{"podcast":{"title":"Docs Outside The Box","slug":"docs-outside-the-box-323291","podcast_index_feed_id":323291,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/1983294.rss","website_url":"http://www.drniidarko.com","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/07i3h5mncr7oeumj1llnhap7s8x7?.jpg","author":"Dr. Nii Darko","episode_count":568,"summary":"Hosts Dr. Nii (Ghanaian) and Dr. Renee (Haitian) are first-generation physicians who paid off $662,000 in student loans in 3 years - while figuring out contracts, career moves, and money management that their colleagues learned at home. Every episode covers what first-gen docs need to know: Contract negotiation and career decisions Paying off debt without family financial guidance Building wealth from scratch The questions you don't know to ask (but your colleagues already knew) Real strategies from doctors who had to figure it out on their own. Subscribe and build your blueprint with us. Download: The First-Gen Doctor Blueprint","last_synced_at":"2026-09-16T02:18:11.823657+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/docs-outside-the-box-323291"},"episode":{"title":"How We Paid Off $662K With No Family Help #475","slug":"how-we-paid-off-662k-with-no-family-help-475","published_at":"2026-02-02T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/docs-outside-the-box-323291/how-we-paid-off-662k-with-no-family-help-475","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/docs-outside-the-box-323291","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/www.buzzsprout.com/1983294/episodes/18608963-how-we-paid-off-662k-with-no-family-help-475.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/www.buzzsprout.com/1983294/episodes/18608963-how-we-paid-off-662k-with-no-family-help-475.mp3","summary":"SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! In this episode, we share our complete story - how we went from $662,000 in medical school debt to completely debt-free in just three years, as first-generation doctors without any family financial blueprint. You'll hear: Why we accrued over $100,000 in interest (and how to avoid it)The exact moment we decided to pay off our debt aggressivelyOur real budget: $200/month groceries, $50/month fast foodThe sac...","meta_description":"SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! In this episode, we share our complete story - how we went from $66…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1530,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/docs-outside-the-box-323291/episodes/how-we-paid-off-662k-with-no-family-help-475/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/docs-outside-the-box-323291/how-we-paid-off-662k-with-no-family-help-475.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}