A Thousand Natural Shocks With Gabe S. Dunn

Ben Sheehan, author of "OMG WTF Does The Constitution Actually Say?," joins the pod to explain Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation, Trump's connection, and the consequences for The Supreme Court and the executive branch. Join My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gabesdunn Donate to Our Movie: https://www.filmindependent.org/sponsored-projects/you-i-you-me/ This has been a Noted Bisexu...

A big update on what's changing for our mailbags! Then, a financial submissive writes in in the wake of our financial domination episode to anonymously answer all your submitted (pun intended) questions. Write in your questions about law school for an episode on if it's worth attending, and also write in any fun memories or hot tips about your local library.  Link:  https://www.nytimes.com...

An exciting interview for the creative mind! Why was the Try Guys launch of paid content seamless while Watcher suffered? How can finding an online audience give you confidence in real life? Which platforms censor you and which don't? Kim Winder of RedDot Comics joins the podcast to talk about the pros and cons of monetizing spicy comics, her process for being so prolific and running a trustwo...

Content warning: this is about diet and exercise. Listeners provide so much amazing advice on fitness and eating vegetables. Except it turns out vegetables aren't even real. Join us in the botany rabbit hole.  Join My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gabesdunn Donate to Our Movie: https://www.filmindependent.org/sponsored-projects/you-i-you-me/ This has been a Noted Bisexual and Diamond MPrint...

Queer And Trans Wealth's Leo Aquino joins the podcast to explain the history of the War Tax Resistance Movement and what it means to withhold taxes during wartime. We're not endorsing this method! This is merely for educational purposes. Join My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gabesdunn Donate to Our Movie: https://www.filmindependent.org/sponsored-projects/you-i-you-me/ This has been a N...

How many therapy episodes is too many episodes? A listener with rich, entitled siblings shares the family tea and struggles to relate to "rich people problems." Should you be posting all of your success on social media? Send me your break up stories! Advice on how to support your local library and what you can find there. Send in your questions for.a financial submissive. https://www.youtu...

"The Outside Advantage" author and Babes founder Ciera Rogers comes on the show to talk about starting one of the first brands to create affordable clothing for women with curves. How do you know when an idea should be a business? Plus, how having less money can make you more creative, how to recover from a big mistake, and why you should start a business from a place of fixing a problem i...

Gabe wants to know how to work out or eat a vegetable without breaking the bank. Listeners write in wanting to know more about crowdfunding your healthcare and tell stories about how pet insurance saved them a bunch of money. What other gender affirming care isn't covered? What contract should this renter sign from the two their landlord is offering? A man's ex wife lent his money to her b...

I love this episode! A real thinker. Author Darius Foroux used the philosophy of stoicism to create value neutral reactions to emotions around finances. Darius and Gabe discuss eliminating shameful and negative narratives about yourself, what philosophers can teach us about money, and how to stop living in extremes.  Join My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gabesdunn Donate to Our Movie: https://w...

A listener writes in with ask about car insurance, a librarian provides tons of information about how to make the most of their libraries, and a multi-millionaire new parent wants to talk about rich people problems. Gabe wants to be a tradhusband. Will Social Security be around in the future? In the news, Dell fails in AI growth, Twitch fires its security and safety policy makers,   Join My Patreo...

Podcaster and author Tina Horn joins the podcast to talk about financial domination, sugar babies, and how money motivates us in kink spaces and outside of them. Money equals power, so why are people into that? Plus, Renee Zellweger in the show What/If, the movie Indecent Proposal, and Gabe's own experiences with sex work, money, and power. Join My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gabesdunn Do...

A listener writes in wondering what Gabe thinks about "budget culture." A listener, who is having a baby with a new partner, writes in asking if they can ask their ex for money back after they paid off his student loans while they were married. OpenAI's Sky chatbot uses Scarlet Johansson's voice without her permission after she rejects them. Donald Trump will probably be President...

Nora Kenworthy has been studying crowdfunding for 10 years and her new book explores the true costs of using it for medical expenses. What sorts of people trust websites vs. show up in person vs. rally politically and when did that all change? What do we owe each other? Our online identities have become defined by where we give money on the Internet. Plus, what the right and left both get wrong ab...

Original Air Date: January 16, 2024 It's another deep dive!! Gabe and his boyfriend Alix went down a rabbit hole to give you the comprehensive 101 on the 2020 Gamestop stock revolution, the movie made about the thrilling real story, and what Roaring Kitty Keith Gills' original videos were actually about. How accurate was the 2023 movie Dumb Money? When would you have cashed out? Actor ment...

Should you put your money automatically in savings or have it automatically invested/overinvested? Then, the war tax resistance movement, fooling yourself to meet your financial goals, and parenting kids with money. Stop doxxing college students. Short-sellers ready for volatility. Caitlin Clark brings forth Gabe's love of the WNBA. Harvard students are boring.  Join My Patreon: https://www.pa...

Gabe addresses how close or far away they are from what is "average" for someone their age. How are they ahead? How have they backslid? Then, Gabe answers your questions about the intricacies of their finances and what has happened for him lately. Join My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gabesdunn Donate to Our Movie: https://www.filmindependent.org/sponsored-projects/you-i-you-me/ This ha...

A trust fund kid writes in to talk about their dad's secret financial life. Is their dad in the mob? Why is he withholding money from the listener's sister? A car crash story brings some sweet karma. What do you do after a car accident? What is the "groundwater gold rush?"  Join My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gabesdunn Donate to Our Movie: https://www.filmindependent.org/spons...

Financial therapist Amanda Clayman returns to the podcast to talk about Gabe's fears their therapist or financial professionals will be mad at them if they tell the truth, how to use cognitive behavioral therapy when it comes to money, and how the body and mind normalize quick fixes and running from the pain. Join My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gabesdunn Donate to Our Movie: https://www.f...

A listener writes in about how they handled a car accident. Gabe gives advice on why a university should disclose its investments. And listeners explain why they do and don’t tip. Join My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gabesdunn Donate to Our Movie: https://www.filmindependent.org/sponsored-projects/you-i-you-me/ This has been a Noted Bisexual and Diamond MPrint Productions Produced by Melisa D....

 tw: diet culture, domestic abuse, suicide Hello, my sweet Jesus-loving, gazelle-intense debt-free heroes. It's time to talk about finance's big bad Santa, Dave Ramsey, with one of his biggest public critics, HerFirst100K's Tori Dunlap. This week, Gabe and Tori break down and take down Dave's newest book "Baby Steps Millionaires: How Ordinary People Built Extraordinary Wealth--...

A big thank you to the Discord!! First, Gabe shares some tea about an old article CNBC did about them. Articles about entrepreneurs are rarely true! Why are dollar stores struggling? Plus, 529 plans for overachievers. How much is Covid still costing people and what should we do about people who don't abide by the restrictions we need even when we ask? Join My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/g...

Original Air Date: 10/26/2022  tw: police brutality and murder, sexual assault, suicide Gabe and iconic podcast producer, writer and friend Melisa D. Monts break down one of the best bank robbing blockbuster films, Set It Off, starring Queen Latifah, Kimberly Elise, Vivica A Fox, and Jada Pinkett. How were Black women portrayed in "empowerment" films in light of the booming 90s economy? Wh...

An anonymous trust fund kid breaks down exactly how the money has or hasn't changed their life. (Juicy!) An army reservist details what the financial benefits were of joining the military. Gabe talks about the broken down homes in the LA area that are going for millions of dollars.  Join My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gabesdunn Donate to Our Movie: https://www.filmindependent.org/sponsore...

Original Air Date: Nov 16, 2022 Barbara Sloan, author of "Tipped The life changing guide to financial freedom for waitresses, bartenders, strippers, and all other service industry professionals," joins Gabe to talk about a topic we've wanted to cover for a while: tipping and working for tips. In the US, 3 million people work mainly for tips and yet financial advice never takes them int...

Should you tip if someone just hands you food or drink from behind a counter? Next, what is up with car insurance? How do you know if you're getting taken advantage of? A listener shares their debt story after moving two times for different jobs.  Join My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gabesdunn Donate to Our Movie: https://www.filmindependent.org/sponsored-projects/you-i-you-me/ This has be...