A new round of student debt relief

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🗓️ 8 April 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

The Biden administration is in a mad dash to address student debt relief ahead of the presidential election. A new plan could benefit tens of millions of Americans. We’ll explain. Plus, a Kai rant about a CEO who gets too much attention. And, there seems to be a market for everything! We’ll tell you about a new fad involving kids and mini pencils.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

- “Biden announces new student debt relief plan for millions of borrowers” from The Hill

- “Biden seeks student debt relief for millions” from NPR

- “Jamie Dimon Warns U.S. Might Face Interest-Rate Spike” from The Wall Street Journal

- “2024 Total Solar Eclipse: Through the Eyes of NASA” from NASA

- “Hot Market for Pencils Help Kids Turn Lead Into Gold” from The Wall Street Journal

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0:00.0	Hey, if you're listening to this, I will assume you're at least interested in money,
0:04.4	understanding the economy and finances as well, and some of us now want to get the next generation
0:08.9	interested as well.
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0:35.8	at greenlight.com slash million. That's all we need. You mean Jake. You mean Jake.
0:42.0	Let's do it then.
0:43.0	You me and Jake.
0:45.0	Let's title on my new podcast.
0:48.0	Hey everybody have Kyle Rosedale, welcome back to make me smart where we make today make sense.
0:53.0	And welcome back, Kai.
0:55.0	I'm Kim Billy Adams.
0:56.0	Thank you for joining us on this Monday, April 8th.
0:59.0	And happy Eclipse Day.
1:00.0	It just popped out on the patio to safely with Eclipse Glasses.
1:04.6	Have a little look here in DC.
1:06.8	Got a little slice of it, but nothing too serious.
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