{"podcast":{"title":"The College Investor Audio Show","slug":"the-college-investor-audio-show-414113","podcast_index_feed_id":414113,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/the-college-investor/","website_url":"https://thecollegeinvestor.com","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/f3c20c77-1ea5-4d2e-a65a-e87b0a5c9f68/college-investor-podcast-cover-c1.png","author":"The College Investor","episode_count":1036,"summary":"The College Investor podcast is a daily audio show that's dedicated to bringing you the best of TheCollegeInvestor.com. We discuss a variety of topics, all relating to millennial money - including student loan debt, investing, earning more money, and more! Robert Farrington, the founder of The College Investor and a Millennial Money Expert, shares how to get out of student loan debt so that you can start investing and building wealth for the future. Instead of cutting expenses and living a frugal life, he advocates side hustling and entrepreneurship to earn extra money to achieve your financial goals.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T20:18:09.903988+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-college-investor-audio-show-414113"},"episode":{"title":"IDR Payment Tracker Returning to StudentAid.gov After Education Department Reversal","slug":"idr-payment-tracker-returning-to-studentaid-gov-after-education-department-reversal","published_at":"2026-04-27T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-college-investor-audio-show-414113/idr-payment-tracker-returning-to-studentaid-gov-after-education-department-reversal","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-college-investor-audio-show-414113","url":"https://thecollegeinvestor.com/78473/idr-payment-tracker-returning-to-studentaid-gov-after-education-department-reversal/","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/c9f852db-e89a-4fc5-a22e-140b59b1eec7.mp3","summary":"The Department of Education says it is working to restore the income-driven repayment (IDR) payment count tracker on StudentAid.gov — reversing its own prior statement that the tool would not return. Updated guidance published March 27 on the StudentAid.gov FAQ page states : “The court actions require that we modify the display of the IDR payment counters, which will require additional system changes. We are working to update our systems to make those changes.” The department provided no timeline, no details on what modifications are being made, and no explanation of what “additional system changes” are required.","meta_description":"The Department of Education says it is working to restore the income-driven repayment (IDR) payment count tracker on StudentAid.gov — reversing its own pr…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":335,"processing_state":"processed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-college-investor-audio-show-414113/episodes/idr-payment-tracker-returning-to-studentaid-gov-after-education-department-reversal/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-college-investor-audio-show-414113/idr-payment-tracker-returning-to-studentaid-gov-after-education-department-reversal.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}