{"podcast":{"title":"Retire Sooner with Wes Moss","slug":"retire-sooner-with-wes-moss-978646","podcast_index_feed_id":978646,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/retiresooner","website_url":"https://www.wesmoss.com/podcast/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/e12a12d8-6c82-11eb-b072-138b34fa1d4d/image/WM_3000x3000.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Wes Moss","episode_count":315,"summary":"Wes Moss is on a mission: help at least 1 million Americans of any age retire sooner and find joy along the way. A seasoned finance professional, best-selling author, broadcaster, and teacher, Wes has done extensive research on the habits of the happiest retirees. On this podcast, Wes shares key lifestyle and money habits you can implement now to prepare for a secure future while not depriving yourself of happiness in the present. In addition to leveraging his 20+ years of knowledge as an investment advisor, Wes brings in guests and specialists to teach you how to set and work towards your financial and lifestyle objectives. Refreshingly-free of mind-numbing financial jargon and unrealistic money goals, Retire Sooner with Wes Moss gives listeners the tools on how to retire sooner in the real world.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T04:21:17.270654+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/retire-sooner-with-wes-moss-978646"},"episode":{"title":"What Drives a Fulfilling Retirement? Income Strategy, Location, and Purpose","slug":"what-drives-a-fulfilling-retirement-income-strategy-location-and-purpose","published_at":"2026-04-23T16:32:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/retire-sooner-with-wes-moss-978646/what-drives-a-fulfilling-retirement-income-strategy-location-and-purpose","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/retire-sooner-with-wes-moss-978646","url":"https://www.retiresoonerteam.com/podcast/","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/GGILR7760920849.mp3?updated=1776640056","summary":"On this episode of the Retire Sooner Podcast, step back and reassess your retirement plan as Wes Moss and Christa DiBiase examine what may drive retirement happiness. Connect financial independence, taxes, and today’s economic backdrop into a clearer long-term perspective. See how big decisions, from pensions to property taxes to market uncertainty, may fit together to help evaluate what matters most for your own path. • Reimagine how achieving financial independence may shift your sense of purpose, and consider ways to redirect that drive toward a more fulfilling retirement. • Size up how property taxes may shape where you live and your retirement comfort level over time. • Stack up lump-sum versus pension-income options to help understand the trade-offs among flexibility, longevity risk, and steady income. • Map out retirement withdrawal strategies using historical market data and behavioral factors, while recognizing that outcomes may vary. • Make sense of today’s “mixed signals” economy by connecting jobs data, corporate margins, inflation, and Federal Reserve policy as context, not predictions. • Think through options for late starters and compare 529 plans with Solo Roth 401(k)s as potentially flexible ways to approach education funding within a broader plan. Listen to the Retire Sooner Podcast to hear the full conversation and explore how these ideas may apply to your situation. Subscribe for more thoughtful, real-world context on retirement planning, investing, and the decisions that shape long-term financial life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"On this episode of the Retire Sooner Podcast, step back and reassess your retirement plan as Wes Moss and Christa DiBiase examine what may drive retiremen…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1905,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/retire-sooner-with-wes-moss-978646/episodes/what-drives-a-fulfilling-retirement-income-strategy-location-and-purpose/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/retire-sooner-with-wes-moss-978646/what-drives-a-fulfilling-retirement-income-strategy-location-and-purpose.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}