Debt Heads

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Finance isn’t Personal Jul 23, 2026

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In the season (one plus interest) finale of Debt Heads you’ve been waiting for, we ask: What is debt, really? And is the answer hiding in NYC’s “forgotten” borough?

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Credits:

Writing/Editing/Production: Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster

Theme Song: "Pay For That Money," Written and Performed by The Defibulators, PigCow Publishing (ASCAP)
Original Music: Ali Helnwein
Factcheck & Mix: Jackie Pauley
Editorial Support: Hannah Beal
Mastering: Austin Smith

Contributors: Reverend Billy & The Church of Stop Shopping

Debt Heads is produced in association with Signal Co. No1.

This episode was brought to you in part by Club Money:
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To Serve, With Love Jul 16, 2026

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In episode nine of Debt Heads, we attempt to find jobs, value, and a new theme song.

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Credits:

Writing/Editing/Production: Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster

Debt Heads is produced in association with Signal Co. No1.

This episode was brought to you in part by Club Money:
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Di$organized Jul 09, 2026

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In episode eight of Debt Heads, we learn about a very unlikely hero of the labor protection movement, and try to find literally anything in the chaotic pile of papers that is life in 2026.

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Credits:

Writing/Editing/Production: Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster

Contributors: Veena Dubal

Debt Heads is produced in association with Signal Co. No1.

Who’s the Boss? Jul 01, 2026

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In episode seven of Debt Heads, we take a dumpster dive back into the #Girlboss era, and examine what happens when your work-life becomes your life-life.

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Credits:

Writing/Editing/Production: Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster

Contributors: Gail Carriger

Debt Heads is produced in association with Signal Co. No1.

Requiem for a Scene Jun 25, 2026

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In episode six of Debt Heads, we attempt to find the whisker-fine line between art and commerce, and question what it really means to be “good with money.”

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Credits:

Writing/Editing/Production: Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster

Theme Song: "Pay For That Money," Written and Performed by The Defibulators, PigCow Publishing (ASCAP)

Debt Heads is a production of Children People, LLC in association with Signal Co. No1.

Debt Heads Season One - Part 2 Jun 18, 2026

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The first season of Debt Heads was going to be a five-part series. Then we kept writing, and now it’s ten parts. Double your pleasure, double your fun. You can still call it Season One if you want, but we’re calling it Season One plus interest. Get it?

New episodes will air every Thursday starting on June 25th, 2026. But if you just can’t wait, you can hear every episode all at once by becoming a paid subscriber of Debt Heads Plus on Apple Podcasts.

Debt Heads is a production of Children People, LLC in association with Signal Co. No1.

The Debt Heads play M.A.S.H. May 28, 2026

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In anticipation of their long-awaited release of new episodes, Jamie and Rachel play a classic Millennial game and contemplate the prescribed path to adulthood.

New episodes of Debt Heads drop June 25th!

Debt Heads is a production of Children People, LLC in association with Signal Co. No1.

Boomicorns Sep 02, 2025

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In episode five of Debt Heads, we travel back thousands of miles and a few decades to the middle of nowhere (aka Rachel’s hometown) to find out why, for Millennials, it’s still a hard knock life.

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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 Helnwein

Audio Mix: Jeff Seelye

Read more from our contributors:
Kathryn Ann Edwards - Optimist Economy

Debt Heads is produced in association with Signal Co. No1.

CON-sumerism May 28, 2025

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In episode four of Debt Heads, we search for memories and meaning in the clearance aisles of TJ Maxx.

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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 Helnwein

Audio Mix: Jeff Seelye

Fact Checking: Jennette Selig

Debt Heads is produced in association with Signal Co. No1.

The House Always Wins (Part Two) May 06, 2025

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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.)

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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 Helnwein

Audio Mix: Jeff Seelye

Fact Checking: Jenny Selig

Read more from our contributors:
Kathleen McDowell - Live Richly
Elena Botella - A New Money Order
Jon Ronson - Who Killed Richard Cullen?

Debt Heads is produced in association with Signal Co. No1.