# Retirement Readiness: Tackling Debt and Taxes Before You Retire (Ep. 5) Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-live-greater-view-6515731/retirement-readiness-tackling-debt-and-taxes-before-you-retire-ep-5 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-live-greater-view-6515731/retirement-readiness-tackling-debt-and-taxes-before-you-retire-ep-5.md Podcast: [The Live Greater View](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-live-greater-view-6515731) Published: 2026-05-21T12:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2377015/episodes/18969603-retirement-readiness-tackling-debt-and-taxes-before-you-retire-ep-5.mp3 Audio file: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2377015/episodes/18969603-retirement-readiness-tackling-debt-and-taxes-before-you-retire-ep-5.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-live-greater-view-6515731/episodes/retirement-readiness-tackling-debt-and-taxes-before-you-retire-ep-5 Duration seconds: 1603 ## Resource Before you can plan for where you want to go, you must establish a clear baseline of your current financial health. Rose Price CFP®, AIF®, and Chris Mellone CFA, CFP®, AIF®, discuss the critical first steps of the ten-year countdown to retirement, focusing on the data and thought processes needed to set your baseline. Key Topics: Net Worth Calculation: How to organize diverse assets from 401(k)s and TSPs to real estate and business valuations.Debt & Liability Audit: Strategies for prio... ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-live-greater-view-6515731/episodes/retirement-readiness-tackling-debt-and-taxes-before-you-retire-ep-5/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-live-greater-view-6515731/retirement-readiness-tackling-debt-and-taxes-before-you-retire-ep-5.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.