"In early 2020, we were both thinking about retirement and knew we wanted to leave Brooklyn, where we'd raised our son and lived for many years. The idea of being surrounded by nature appealed to us, so we began considering a move to a different state. We decided to take a trip to explore our options and headed to Winter Park in Florida. It was nice, but we knew right away that it wasn't for us."
"We returned to New York, wondering where our next scouting trip would take us. However, the pandemic struck a few weeks later. All travel had stopped, and we found ourselves stuck, just like everyone else. We came up with the idea of starting a podcast about where to retire. We wanted a show where we could interview people across the country and hear their stories."
"We reached out to family, friends, and their networks, and we were lucky to find people willing to share their experiences. We knew that new podcasts often launch with several episodes, so we recorded four right away. Finding guests, however, has remained one of the most challenging aspects of producing the show. Just as our pool of interviewees from our initial circle began to run dry, a friend introduced us to someone who had retired in Paris."
Gilen Chan and Gene Preudhomme, both 63 and retired lawyers, started a podcast interviewing retirees around the world after they began considering retirement themselves. They wanted to leave Brooklyn to be closer to nature, visited Winter Park, Florida, and decided it was not for them. The pandemic halted further scouting trips and prompted the podcast idea to collect retirement stories. They recorded four initial episodes, sourced guests through family, friends, and networks, and faced ongoing challenges finding interviewees. A friend introduced their first international guest in Paris, and the podcast grew steadily to over 200 episodes in five years.
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