Craig Robinson

Well, it's great to have you here. Just excited to hear about all your success, the podcast, your books, your advice, and we need people like you at this time. Somebody so young who has such knowledge, but the thing that... is really unusual, probably not to us, is your background, your upbringing, where you came from, how you wound up here.

Well, it's great to have you here. Just excited to hear about all your success, the podcast, your books, your advice, and we need people like you at this time. Somebody so young who has such knowledge, but the thing that... is really unusual, probably not to us, is your background, your upbringing, where you came from, how you wound up here.

Well, it's great to have you here. Just excited to hear about all your success, the podcast, your books, your advice, and we need people like you at this time. Somebody so young who has such knowledge, but the thing that... is really unusual, probably not to us, is your background, your upbringing, where you came from, how you wound up here.

And we were hoping to start with you telling us just something about you, how you grew up and how you came to be in this spot.

And we were hoping to start with you telling us just something about you, how you grew up and how you came to be in this spot.

And we were hoping to start with you telling us just something about you, how you grew up and how you came to be in this spot.

So why were things so unstable financially?

So why were things so unstable financially?

So why were things so unstable financially?

And that would be a cycle.

And that would be a cycle.

And that would be a cycle.

You know, one of the things... Oh, what game? Okay, hang on. What game? Honestly, it wasn't even a good game.

You know, one of the things... Oh, what game? Okay, hang on. What game? Honestly, it wasn't even a good game.

You know, one of the things... Oh, what game? Okay, hang on. What game? Honestly, it wasn't even a good game.

One of the things that I talked to, because I talked to a lot of young students, college-bound students, students in school. And I saw this, I was an associate dean at the University of Chicago. I had the experience on my own. And what you know is like early debt starts right at... that college age.

One of the things that I talked to, because I talked to a lot of young students, college-bound students, students in school. And I saw this, I was an associate dean at the University of Chicago. I had the experience on my own. And what you know is like early debt starts right at... that college age.

One of the things that I talked to, because I talked to a lot of young students, college-bound students, students in school. And I saw this, I was an associate dean at the University of Chicago. I had the experience on my own. And what you know is like early debt starts right at... that college age.

Because not only do a lot of kids, kids of color, kids from working class backgrounds that have never had money, you go to school, you get that loan check that's supposed to go to paying for books and food and all those things.

Because not only do a lot of kids, kids of color, kids from working class backgrounds that have never had money, you go to school, you get that loan check that's supposed to go to paying for books and food and all those things.