Hey, this is Anna. On debt sex and money, we've had an ongoing conversation about student debt and how for many of you it's affecting major life decisions and what feels possible in your life. We're thinking about that again in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court decision a few weeks ago that found that President Biden did not have the authority for his

planned debt forgiveness program. We are watching, as policymakers debate what happens next,

and we'll be listening to you as you try to sort out what you do next, whether you're someone

with debt or someone with kids who are or will one day be college age. Since we first dug into student

debt with you in a big series in 2017, the thing we've heard over and over again is

there's this conundrum at the center of it. Many of you took on student debt because you thought

you were doing what you were supposed to do, getting educated

and setting yourself up for more opportunities. But then that debt became too much to handle for

some of you because of the ways higher ed costs have skyrocketed or because your earnings didn't

stretch far enough or because the psychological toll of starting your adult life so far in the hole, it just felt like you'd made some critical error somewhere.

And that's why we wanted to share this story of student debt with you from This Is Uncomfortable, a podcast from Marketplace, about how one young woman in Canada ended up working in the oil sands to pay down her college loans.

A warning, it does include details about sexual harassment and sexual assault in the workplace.

So if that's not something you're up for listening to right now, you might want to skip this one.

And if you don't already know about

This Is Uncomfortable, definitely add the show to your listening routine. It's like a close cousin

of death sex and money. They say the show is stories about life and how money messes with it,

and we are all fans of it here. And I like this particular episode from their latest season a lot.

Here's This Is Uncomfortable host, Rima Kres.

In October of 2005, Kate Beaton woke up at 5 in the morning, shuffled out of the one bedroom she was sharing with two roommates, and made her way to the bus stop.

It was the first day of her new job.

She was wearing an old jacket, which barely held up against the cold.

Not normal cold.

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