Bloomberg’s daily news podcast Big Take recently released an episode about older workers ditching retirement, the subject of a recent Businessweek story by our very own Stacey Vanek Smith. Please enjoy, and hop on over to subscribe to their feed if you like what you hear!

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For a growing number of older workers, retirement is no longer feeling so achievable—or appealing. But staying in the workforce or going back to work in your 60s and 70s comes with challenges, for workers and companies.

On today’s Big Take podcast, Bloomberg’s Stacey Vanek Smith talks to the World Economic Forum’s Haleh Nazeri about the factors driving the rise in so-called ‘unretirement.’ And we hear from David Lloyd, a radio presenter who’s trying to give other Boomers a later-in-life career boost.

Read more: When the Best Retirement Is No Retirement at All

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Hosted by Stacey Vanek Smith; Produced by Julia Press; Reported by Stacey Vanek Smith; Edited by Aaron Edwards.

Fact-checking by Victor Swezey; Engineering by Emma Munger.

Senior Producer: Naomi Shavin; Deputy Executive Producer: Julia Weaver. Executive Producer: Nicole Beemsterboer.

Bloomberg&rsquo;s daily news podcast Big Take recently released an episode about older workers ditching retirement, the subject of a recent Businessweek story by our very own Stacey Vanek Smith. Please enjoy, and hop on over to subscribe to their feed if you like what you hear!
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For a growing number of older workers, retirement is no longer feeling so achievable&mdash;or appealing. But staying in the workforce or going back to work in your 60s and 70s comes with challenges, for workers and companies.
On today&rsquo;s Big Take podcast, Bloomberg&rsquo;s Stacey Vanek Smith talks to the World Economic Forum&rsquo;s Haleh Nazeri about the factors driving the rise in so-called &lsquo;unretirement.&rsquo; And we hear from David Lloyd, a radio presenter who&rsquo;s trying to give other Boomers a later-in-life career boost.
Read more: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-03-17/why-more-people-over-60-are-choosing-not-to-retire">When the Best Retirement Is No Retirement at All</a>
We have a special Bloomberg subscription offer for podcast listeners at <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/subscriptions/podcasts">Bloomberg.com/podcastoffer.</a>
Hosted by Stacey Vanek Smith; Produced by Julia Press; Reported by Stacey Vanek Smith; Edited by Aaron Edwards.
Fact-checking by Victor Swezey; Engineering by Emma Munger.
Senior Producer: Naomi Shavin; Deputy Executive Producer: Julia Weaver. Executive Producer: Nicole Beemsterboer.

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What if the Best Retirement is No Retirement at All?

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