether we’re in a bubble, how to invest in a bubble, and Carlson’s new book, Everything You Need To Know About Saving For Retirement. Listen Now: Don’t miss out on…

January 28, 2021

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