{"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":"Trump’s Budget Proposal Would Cut $2.3 Billion From Education","slug":"trump-s-budget-proposal-would-cut-2-3-billion-from-education","published_at":"2026-04-09T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-college-investor-audio-show-414113/trump-s-budget-proposal-would-cut-2-3-billion-from-education","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-college-investor-audio-show-414113","url":"https://thecollegeinvestor.com/78235/trumps-budget-proposal-would-cut-2-3-billion-from-education/","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/adb364c6-41ef-4d0a-befe-52c0b55cc227.mp3","summary":"If you’re a college student or family relying on financial aid, President Trump’s newly released fiscal year 2027 budget proposal (PDF File) could signal major changes ahead. The plan calls for eliminating two long-standing aid programs, freezing Pell Grant awards at their current dollar amount, and continuing the administration’s push to shut down the Department of Education entirely. The proposal, unveiled on Friday, requests $76.5 billion in discretionary funding for the Department of Education, a $2.3 billion (2.9%) decrease from last year. Including both mandatory and discretionary funding, the administration requested $124.4 billion for federal student aid. The budget document describes these moves as putting the department on a “path to elimination,” with programs transferred to other agencies and staff reduced. Here’s what the proposal includes, what it would mean for your wallet, and why it may or may not actually happen.","meta_description":"If you’re a college student or family relying on financial aid, President Trump’s newly released fiscal year 2027 budget proposal (PDF File) could signal…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":573,"processing_state":"processed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-college-investor-audio-show-414113/episodes/trump-s-budget-proposal-would-cut-2-3-billion-from-education/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/trump-s-budget-proposal-would-cut-2-3-billion-from-education.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}