Episode Details

Last month, the Supreme Court struck down President Biden’s student loan forgiveness program. Student loan debt these days weighs in at about $1.7 trillion. Leah Litman and Josh Mitchell join us on the latest episode of The Weeds to dive into the legal landscape and discuss how we got this student loan system in the first place. 

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Jonquilyn Hill, host

Sofi LaLonde, producer

Vince Fairchild, engineer

A.M. Hall, editorial director of talk podcasts

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