Think Again: The signs that you’re ready to retire

Aug 31, 2023 31 min

About this episode

When longtime LA Times columnist Steve Lopez reached his mid-60s, he started to think about retiring. But he wasn’t sure how to go about it — or if he should do it all. He gave himself one year to decide and spoke with many different people — Norman Lear and Mel Brooks, among others — about their thoughts on retirement. He wrote a book about his journey, called <a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/independence-day/id1599215168">Independence Day: What I Learned About Retirement From Some Who’ve Done It and Some Who Never Will</a>. Lopez’s conversation from earlier this year with Apple News In Conversation host Shumita Basu wraps up this summer’s <a href="https://apple.news/A2n1iBsW5T-6q-2wdwIGd_g">Think Again</a> series.

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