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Student Loan Planner

Travis Hornsby

Travis helps you navigate the insane world of student loans, especially if you owe $20,000 to $1 million. If you've ever spent too much time on the phone with your loan servicer, this is the show for you. Every week we share tips on loan forgiveness, investing, crushing debt, and how to get to financial freedom when you owe more than most people's mortgage.

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467 episodes

  1. Last Student Loan Actions Before A New Congress 8:49
  2. FICO Scores, Student Loans, and the $500K Cost of Bad Credit 49:01
  3. Weird Student Loan Notices, IBR Payment Caps, and PSLF Buyback Delays 21:18
  4. Recertification vs. Recalculation for Student Loan Borrowers 32:29
  5. What To Do If You Can’t Pay Your Student Loans 38:43
  6. The Wealth Gap We Found in Our Survey 42:16
  7. How Federal Loans Are Becoming More Like Private Loans 16:47
  8. Student Loan Tax Bomb: What Forgiveness in 2026 Really Means for You 1:01:06
  9. The “Pay Down Debt vs. Invest” Math Has Shifted 10:07
  10. Why You Shouldn’t Panic About Forgiveness Counts Being Rolled Back 24:38
  11. Student Loan Payments Are Going Up 34:01
  12. The Student Loan Borrower Tax Rate Is Too Dang High 21:42
  13. Why You Should Get an Old Person Hobby as a Student Loan Borrow 9:34
  14. Are you on track to retire? Why that’s the wrong question 16:13
  15. New Grad Student Loan Hacks 10:57
  16. The Post July 1 World of Student Loans 24:59
  17. What Would An AI Bubble Mean for Student Loan Borrowers? 19:13
  18. RAP Strategies 2.0 36:04
  19. Student Loans Post-July 1 24:29
  20. Why "AUM Fees are Bad" is a Marketing Ploy 35:47
  21. Are you a "SHENRY"? 22:04
  22. Repayment Assistance Plan 27:27
  23. New Rules, Forgiveness Updates, and PSLF Lawsuit Watch 26:31
  24. Changes to Grad Plus Coming This Year in 2026 20:27
  25. "What Now?" Listener Questions Answered 33:55
  26. Will AI Kill Student Loan Advising? 20:33
  27. Predicting the Future of the Tax Bomb 18:23
  28. Top Student Loan Issues Borrowers Are Facing Right Now 52:49
  29. How Much You Should Borrow for Grad School is Totally Different Now 23:24
  30. Borrower Defense, PSLF Buyback, and IDR Recertification Chaos 22:36
  31. Domino Effect From SAVE Settlement 15:57
  32. How to Pay Student Loans During the Next Recession 17:01
  33. Is Student Loan Forgiveness Dead? 25:47
  34. IDR Recertification Backlogs, Glitches, and Scary Letters 26:55
  35. Why PSLF Could Die By the Mid-2030s 18:39
  36. Tax Extensions Can Lower Your Student Loan Payments 28:09
  37. PSLF Chaos, Consolidation Deadlines, and Parent PLUS Landmines 34:31
  38. Tax Season Student Loan Tips & Big Mistakes We See 55:18
  39. What Will Students and Parents Do This Fall? 27:14
  40. First Look at "Beautiful Bill" Regulations 26:13
  41. All the Regs That Need to Happen Very Soon 17:11
  42. Parent PLUS Loan Changes for 2026 39:07
  43. Your Goals Are Too Polite 18:40
  44. Can Retiring Too Late Kill You? 31:20
  45. What's New With Student Loans In 2026 + Listener Q&A 40:41
  46. Married Filing Separately: What Student Loan Borrowers Need to Re-Check at Tax Time 32:41
  47. Holiday Encouragement for Borrowers 12:26
  48. SAVE Lawsuit Settlement and What It Means 20:24
  49. IBR Problems and How to Fix Them 17:39
  50. Introducing the Student Loan Planner Community 15:15