Our Past Shows
Here you will find a year's worth of our past radio shows. Please understand, due to compliance and supervisory guidelines, there is a lag time from when a show first broadcasts to when it can be listed here for later playback. If the show you want is not available, please check back again soon.
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Our Retirement Planning Process and Philosophy Part 10: EDU #2434
August 21, 2024

Jim and Chris continue their recent series on our philosophy/approach and discuss potentially using home equity to fund Aging/LTC needs. https://media.blubrry.com/the_retirement_and_ira_show/s3.amazonaws.com/TheRetirementandIRAShow/RAIRA-Show-EDU-Y24E34.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 55:56 — 25.6MB) Subscribe:...
Listen NowSocial Security Benefits, Inherited IRA RMDs, Timing RMDs with QCDs: Q&A #2433
August 17, 2024

Jim and Chris sit down to discuss listener questions relating to child-in-care benefits, delayed retirement benefits, Inherited IRA RMDs, and timing RMDs and QCDs. (4:30) A listener wonders if she should have been collecting child-in-care benefits over the last 20 years of caring for her disabled son. (11:00) Georgette recalls Chris speaking about delayed retirements benefits and asks Chris what...
Listen NowOur Retirement Planning Process and Philosophy Part 9: EDU #2433
August 14, 2024

Jim and Chris continue their discussion of “seesaw assets” and leveraging a long-term care insurance policy to increase your Aging/LTC reserve. https://media.blubrry.com/the_retirement_and_ira_show/s3.amazonaws.com/TheRetirementandIRAShow/RAIRA-Show-EDU-Y24E33.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:27:31 — 40.1MB) Subscribe:...
Listen NowSS Benefits, WEP, HSAs, MYGAs, and Retirement Planning: Q&A #2432
August 10, 2024

Jim and Chris sit down to discuss listener questions relating to Social Security benefits, WEP, HSAs, MYGAs, and their retirement planning process. (9:15) Chris begins the show by describing a current situation where he is trying to help someone with filing for Social Security and Medicare after spending most of their life going by a nickname that was not their legal name. (13:00) George wonders...
Listen NowOur Retirement Planning Process and Philosophy Part 8: EDU #2432
August 7, 2024

Jim and Chris continue their discussion of “seesaw assets” and balancing fun spending during the “go-go” years while keeping some reserves for aging expenses later in life. https://media.blubrry.com/the_retirement_and_ira_show/s3.amazonaws.com/TheRetirementandIRAShow/RAIRA-Show-EDU-Y24E32.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:12:06 — 33.0MB)...
Listen NowSocial Security, Annuities, and Inherited Roth IRAs: Q&A #2431
August 3, 2024

Jim and Chris sit down to discuss listener questions relating to Social Security, annuities, and inherited Roth IRAs. (5:30) George asks about how he can determine the best time for his wife to claim her Social Security benefit. (16:45) George wonders how his mother-in-law can get the Social Security Administration to use the monthly earnings test rather than the annual earnings test. (28:00)...
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