Debt Heads

Debt Heads

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 national one. With original reporting, personal stories, the occasional musical number, and zero shame about your iced coffee habit. If thinking about money sends you spiraling, we want you to know: You are not alone. We are not alone. Welcome to Debt Heads. Brand new episodes drop every Thursday.

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February 24, 2025 2 mins

A 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 Millenn...

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In the pilot episode of Debt Heads, revealing the truth about our finances leads to connections with strangers and catharsis with family relations.


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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

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April 22, 2025 30 mins

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.)

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Writing/Editing/Production: Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster

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May 6, 2025 36 mins

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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May 28, 2025 41 mins

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

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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


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September 2, 2025 43 mins

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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Writing/Editing/Production: Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster

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May 28, 2026 9 mins

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 ofChildren People, LLC in association with Signal Co. No1.

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June 18, 2026 1 min

The first season of Debt Heads was going to be a five-part series. Then we kept writing, and now it’s eleven parts. 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.

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June 25, 2026 37 mins

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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Writing/Editing/Production: Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster

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

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July 1, 2026 32 mins

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
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July 9, 2026 31 mins

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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Writing/Editing/Production: Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster

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