Debt Heads

Debt Heads

By Jamie Feldman & Rachel WebsterSociety & CultureDocumentaryPersonal Journals
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Debt Heads episodes

  • Finance isn’t Personal

    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:
    Feeling stressed about money? We here at Debt Heads recommend turning your doomscrolling into a game night with your budget. Check out Club Money for a fun way to get clear on where all those dollars are going.

    45 min
  • To Serve, With Love

    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

    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

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

    This episode was brought to you in part by Club Money:
    We thought financial professionals were only for rich people, not Debt Heads like us. But then we found Club Money! Get a financial review from their team of Certified Financial Planners® that shows you what to do with the money you have today.  

    44 min
  • Di$organized

    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

    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: Veena Dubal

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

    This episode was brought to you in part by Club Money:
    We thought financial professionals were only for rich people, not Debt Heads like us. But then we found Club Money! Get a financial review from their team of Certified Financial Planners® that shows you what to do with the money you have today.  

    32 min
  • Who’s the Boss?

    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

    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: Gail Carriger

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

    This episode was brought to you in part by Club Money:
    We thought financial professionals were only for rich people, not Debt Heads like us. But then we found Club Money! Get a financial review from their team of Certified Financial Planners® that shows you what to do with the money you have today.  

    33 min
  • Requiem for a Scene

    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.

    38 min
  • Debt Heads Season One - Part 2

    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.

    2 min
  • The Debt Heads play M.A.S.H.

    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.


    10 min
  • The Way We Get By: Starring on Broadway

    The Way We Get By: Dispatches from the Debt Heads Universe

    A weekly-ish companion series that asks friends and listeners one question: how are you getting by?

    This dispatch is from Kristolyn Lloyd, a Grammy and Emmy award-winning actor, singer, director, writer and activist. Kristolyn has starred in such Broadway hits as: Dear Evan Hansen, 1776, and now, NYTimes Critic's Pick, Liberation - get your tickets!


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    Check out Kristolyn's theater (and cat) updates on Instagram 


    Credits:
    Writing/Editing/Production: Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster
    Theme Song: "Pay For That Money," Written and Performed by The Defibulators, PigCow Publishing (ASCAP)

    Presented by Tiller - which brings your financial life into one simple dashboard, in your own private spreadsheet, automatically updated every day. You own your data. No ads. Try them for free for 30 days at Tiller.com/debtheads.


    ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
    24 min
  • The Way We Get By: Working on the Hill

    The Way We Get By: Dispatches from the Debt Heads Universe

    A weekly-ish companion series that asks friends and listeners one question: how are you getting by?

    This dispatch is from Lauren Barker, a born and raised Hoosier living in Baltimore with her beautiful husband and four perfect cats. She is currently furloughed from her federal job, but has been filling her time with her side gigs and hobbies including picking up extra shifts at Anthropologie, volunteering at a horse farm, and lots of reading. 


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    Check out Lauren's hilarious profile "Hot Dumb Blonde" on Instagram  and TikTok


    Credits:
    Writing/Editing/Production: Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster
    Theme Song: "Pay For That Money," Written and Performed by The Defibulators, PigCow Publishing (ASCAP)

    Presented by Tiller - which brings your financial life into one simple dashboard, in your own private spreadsheet, automatically updated every day. You own your data. No ads. Try them for free for 30 days at Tiller.com/debtheads.


    ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
    24 min
  • The Way We Get By: Working for The Man

    The Way We Get By: Dispatches from the Debt Heads Universe

    A weekly-ish companion series that asks friends and listeners one question: how are you getting by?

    This dispatch is from Danielle Diel, a Human Resources expert and Debt Heads listener who felt inspired to share her story about working for "The Man" and trying to do right by her colleagues by becoming "the People's HR". Despite being dedicated to working hard, Danielle has found herself unemployed three times in the past four years and wonders what gives in a world where we seem to devalue the human in Human Resources. 


    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)

    Presented by Tiller - which brings your financial life into one simple dashboard, in your own private spreadsheet, automatically updated every day. You own your data. No ads. Try them for free for 30 days at Tiller.com/debtheads.


    ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
    17 min

About Debt Heads

From the publisher's feed

Jamie and Rachel are in debt. So is almost everyone they know. So is almost everyone you know. DEBT HEADS is a narrative investigation into how we all got here — not as a personal failing, but as a…

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