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Retirement Navigator is the podcast for adults 55 and above who are ready to make their next chapter their best one. Hosted by Kwame Kuadey — co-founder of Benefits Insider and Adjunct Professor of Finance at Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School — each episode delivers the clarity and guidance you need to navigate retirement with confidence. We cover Social Security, Medicare, retirement planning, purpose, finances, community, and everything that makes for a retirement well lived. Because a 60-year-old today may have 35 years ahead of them — and that kind of chapter deserves more than guesswork. No panic. No politics. Just clarity. New episodes every week. Subscribe and never miss a step.

Recent Episodes

Episode 18: "Are We Talking About Me or You?" It Changed How She Cared for Her Mother (Who's It For)

Send us Fan Mail More than 59 million adults in the U.S. care for a family member or friend, and most of them never call themselves "caregivers." In this episode, Kwame speaks with Rita B. Choula, Senior Director of Caregiving at the AARP Public Policy Institute and co-author of AARP's *Valuing the Invaluable* report. She also brings the perspective of someone who cared for her own mother for 15 years while raising two young children. Rita explains why family caregivers now provide an estima...

34 MIN

Episode 17: 61 and Counting: The Retirement Generation, The Deadline, and The Formula (#freedom)

Send us Fan Mail What happens when an entire generation grows up right as pensions disappear, 401(k)s get introduced with little guidance, and nobody bothers explaining the difference? In this episode, Kwame speaks with Jana, a longtime financial journalist and co-author of *Retirement Bites: A Gen X Guide to Securing Your Financial Future*, about why personal finance often isn't as personal as it feels — and what that means for anyone preparing for retirement today. This conversation covers...

39 MIN

Episode 16: What Matters, Medication, Mentation: Hospital Beds to Living Rooms (Mobility = Medicine)

Send us Fan Mail What if the best healthcare you could receive as you age isn't in a hospital, but in your own living room? In this episode, Kwame speaks with Dr. Terry Fullmer, a nurse leader whose decades-long career spans Harvard, Yale, Columbia, and the John A. Hartford Foundation, about a quiet but significant shift happening in how care is delivered to older adults. Dr. Fullmer explains the "4Ms" framework — What Matters, Medication, Mentation, and Mobility — a simple set of questions ...

56 MIN

Episode 15: Caregiving Divide: Why Where You Live Determines the Care You Get (Medicare Won't Save)

Send us Fan Mail Most people plan carefully for retirement income, but very few plan for the cost of long-term care — and that gap can catch even well-prepared families by surprise. In this episode, Kwame speaks with Robert, a long-term care policy expert, about why the system is often confusing, expensive, and difficult to navigate, even for people who have saved responsibly. This conversation covers what long-term care actually costs, how Medicaid and Medicare really work (and don't), and ...

50 MIN

Episode 14: The Aging Industry's Missing Middle—An Alzheimer's Researcher On The Future of #aging

Send us Fan Mail What does it really take to age well — not just live longer, but live better? In this episode, Kwame sits down with Ariana Myers, whose career has taken her from investment banking to running a home care agency to conducting Alzheimer's research at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging. Few guests bring this range of hands-on experience across the entire caregiving and longevity landscape. Ariana shares what she's learned about the real gaps in senior care — including a s...

57 MIN