The Golden Queers

Nancy

WNYC Studios

Gay, Documentary, Society & Culture, Sexuality, Lgtbq, Lesbian, Relationships, Asian, Politics, Conversations, Storytelling, Health & Fitness, Homosexuality

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2019

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

What is retirement like when there's been a lifetime of discrimination and added costs, and what do we do about it?

Queer Money Matters is Nancy's series about the straight economy and how queer people navigate it.

Music in this episode by Jeremy Bloom and Tigue. Theme by Alexander Overington.

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0:00.0	When I say the word retirement, how do you feel?
0:07.8	I'm nervous.
0:09.8	I'm nervous that I don't end up in a cot with a bare light bulb swinging above me somewhere.
0:15.9	Oh no!
0:22.6	From WNYC Studios, this is Nancy.
0:26.2	With your host, Tobin Low and Kathy too.
0:33.2	Tobin, I am so excited.
0:40.6	I feel like I've prepared my entire life for this.
0:44.2	Yes, this is like your episode.
0:46.8	Today we are talking about retirement.
0:51.3	You have talking about retiring so much.
0:53.8	You want to retire like ASAP?
0:55.2	Right now.
0:56.2	Which inspires the question, what is your dream scenario for retirement?
1:00.5	Because for me, I like to imagine a massive estate in Hawaii where we and all the people
1:06.8	that we love can live together, assuming that things are still above ground after climate
1:11.6	change.
1:12.6	Seems like a lot of drama, but I'm going to go with you on that.
1:17.1	That sounds great, sure, Tobin, but how are you going to pay for it?
1:20.3	Well, obviously it's only a dream.
1:23.0	Also, I feel like I haven't exactly figured out what retirement is going to look like,
1:27.6	but to be fair to me, it's a ways off.
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