Category: Podcast

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Episode 42: Jennifer Esteen

• May 6, 2022

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Shanna talks to Jennifer Esteen, candidate for California Assembly District 20 about her platform unpinned by behavioral health care, affordable housing, and fully funded public education. Jennifer shares her personal experience with student debt and...

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Episode 41: You Can’t Pause a Crisis

• April 21, 2022

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After the April 4th Day of Action, President Biden announced another extension of the student loan pause. But what does this mean for student debtors? Host Shanna Bennett speaks to three members of the Debt...

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Episode 40: Pick Up the Pen, Joe!

• April 7, 2022

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Pick up the pen, Joe! Matter of Life and Debt producers Emma and Nikki, and host Shanna are on the scene at the Debt Collective’s April 4th Day of Action in Washington, D.C. Protestors from...

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Episode 39: Dreaming the Future Into Reality

• March 24, 2022

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Three Debt Collective Working Group leaders Thomas Gokey, Jen Lezan, and Fred Bell speak to Shanna Bennet about their teams of volunteers and opportunities for impact in the fight for student debt cancellation. They also...

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Episode 38: Debt Collective Co-Founders

• March 10, 2022

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Shanna Bennett speaks to three Debt Collective founders Laura Hannah, Thomas Gokey, and Andrew Ross about the formation of the Debt Collective and how far they’ve come. They also discuss the upcoming Pick Up the...

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Episode 37: Economic Chasm

• February 24, 2022

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This week new host Shanna Bennett speaks to Maddy Clifford about being an artist and entrepreneur who has student debt. Shanna and Maddy discuss the inequity of the student debt burden on black women and...

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Episode 36: Playing the System

• February 10, 2022

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Welcome, Shanna Bennett, the new host of Matter of Life and Debt! Shanna kicks off her new hosting duties in a conversation with Kiyomi Kowalski, who is a diversity and inclusion educator, and a lifelong...

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Episode 35: Price of Oppression

• January 27, 2022

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Fred Bell, Programs and Operations Manager of The Debt Collective speaks with Nikki about how his perspective on debt has evolved since joining the organization. He talks about his passion for direct action and organizing...

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Episode 34: The Whistleblower

• January 13, 2022

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Political Scientist and public servant Jon Oberg spoke to Nikki about his decades of work investigating fraud in the student loan industry. He has filed suit against nine student loans lenders and studied student financial...

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Episode 33: Indentured Students

• December 30, 2021

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Elizabeth Tandy Shermer speaks about her new book, Indentured Students. Elizabeth takes Nikki through the history of American education and housing reform during the New Deal that landed us in a crisis today. Related Articles...

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