Episode Synopsis "10/26: Celebrating 100 podcasts, Nelnet buys Chela, New Financial Aid Numbers, iPod Nano Contest, Mail Bag, Greatest Podsafe Hits, A Look Back, #100"

10/26: Celebrating 100 podcasts, Nelnet buys Chela, New Financial Aid Numbers, iPod Nano Contest, Mail Bag, Greatest Podsafe Hits, A Look Back, #100 Episode 100 is here! We celebrate 100 episodes of Financial Aid News, the longest running, most frequently published financial aid podcast on the Internet. In celebration, I'm going to republish a couple of extras in today's feed: + Our Podcast 411 Interview + Today's Show + Episode 1 in its shameful entirety Student Financial Aid News + Nelnet Acquires Chela + New figures on financial aid from the College Board + Article iPod Nano Giveaway + 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 Mail Bag + What is the Direct Loan Program? A Look Back: Episode #1 + Originally a weekly podcast + April 11, 2005 + Wow, did it suck! It was literally just reading one web page after another + Since then: + 100 episodes + 275 new podsafe songs + 125 scholarships worth over $5 million + 1 e-Book + Feedburner #65 on top 100 podcasts + 16 new artists introduced to podcasting Podsafe Music: The Greatest Hits + Cruisebox, On a Podcast + Natalie Brown, I Wonder + i:Scintilla, Scin + All music is via the Podsafe Music Network Thanks and Credits + Props to Joe Cronin and the entire Student Loan Network team! + StudentLoanNetwork.com + Also to Adam Curry, C. C. Chapman, Rob Walch, the New England Podcasting Community, and fellow podcasters everywhere! 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 or visit http://www.FinancialAidPodcast.com Direct file download: MP3 file

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