Renee has 15 years experience serving diverse groups of clients as a license mental health therapist. She mentioned that the minimum payment she has to make is $1,500+ a month and worries about if that would even make a dent on the principal ba

$17,000 (Paid) Student Loans With a Republic Driver

Feb 1st, 2022 18m 21s

Cristian is a father of (almost) 2. He attended a private institution for being an academic where he received many job opportunities. Although he says he's a trade type of person but admits that it does take a toll in your body. He talked about

$225,000+ Student Loans with an Author/Artist/Adjunct Instructor

Jan 31st, 2022 28m 9s

Joe is an author of multiple books, including a dark comedy, UIC (University Industrial Complex). He talked about being misled from department chairs from career opportunities with his degree. He discussed about the struggle of being an adjunct

Discussion with Daphne, host of The Student Loan Podcast

Jan 29th, 2022 18m 33s

Daphne is a a co-founder of StartNoo, an online platform dedicated to reduce the student loan debt crisis in America. She partners with colleges and universities and provide work-based learning for students where they receive tuition assistance

$100,000+ Student Loans with The Student Loan Lawyer

Jan 20th, 2022 36m 3s

Joshua Cohen is an attorney that specializes and dedicated to student loan issues since 2008. He is incredibly passionate about helping those navigate legal issues having to do with student loans such as defaulting, discharging through bankrupt

$62,000 Student Loans With a Substitute Teacher

Jan 19th, 2022 22m 52s

Elaine is an educator who resides in Seattle Washington. She talks about the uncertainty of substitute teaching while trying to pay off her student loans. She shares her experience going through bankruptcy at age 30, defaulting on her student l

$0 Student Loans with a Mechanic

Jan 16th, 2022 24m 38s

Tony is a mechanic in a school district (which means great benefits and a pension!). He talks about his journey becoming a mechanic debt free through the community college route. He discusses the growing demand and salary for careers in the tra

$239,000 Student Loans with an Attorney (and his wife)

Jan 14th, 2022 28m 37s

Marcus is a veteran, attorney, father, husband, and a son – and he also hates debt! He had a medical emergency that changed his outlook on debt, particularly student loan debt. He discusses the importance of parents being open to their children

~$186,000 Student Loans with a Procurement Analyst

Jan 13th, 2022 32m 36s

Stephanie originally accumulated ~$105,000 for an undergraduate degree. She then continued her education with her masters and PhD that her worked paid through tuition assistance. However, the interest continued to grow on the original undergrad

$28,000 Student Loans with a Public Interest Policy Advocate

Jan 11th, 2022 25m 56s

In this episode, Christopher Sanchez talks about his own journey accruing student loans and how his life experience made him passionate about advocating for college affordability, immigration rights, and consumer protection. Some of the legisla

$107,000 (Paid!) Student Loans with a Staff Recruiter

Jan 8th, 2022 21m 50s

Melody shares with us how she paid off her student loans in 4 years, her plans now that she’s debt free, and practical advice for those who feel hopeless in paying off their student loans. She talks about minimalism and her current goal of achi

~$40,000 Student Loans with a Special Education Teacher

Jan 8th, 2022 37m 2s

Victor is a special education teacher, talks about the low wages of teachers, particularly in the beginning, and wanting to pursue an even higher education but don't want to accumulate more student loans. He shares his journey and emphasize tha

Discussion with Alan Collinge, Founder of StudentLoanJustice.org

Jan 6th, 2022 21m 4s

In this episode, we feature Alan Collinge – founder of StudentLoanJustice.org, the oldest and largest citizen’s group nation fighting for student loan justice. This grassroot organization is fighting for cancellation of federally owned student

$47,000 Student Loans with a School Counselor

Dec 29th, 2021 18m 34s

Andrea is a PhD candidate who started her higher education journey in community college then transferred to UCLA. She covers the negative stigma of community college, the benefits of choosing this route, and how much money she saved. As a coun

~$200,000+ with Dr. Sepulveda, Another Physical Therapist

Dec 21st, 2021 21m 15s

We chatted with Dr. Sepulveda who shares different methods she pursues to gain extra income in addition of being a physical therapist. She also talks about how every financial situation is different and there's different approach when it comes

$352,000+ Student Loans with a Physical Therapist

Dec 20th, 2021 21m 53s

In this episode, I talk with Dr. Russak, who's a physical therapist. After accumulating over $300,000 student loans, he decided to attack these loans head on and picked up multiple side hustles. He shares his journey in paying off these loans a

$134,000+ Student Loans (Paid!) with With a Physician Assistant

Dec 19th, 2021 22m 43s

In this episode, Christine talks about the impact of having parents who instilled strong foundation in personal finance, practicality, and delayed gratification early in life. Furthermore, she was the youngest in the family which so she was ab

$99,000+ Student Loans with a Human Resource Coordinator

Dec 18th, 2021 29m 15s

Darby, from Nashville, is very passionate about student loans. She is very close to her mom and both share the struggle of having student loan debt.

$20,000 Student Loans that Ballooned to over $120,000 with a First Responder

Dec 16th, 2021 25m 30s

In this episode, our guest, Cari, who is a mother of six and a grandmother, consolidated her $10,000~ loan with her former spouse's $8,000~ student loan. After 24 years of accruing interests, that $18,000~ loan grew to over $120,000~ and counti

$30,000 Student Loans With an Associates Degree

Dec 16th, 2021 28m 58s

In this episode, Alison cautions us with private career institutions who do a great job marketing their programs but could be costly. She is a mother of four beautiful children and still has the dream of becoming a nurse.

AOC's Speech on the $1.7 Trillion Student Loan Debt

Dec 15th, 2021 17m 35s

Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, U.S. House of Reps from New York's 14th district gave a speech in early December 2021 about the inequities of student loans for first generation college students and African Americans. She talked about the young genera