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Student Loan Radio #15 / Financial Aid Podcast #306
Audio from the New England Podcasters meetup on July 12, 2006.
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Reminders + Consolidate your student loans at StudentLoanConsolidator.com + Student loans available at any time - visit AlternativeStudentLoan.com + Need financial aid help? Call us at 877-328-1565! + Toll-free comment line! 877-328-1565 extension 529! + Financial Aid Podcast Show Notes at FinancialAidPodcast.com. + Add us to your iTunes at www.FinancialAidPodcast.com/subscribe + The Financial Aid Podcast is a publication of the Student Loan Network.
Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Email me at financialaidpodcast {at} gmail {dot} com, visit http://www.FinancialAidPodcast.com, or call 877-328-1565 x529. Add me to your iTunes by visiting http://www.FinancialAidPodcast.com/subscribe/
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Interview with novelist and popular science writer Rudy Rucker. We discuss his recently released book, Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul: What Gnarly Computation Taught Me About Ultimate Reality, the Meaning of Life, and How to Be Happy; the universe as different types of computation; his six teachings that came from the book; his book The Hacker and the Ants; going native in California; teaching computer science at San Jose State University; working as a computer programmwer at AutoDesk; determinism versus free will; Stephen Wolfram and cellular automata; his belief in God; the influence of his great, great grandfather, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel; the dialectic: thesis, synthesis and antithesis; how gnarly computation taught him how to be writer; what he discovered while writing his latest book; Kurt Gödel's incompleteness theorem; A New Kind of Science; is artificial intelligence possible; Ray Kurzweil; Moore's law; how philosophy has changed in the 20th century; Daniel Dennett; science fiction as philosophy; Accelerando by Charles Stross; the singularity, Vernor Vinge; Accelerating Change conference; how is style of writing developed; counterculture values; his novel Software; Olaf Stapleton; Zap Comix; artist Pieter Brueghel; his podcasts; his blog; Boing Boing. Featured song is "No Better Place To Live" by Criste Gifton Saizi.
Hey, how does today's show sound? I've been playing with the Apulsoft C3 MultiBand Compressor and a few quick tests gave me more of that Adam Curry sound - let me know what you think!
Student Financial Aid News + No new Pell Grant money for you! says US House + eCollegeTimes article on avoiding paying student loans + Did not mention deferment or forbearance + There's always consolidation + StudentLoanConsolidator.com or 877-328-1565 + FAFSA tip on reducing Adjusted Gross Income + FAFSAonline.com + You have to appear to make less money! + Payroll deductions are vital - 401k, IRA, etc. + Saving for retirement double bonus + Paying interest on student loans + Other pretax payroll deductions
Scholarship Update + New secret keyphrase + Can be geography or field specific + Tune in to find out what it is! + Refreshed feed so that scholarship stuff is available + StudentScholarshipSearch.com for more free scholarships + GotScholarships.com for premium scholarship search
Mail Bag + Sharon - on US government allowing students to reconsolidate + StudentLoanConsolidator.com
Quick Tech Tip + If you're a podcaster and you want the Adam Curry sound, here's how + Requires a Mac and Garageband 2.0 + Substitutes for thousands of dollars in audio equipment + Apulsoft C3 Multiband Compressor + Now it's time to reposition the mic and put more duct tape on my headset...
Podsafe Music + Charlie Crowe, Crowe Jam + i:scintilla, Capsella + Support Indie Artists, Buy the Podsafe Album for only $9.90! + Via the Podsafe Music Network
Financial Aid Podcast Show Notes at FinancialAidPodcast.com. The Financial Aid Podcast is a publication of the Student Loan Network.
Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Email me at financialaidpodcast {at} gmail {dot} com or visit http://www.FinancialAidPodcast.com
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Student Financial Aid News + Absence of solutions in opinions - a bit of a rant, followup to SC decision + Ideas for the government reduction of deficit + Spiraling college costs + Numbers from TheStreet.com: + Prestige school: tuition, $31,644; room/board, $9,873; books & supplies, $1,419; plus similar costs for personal expenses and transportation. Total cost: an estimated $44,592 per year. + Well-regarded school: tuition, $16,086; room/board, $6,540; books & supplies, $920; plus costs for personal expenses and transportation. Total cost: an estimated $26,226 per year. + State university: tuition, $8,670; room/board $7,176; books/supplies $950; plus expenses and transportation. Total cost: an estimated $18,452 per year. + Valid question raised: is college worth it? + According to the Census Bureau, over an adult's working life, high school graduates earn an average of $1.2 million + Associate's degree holders earn about $1.6 million + Bachelor's degree holders earn about $2.1 million + Are half as likely to be unemployed compared with high school graduates
Scholarship Update + All Ink $10,000 Scholarship + December 31 deadline + 2 essays required + Detailed page at Student Scholarship Search
Mail Bag + Where to get a Stafford Loan application + StaffordLoan.com + Reminder: You must have completed your FAFSA first! + + Need money faster? Get an alternative student loan. + AlternativeStudentLoan.com + ActEducationLoans.com + Paying off a loan on someone's behalf as a wedding present + Privacy concerns + Reputable student loan companies cannot give out borrower information to someone who is not the borrower + Consider a different wedding gift
Podsafe Music + Jill Parr, Do You Hear What I Hear + Doug Boldt, Deck the Halls blend + Beatrice Ericsson, In My Heart + Support Indie Artists, Buy the Podsafe Album for only $9.90! + Via the Podsafe Music Network
Financial Aid Podcast Show Notes at FinancialAidPodcast.com. The Financial Aid Podcast is a publication of the Student Loan Network.
Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Email me at financialaidpodcast {at} gmail {dot} com or visit http://www.FinancialAidPodcast.com
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Student Financial Aid News + Pell Grant appropriations being reallocated? + Just how bad is the federal debt? $8,052,330,154,252.81 + Deficit vs. debt! + It's like the difference between your credit card monthly payment and how much you owe + T-Bill at 4.004% as of Monday + Treasury bills are used to raise money to pay for the debt + Consolidate your loans to prevent further rate increases + StudentLoanConsolidator.com
Feature: MASFAA Presentation + Brooke Rickard presents financial literacy for students + Recap of MASFAA 2005 Presentation
Podsafe Music + Cheryl B. Engelhardt, Proof + American Heartbreak, The Greatest Christmas Song Ever Written + Via the Podsafe Music Network
Financial Aid Podcast Show Notes at FinancialAidPodcast.com. The Financial Aid Podcast is a publication of the Student Loan Network.
Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Email me at financialaidpodcast {at} gmail {dot} com or visit http://www.FinancialAidPodcast.com
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10/25: Back in the office, iPod Nano giveaway, $3B for TV?, Scholarship Update, Mail Bag, Melissa Cox, Alabaster Queen, Masceo, #99
iPod Nano Giveaway + I'm about to hit a milestone in podcasting that I'm quite proud of: the 100th episode of the Financial Aid Podcast. To celebrate, I'm having a little contest. Here's how it works: + The prize will be one of two prizes: + The Financial Aid Podcast will make your student loan payment for one month (up to $300) OR + A free 4GB iPod nano™ PLUS lanyard headphones ($300 value) + The winner will be given a choice of prize, and the winners will be announced on the Financial Aid Podcast on December 1, 2005 (just in time for Christmas) + Tell additional friends about this contest to increase your chances of winning! (every referral who enters your email address counts as an additional entry for you!) + You will automatically be entered to win if you apply for a Stafford Loan through StaffordLoan.com, a PLUS Loan through ParentPLUSLoan.com, a Student Loan Consolidation through StudentLoanConsolidator.com, or an Act Education Loan from ActEducationLoans.com. To refer additional people to this page, simply provide them with our web site address, FinancialAidPodcast.com. + For full details, visit: http://financialaidnews.com/show100contest.php
Student Financial Aid News + $3 billion for cable TV, but no money for higher education? + Earthtime article + No more education tax breaks? It could happen! + Wallet Watch article
Scholarship Update + New scholarship search secret update + Today's secret keyphrase will deliver entire pages of scholarships!
Mail bag + The difference between a scholarship and a grant + Scholarships tend to be more merit and criteria focused first + Grants tend to be more need-aware and need-focused first + These are not hard and fast rules - they are usually interchangeable terms!
Podsafe Music + Melissa Cox, Goddess + Alabaster Queen, Retail + Masceo, Cannonball + All music is via the Podsafe Music Network
Financial Aid Podcast Show Notes at FinancialAidPodcast.com. The Financial Aid Podcast is a publication of the Student Loan Network.
Buy music featured on the Financial Aid Podcast in the iTunes Music Store!
Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Email me at financialaidpodcast {at} gmail {dot} com
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SoccerGossip.comShow#4 on October 19th, 2005. The English Premier League is back, so BeatleManU does his usual roundup of the weekends fixtures. Added to that, Champions League Matchday 3 and a roundup of European World Cup Qualifiers, we have quite a big show!!!
Testing to see if Gigadial will create an RSS feed for an MP3 that doesn't yet have one. UPDATE: Yes, it works.