Salvage Math episodes
Stories worth hearing. Questions worth asking.
Every episode starts with something real: a family experience, a question, or a pattern. The goal is to leave with a clearer view of what happened and what matters next.
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Family stories
You Keep Saving Them. Who Will Save the Rest of the Family?
For years, my family kept asking how we could save someone we loved. Looking back, we should also have been asking what every rescue was costing everybody else.
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Family stories
The events, beliefs, decisions, and consequences that shaped a family.
Ask Stephen
Audience questions and anonymized cases, explored without pretending there is an easy answer.
Rescue Math
A closer look at the history, money, sacrifices, promises, and actual outcomes.