{"podcast":{"title":"Life Starts at Retirement","slug":"life-starts-at-retirement-6477522","podcast_index_feed_id":6477522,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/5906657/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/life-starts-at-retirement--5906657","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/50a61d1f29b515b17da1b8e1fb64ef16.jpg","author":"Maureen Dobranski","episode_count":135,"summary":"Retirement Around the world, many people are wanting to enjoy retirement through new experiences, adventures and embracing this fun and dynamic time of their lives. Life Starts at Retirement focuses on a positive attitude, well being, relationships with a minor focus on financial knowledge to ensure your retirement will be remarkable. I upload a new PODCAST every Saturday at NOON! Follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/groups/lifestartsatretirement","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-starts-at-retirement-6477522"},"episode":{"title":"Why making friends after 60 is so hard (And what to do about i!)","slug":"why-making-friends-after-60-is-so-hard-and-what-to-do-about-i","published_at":"2026-02-28T17:10:10+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-starts-at-retirement-6477522/why-making-friends-after-60-is-so-hard-and-what-to-do-about-i","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-starts-at-retirement-6477522","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-making-friends-after-60-is-so-hard-and-what-to-do-about-i--70360260","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/70360260/why_making_friends_after_60_is_so_hard.mp3","summary":"At 5 years old, everyone is your friend. At 60? It’s… different. Why does it feel harder to build friendships later in life — and what can we do about it? Today I’m sharing: The emotional shift that happens after retirement Why waiting for someone to knock on your door doesn’t work Where to meet like-minded people Simple conversation tricks to break the ice The “3 Question” strategy I use Because when you retire... You plan for the money. You plan for the freedom. But no one really prepares you for the loneliness. If you're nearing 60, retired — or about to be — this conversation matters. 💬 Tell me in the comments: Has making friends in retirement been easy or hard for you?","meta_description":"At 5 years old, everyone is your friend. At 60? It’s… different. Why does it feel harder to build friendships later in life — and what can we do about it?…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":948,"processing_state":"processed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/life-starts-at-retirement-6477522/episodes/why-making-friends-after-60-is-so-hard-and-what-to-do-about-i/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-starts-at-retirement-6477522/why-making-friends-after-60-is-so-hard-and-what-to-do-about-i.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}