
Let's Talk Legacy
What does it mean to build and maintain a legacy, either in business, or for your loved ones? What tools and resources are available to help? Join the discussion along with exciting guests and real listeners just like you, to tackle the answers to these questions, and learn how to grow today, for a better tomorrow.
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Latest episodes

Jun 5, 2024 • 20min
My Place in the Sun, with George Stevens, Jr.
Writer, director, producer, playwright, and author, George Stevens, Jr. dives into 5 generations of Stevens in showbiz, going all the way back to the Civil War, talks about riding shotgun with an Oscar award, working for the Kennedy Administration, starting the AFI, tackling social justice issues in his work, the future of movies and the cinema viewing experience, shares stories with Edward Murrow, JFK, and President Obama, and reflects on leaving a legacy.

May 22, 2024 • 4min
What REALLY Drives Us, with Gary Michels
Let's Talk Legacy host Gary Michels talks about what REALLY drives the agents at Southwestern Legacy Insurance Group. Spoiler alert: it's NOT money.

May 15, 2024 • 8min
Policy Pointers: Mortgage Protection Coverage
Learn about the affordability and flexibility of mortgage protection coverage, a specialized insurance product which can make a huge difference in safeguarding your home and family.

May 8, 2024 • 3min
CLIP: Keith Moon, Paul McCartney, and Shaun Cassidy
Carnie Wilson, 1/3rd of the chart-topping trio Wilson Phillips and daughter of Beach Boys' legend Brian Wilson, talks about growing up in a true rock and roll household, parties and all, and the healing over the years within her family, and recounts early encounters with Keith Moon, Paul McCartney, and Shaun Cassidy.Hear Carnie's full interview in Episode 45 of Let's Talk Legacy.

May 1, 2024 • 28min
Sounds Delicious, with Carnie Wilson
Carnie Wilson, 1/3rd of the chart-topping trio Wilson Phillips and daughter of Beach Boys' legend Brian Wilson, talks about growing up in a true rock and roll household, parties and all, and the healing over the years within her family, encounters with Keith Moon, Paul McCartney, and Shaun Cassidy, a frank and interesting view on her 2 decades of sobriety, the "fourth member" of Wilson Phillips, playing the long game at getting her own cooking show, "Sounds Delicious", airing on AXS TV, and living life, and leaving a legacy, with no regrets.

Apr 17, 2024 • 7min
Policy Pointers: Final Expense Coverage
Learn what makes this form of coverage uniquely different from other coverage, including the advantages, affordability, accessibility, and how it sidesteps a lot of the red tape that could be associated with other end-of-life care.

Apr 10, 2024 • 3min
CLIP: Fun, Creativity, Meaning, Love
Humorist Rich Lippman, author of “Last Bucket List”, talks about why people resist making a will, and explains how fun calms fear and leads to creativity, which leads to meaning, which leads to love.Hear Rich's full interview in Episode 44 of Let's Talk Legacy.

Apr 3, 2024 • 21min
Last Bucket List, with Rich Lippman
Humorist Rich Lippman, author of “Last Bucket List”, talks about making wills and estate planning…get this…FUN. He explains how fun calms fear and leads to creativity, which leads to meaning, which leads to love, and covers “missions of meaning”, “forever letters”, and living life with no regrets while passing along your legacy.

Mar 27, 2024 • 6min
Policy Pointers: Tax-Free Retirement
Tax-free retirement? Sound too good to be true? Not if you're smart about the way you use your life insurance policy. Tune in to find out how!

Mar 20, 2024 • 11min
Policy Pointers: Buy Term, Invest the Rest
Learn about the hybrid life insurance / investment strategy that could both save you money month to month in the present, as well as put more reserves in your bank account for unexpected events, or to use up the road.