Escape The Clock: How to Become Financially Free and Have the Option to Not Work
Hosted by Daniel C Rodgers and Daniel and Dan · Daniel C. Rodgers
5.0from 9 ratings
- 79
- Episodes
- 46
- Transcribed
- 9
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2025
- First episode
About Escape The Clock: How to Become Financially Free and Have the Option to Not Work
Join me, Daniel C. Rodgers, WMCP® and author of the award-winning book Escape The Clock, as I break down the tactics you need to take control of your finances and achieve financial independence. These 40-minute episodes deliver bite-size, easy-to-understand strategies to get the most out of your money, giving you the option not to work, on your terms. For the book, the planner, and more free resources, visit www.escapetheclock.com (http://www.escapetheclock.com).
- Publisher
- Daniel C. Rodgers
- Category
- business · education
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 24 Apr 2025
- Latest episode
- 6 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
46 of 79 episodes have a transcript.
6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The 59½ Exception: How to Access Your Retirement Money Early Without the Penalty with Rob Townend, CPA and Founder of Early Retirement Access
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The 59½ Exception: How to Access Your Retirement Money Early Without the Penalty with Rob Townend, CPA and Founder of Early Retirement Access
Published 6 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So typically early retirement is a good time to do that, right? Bi-weekly paycheck is not there. The income isn't there. Ergo, your tax brackets are lower. So a lot of times it's used to serve a combination of strategies. Maybe you take out a little bit more than you expect, but if you're comfortable with that effective tax rate that you're going to be paying, you sock it away in an after-tax brokerage account where it grows in much more tax advantage way. So you're really looking at a 0% to, for most people, 15% capital gains on the gains of that. So way more tax advantage than sort of keeping it in a deferred account where it's counted as income. […]
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- Shari Rash
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