Retirement
Subject in Society & Culture
Retirement has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Bill Simmons Podcast. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
David LettermanLate-night host who competed for The Tonight Show
Letterman advises people who are productive and happy to keep working rather than retire at a set age.
“So if you're productive and happy, just keep going for God's sakes”
The Bill Simmons Podcast: Five NBA Playoff Takes, Plus David Letterman’s First-Ever BS Pod Appearance (We Did It!!!) (May 8, 2026) · Listen from 47:10
Letterman says the difficulty of ending his show did not sink in until years after he retired.
“So the real difficulty of it didn't set in for about, I don't know, a year or two, three years”
The Bill Simmons Podcast: Five NBA Playoff Takes, Plus David Letterman’s First-Ever BS Pod Appearance (We Did It!!!) (May 8, 2026) · Listen from 43:29
Podcasts
- The Bill Simmons Podcast · 1 episode
Episodes
Five NBA Playoff Takes, Plus David Letterman’s First-Ever BS Pod Appearance (We Did It!!!)The Bill Simmons Podcast · May 8, 2026 · 1 h 57 min
Bill Simmons shares NBA second-round playoff takes, then interviews David Letterman about retirement, late-night TV, yacht rock, comedy peers, sports rule ideas and Netflix.