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Consumers' Checkbook: New FCC Rule Requires Phone Companies to Block Some Robotexts

May 11, 2023

Airing on May 11, 2023, Herb Weisbaum invites Margot Saunders to discuss new Federal Communication Commission rules and what more can be done to protect consumers from unwanted and illegal robocalls and texts. “The FCC needs to identify a way of regulating those texts and limiting the texts that contain those links that have not…

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Broadband Breakfast: NCLC Attorney Debates the Best Methods of Stopping Illegal Calls with Industry Representatives

March 22, 2023

On Mar. 22, 2023, Margot Saunders joined a Broadband Breakfast Live Online event to discuss how the current industry and regulatory fight against illegal robocall traffic is failing to make a meaningful dent in the problem. “Robocalls have completely undermined the value of the U.S. telephone system. The system is losing value and that’s hurting…

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An Arm and a Leg Podcast: Wrestling With a Giant: April Kuehnhoff discusses how to dispute a hospital bill

March 2, 2023

Season 9, Episode 3 of the An Arm and a Leg podcast, airing on Mar. 2, 2023, and co-produced by Kaiser Health News, features April Kuehnhoff with advice on filing a dispute with a debt collector.

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The Freedom Side Podcast: Caroline Cohn discusses junk fees & mass incarceration

March 2, 2023

On Mar. 2, 2023, Caroline Cohn sat down with the hosts of Breakthrough News’ The Freedom Side podcast to discuss how incarcerated people and their families are subject to some of the most exploitative fees for basic necessities.

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Arizona's Family On Your Side Podcast: Carla Sanchez-Adams Talks About 'Junk' Fees

February 27, 2023

On Feb. 27, 2023, Carla Sanchez-Adams discusses a recent report on the high cost of junk fees and what can be done to stop them from taking more money out of consumers’ pockets.

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Ipse Dixit Podcast: Andrea Bopp Stark & Geoffrey Walsh on Carceral Bankruptcy

October 4, 2022

Season 1, Episode 762 of the Ipse Dixit podcast aired on Oct. 4, 2022. Andrea Bopp Stark and Geoffrey Walsh discuss their work on fines and fees in bankruptcy case, with a particular focus on their article, Sentenced to a Life of Debt: It Is Time for a Reassessment of How Bankruptcy Law Intersects with Fines and Fees…

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Consumers' Checkbook: New FCC Rule Requires Phone Companies to Block Some Robotexts

Broadband Breakfast: NCLC Attorney Debates the Best Methods of Stopping Illegal Calls with Industry Representatives

An Arm and a Leg Podcast: Wrestling With a Giant: April Kuehnhoff discusses how to dispute a hospital bill

The Freedom Side Podcast: Caroline Cohn discusses junk fees & mass incarceration

Arizona's Family On Your Side Podcast: Carla Sanchez-Adams Talks About 'Junk' Fees

Ipse Dixit Podcast: Andrea Bopp Stark & Geoffrey Walsh on Carceral Bankruptcy