{"podcast":{"title":"Retire SMART Podcast","slug":"retire-smart-podcast-6956219","podcast_index_feed_id":6956219,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/connect92/feed.xml","website_url":"https://connect92.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/18590041/RetireSMART_Logo_Boxes_Only_6ptmv.png","author":"Retire SMART LLC","episode_count":150,"summary":"We’re committed to helping you work toward achieving the retirement you want. We do this by providing guidance to help you develop an overall retirement income strategy and offering a variety of insurance and investment products to help achieve the objectives of that strategy. The team at Retire SMART is here to help ensure you receive all the assistance you need, not only in developing your retirement income strategy but in maintaining it throughout your retirement.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T02:19:56.362837+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/retire-smart-podcast-6956219"},"episode":{"title":"Ep 437. What is an ILIT?","slug":"ep-437-what-is-an-ilit","published_at":"2026-07-03T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/retire-smart-podcast-6956219/ep-437-what-is-an-ilit","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/retire-smart-podcast-6956219","url":"https://connect92.podbean.com/e/ep-437-what-is-an-ilit/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/f5yjhwdyx4b7navq/Ep_437_What_is_an_ILIT_9tk64.mp3","summary":"Am I able to schedule the first initial appointment with Retire SMART without first answering so many questions beforehand? What is an “ILIT,” why should I do it, and who benefits from it? And even though David dislikes dishing out more taxes than necessary, why is he in favor of the ROTH IRA, where taxes are due upfront? David Brooks has answers to these questions in today’s Q&A episode.","meta_description":"Am I able to schedule the first initial appointment with Retire SMART without first answering so many questions beforehand? What is an “ILIT,” why should…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":570,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/retire-smart-podcast-6956219/episodes/ep-437-what-is-an-ilit/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/retire-smart-podcast-6956219/ep-437-what-is-an-ilit.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}