{"podcast":{"title":"Midlife Circus: Gen X Reinvention","slug":"midlife-circus-7546053","podcast_index_feed_id":7546053,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2611020.rss","website_url":"http://midlifecircus.fm","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/0nfpyg7i2p0uu8njzxcrzhzz1eip?.jpg","author":"Brent Drever & Rob Espenel","episode_count":36,"summary":"Midlife isn't the end — it's the evolution. Hosted by Brent Drever and Rob Espenel, Midlife Circus is where real conversations meet reinvention. Like any good circus, midlife is part chaos, part wonder — a stage for learning new acts. From career changes and empty nests to money, relationships, health, and second-act adventures, Rob and Brent explore the unpredictable, messy, and meaningful middle of life with humor, honesty, and a touch of rebellion. It's a show for Gen X and anyone reinventing what comes next. Pull up a seat under the tent — and get ready to laugh, reflect, and rediscover what's possible in Your Next Great Act.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T00:19:41.050909+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/midlife-circus-7546053"},"episode":{"title":"Before You Retire: 5 Things We Wish We'd Done First","slug":"before-you-retire-5-things-we-wish-we-d-done-first","published_at":"2026-05-06T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/midlife-circus-7546053/before-you-retire-5-things-we-wish-we-d-done-first","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/midlife-circus-7546053","url":"https://midlifecircus.fm/episodes/episode-29-before-you-retire-5-things-we-wish-wed-done-first","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2611020/episodes/19068731-before-you-retire-5-things-we-wish-we-d-done-first.mp3","summary":"Message the Show What if retirement isn't really just a finance problem? Finance is the part most people plan for. It's the four others — relationships, health, purpose, and adventure — that quietly reshape everything. Rob and Brent walk through all five: test-driving your spending before the leap, inventorying the relationships that will and won't survive, building health habits while you still have structure, giving yourself room to find purpose again, and writing the adventure lists you've...","meta_description":"Message the Show What if retirement isn't really just a finance problem? Finance is the part most people plan for. It's the four others — relationships, h…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3532,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/midlife-circus-7546053/episodes/before-you-retire-5-things-we-wish-we-d-done-first/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/midlife-circus-7546053/before-you-retire-5-things-we-wish-we-d-done-first.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}