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Debt HeadsBONUS: it's so hard(ware) to say goodbyeIn this bonus episode of Debt Heads, we take you back one year, when we stopped hammering out our first season of Debt Heads so we could break ground on a timely story all about the brick and mortar businesses that keep our neighborhood level, and the economic winds that are threatening to demolish them. We hope we nailed a sturdy feeling of community for this old house - enjoy! Follow Debt Heads on Instagram, TikTok, Substack, Patreon and YouTube.Credits:Writing/Editing/Production: Jamie Feldman & Rachel W...2025-07-2918 min
Debt HeadsThe Way We Get By: Teaching Middle SchoolThe Way We Get By: Dispatches from the Debt Heads UniverseA weekly-ish companion series to the Debt Heads podcast that asks friends and listeners one question: How are you getting by?This dispatch is from Hannah Wright, a middle school teacher and Debt Heads listener who sent us a dispatch from her home in Denver, CO. Hannah shares the challenges of being a teacher in America today, laments the bleak future of paying down student debt, and delights in admiring the optimistic warble of birdsong. Follow Debt Heads on Instagram, TikTok, Substack, P...2025-07-2216 min
Debt HeadsThe Way We Get By: with SeveranceThe Way We Get By: Dispatches from the Debt Heads UniverseA weekly-ish companion series to the Debt Heads podcast that asks friends and listeners one question: How are you getting by?This dispatch is from Alex Kaufman - energy, climate change, business and geopolitics reporter - who helped form the first staff union for HuffPost in 2015. Alex has been a dedicated journalist since his first position writing for the Long-Islander at the age of 15. Follow Debt Heads on Instagram, TikTok, Substack, Patreon and YouTube.See more of Alex's writing on h...2025-07-1518 min
Debt HeadsThe Way We Get By: on Maternity LeaveThe Way We Get By: Dispatches from the Debt Heads UniverseA weekly-ish companion series to the Debt Heads podcast that asks friends and listeners one question: How are you getting by?This dispatch is from Kate Bratskeir - sustainability/climate/food/health/lifestyle reporter - who has been laid off no less than FOUR times, including while she was on maternity leave. But that doesn't keep Kate down. She's got wisdom to share and perseverance to spare. Follow Debt Heads on Instagram, TikTok, Substack, Patreon and YouTube.See more of...2025-06-2718 min
Debt HeadsThe Way We Get By: on 20kThe Way We Get By: Dispatches from the Debt Heads UniverseA weekly-ish companion series that asks friends and listeners one question: How are you getting by in today's economy?Dispatch #2 is from Joe Erbentraut, a longtime journalist who shares his thoughts on trying to be creative in a media landscape where layoffs lurk around every digital corner.Follow Debt Heads on Instagram, TikTok, Substack, Patreon and YouTube.Follow Joe on Instagram and check out his Substack, Queering the Burbs. 2025-06-2020 min
Debt HeadsThe Way We Get By: In HollywoodThe Way We Get By: Dispatches from the Debt Heads UniverseA weekly-ish companion series that asks friends and listeners one question: how are you getting by?The debut dispatch is from Emily Meade, famous actress and friend who shares her "nihilistic" thoughts on the state of being a working actor in the era of streaming. Follow Debt Heads on Instagram, TikTok, Substack, Patreon and YouTube.Credits:Writing/Editing/Production: Jamie Feldman & Rachel WebsterTheme Song: "Pay For That Money," Written and Performed by The Defibulators, PigCow...2025-06-1319 min
Debt HeadsBONUS: minding our busy-nessIn this bonus episode of Debt Heads, we unwittingly face off in a battle of who's busier with the most charming bartender in Brooklyn, and wonder if we’d all be more Sussex-ful making jam with Meghan Markle. Follow Debt Heads on Instagram, TikTok, Substack, Patreon and YouTube.Credits:Writing/Editing/Production: Jamie Feldman & Rachel WebsterTheme Song: "Pay For That Money," Written and Performed by The Defibulators, PigCow Publishing (ASCAP)Original Score: Ali HelnweinAudio Mix: Jeff Seelye...2025-06-1016 min
Debt HeadsCON-sumerismIn episode four of Debt Heads, we search for memories and meaning in the clearance aisles of TJ Maxx. Follow Debt Heads on Instagram, TikTok, Substack, Patreon and YouTube. Credits:Writing/Editing/Production: Jamie Feldman & Rachel WebsterTheme Song: "Pay For That Money," Written and Performed by The Defibulators, PigCow Publishing (ASCAP)Original Score: Ali HelnweinAudio Mix: Jeff SeelyeFact Checking: Jennette Selig
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2025-05-2841 min
Debt HeadsBONUS: a peek behind the podIn this mini episode of Debt Heads, take a peek behind the curtain, and a step back in time, to hear us get rejected by Tribeca Film Festival.Follow Debt Heads on Instagram, TikTok, Substack, Patreon and YouTube.Credits:Writing/Editing/Production: Jamie Feldman & Rachel WebsterTheme Song: "Pay For That Money," Written and Performed by The Defibulators, PigCow Publishing (ASCAP)Original Score: Ali Helnwein
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2025-05-1407 min
Debt HeadsThe House Always Wins (Part Two)In part two of "The House Always Wins", we head to Washington DC to eat Amtrak hot dogs and learn infuriating revelations about the credit card industry and the specific, sneaky ways it works to keep us in debt forever. (This is part two of a two-part episode.)Follow Debt Heads on Instagram, TikTok, Substack, Patreon and YouTube.Credits:Writing/Editing/Production: Jamie Feldman & Rachel WebsterTheme Song: "Pay For That Money," Written and Performed by The Defibulators, PigCow Publishing (ASCAP)Original Score...2025-05-0636 min
Debt HeadsThe House Always Wins (Part One)In the second episode of Debt Heads, we head to the mall to find out if life in plastic, aka using credit cards for everything, all the time, is actually fantastic. (This is part one of a two-part episode.)Follow Debt Heads on Instagram, TikTok, Substack, Patreon and YouTube.Credits:Writing/Editing/Production: Jamie Feldman & Rachel WebsterTheme Song: "Pay For That Money," Written and Performed by The Defibulators, PigCow Publishing (ASCAP)Original Score: Ali HelnweinAudio Mix: Jeff SeelyeFact Checking: Jennette...2025-04-2230 min
Debt Headsthe survival guide to adulthoodWhen two Debt Heads try to make a go of it by creating a free (future-Peabody-award-winning) podcast, they realize they might need some subscriber-only content to stay afloat. Join us as we attempt to survive adulthood by asking both experts and non-experts one question multiple ways: How do you be "grown ups" in 2025?In the debut episode of Survival Guide to Adulthood, Rachel & Jamie ask Claire Parker and Ashley Hamilton from Celebrity Memoir Book Club how to become celebrity podcasters, how to read, and how to survive adulthood in the creator economy. Exclusive to Patreon subscribers.
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Debt HeadsThe Secret Life of Debt HeadsIn the pilot episode of Debt Heads, revealing the truth about our finances leads to connections with strangers and catharsis with family relations.Follow Debt Heads on Instagram, TikTok, Substack, Patreon and YouTube. Credits: Writing/Editing/Production: Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster Theme Song: "Pay For That Money," Written and Performed by The Defibulators, PigCow Publishing (ASCAP)Original Score: Ali HelnweinAudio Mix: Jeff SeelyeFact Checking: Serena Chow Featuring: Cathy O'Neil
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2025-03-1839 min
Debt HeadsComing Soon: Debt Heads Season OneA narrative podcast turning the concept of debt upside down. Season One of Debt Heads is a five-episode mini-series that investigates the architecture of personal finance and the myths of financial responsibility. This is a storytelling journey into our lives and yours that uncovers the deeper structures that have created an economy that feels unsafe for most people. We are endeavoring to tell the Millennial story by exploring the insidious political and economic policies as well as the seismic but elusive cultural shifts that have defined America over the last fou...2025-02-2402 min