Rachel Webster

Do you find that you spend more on your card when you have a higher limit?

Do you find that you spend more on your card when you have a higher limit?

Uncapped interest rates were the first step in a long transformation of the banking industry, from a boring necessity into one of the most profitable industries in the world.

Uncapped interest rates were the first step in a long transformation of the banking industry, from a boring necessity into one of the most profitable industries in the world.

And by the time 1983 rolls around, in a flash dance, debt explodes.

And by the time 1983 rolls around, in a flash dance, debt explodes.

We'll take a trip to our nation's capital to meet some cats.

We'll take a trip to our nation's capital to meet some cats.

And we'll try to define what we consider to be priceless.

And we'll try to define what we consider to be priceless.

And this episode was mixed by Jeff Seeley. Thanks to every woman who shared her debt story with us. Thanks to Flashdance, Donna Summer, Mall Madness, Rush, Showgirls, Cheers, and I Love You Man for inspiring this episode's theme and for explicitly allowing us fair use of their materials, which has been reviewed by a lawyer.

And this episode was mixed by Jeff Seeley. Thanks to every woman who shared her debt story with us. Thanks to Flashdance, Donna Summer, Mall Madness, Rush, Showgirls, Cheers, and I Love You Man for inspiring this episode's theme and for explicitly allowing us fair use of their materials, which has been reviewed by a lawyer.

And speaking of lawyers, thanks to my stepmother, Mary Pat Truthheart, for explaining why women didn't get access to credit in the first place.

And speaking of lawyers, thanks to my stepmother, Mary Pat Truthheart, for explaining why women didn't get access to credit in the first place.

We love you.

We love you.

Bye.

Bye.

What's the damage?

What's the damage?