Persistence pays off. It’s not always easy getting a new retirement savings program off the ground. It is, however, very rewarding to see the results once you’ve done it. This week we have the pleasure of chatting with Connecticut’s Comptroller, Natalie Braswell, and Executive Director of the MyCTSavings Program, Jessica Muirhead, on progress and priorities in the Nutmeg State.

This week we have the pleasure of chatting with Steve Abbott, Head of Public Policy and Government Affairs for Gusto. We first met Steve during his tenure at the Pew Charitable Trusts, and we recall talking over tacos about retirement savings. In his transition to the private sector, Steve’s kept a true north focus on financial inclusion and design simplicity.

This week we talk with our friend Geoffrey Sanzenbacher about his new book, The Six Facts that Matter: Understanding Inequality in the United States. Geoff (Dr. Geoff, to you!) is an econ professor and Research Fellow at the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. In addition to working with students, Geoff researches the role of cognitive decline in late-life finances, the retirement savings decision, and the transition from defined benefit to defined contribution pensions.