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        <title>Payday Loan Industry Watch (PLIWatch.org) News Podcast</title>
        <link>http://www.pliwatch.org</link>
        <language>en-us</language>
        <copyright>&#x2117; &amp; &#xA9; 2006-2007 PLIWatch.org</copyright>
        <itunes:subtitle>News and Interviews about the Payday Loan Industry</itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:author>Will Stotler, PLIWatch.org</itunes:author>
        <itunes:summary>News and interviews about the payday loan and cash advance industries presented by neutral, industry-independent PLIWatch.org</itunes:summary>
        <description>News and interviews about the payday loan and cash advance industries presented by neutral, industry-independent PLIWatch.org</description>
        <itunes:owner>
            <itunes:name>Payday Loan Industry Watch (PLIWatch.org)</itunes:name>
            <itunes:email>podcast@pliwatch.org</itunes:email>
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        <itunes:category text="Business">
        <itunes:category text="Business News"/>
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        <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
        <webMaster>podcast@pliwatch.org</webMaster>
        <lastBuildDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2007 19:15:12 EDT</lastBuildDate>
        <pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2007 19:15:12 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Payday Loan Industry Watch (PLIWatch.org)</title>
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        <category>Finance</category>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 14:15:01 EDT</pubDate>
            <title>Interview with David Farias - Founder, FYGO.com</title>
            <itunes:subtitle>Interview with David Farias - Founder, FYGO.com</itunes:subtitle>
            <description>Payday loan opponents caution people against taking payday loans. We interviewed David to better understand the practice and viability of an emerging source for loans: The Internet social lending network.</description>
            <itunes:summary>Payday loan opponents caution people against taking payday loans. We interviewed David to better understand the practice and viability of an emerging source for loans: The Internet socal lending network.</itunes:summary>
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            <itunes:duration>15:40</itunes:duration>
            <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
            <itunes:keywords>interview,payday loans,social lending network,peer-to-peer lending</itunes:keywords>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2006 12:17:10 EDT</pubDate>
            <title>Interview with Pete Kowenhoven - Special Agent, FBI</title>
            <itunes:subtitle>Interview with Pete Kowenhoven - Special Agent, FBI</itunes:subtitle>
            <description>In the news, payday lending is often called legal loan sharking and payday lenders are called loan sharks. We interviewed Special Agent Kowenhoven to understand how loan sharking really works, who loan sharks are, and what the loan shark culture is like.</description>
            <itunes:summary>In the news, payday lending is often called legal loan sharking and payday lenders are called loan sharks. We interviewed Special Agent Kowenhoven to understand how loan sharking really works, who loan sharks are, and what the loan shark culture is like.</itunes:summary>
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            <itunes:duration>29:26</itunes:duration>
            <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
            <itunes:keywords>interview,payday loan,payday lending,loan shark,loan sharking,FBI</itunes:keywords>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 10 Sep 2006 19:35:15 EDT</pubDate>
            <title>Interview with Dr. Tom Lehman - 'In Defense of Payday Lending' Author</title>
            <itunes:subtitle>Interview with Dr. Tom Lehman - 'In Defense of Payday Lending' Author</itunes:subtitle>
            <description>Dr. Lehman joined us to discuss the issue of economics as it applies to the payday loan industry in general and, specifically, to tell us about the economic theory underpinning his article, 'In Defense of Payday Lending.'</description>
            <itunes:summary>Dr. Lehman joined us to discuss the issue of economics as it applies to the payday loan industry in general and, specifically, to tell us about the economic theory underpinning his article, 'In Defense of Payday Lending.'</itunes:summary>
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            <itunes:duration>26:30</itunes:duration>
            <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
            <itunes:keywords>interview,payday loan,economics,lehman,payday lending,von mises,theory</itunes:keywords>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2006 10:47:32 EDT</pubDate>
            <title>Interview with Bill McCloskey - Email Data Source President and CEO</title>
            <itunes:subtitle>Interview with Bill McCloskey - Email Data Source President and CEO</itunes:subtitle>
            <description>Bill provided background on the E-mail marketing space, shared trends relating to the payday loan industry's E-mail marketing, and covered uses for his company's analytics services that will be of interest to online payday lenders and E-mail marketers.</description>
            <itunes:summary>Bill provided background on the E-mail marketing space, shared trends relating to the payday loan industry's E-mail marketing, and covered uses for his company's analytics services that will be of interest to online payday lenders and E-mail marketers.</itunes:summary>
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            <link>http://www.pliwatch.org/podcast_060828.html</link>
            <guid>http://www.pliwatch.org/imedia/PaydayLoanIndustryWatch_2006-08-28_NewsPodcast.mp3</guid>
            <itunes:duration>24:12</itunes:duration>
            <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
            <itunes:keywords>interview,payday loan,email marketing,affiliate,email,mccloskey,analytics,statistics</itunes:keywords>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 13 Aug 2006 16:20:09 EDT</pubDate>
            <title>Interview with Jackie Bates and Ernie St. Gelais - LinkConnector</title>
            <itunes:subtitle>Interview with Jackie Bates and Ernie St. Gelais - LinkConnector</itunes:subtitle>
            <description>Jackie and Ernie provide details about affiliate marketing networks, like theirs, LinkConnector. Benefits for payday lenders and affiliate marketers are covered in addition to how LinkConnector deals with marketing fraud in the payday lending marketspace.</description>
            <itunes:summary>Jackie and Ernie provide details about affiliate marketing networks, like theirs, LinkConnector. Benefits for payday lenders and affiliate marketers are covered in addition to how LinkConnector deals with marketing fraud in the payday lending marketspace.</itunes:summary>
            <enclosure url="http://www.pliwatch.org/imedia/PaydayLoanIndustryWatch_2006-08-13_NewsPodcast.mp3" length="24076865" type="audio/mpeg"/>
            <link>http://www.pliwatch.org/podcast_060813.html</link>
            <guid>http://www.pliwatch.org/imedia/PaydayLoanIndustryWatch_2006-08-13_NewsPodcast.mp3</guid>
            <itunes:duration>39:32</itunes:duration>
            <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
            <itunes:keywords>interview,affiliate network,marketing,affiliate,payday loan,cash advance,fraud</itunes:keywords>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 30 Jul 2006 20:12:12 EDT</pubDate>
            <title>Interview with Trent Sorbe - President, FCF</title>
            <itunes:subtitle>Interview with Trent Sorbe - President, FCF</itunes:subtitle>
            <description>Trent Sorbe explained the Revel Advance card, an alternative to payday loans, offered nationwide by his organization. Trent also provided some banking industry insight: perhaps why it's not in the payday loan business.</description>
            <itunes:summary>Trent Sorbe, FCF President, explained the Revel Advance card, an alternative to payday loans, offered nationwide by his organization. Trent also provided some banking industry insight: perhaps why it's not in the payday loan business.</itunes:summary>
            <enclosure url="http://www.pliwatch.org/imedia/PaydayLoanIndustryWatch_2006-07-30_NewsPodcast.mp3" length="18216956" type="audio/mpeg"/>
            <link>http://www.pliwatch.org/podcast_060730.html</link>
            <guid>http://www.pliwatch.org/imedia/PaydayLoanIndustryWatch_2006-07-30_NewsPodcast.mp3</guid>
            <itunes:duration>28:56</itunes:duration>
            <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
            <itunes:keywords>interview,banking,payday loan,revel,advance,bank,card,debit card</itunes:keywords>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 22 Jul 2006 20:45:01 EDT</pubDate>
            <title>Interview with Greg Fay - Payday Loan Store Owner</title>
            <itunes:subtitle>Interview with Greg Fay - Payday Loan Store Owner</itunes:subtitle>
            <description>Topics in this podcast range from responsible lending practices and dealing with unbanked customers to customer data handling procedures and market conditions in Ohio.</description>
            <itunes:summary>Topics in this podcast range from responsible lending practices and dealing with unbanked customers to customer data handling procedures and market conditions in Ohio.</itunes:summary>
            <enclosure url="http://www.pliwatch.org/imedia/PaydayLoanIndustryWatch_2006-07-22_NewsPodcast.mp3" length="18523756" type="audio/mpeg"/>
            <link>http://www.pliwatch.org/podcast_060722.html</link>
            <guid>http://www.pliwatch.org/imedia/PaydayLoanIndustryWatch_2006-07-22_NewsPodcast.mp3</guid>
            <itunes:duration>29:58</itunes:duration>
            <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
            <itunes:keywords>payday loan industry,interview,interviews,payday lender,cash advance company</itunes:keywords>
        </item>
        <item>
            <pubDate>Sun, 16 Jul 2006 13:05:01 EDT</pubDate>
            <title>Five Short Affiliate Marketing Company Interviews</title>
            <itunes:subtitle>Five Short Affiliate Marketing Company Interviews</itunes:subtitle>
            <description>PLIWatch attended the Affiliate Summit 2006 East tradeshow as Press. An event recap is followed by interviews with five Internet advertisers about how the payday loan industry uses their services.</description>
            <itunes:summary>PLIWatch attended the Affiliate Summit 2006 East tradeshow as Press. An event recap is followed by interviews with five Internet advertisers about how the payday loan industry uses their services.</itunes:summary>
            <enclosure url="http://www.pliwatch.org/imedia/PaydayLoanIndustryWatch_2006-07-16_NewsPodcast.mp3" length="22800570" type="audio/mpeg"/>
            <link>http://www.pliwatch.org/podcast_060716.html</link>
            <guid>http://www.pliwatch.org/imedia/PaydayLoanIndustryWatch_2006-07-16_NewsPodcast.mp3</guid>
            <itunes:duration>37:02</itunes:duration>
            <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
            <itunes:keywords>payday loan industry,interview,interviews,affiliate summit,affiliate marketing</itunes:keywords>
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        <item>
            <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2006 21:18:00 EDT</pubDate>
            <title>Interview with Lawrence Meyers - Ex-Motley Fool Writer and Current Payday Loan Industry Financier</title>
            <itunes:subtitle>Interview with Lawrence Meyers - Ex-Motley Fool Writer and Current Payday Loan Industry Financier</itunes:subtitle>
            <description>Topics range from market valuation of the industry to dollar-based hard-math scenarios of payday loan costs for both the consumer and for the lender.</description>
            <itunes:summary>Topics range from market valuation of the industry to dollar-based hard-math scenarios of payday loan costs for both the consumer and for the lender.</itunes:summary>
            <enclosure url="http://www.pliwatch.org/imedia/PaydayLoanIndustryWatch_2006-07-10_NewsPodcast.mp3" length="22242293" type="audio/mpeg"/>
            <link>http://www.pliwatch.org/podcast_060710.html</link>
            <guid>http://www.pliwatch.org/imedia/PaydayLoanIndustryWatch_2006-07-10_NewsPodcast.mp3</guid>
            <itunes:duration>35:36</itunes:duration>
            <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
            <itunes:keywords>payday loan,cash advance,payday loans,interview,Lawrence,Meyers,consumer,lender,politics</itunes:keywords>
        </item>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 24 Jun 2006 19:19:00 EDT</pubDate>
            <title>Interview with JJ Selmon - Payday Loan Company LoanMax's 'Sit In' Protest.</title>
            <itunes:subtitle>Interview with JJ Selmon - Payday Loan Company LoanMax's 'Sit In' Protest.</itunes:subtitle>
            <description>Info about a Wichita, Kansas, protest by payday lender LoanMax, which paid 400-plus people $100 each to 'sit in' during a 'Dangers of Payday Loans' seminar. Local payday loan issues are also covered.</description>
            <itunes:summary>Info about a Wichita, Kansas, protest by payday lender LoanMax, which paid 400-plus people $100 each to 'sit in' during 'Dangers of Payday Loans' seminar. Local payday loan issues are also covered.</itunes:summary>
            <enclosure url="http://www.pliwatch.org/imedia/PaydayLoanIndustryWatch_2006-06-23_NewsPodcast.mp3" length="17921882" type="audio/mpeg"/>
            <link>http://www.pliwatch.org/podcast_060623.html</link>
            <guid>http://www.pliwatch.org/imedia/PaydayLoanIndustryWatch_2006-06-23_NewsPodcast.mp3</guid>
            <itunes:duration>28:54</itunes:duration>
            <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
            <itunes:keywords>payday loan,cash advance,interview,sunflower,selmon,kansas,loanmax,activists,issues</itunes:keywords>
        </item>
        <item>
            <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jun 2006 16:52:00 EDT</pubDate>
            <title>Interview with Industry Experts from Credit.com</title>
            <itunes:subtitle>Interview with Industry Experts from Credit.com</itunes:subtitle>
            <description>An in-depth telephone interview with Credit.com's Valary Miller and Emily Davidson about issues surrounding the payday loan industry and its place within the larger consumer credit industry.</description>
            <itunes:summary>An in-depth telephone interview with Credit.com's Valary Miller and Emily Davidson about issues surrounding the payday loan industry and its place within the larger consumer credit industry.</itunes:summary>
            <enclosure url="http://www.pliwatch.org/imedia/PaydayLoanIndustryWatch_2006-06-13_NewsPodcast.mp3" length="13214900" type="audio/mpeg"/>
            <link>http://www.pliwatch.org/podcast_060613.html</link>
            <guid>http://www.pliwatch.org/imedia/PaydayLoanIndustryWatch_2006-06-13_NewsPodcast.mp3</guid>
            <itunes:duration>21:20</itunes:duration>
            <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
            <itunes:keywords>payday loan,payday loans,interview,experts,issues,expert,Valary Miller,Emily Davidson</itunes:keywords>
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        <item>
            <pubDate>Mon, 29 May 2006 16:25:00 EDT</pubDate>
            <title>New Mexico Payday Loan Regulation</title>
            <itunes:subtitle>New Mexico Payday Loan Regulation</itunes:subtitle>
            <description>Coverage of Representative Patricia Lundstrom's House Bill 409. Then, what Governor Richardson did when 409 died. This podcast is presented by industry-independent Payday Loan Industry Watch (PLIWatch.org).</description>
            <itunes:summary>Coverage of Representative Patricia Lundstrom's House Bill 409. Then, what Governor Richardson did when 409 died. This podcast is presented by industry-independent Payday Loan Industry Watch (PLIWatch.org).</itunes:summary>
            <enclosure url="http://www.pliwatch.org/imedia/PaydayLoanIndustryWatch_2006-05-29_NewsPodcast.mp3" length="7069240" type="audio/mpeg"/>
            <link>http://www.pliwatch.org/podcast_060529.html</link>
            <guid>http://www.pliwatch.org/imedia/PaydayLoanIndustryWatch_2006-05-29_NewsPodcast.mp3</guid>
            <itunes:duration>11:08</itunes:duration>
            <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
            <itunes:keywords>payday loan,cash advance,news,legislation,New Mexico,Richardson,Lundstrom,Madrid</itunes:keywords>
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        <item>
            <pubDate>Sat, 20 May 2006 17:52:00 EDT</pubDate>
            <title>Payday Loan Store Allegedly Mishandles Personal Documents and Two Payday Loan Store Owners Convicted</title>
            <itunes:subtitle>Payday Loan Store Allegedly Mishandles Personal Documents and Two Payday Loan Store Owners Convicted</itunes:subtitle>
            <description>Two news stories about the payday loan industry: Document Mishandling and a few Georgia RICO payday lender convictions. This podcast is presented by industry-independent Payday Loan Industry Watch (PLIWatch.org) and contains news about the payday loan and cash advance industries.</description>
            <itunes:summary>Two news stories about the payday loan industry: Document Mishandling and a few Georgia RICO payday lender convictions. This podcast is presented by industry-independent Payday Loan Industry Watch (PLIWatch.org) and contains news about the payday loan and cash advance industries.</itunes:summary>
            <enclosure url="http://www.pliwatch.org/imedia/PaydayLoanIndustryWatch_2006-05-21_NewsPodcast.mp3" length="3817863" type="audio/mpeg"/>
            <link>http://www.pliwatch.org/podcast_060521.html</link>
            <guid>http://www.pliwatch.org/imedia/PaydayLoanIndustryWatch_2006-05-21_NewsPodcast.mp3</guid>
            <itunes:duration>06:02</itunes:duration>
            <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
            <itunes:keywords>payday loan,cash advance,news</itunes:keywords>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 14 May 2006 11:39:00 EDT</pubDate>
            <title>Independent Review of RapidMONEYLoan</title>
            <itunes:subtitle>Independent Review of RapidMONEYLoan</itunes:subtitle>
            <description>This podcast is a review of RapidMONEYLoan's payday loan Web site, including a general overview, practices (good and questionable), and a summary. This podcast is presented by industry-independent Payday Loan Industry Watch (PLIWatch.org).</description>
            <itunes:summary>This podcast is a review of RapidMONEYLoan's payday loan Web site, including a general overview, practices (good and questionable), and a summary. This podcast is presented by industry-independent Payday Loan Industry Watch (PLIWatch.org).</itunes:summary>
            <enclosure url="http://www.pliwatch.org/imedia/PaydayLoanIndustryWatch_2006-05-14_NewsPodcast.mp3" length="5808010" type="audio/mpeg"/>
            <link>http://www.pliwatch.org/podcast_060514.html</link>
            <guid>http://www.pliwatch.org/imedia/PaydayLoanIndustryWatch_2006-05-14_NewsPodcast.mp3</guid>
            <itunes:duration>09:10</itunes:duration>
            <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
            <itunes:keywords>payday loan,cash advance,news,review</itunes:keywords>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 04 May 2006 19:30:00 EDT</pubDate>
            <title>What's Happened With Payday Loans in Oregon?</title>
            <itunes:subtitle>What's Happened With Payday Loans in Oregon?</itunes:subtitle>
            <description>Covering recent legislative payday loan actions in Oregon. This podcast is presented by industry-independent Payday Loan Industry Watch (PLIWatch.org) and contains news about the payday loan and cash advance industries.</description>
            <itunes:summary>Covering recent legislative payday loan actions in Oregon. This podcast is presented by industry-independent Payday Loan Industry Watch (PLIWatch.org) and contains news about the payday loan and cash advance industries.</itunes:summary>
            <enclosure url="http://www.pliwatch.org/imedia/PaydayLoanIndustryWatch_2006-04-30_NewsPodcast.mp3" length="4488249" type="audio/mpeg"/>
            <link>http://www.pliwatch.org/podcast_060504.html</link>
            <guid>http://www.pliwatch.org/imedia/PaydayLoanIndustryWatch_2006-04-30_NewsPodcast.mp3</guid>
            <itunes:duration>07:04</itunes:duration>
            <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
            <itunes:keywords>payday loan,cash advance,news</itunes:keywords>
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