{"podcast":{"title":"Heritage Explains","slug":"heritage-explains-800789","podcast_index_feed_id":800789,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/7179216/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/heritage-explains--7179216","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/50b0ea569e16ffcfe238bfdfdfb72351.jpg","author":"The Heritage Foundation","episode_count":479,"summary":"A podcast that explains major policy issues at a 101 level. Experts from America's leading public policy organization break down major news stories and policy debates raging in culture and Congress alike.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-24T08:18:43.457108+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/heritage-explains-800789"},"episode":{"title":"What is the Trump Admin Changing About Student Loans? | Jonathan Butcher","slug":"what-is-the-trump-admin-changing-about-student-loans-jonathan-butcher","published_at":"2026-03-25T08:23:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/heritage-explains-800789/what-is-the-trump-admin-changing-about-student-loans-jonathan-butcher","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/heritage-explains-800789","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-is-the-trump-admin-changing-about-student-loans-jonathan-butcher--72970977","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72970977/7b066a63_d035_c7b9_6175_04e0b182013d.mp3","summary":"Last week, the Trump administration announced major changes to the way that student loan debt will be managed, specifically moving that management from the Department of Education to the Department of the Treasury. I sat down with Jonathan Butcher, Senior Research Fellow in the Center for Education Policy here at the Heritage Foundation, to talk about why this is a huge step in the movement to return education to local control. --- Thoughts? Questions? Email us at: heritageexplains@heritage.org. --- Jonathan Butcher on X: https://x.com/JM_Butcher","meta_description":"Last week, the Trump administration announced major changes to the way that student loan debt will be managed, specifically moving that management from th…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":755,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/heritage-explains-800789/episodes/what-is-the-trump-admin-changing-about-student-loans-jonathan-butcher/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/heritage-explains-800789/what-is-the-trump-admin-changing-about-student-loans-jonathan-butcher.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}