Debt Heads – Details, episodes & analysis

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 Millennial story by exploring the insidious political and economic policies as well as the seismic but elusive cultural shifts that have defined America over the last four decades. 

We are not alone. You are not alone. 

All Debt Head Season One episodes are free on Spotify, Apple, Youtube. Check out the Debt Heads Patreon to get access to our bonus episodes as well as our Survival Guide to Adulthood - a video podcast series where we discuss Debt Head adjacent topics with friends and lovers.

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

Audio Mix: Jeff Seelye
Fact Checking: Serena Chow

Featuring: Cathy O'Neil

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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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

Featuring: Donna Halper, former radio DJ, professor Emerson College

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?

In this mini episode of Debt Heads, take a peek behind the curtain, and a step back in time, to hear us get rejected by Tribeca Film Festival.

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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

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

In this bonus episode of Debt Heads, we unwittingly face off in a battle of who's busier with the most charming bartender in Brooklyn, and wonder if we’d all be more Sussex-ful making jam with Meghan Markle.  

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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

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?

The debut dispatch is from Emily Meade, famous actress and friend who shares her "nihilistic" thoughts on the state of being a working actor in the era of streaming.

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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)

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 in today's economy?

Dispatch #2 is from Joe Erbentraut, a longtime journalist who shares his thoughts on trying to be creative in a media landscape where layoffs lurk around every digital corner.

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Follow Joe on Instagram and check out his Substack, Queering the Burbs. 

Credits:

Writing/Editing/Production: Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster

Contributor: Joe Erbentraut

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

A weekly-ish companion series to the Debt Heads podcast that asks friends and listeners one question: How are you getting by?

This dispatch is from Kate Bratskeir - sustainability/climate/food/health/lifestyle reporter - who has been laid off no less than FOUR times, including while she was on maternity leave. But that doesn't keep Kate down. She's got wisdom to share and perseverance to spare.

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See more of Kate’s writing on her website and Substack, Good Little Garbage Girl

Credits:

Writing/Editing/Production: Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster

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