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Friends Talk Money — 100 episodes

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Medicare Open Enrollment 2027: A Free, No-Sales-Call Way to Compare Every Plan (Part 3 of 3)

2

Medicare Open Enrollment 2027: Advantage Plan Traps & the Real Cost of Part D (Part 2 of 3)

3

Medicare Open Enrollment 2027: Premiums, Part D & the Advantage Plan Crisis (Part 1 of 3)

4

The 10 Fears Killing Your Retirement

5

Social Security Insolvency: What It Really Means for Your Retirement

6

The 5 Money Fears Keeping Retirees Up at Night

7

The Money Conversation Every Couple Needs to Have But Never Does

8

New Deductions Could Get You More Money Back

9

Financial Caregiving for Aging Parents: What You Must Do Now

10

Is a Market Crash Coming? AI Bubbles, Bear Markets & Retirement Risk With Special Guest Jim Stack

11

Is ChatGPT Smart Enough to Retire You?

12

Gen X Retirement Wake-Up Call: Debt, Kids, Aging Parents & The Future of Social Security

13

The High Cost of Doing Nothing: Medicare Open Enrollment Mistakes to Avoid for 2026

14

Job Search After 50: Career Change, Ageism & AI Tips

15

Gen X's Retirement Shock: The Truth About Healthcare Costs

16

Older Americans Are Starting Businesses—and Why It's Getting Harder

17

The 'One Big Beautiful Bill': What It Really Means for Your Taxes, Medicare & Retirement

18

How AI Is Revolutionizing Long-Term Care Planning

19

4 Big 401(k) Changes in 2025: What You Need to Know

20

What's in Your 401(k)? It's Time to Look.

21

The Truth About Financial Advisors: Friends Talk Money Co-Hosts Interview Pam Krueger

22

Social Security: True or False

23

Solo Travel on a Budget: Tips from Expert Barbara Talisman

24

The Taxman Answers Your Questions

25

How to Rebuild Your Finances After a Disaster: Insights from Mitchell Freedman

26

Retirees: Are You Taking too Much Risk With Your Investments?

27

Is a Roth Conversion Right for You? Guest Larry Kotlikoff Helps You Decide

28

How to Get Your Finances Organized in 2025

29

Answers to The Big Questions for the Second Half of Life With Debra Whitman, PhD

30

Kickstart Your New Year: Essential Financial Tips for a Better Life

31

Charitable Giving 101: Year End Tax Tip & Maximize Your Impact

32

Expert Tips for a Secure Retirement with Christine Benz

33

Unlock Medicare: Your Guide to Open Enrollment with Philip Moeller

34

Back to School for Retirees

35

Estate Planning 101: What to Do With Your Home

36

Resume Building Tips for Those Looking to Come Out of Retirement

37

IRAs: The Latest Law with IRA Guru Ed Slott

38

How to Find the Money to Buy Long-Term Care Insurance

39

Financial Planning for Families with Special Needs

40

A Widows Guide to Emotional and Financial Well-being with Alexandra Armstrong, CFP®

41

A Conversation With the Man Who Invented Your 401(k)

42

Social Security Good News!

43

Unemployed Over 60, and Can't Get a Job

44

How to Save on Prescriptions When You're On Medicare

45

What You Don't Know About Longevity Could Hurt Your Retirement

46

What financial advice are you getting for your 401(k) rollover?

47

Dealing with Debt Later in Life

48

What to Know Before Retiring Abroad

49

How You Can Financially Set Up Your Grandchildren For Success

50

What to Know About Required Minimum Distributions From Retirement Plans

51

We're Doing Inheritances All Wrong

52

Social Security Horror Stories!

53

Open Enrollment for Medicare is Here! We have some advice and some warnings.

54

Advice for glass half empty investors

55

Help with Student Loan Repayments!

56

'Rock Your Retirement' with Help From Roger Whitney

57

Medicare's Coverage of Alzheimer's and Weight-Loss Drugs

58

How Grandparents Can Use 529 Plans to Save For Their Grandkids' College Tuition

59

What to Know About Buying Long-Term Care Insurance

60

Cannonballs and Curveballs in Retirement

61

How to Get the Pension You're Due

62

New Lessons From an Old Fraud

63

Tax Tips — Don't Procrastinate!

64

Annuities for Retirement Income

65

What to Know About Continuing Care Retirement Communities

66

How to Reboot Your Retirement

67

The Massive Retirement Bill: What's In It for You?

68

How to Make Your Money Last in Retirement

69

Best Holiday Gifts that Teach Kids about Money

70

2022 Year-End Tax Planning Tips

71

Are alternative investments right for you?

72

What You Need to Know About Claiming Social Security

73

Best Advice for The Wild Housing Market

74

The Future of Work for People Over 50

75

What People Want From Financial Advisors But Aren't Getting

76

Why Women are Leading Sustainable Investing

77

Are Bonds as Risky as Stocks?

78

What's in Your Next 401(k) Statement May Be a Wake Up Call

79

5 Tips for 401(k) Rollovers

80

Gray Marriage: How to Avoid Expensive Mistakes

81

Gen X is Getting Ready to Retire. How's That Going?

82

Working in Retirement

83

Should You Put Crypto in Your Retirement Account?

84

Appointing a Trusted Contact

85

Keep Calm and Invest: Three Industry Experts Discuss How To Manage Market Volatility

86

5 Tips for a Successful Unretirement

87

Medicare and COVID-19

88

Lessons From a Wild Stock Market Week

89

Welcome to The Super Age

90

Preparing for 2021 Taxes

91

Our favorite money books 2022

92

Charity tips for 2021

93

How to invest with rising inflation

94

How Retirees Get Taxed

95

Holiday Gifts for Kids

96

Buy Now Pay Later

97

Medicare Open Enrollment

98

What do the Happiest Retirees Know That We Don't?

99

How to Choose Where to Live

100

Roth IRAs and How They May Change