Student Loan Payment Strategy
Jill on Money with Jill Schlesinger
Audacy
4.6 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 22 September 2025
⏱️ 14 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Should I continue making income-driven repayments and hope that the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program isn't canceled, or should I pay off the full balance?
Have a money question? Email us here
"Jill on Money" theme music is by Joel Goodman, www.joelgoodman.com.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Jill on Money Show. |
| 0:05.3 | It's Monday, September 22nd, and we are here trying to help you make better financial decisions, sometimes not even better. |
| 0:13.9 | We're just trying to help you wade through all these decisions that are kind of thrust upon you. |
| 0:19.8 | And sometimes that feels unfair, Like, oh, man, |
| 0:22.6 | this is so confusing. It's complex. Well, I get that. Mark gets that. We don't want you to do it |
| 0:28.5 | all on your own. We are here to help you out. Mark and I are both certified financial planners, |
| 0:34.1 | and we love talking to you about whatever it is that is going on and help |
| 0:39.8 | you figure out the way forward. And sometimes there are a lot of different ways forward. So get in |
| 0:44.9 | touch with us. Go to jillonmoney.com. Click the contact us button. Write us a note. And when you |
| 0:52.0 | are at the end of that form, there's a little box that says, would you like to come on the air live with us? |
| 0:57.0 | If you check the box, Mark will attempt to bring you on and hopefully it works for our schedules. |
| 1:03.4 | So that's great. While you're on the website, don't forget, you can sign up for the free weekly newsletter, which comes out every Friday. |
| 1:10.0 | Okay, let's kick it off. |
| 1:12.3 | We have got Logan, who joins us from Missouri. |
| 1:15.7 | Hello, Logan. |
| 1:16.7 | Welcome to the program. |
| 1:18.1 | Hello, how are you doing today? |
| 1:19.7 | Doing great. |
| 1:20.5 | What can we do for you, sir? |
| 1:21.9 | Well, I have a bunch of questions, mainly focused on student loans and my retirement savings plan, of which |
| 1:30.8 | I just, I started very, very late in life. You know what? It's okay. Sometimes the people I know |
| 1:37.5 | who started late really come around and just supercharged things. So this is not a problem. We are here |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Audacy, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Audacy and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.