Welcome to the Megan Kelly Show, your home for open, honest, and provocative conversations.

Hey, everyone, I'm Megan Kelly. Welcome to the Megan Kelly Show. Today, we're taking

a little break from the news cycle for a conversation with someone I've had on this show once

before and have talked about many more times. Doug Brunt, Doug is the host of the Sirius

Sex and Podcast dedicated with Doug Brunt and the best-selling author of several books,

and he is out with his first non-fiction book today titled The Mysterious Case of Rudolph

Diesel, Genius, Power, and Deception on the eve of World War I. He is also, as you probably

know by now, my husband, and he's here right next to me in studio for the full show.

Steve Dings on credit reports happened to all sorts of people from all socio-economic

backgrounds. Understanding the credit landscape can be extremely difficult, and spending

the time to dispute and repair these so-called Dings can be a full-time job. Good luck

to you if you have kids or a 9-5 job. For starters, you have to deal with three separate

credit bureaus. It can be a massive headache. It's also a common misconception that people

with poor credit scores are just those who simply don't pay their credit card bills.

These can be very hardworking people who are negatively affected by divorce, identity theft,

medical debt, student loans, and just don't have the time or are too overwhelmed to fix

it. But if you do not address negative credit items, they can haunt you for years to come,

and when it counts the most, like when you're trying to get a mortgage at a competitive

rate. And we know that being relegated to the status of renter versus homeowner can

be a huge obstacle people face when trying to move their family up in economic class over

the course of their lifetime.

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