A Thousand Natural Shocks With Gabe S. Dunn

Reality TV maven, mental health advocate and author Allison Raskin joins the pod to talk about real estate in reality TV and the controversial and beloved phenomenon that is Netflix's Selling Sunset. How the pandemic launched the careers of "famous real estate agents," what's real and what's fake, and why we're okay watching luxury even as the economy burns around us. Plus, the HUGE financial inequality being highlighted in Los Angeles and other urban centers. And of course, Gaby only knows about Chrishell from the queer gossip mill. Gaby Dunn Instagram: @GabyRoad BWM Instagram: @bwmpod BWM Facebook group: http://tinyurl.com/badwithmoneyfb The BWM Discord channel: https://discord.gg/dAdxj4JMER Find Gaby on Patreon: patreon.com/gabydunn Shop gabydunn.com/shop for merch! Bad with Money is produced, edited, sound engineered and mixed by Cumulus Podcast Network. The theme song was performed by Sam Barbara and written by Myq Kaplan, Zach Sherwin, and Jack Dolgen. Additional music by Joey Salvia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Gaby details Mal's dip into modeling, meanwhile Mal's been trying to change their psych meds for a month and the bills are piling up. They also deal with their first bit of criticism via email and it doesn't go well. Alex writes in to talk about their SAD PLASMA email that started it all. Emma gives pet insurance thoughts and advice from an industry insider. Monti brings the pain to Mal about their opinion on tech jobs being overpaid -- and Mal is not convinced. Selome warns that paying your debt off too fast might actually ding your credit score. Then, Jen pops by to ask for an episode about the costs of being kinky, a Furry, or attending orgies and swinging. Gaby LOVES this. Plus, New Zealanders call in!!! We need to hear your accents!  For a full transcript, visit: https://bit.ly/3TbBtqV Gaby Dunn Instagram: @GabyRoad BWM Instagram: @bwmpod BWM Facebook group: http://tinyurl.com/badwithmoneyfb The BWM Discord channel: https://discord.gg/dAdxj4JMER Find Gaby on Patreon: patreon.com/gabydunn Shop gabydunn.com/shop for merch! Bad with Money is produced, edited, sound engineered and mixed by Cumulus Podcast Network. The theme song was performed by Sam Barbara and written by Myq Kaplan, Zach Sherwin, and Jack Dolgen. Additional music by Joey Salvia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

From hysterectomies to name changes to clothing to voice training to top surgery, welcome to our Costs of Transitioning episode! We hear an email about IUDs and gender dysphoria, a voicemail from Lou about their hysterectomy, the concept of "boy juice," insurance snafus that cost thousands of dollars, and financing transition before online resources were available. Wedge pillows, jade rollers, scar cream, copays and all the other small tidbits needed to recover from surgery -- with specific numbers! And finally, Gaby responds to criticism of them saying they were "getting rid of their girl clothes." Plus, we heard almost exclusively from transmasculine and AFAB people for this episode, which was great, but Gaby wants to do part 2 with more stories and advice from trans women and transfeminine people! Write in! The more info shared amongst ourselves the better.  tw: transphobia, medical procedures For a full transcript, visit: https://bit.ly/3rzPAdE Gaby Dunn Instagram: @GabyRoad BWM Instagram: @bwmpod BWM Facebook group: http://tinyurl.com/badwithmoneyfb The BWM Discord channel: https://discord.gg/dAdxj4JMER Find Gaby on Patreon: patreon.com/gabydunn Shop gabydunn.com/shop for merch! Bad with Money is produced, edited, sound engineered and mixed by Cumulus Podcast Network. The theme song was performed by Sam Barbara and written by Myq Kaplan, Zach Sherwin, and Jack Dolgen. Additional music by Joey Salvia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Gaby and Mal break down and spill the tea on the problems with Gaby's former job at Buzzfeed in the wake of the BIG scandal that broke this week. Plus, a former guest writes in with hot takes and disagreements on our Dave Ramsey episode, a straight white cis ally wants to thank us for our LGBTQ perspectives, someone has advice for Mal's neck spasms, Eva wants to know if downloading episodes helps the show, Rachel changes her mind about reparations after listening to BWM and Caz graciously dives deep into paradoxes of disability. And lastly, Gaby thinks this ordinary word would be a gorgeous name and Mal is floored ...in a bad way. (More shenanigans as always.) Links from Caz's email: How to Get On by sleepygirl@protonmail.com and the Queer Guide to Disability Benefits zine by Thredd https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/1382a https://www.disabilityapprovalguide.com/getting-approved/difference-social-security-disability-and-supplemental-security-income/ https://www.ssa.gov/disabilityresearch/wi/medicaid.htm https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/income-poverty/historical-poverty-thresholds.html https://aspe.hhs.gov/topics/poverty-economic-mobility/poverty-guidelines/prior-hhs-poverty-guidelines-federal-register-references https://livingwage.mit.edu/ https://www.epi.org/resources/budget/ https://www.ssa.gov/OACT/COLA/SSIamts.html https://www.moneycrashers.com/snap-food-stamp-challenge/ https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/work-requirements https://www.budget.senate.gov/hearings/waste-fraud-cost-overruns-and-auditing-at-the-pentagon For a full transcript, visit: https://bit.ly/3T64IeK Gaby Dunn Instagram: @GabyRoad BWM Instagram: @bwmpod BWM Facebook group: http://tinyurl.com/badwithmoneyfb The BWM Discord channel: https://discord.gg/dAdxj4JMER Find Gaby on Patreon: patreon.com/gabydunn Shop gabydunn.com/shop for merch! Bad with Money is produced, edited, sound engineered and mixed by Cumulus Podcast Network. The theme song was performed by Sam Barbara and written by Myq Kaplan, Zach Sherwin, and Jack Dolgen. Additional music by Joey Salvia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

And you thought Don't Worry Darling had problems!! This week our real life Girl In The Green Scarf Lauren Anastasio of STASH joins Gaby to break down the 2009 "aspirational" and/or "lesson-learned" film Confessions Of A Shopaholic starring Isla Fisher and Hugh Dancy. The movie premiered to much discourse and scandal on the heels of the 2008 economic recession and was branded "tone deaf" and "bragging." Articles galore ripped the romantic comedy a new one for its tasteless timing and privileged POV. Lauren and Gaby get into the real mental illness(es) behind "shopaholism," the relationship between department stores and sex, the accurate depictions of debt collecting/skiptracing, and post-pandemic "revenge spending."   For a full transcript, visit: https://bit.ly/3SYRQHH Links: http://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1879111,00.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-feb-03-fi-shopaholic3-story.html https://www.newsweek.com/rich-are-feeling-luxury-shame-85301 John Oliver on debt collecting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxUAntt1z2c Listeners to get $25 free on Stash from Lauren, with code LAURENSTASH Gaby Dunn Instagram: @GabyRoad BWM Instagram: @bwmpod BWM Facebook group: http://tinyurl.com/badwithmoneyfb The BWM Discord channel: https://discord.gg/dAdxj4JMER Find Gaby on Patreon: patreon.com/gabydunn Shop gabydunn.com/shop for merch! Bad with Money is produced, edited, sound engineered and mixed by Cumulus Podcast Network. The theme song was performed by Sam Barbara and written by Myq Kaplan, Zach Sherwin, and Jack Dolgen. Additional music by Joey Salvia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On this week’s mailbag: A nurse writes into the show with an alternate view on guardianships. Also, a listener spots someone reading Rich Dad, Poor Dad on the train. Another listener writes a poignant letter about disability and finances. Gaby and Mal consider books to takedown on the podcast in the future and discuss if it would be unethical to hook up with The Points Guy for points. Also this week: Mal’s impeccable Suze Orman impression…. And so much more! TW: medical trauma, abuse, ableism  Link: https://www.oltco.org/programs/opg-about-us.html For a full transcript, visir: https://bit.ly/3SiLIcS Gaby Dunn Instagram: @GabyRoad BWM Instagram: @bwmpod BWM Facebook group: http://tinyurl.com/badwithmoneyfb The BWM Discord channel: https://discord.gg/dAdxj4JMER Find Gaby on Patreon: patreon.com/gabydunn Shop gabydunn.com/shop for merch! Bad with Money is produced, edited, sound engineered and mixed by Cumulus Podcast Network. The theme song was performed by Sam Barbara and written by Myq Kaplan, Zach Sherwin, and Jack Dolgen. Additional music by Joey Salvia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

TRIGGER WARNING for medical trauma, abortion, human trafficking and needles. Thank you all for your sharing and vulnerability! In this new listener generated episode, Gaby reads and listens to your varying and harrowing experiences with selling your bodies to science. First, hematomas, misunderstandings around asexuality and Accutane, pain studies with heat, cold, and electricity, side effects from vaccine trials, giving birth as a Black queer person during Covid, and enduring permanent scarring in exchange for rent money. Cory calls in to give the pros and cons of the reality of plasma donation including good money, fainting while waiting, and problematic practices around queerness and tattoos. Plus a BUNCH of experts weigh in: Is it ethical or necessary for pregnant people and babies to participate in national medical research? What should you consider when deciding to donate your body? What is the difference between sale, donation, and medical research and why can't they be conflated? For a full transcript, visit: https://bit.ly/3BNFAlV Gaby Dunn Instagram: @GabyRoad BWM Instagram: @bwmpod BWM Facebook group: http://tinyurl.com/badwithmoneyfb The BWM Discord channel: https://discord.gg/dAdxj4JMER Find Gaby on Patreon: patreon.com/gabydunn Shop gabydunn.com/shop for merch! Bad with Money is produced, edited, sound engineered and mixed by Cumulus Podcast Network. The theme song was performed by Sam Barbara and written by Myq Kaplan, Zach Sherwin, and Jack Dolgen. Additional music by Joey Salvia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On today’s mailbag show, Mal and Gaby read a recommendation for a money game from Amanda, an anonymous email from an ex-plasma donation employee, a flattering FB comment and an email about good vs. bad landlords. Then, they discuss a comment about Marvel being right-wing and anti-Semitic, an email about NZ’s relationship agreements, and a response to our question about who has it worse financially - singles or couples. Plus, is it worth it to use GoodRx, Klarna or Honey -- coupon and split payment apps and websites? Finally, a listener voicemail from Daisy about how couples do NOT have an advantage over singles financially. For a full transcript, visit: https://bit.ly/3UFWk70 Gaby Dunn Instagram: @GabyRoad BWM Instagram: @bwmpod BWM Facebook group: http://tinyurl.com/badwithmoneyfb The BWM Discord channel: https://discord.gg/dAdxj4JMER Find Gaby on Patreon: patreon.com/gabydunn Shop gabydunn.com/shop for merch! Bad with Money is produced, edited, sound engineered and mixed by Cumulus Podcast Network. The theme song was performed by Sam Barbara and written by Myq Kaplan, Zach Sherwin, and Jack Dolgen. Additional music by Joey Salvia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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, Gaby and Tori break down and take down Dave's newest book "Baby Steps Millionaires: How Ordinary People Built Extraordinary Wealth--and How You Can Too." The duo get heated and exhausted by the continuous straw-man arguments, anti-socialist agenda, white Christian worldview, and tokenism. Gaby basically writes their second book right there. Tori loses her entire mind. This is an INTENSE ONE. tw: diet culture, domestic abuse, suicide For a full transcript, visit: https://bit.ly/3BWdoOM Links:  Tori's book: https://herfirst100k.com/financial-feminist-tori-dunlap-book Dave Ramsey tells woman to leave socialist kids out of will - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGfOSJ40HnI My husband is changing genders - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWFbJQB0N3w https://www.reddit.com/r/DaveRamsey/comments/psukv1/how_many_rental_properties_does_or_did_dave/ https://www.mansionglobal.com/articles/finance-virtuoso-dave-ramsey-puts-15-45-million-nashville-home-up-for-sale-223948 https://ministrywatch.com/dave-ramsey-lists-nashville-home-for-15-45-million/ Gaby Dunn Instagram: @GabyRoad BWM Instagram: @bwmpod BWM Facebook group: http://tinyurl.com/badwithmoneyfb The BWM Discord channel: https://discord.gg/dAdxj4JMER Find Gaby on Patreon: patreon.com/gabydunn Shop gabydunn.com/shop for merch! Bad with Money is produced, edited, sound engineered and mixed by Cumulus Podcast Network. The theme song was performed by Sam Barbara and written by Myq Kaplan, Zach Sherwin, and Jack Dolgen. Additional music by Joey Salvia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week, Gaby and Mal discuss a past episode about pet costs that helped a listener with a painful moment, a couple emails about better versions of Batman and recommendations for Batman comics and TV that get Gotham right (cough Harley Quinn cough), and an incredibly moving, fascinating, and informative email about a movement for suicide prevention for veterinarians. Next, a friendly email about ethical landlords pits Mal and Gaby against each other in the court of public opinion. Then, more ADHD budgeting advice that is VERY SPECIFIC and (gasp!) anti-YNAB. And finally, some lovely Apple reviews from you sweet fans. Gaby Dunn Instagram: @GabyRoad BWM Instagram: @bwmpod BWM Facebook group: http://tinyurl.com/badwithmoneyfb The BWM Discord channel: https://discord.gg/dAdxj4JMER Find Gaby on Patreon: patreon.com/gabydunn Shop gabydunn.com/shop for merch! Link: Not One More Vet - https://www.nomv.org/ Bad with Money is produced, edited, sound engineered and mixed by Cumulus Podcast Network. The theme song was performed by Sam Barbara and written by Myq Kaplan, Zach Sherwin, and Jack Dolgen. Additional music by Joey Salvia. tw: suicide, pet death Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy