Episode description

Should government jobs have mandatory retirement ages? Is it foolish to care about your legacy? And why did Jason always call Angela’s father “Dr. Lee”?

• SOURCES:
  • William Bridges, professor emeritus of American literature at Mills College, consultant, and author.
  • Arthur Brooks, professor of leadership at Harvard University.
  • Jimmy Carter, former President of the United States and founder of the Carter Center.
  • Erik Erikson, 20th-century psychoanalyst.
  • Craig Fox, professor of management at the University of California, Los Angeles.
  • Daniel Kahneman, professor emeritus of psychology and public affairs at Princeton University.
  • Mitt Romney, U.S. Senator from Utah.

• RESOURCES:
  • "Congress Today Is Older Than It's Ever Been," by Geoffrey Skelley (FiveThirtyEight, 2023).
  • "America’s Bosses Just Won’t Quit. That Could Spell Trouble," (The Economist, 2023).
  • "At What Age Is Your Brain the Sharpest?" by Kendra Cherry (Verywell Mind, 2023).
  • "Mitt Romney Announces He Won’t Seek Reelection as He Calls for ‘New Generation of Leaders’," by Clare Foran (CNN, 2023).
  • From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life, by Arthur Brooks (2022).
  • "Psychological Research on Retirement," by Mo Wang and Junqi Shi (Annual Review of Psychology, 2014).
  • "Daniel Kahneman in Conversation with Craig Fox," (2004).
  • "The Psychology of Life Stories," by Dan P. McAdams (Review of General Psychology, 2001).
  • Childhood and Society, by Erik Erikson (1950).
  • Bridges Transition Model.

• EXTRA:
  • "Personality: The Big Five," series by No Stupid Questions (2024).
  • "What Does Success Look Like?" by No Stupid Questions (2024).
  • "How Do You Deal With Big Life Changes?" by No Stupid Questions (2023).
  • "What’s So Great About Retirement?" by No Stupid Questions (2022).
  • "I Know Him," song by Jonathan Groff (Hamilton: An American Musical, 2015).