The Memoir You Keep Postponing — and Why It Can't Wait

In this episode, we explore one of the most overlooked creative acts available to men in retirement: writing their own story. Not for publication, not for applause — but for the people who come after, and for the clarity that only comes from putting your life into words. From a Kansas railroad depot in the 1950s to the research on legacy writing and cognitive health, this conversation makes the case that your memoir is not a vanity project. It is maintenance.