Debt Heads
Debt Heads is a narrative podcast hosted by Jamie Feldman and Rachel Webster that explores personal and national debt. Through original reporting and personal stories, it examines how so many people ended up in debt, framing it as a systemic issue rather than a personal failing. The show blends serious reporting with humor, occasional musical moments, and a shame-free approach to money struggles. New episodes are released every Thursday.
Episodes
Debt Heads Season One
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
The Secret Life of Debt Heads
In the pilot episode of Debt Heads, revealing the truth about our finances leads to connections with strangers and catharsis with family relations.Follow Debt Heads on Instagram, TikTok, Substack, 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)Origina
The House Always Wins (Part One)
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.)Follow Debt Heads on Instagram, TikTok, Substack, and YouTube.Credits:Writing/Editing/Production: Jamie Feldman & Rachel WebsterTheme Song: "Pay For That Money," Written and Perform
The House Always Wins (Part Two)
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.)Follow Debt Heads on Instagram, TikTok, Substack, and YouTube.Credits:Writing/Editing/Production: Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webst
CON-sumerism
In episode four of Debt Heads, we search for memories and meaning in the clearance aisles of TJ Maxx. Follow Debt Heads on Instagram, TikTok, Substack, and YouTube. Credits:Writing/Editing/Production: Jamie Feldman & Rachel WebsterTheme Song: "Pay For That Money," Written and Performed by The Defibulators, PigCow Publishing (ASCAP)Original Score: Ali HelnweinAudio Mix: Jeff SeelyeFact
Boomicorns
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. Follow Debt Heads on Instagram, TikTok, Substack, and YouTube. Credits:Writing/Editing/Production: Jamie Feldman & Rachel WebsterTheme Song: "Pay For That Money," Written and Performed by The
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.
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 bec
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.”Follow Debt Heads on Instagram, TikTok, Substack, and YouTubeCredits:Writing/Editing/Production: Jamie Feldman & Rachel WebsterTheme Song: "Pay For That Money," Written and Performed by The Defibulators, PigCow Publishing (ASCAP)Deb
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.Follow Debt Heads on Instagram, TikTok, Substack, and YouTubeCredits:Writing/Editing/Production: Jamie Feldman & Rachel WebsterTheme Song: "Pay For That Money," Written and Performed by The Defibulators, PigCow Publishing (ASCAP)Origi
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.Follow Debt Heads on Instagram, TikTok, Substack, and YouTubeCredits:Writing/Editing/Production: Jamie Feldman & Rachel WebsterTheme Song: "Pay For That Money," Written and Performed by The Defibulat
To Serve, With Love
In episode nine of Debt Heads, we attempt to find jobs, value, and a new theme song.Follow Debt Heads on Instagram, TikTok, Substack, and YouTubeCredits:Writing/Editing/Production: Jamie Feldman & Rachel WebsterTheme Song: "Pay For That Money," Written and Performed by The Defibulators, PigCow Publishing (ASCAP)Original Music: Ali HelnweinFactcheck & Mix: Jackie PauleyEditorial Su
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?Follow Debt Heads on Instagram, TikTok, Substack, and YouTubeCredits:Writing/Editing/Production: Jamie Feldman & Rachel WebsterTheme Song: "Pay For That Money," Written and Performed by The Defibulators, PigCow Publishing (
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