Simplified Speech #230 – The golden years and how people spend them

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🗓️ 10 October 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

In this Simplified Speech episode, Andrew and Indiana talk about retirement. They chat about what it means, how it looks in different countries, and what people dream of doing after they stop working. You’ll hear them share real examples from the United States, Canada, and Korea and discuss ideas like second careers, semi-retirement, and common lifestyles for retirees. They also teach several useful English expressions connected to retirement, such as golden years, twilight years, nest egg, empty nester, and living the good life.

What you’ll learn with this episode:

* How to use expressions like golden years and living the good life to describe retirement in a positive way
* What nest egg and empty nester mean and how they relate to family and financial life
* The difference between golden years and twilight years
* How people in the U.S., Canada, and Korea view and prepare for retirement
* How to describe retirement dreams, second careers, and semi-retirement naturally in English

This episode is perfect for:

* Intermediate English learners who want to expand their vocabulary with real-life topics
* Listeners interested in cultural differences between countries
* Anyone preparing for discussions about work, lifestyle, or aging in English

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0:00.0	Hello, everyone, and welcome to Culeps.
0:03.0	This is Simplified Speech.
0:04.9	And if you don't know what that is, let me explain.
0:07.4	Simplified Speech is our series, which features clear, natural, and easy to understand English
0:12.9	conversations between native speakers about an interesting topic.
0:18.4	And I am joined here by my co-host Indiana today and we are going to talk
0:23.1	about a very interesting topic indeed I think but first let's say hello to Indiana Indiana
0:28.6	hello how's it going hey Andrew hello listeners I'm doing well I'm a bit tired from work this week
0:35.5	it's been a long one but I'm hanging in there. I'm still here.
0:39.7	Hanging in there. You know, I was thinking today I was listening to a podcast as I was heading to work myself, and I thought, I'm going to give a shout out to all of the Culeps listeners who are commuting to work right now. So if you are listening to this podcast and you are on your way to work, I hope you have a great day and a shout out to all of our commuters. Hey, if you're heading home after the workday too, we'll give a shout out to you as well. Thank you to all of the listeners out there who are spending their free time studying English on their way to work and from work.
1:12.3	We really appreciate you guys.
1:14.5	Indiana, maybe this is a fitting segue talking about work because, well, I'll let you do the honors.
1:21.2	Could you introduce our topic?
1:22.8	What are we talking about today?
1:24.8	Sure.
1:25.3	So today we're planning on discussing retirement.
1:29.3	So basically, you know, I think we'll talk about what some common lifestyles are or activities
1:36.3	that people pursue after retirement.
1:39.3	And, you know, I live in the United States and you're living in Korea and you're from Canada,
1:43.3	right? So we can talk about those different perspectives, what we're seeing.
1:48.4	Yeah, perhaps when is a common age to retire?
1:52.3	And, yeah, what we think would be our dream retirement lifestyle, I suppose.
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