A Thousand Natural Shocks With Gabe S. Dunn

This week, listeners give Gaby and Mal more ADHD budgeting tips, leading Mal to explain why "set it and forget it" works for their ADHD brain. Then, Gaby reads the best email about an older gay landlord they've ever heard. Also, a voicemail from Ramona sets the record straight on genetic testing. Plus, more emails covering everything from IVF to depressed vets, and a parent who won&#39...

Holy right-wing propaganda, Batman! It's another break down and takedown -- and Gaby has lost their mind AGAIN! In just 48 hours, Gaby watched SIX Batman movies to deep dive into how the films have historically portrayed Bruce Wayne's massive wealth. They're then joined by friend of the show, activist, and Yo! Is This Racist host Andrew Ti to break down and take down the idea of Master...

Ok on today’s show, Gaby and Mal read emails from Katie and Jessica about ADHD budgets, an email from Ally about After The Rapture Christian pet insurance, and one about ESA letters and the realities of being a therapist and more. Then, advice from professional unemployment expert Emily for our listener who was about to be fired, Swetha’s ideas for topics to cover re singles and couples and their...

In our first "Mal Blum, Professional Guinea Pig" episode, Gaby makes their partner and co-host Mal play Investopedia's "Stock Market Simulator" and The Financial Times' Uber game. Mal flounders on what to do with 100,000 dollars in risky stocks. (It still does not get exciting.) Find out what commodity Mal thinks is the only sound investment and how their "fake stocks&#...

This week, you all wrote in loving the "boring episode" which is shocking to Gaby. Then, a couple of listeners' battle it out over the price of pet's end of life care and Gaby and Mal have differing opinions. BB returns to say their friend group absolutely roasted them on their controversial IRA opinions. What does it mean to "play stocks?" We then come up with a bunch of p...

This week is a super emotional and educational episode! Darien talks about how disorganized and exploitative egg donation is. J shares about owing her company thousands for her maternity leave. Jennifer exposes the toddler and baby care crisis. Aurora gives a nerdy budget breakdown of a years-long parenthood journey. Sandi laments that four jobs are not enough to care for a child. Lizzie calls in...

New co-host Mal is in a defeatist mood that Gaby has to pull them out of. First, a listener writes in, confused as to whether or not her and her partner's marriage would be repealed if the Supreme Court overturns Obergerfell v Hodges. Mal gives realistic and vulnerable advice to a listener with ADHD on how to budget when it seems impossible. What does one do when the world, and especially the ...

This week, Gaby and journalist Cerise Castle explain the real life unexplained and mysterious 1987 Wall Street crash and the TV show based on it, Showtime's "Black Monday." To this day, the events surrounding the complete global stock market decimation in the late 80s have never been uncovered. Cerise and Gaby teach you everything we know about what happened, what changed the world, an...

In the beginning of this episode, Mal laments losing the cat they’ve been taking care of — and after the episode was recorded, the cat returned! This is a mailbag all about your replies to our pet insurance episode with tips, tricks, and advice. Dental! Rabbits! Doctors who are socially anxious! Axolotls! Plus, we find out who Cali Mally and Depressed Malcolm are. Also, if you own a beta fish, ple...

Bad With Money listener and tax expert Stephanie Lee both wrote in AND called in to gently nudge Gaby into covering more "boring" but very important topics they have messed up by not covering on the show. In response, Gaby invited Stephanie to come on as a guest and do it herself. This week on Bad With Money, Stephanie and Gaby explain in detail how to save your money in the most tax advan...

In a COMPREHENSIVE Breakdown and Takedown, Gaby and Celebrity Book Club podcast host Chelsea Devantez read Sophia Amoruso's 2014 memoir #GirlBoss so you don't have to. Gaby lost their GODDAMN mind at some of the anecdotes and cluelessness of the Nasty Gal founder in this Millennial feminist manifesto/business advice book. Part 1 of the recap is on Chelsea's show Celebrity Book Club, bu...

In the very first of Bad With Money's new 'Breakdowns and Takedowns' episodes -- where Gaby and an expert guest review and recap various money media so you don't have to -- Gaby and former Goldman Sachs employee/TV writer Claire Friedman tackle Adam McKay's mortgage crisis-explainer dramedy 'The Big Short.' Claire shares the secrets and truths behind being on Wall Stree...

Gaby's new co-host Mal Blum joins for their first mailbag episode to react to responses to their joining the podcast and to help Gaby answer listener's questions. Mal shares some deep personal anecdotes regarding caring for someone in hospice and their feelings about selling homes to condo developers. Then, a moving voicemail from a disability personal support worker for a teenager and a v...

It's finally here! An entire episode about pets! You, the listeners, wrote in and called in to talk all about your pets -- their costs, your tips and tricks, budgets, and pet insurances and pet rents. Some of you break down exactly what it costs to love your furry, feathered, and scaly friends -- dental, insurance, exotics. Plus horses and guinea pigs and tigers and rats! Some of you warn abou...

On today’s show Gaby reads some PRESSING OPINIONS from Facebook, Instagram, and Discord comments. They read two 5 star Apple reviews, and welcome our new Patrons. Then in the second half of the show, a listener makes Gaby cry, as they go through our huge backlog of emails! Some of the emails are about finances and chronic illness with suggestions for disability and money content, a suggestion for...

First, an announcement! A brand new co-host is joining the podcast for a chunk of episodes! They're going to join for some mailbags, answer your questions, become our collective money guinea pig reporting in the field, and learn about financial topics from their unique, beginner's POV (you know, one that isn't Gaby's). Then, to honor the 7th anniversary of the passage of Obergefell...

Stay tuned for the end of the show when Gaby makes an announcement about some HUGE changes coming to the format of the show -- and maybe an addition of a ...co-host?!? You're not gonna wanna miss this. And then, a good old fashioned Q&A with Rachel Rodgers, author of We Should All Be Millionaires, using your questions from the email address, Discord server, and Instagram comments and DMs....

Did you know trans people make more money than other members of the queer community in some cases?? Why do LGB people experience higher rates of financial anxiety when dealing with banks and the government? What is "cascading homophobia?" This week, Gaby breaks down the BRAND NEW in-depth money study about financial discrimination against queer people. The Debt Free Guys John and David, hu...

This week, we have an in-depth email criticizing our medical tourism email from a Mexican listener, another email about medical liens, and another about doing medical testing studies for money. Then, an email from Mary about being a caretaker for a disabled child and who money media leaves behind in this world. Next, some discussions on the Discord channel including a Canadian reflection on the ow...

What does it mean to turn a profit when your metric of success isn't necessarily money? This week, Gaby talks to Dr. Alex Ketchum, who studies the queer, feminist and lesbian history of restaurants, about how to run a lesbian and feminist coffee house, bar or bookstore, the long and fascinating history of women-run, queer, and feminist spaces in the US, and Gaby's own torn ideas of being c...

Ok on today’s show, Gaby reads a 5-star Apple review and some discord comments about our Dan Olson crypto episode and in what order listeners should check out the Part 1 and Part 2 episodes. Then, a funny email from Darci about corporate pride, one from Anonymous about high childcare costs in the Bay Area, and one from Betty about a credit score error that went in her favor. Should she get it fixe...

This week, Gaby reads an email about the financial mistake of becoming a parent, a defense of NFTs in light of our crypto episodes, a listener giving us the saga of their pet insurance woes, and how one fan became less panicked by listening to this show. Then, Gaby and their partner Mal Blum react to a very sweet voicemail from Cory, and Gaby shares some interesting TikTok discourse that happened...

Creator of the exemplary explanatory video Line Goes Up: The Problem with NFTs Dan Olson joins Gaby to break down the ultimate scam behind cryptocurrency. Where did this whole idea come from? Why are people so evangelical about it? Is everything a lie? And why do some celebrities who promote NFTs get piled on? Dan's takedown is thorough and you absolutely have to hear it. (If you can't tel...

The exciting news of this episode is that a musician wrote a whole song inspired by the show! Gaby plays a bit of the song to their rave review. Then, a couple of short listener emails, five very kind 5-star Apple reviews all left within 48 hours for some reason, and a listener calls in to thank our guests in the ADHD/Autism and money episode. Next, in the discord channel we have a recommendation...

After avoiding it for years, Gaby finally deep dives into cryptocurrency and NFTs. This week, they talk to programmer Stefan Thomas, a man made famous for being locked out of his crypto wallet worth 200 million dollars. Stefan breaks down the origins of crypto and why his problem is not a bug but a feature. Then, Gaby speaks to NFT artist Klara Vollstaedt about the hype market around digital art,...