Best Retirement Podcasts 2024
Which podcasts are the best retirement podcasts for 2024?
I like retirement podcasts, which are information-rich and focus on the planning or financial aspects of retirement.
Other podcasts that cover the purpose and emotions of retirement are not included. I’ll admit that I spend more time listening to those types of podcasts these days.
But be careful out there! Most financial podcasts are thinly veiled attempts to sell financial services and chunky annuities… best to be avoided!
So, which retirement podcasts are the best for 2023?
Retirement Podcast—Best 2024
Instead of a best overall retirement podcast, let’s look at some of the best retirement podcasts for 2022 broken down by subcategories.
Best Retirement Podcasts
The nod in 2024 goes to Ready for Retirement. This podcast is no-nonsense and topic-driven. Value-packed episodes. This is like a retirement textbook. You can look through the catalog and pick out episodes you want to listen to, and the advice is sound and reasonable for most.
Retirement Podcast to Challenge Yourself
Rational Reminder is a podcast from Candida. The hosts discuss rational, evidence-based investing. It’s worth listening to if you want to discuss data that supports rational investing.
Though this podcast is not strictly retirement-focused, the evidence-based, data-driven dialogue is so above and beyond any other podcast that you need to challenge yourself with this podcast if you are a rational investor.
Retirement Podcast with Humor
Your Money Your Wealth is hilarious. Good humor and good planning. In addition, the production value of this show is perhaps the best in class.
Hosts Big-Al and Joe answer various questions, including retirement and social security. Al is a CPA, and this is a tax-centric nature you don’t find in other retirement podcasts. This is a great addition and makes this retirement podcast stand out.
Best Retirement Podcast for Technical Information
The Retirement and IRA Show wins the technical category by a landslide! If you want a four-part series on the QLAC or the nitty-gritty on estate planning, Jim and Chris are your men.
Chris coined the Tax Planning Window. In addition, they present novel planning ideas such as Roth Re-Characterizations via the 60-day Rollover. The show has other unique planning ideas, mainly from the Ed Slott Group.
Search past episodes and see if a particular technical topic interests you. Watch out for Jim’s perseveration on specific topics, which he covers in detail every other episode. If you are scared of annuities, Jim’s philosophy might teach you a thing or two.
Best Retirement Podcast for Younger Folks
Stay Wealthy is a podcast by a marketing genius. He self-titles his webpage as the “#1 Retirement Podcast” without any data to back up that claim, but maybe that’s why he is a marketing genius, and I’m not.
Honorable Mentions
Afford Anything Great podcast. Focuses on Early Retirement, but the host is amazingly insightful and unravels the question behind the question that needs to be answered first.
Bogleheads On Investing Rick Ferri interviews great guests. Great long-form interview podcast. Rick Ferri Walks in the Footsteps of Jack Bogle
Money For the Rest of Us Usually very technical but great information. The focus is on investing rather than on retirement.
The Long View Produced by Morningstar, very informative guests and topics.
Animal Spirits is fun to listen to, and I rarely miss an episode. It is not retirement-focused. The Compound and Friends on Friday and What Are Your Thoughts on Wednesday are also must-listens.
Best Podcast for Long Form Interviews
Masters In Business is a podcast worth listening to every week. Barry Ritholtz has A+-level guests, and although the topic is not usually retirement, it is not usually Business either. Topics include investing, economics, business, and history, and there is a great segment on the end for recommended books.
Although not specifically a Retirement Podcast, Masters In Business deserves a listen. Scroll through and see if any of the top-notch guests catch your eye.
Infinite Loops became one of my favorite financial podcasts this year. Some guests are better than others, so choose carefully. The Meb Faber Show fits that description as well.
Standard Deviations is all about the behavioral finance side of investing.
One of the longest-running, here is an old favorite: Retirement Answer Man.
Finally, a shout-out to Frank and Risk Parity Radio. Frank is a one-man machine (sorry, Mary) taking on deaccumulation if you want a 4-5% SWR and are a DIY investor.