# Episode 79, Mike Piper, CPA, author of After the Death of a Spouse, Next Financial Steps for Surviving Spouses, host Rick Ferri Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/bogleheads-on-investing-podcast-966715/episode-79-mike-piper-cpa-author-of-after-the-death-of-a-spouse-next-financial-steps-for-surviving-spouses-host-rick-ferri Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/bogleheads-on-investing-podcast-966715/episode-79-mike-piper-cpa-author-of-after-the-death-of-a-spouse-next-financial-steps-for-surviving-spouses-host-rick-ferri.md Podcast: [Bogleheads On Investing Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/bogleheads-on-investing-podcast-966715) Published: 2025-02-25T16:36:58+00:00 Episode link: https://bogleheads.podbean.com/e/episode-79-mike-piper-cpa-author-of-after-the-death-of-a-spouse-next-financial-steps-for-surviving-spouses-host-rick-ferri/ Audio file: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/cap3k4h2j7byzwng/Bogleheads_079.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/bogleheads-on-investing-podcast-966715/episodes/episode-79-mike-piper-cpa-author-of-after-the-death-of-a-spouse-next-financial-steps-for-surviving-spouses-host-rick-ferri Duration seconds: 3460 ## Resource Mike Piper is a CPA, author, and adviser. In this episode, we discuss what to do if you are named the executor or personal representative of an estate. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/bogleheads-on-investing-podcast-966715/episodes/episode-79-mike-piper-cpa-author-of-after-the-death-of-a-spouse-next-financial-steps-for-surviving-spouses-host-rick-ferri/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/bogleheads-on-investing-podcast-966715/episode-79-mike-piper-cpa-author-of-after-the-death-of-a-spouse-next-financial-steps-for-surviving-spouses-host-rick-ferri.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.