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Level Up – Episode 10: Inside Student Loan Policy with NASFAA’s Senior Policy Analyst

This entry is part 10 of 10 in the series Level Up.

In this episode of Level Up, hosts Desmond Stinnie and Addison Wiggin welcome Megan Walter, Senior Policy Analyst at the National Association of Student Financial…

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DigitalNinja August 29, 2025
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What Happened to Our Creativity, and Can AI Help Us Get It Back?

This entry is part 8 of 8 in the series Improving Wellness.

In our recent Level Up podcast episode, “Trades, Tech, and Tomorrow,” we sat down with Mikhail Reece—a sharp, dynamic thinker who said something that has…

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DigitalNinja August 15, 2025
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Level Up – Episode 9: Trades, Tech & Tomorrow

This entry is part 9 of 10 in the series Level Up.

In this episode of Level Up, Addison Wiggin and Desmond Stinnie sit down with Mikhail Reece, a passionate advocate for trade careers and founder of…

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DigitalNinja August 13, 2025
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Level Up – Episode 8: Marriage, Money, and a Mission: The Story Behind Calendar Budget App

This entry is part 8 of 10 in the series Level Up.

Level Up is thrilled to welcome Eric and Robin Poulin, the visionary co-founders—and dynamic married duo—behind Calendar Budget, a powerful budgeting app designed to bring…

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DigitalNinja August 13, 2025
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Is It Time for Universities to Welcome the Trades?

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Career Minded.

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the students who start college full of hope, only to leave before finishing. Maybe they discover the traditional…

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DigitalNinja August 10, 2025
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Teaching Entrepreneurship in the Trades

This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series Building Trades That Last.

Skilled hands can build just about anything—homes, machines, entire systems. But when it comes to building a business? That’s where many tradespeople hit a wall.…

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DigitalNinja August 7, 2025
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Financial Literacy Is a Skill

This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series Building Trades That Last.

When we talk about skills in the trades, we usually mean things you do with your hands: installing wiring, fixing HVAC systems, laying tile, tuning…

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DigitalNinja August 3, 2025
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Why Do So Many Trades Businesses Fail?

This entry is part 2 of 4 in the series Building Trades That Last.

They start with promise. A skilled plumber opens their own shop. An HVAC tech builds a client base. A contractor takes on bigger and bigger…

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DigitalNinja August 1, 2025
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Level Up – Episode 7: The Apprenticeship That Saved My Life: A Conversation with Cory McCray

This entry is part 7 of 10 in the series Level Up.

In this powerful episode of Level Up, Desmond Stinnie and Addison Wiggin sit down with Cory McCray to discuss his deeply personal new book, The…

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DigitalNinja July 30, 2025
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Level Up – Premier Episode: Unmask The Hero

This entry is part 1 of 10 in the series Level Up.

In the series premier episode 1 of Level Up, we are joined by Ray “Coach Shoe” Schufford – retired first responder and founder of 2…

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DigitalNinja July 28, 2025
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