What challenges could derail men's retirements?  Journalist and associate professor Dawn Fallik joins us to discuss what she learned in the research for her article in Kiplinger Why So Many Men are Bad at Retirement. And we explore what men can learn from women that may save men's retirements. Dawn Fallik joins us from Philadelphia. __________________________ Bio Dawn Fallik is an award-winning reporter specializing in database analysis, feature writing and medical coverage. She has 20 years of daily reporting experience at for The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Associated Press and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. She spent a month in India covering the tsunami, investigated medical errors and went to the prom at age 26. This year she was nominated and served on the 2022 Pulitzer Prize jury. Although she left full-time reporting for full-time teaching, Fallik continues to cover medical issues for The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, AARP Magazine and Neurology Today. She has worked on the multimedia desks at the Wall Street Journal and The Philadelphia Inquirer. She spent six years writing for The Wall Street Journal’s medical desk, and live blogged two Olympics and multiple television shows for the WSJ’s culture site SpeakEasy. She’s interviewed Tim Gunn, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy and Judy Blume. She has witnessed executions, investigated abusive priests and covered rent-a-cow companies. But she believes there’s nothing more fun than a good weather story. In September 2007, she started as a full-time assistant professor at The University of Delaware. She took over as journalism director in 2009 and eventually grew the minor to 250 students. From 2012-2015 she served on the Board of Directors for the DART Society, which works with journalists who cover trauma and violence. Since the age of 18, Dawn has lived in 12 cities, eight states and two countries. __________________________ For More on Dawn Fallik Website __________________________ Mentioned in This Podcast Episode Men's Sheds What to do about lonely older men? Put them to work.  The Washington Post ___________________________ Podcast Episodes You May Like Independence Day – Steve Lopez Retire Happy – Dr. Catherine Sanderson Why Retirement is About Much More Than Money - Ted Kaufman & Bruce Hiland If You Love Your Work, Will You Hate Retirement? - Michelle Pannor Silver __________________________ Wise Quotes On What You're Retiring To "So I think that, that for men in particular, thinking about just even planting that seed earlier, and starting to think about retirement in a positive way, would be a big change and gets you into that positive path of mind. That sounds very woo, but if you think about retirement as a positive thing and not about how much you're going to miss work, that's going to be a big change. And I think a lot of people when they plan for retirement, they're just thinking about the money aspect, like I have to put so much away. And that's sort of such a distant future thing. It's not really a personal plan where you're not just saying I'm going to travel, but I always wanted to go to Greece, and start like having concrete plans that you want to put in place, so that when you do retire, you're already making plans for the future. You've already got things in place that you can look forward to." On What Men Can Learn From Women "...something like 50% of men over 60 described themselves as lonely. They're so tied to work, that's where their social connections are. So how do you start establishing life outside of work before you're done with work?