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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.