Yesterday

How racism kept Americans out of pools

This week, we're looking into the history of public swimming pools in the U.S., and the legacy that pool segregation has had on swimming skills in the country today. Earlier this year, Jasmine Romero found herself surrounded by four- and five-year-olds, ready to take her first ev ... Show More

35m 24s

Aug 20

How Trump's D.C. takeover criminalizes homelessness

On August 11, President Trump announced his intention to "rescue" the nation's capital. A central feature of his plan involved using federal officials to remove people experiencing homelessness from the city — people that he listed alongside "violent gangs, bloodthirsty criminals ... Show More

39m 27s

Aug 13

Statelessness, but make it funny

Mo Amer is the creator and star of the hit Netflix comedy series Mo. It's a first-of-its kind Palestinian-American sitcom with a fraught plot line about the American immigration system and the hope to return, at least for a visit, to his family's homeland. We talk to Mo Amer what ... Show More

30m 42s

Aug 2022

A new way to pay for college (Update)

College has gotten incredibly expensive. And some colleges are offering students a new way to pay. It's not a scholarship. It's not quite a loan. It's more like the students are selling stock in themselves. We check in on how income share agreements at one school have been workin ... Show More

26m 48s

Sep 2022

The College Pricing Game

When President Biden canceled college debt last month, he left untouched the problem that created that debt: the soaring price of college.In the 1980s, the list price of undergraduate education at a private four-year institution could hit $20,000 a year. At some of these schools ... Show More

26m 57s

Jul 2022

Student Loans: The Fund-Eating Dragon

At the start of the 20th century, only the most privileged could afford to go to college. Today, millions of students pursue higher ed — and owe $1.7 trillion in debt. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

50m 35s

Dec 2019

College Podcast: What No One Tells You About Student Loans

Hello legendaries,in this podcast episode I explain everything that you need to know about student loans. Student loans are effecting billions of college students around the world. Over 1 in 5 college students are actually homeless to avoid the cost of student debts. "1 About on ... Show More

13m 12s

May 2023

What makes a "good college" -- and why it matters | Cecilia M. Orphan

Why are "good colleges" often the ones that accept the fewest students? Exposing the harmful consequences of society's obsession with highly rejective (and expensive) universities, educator Cecilia M. Orphan asks us to rethink what makes institutions "prestigious" and consider di ... Show More

11m 59s

Aug 2023

Money Talks: Counting the cost of education

Is a college degree worth it? That question hangs over millions of would-be students, as they prepare to apply to university. It is one that many graduates might be mulling over as they have to start paying off their college debts once more. America’s pandemic-era moratorium on s ... Show More

40m 58s

Sep 2023

Is College Worth It?

New research and polling show that more and more Americans now doubt a previously unquestioned fact of U.S. life — that going to college is worth it.Paul Tough, a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, explains why so many high-school students and their parents are ... Show More

28m 52s

Jan 2021

Tisa Silver Canady, Ed.D., MBA (@tisasilver) - Author Talks: Borrowing While Black

Tisa Silver Canady, EdD, MBA, is a financial wellness advocate for today’s scholar. As an author and collegiate financial wellness expert specializing in student loan debt, she has personally advised students and families on the repayment of more than $50 million in student loans ... Show More

45m 24s

How the Pell Grant helped POCs go to col...