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Thrive in Retirement

Meet Your Host: David Bezar

David Bezar, Founder and Senior Managing Partner of Thrive Financial Services, has spent more than 37 years helping individuals and families navigate the road to and through retirement. As host of Thrive in Retirement, David brings decades of experience to candid conversations about the financial decisions that matter most in retirement. Each episode cuts through the noise around taxes, income, healthcare, investments, and legacy planning to make complex topics easier to understand. His goal is simple: help you ask better questions, make more informed decisions, and thrive throughout retirement.

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11.4

2026

13 | How to Plan Around the IRS Before You Retire with Jason Pueschel

What if the money you are about to hand the IRS could be working for you instead? Most retirees spend decades saving, then watch a silent partner quietly claim 30…
Listen Now: 13 | How to Plan Around the IRS Before You Retire with Jason Pueschel
10.27

2026

12 | 3 Ways to Pay for Care Without Draining Savings with Randi Leese

Could unexpected long-term care costs put your retirement savings at risk? When planning for retirement, most people focus on Social Security, investment income, pensions, and maintaining their lifestyle. But one…
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10.13

2026

10 | Going Back to Work Can Shrink Your Social Security with Christopher Bak

What if the hardest part of retirement isn’t saving the money, but turning it into a paycheck that lasts? Most people spend 30 to 40 years saving, then hit retirement…
Listen Now: 10 | Going Back to Work Can Shrink Your Social Security with Christopher Bak
10.6

2026

09 | The Retirement Risk Most People Don’t Plan For with Brett Ringgold

What if the biggest threat to your retirement isn’t the market, but the cost of getting sick? Most people spend decades building a nest egg and almost no time planning…
Listen Now: 09 | The Retirement Risk Most People Don’t Plan For with Brett Ringgold
09.29

2026

08 | How to Shop Medicare So It Stays Affordable at 85 with Dawn Myers

What if the Medicare plan that worked for you this year is quietly setting you up to overpay next year? Most people treat Medicare as a one-time decision. David Bezar…
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09.22

2026

07 | How to Defuse the Tax Bomb in Your IRA with Michael Abbott, CFP®

What if the Roth conversion you thought was protecting you is quietly costing you more? Scroll social media anywhere near retirement age, and you will get hit with 10 to…
Listen Now: 07 | How to Defuse the Tax Bomb in Your IRA with Michael Abbott, CFP®

Thrive Retirement Roadmap: The Radio Show

Honoring where we started — and evolving for where retirement conversations are going.

Before Thrive in Retirement, there was Live with Thrive.

After years on the air, we felt Live with Thrive had accomplished what we created it to do. o, we made the decision to close the chapter on Live with Thrive and eventually build something entirely new: Thrive in Retirement.

While the radio show has ended, we’re proud of the conversations that happened there — and many of them remain just as relevant today. That’s why we’ve kept select Live with Thrive episodes available in our archive. They represent years of conversations, education, and the history that helped shape how we communicate about retirement today.

Thrive in Retirement isn’t a continuation of Live with Thrive. It’s the next evolution of how we fulfill the same underlying mission: helping people become more informed, ask better questions, and make more confident decisions about their retirement.