PA/Eye Candy by Joanna Simon Sound by Bo Pang and Xiao NiYou & I, You & Me PitchGabriel Shane Dunn2024-01-08 | You & I, You & Me is a feature film about a pop superstar, whose rise to fame was derailed by her coming out as trans, and a trans guy punk rocker with addiction issues. They're paired by his gruff record label CEO father to work on her new album. They hate each other. And then, they fall in love.Allison and Gaby Talk Selling Sunset And Luxury PornGabriel Shane Dunn2022-10-12 | Selling Sunset and Working On Commission with Allison Raskin
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 Responds To Their Girl Clothes CommentGabriel Shane Dunn2022-10-05 | The Real Costs of Transitioning
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 proceduresWhy Confessions Of A Shopaholic Was ProblematicGabriel Shane Dunn2022-09-28 | Confessions of A Shopaholic with STASH's Lauren Anastasio
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."
Listeners to get $25 free on Stash from Lauren, with code LAURENSTASHDescribing Vaccine Trial Side EffectsGabriel Shane Dunn2022-09-21 | Selling Your Body To Science (Your Stories!)
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?OUR BIG BAD DAVE RAMSEY TAKEDOWN with Financial Feminist Tori DunlapGabriel Shane Dunn2022-09-14 | 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.
Rob him, sis! Gaby and Welcome To Nightvale's Symphony Sanders break down Blu Cantrell's 2001 girl power hit 'Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops)' which proclaims that if your man cheats on you, you should sell all his clothes and use his credit cards to go on a shopping spree with your friends. We cover the controversial and juicy late 90s-early 00's era of Arista Records, LA Reid, terrible contracts that stole from artists, and how Beyonce and Jay Z fit into all the drama. Plus, is it legal to hit your man up style? What does dissipation have to do with your future alimony? And what ended up happening to Ms. Cantrell? (It's not good.)Gabys Mom Hates Marriage (Interview with Gaby and Their Fiance)Gabriel Shane Dunn2022-08-25 | podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/prenups-gaby-and-mal-interview-gabys-divorce-attorney-mom/id1144712710?i=1000577180514
Prenups: Gaby and Mal Interview Gaby's Divorce Attorney Mom
Gaby's mom, Caryn Grainer, premiere divorce attorney, joins the podcast to grill Gaby and their fiance Mal about prenuptial agreements. Caryn shares her four decades of marriage, divorce, child custody and legal advice and expertise. She tells stories of undercover operations, clients murdering their lawyers, and not having a prenup horror stories. Plus, her unconventional opinions on marriage. Mal shakes in their boots. Gaby learns some SHOCKING information about their parents.Women of Color in Batman (Catwoman) with Andrew TiGabriel Shane Dunn2022-08-22 | Listen to the full episode here: https://linktr.ee/badwithmoney
Every Film Portrayal of Batman and Billionaire Bruce Wayne with Andrew Ti 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 Wayne, fictional billionaire and 2022's The Batman. Does his own or his father Thomas Wayne's philanthropy make anything in Gotham better? Why not just pay taxes??? Why would socialist babe Catwoman keep making out with the masked Elon Musk of her city? How can Hollywood keep releasing relevant Batman media when villains like the Riddler and Bane are almost always right?
tw: suicide, school shooting, police violence, racism
The films Gaby watched: The Batman (2022), Justice League (2017), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Batman & Robin (1997), Batman Forever (1995), Batman Returns (1992)
How Rich is Batman? (Newsnation) bit.ly/3AstNdjEvery Film Portrayal of Batman and Billionaire Bruce Wayne with Andrew TiGabriel Shane Dunn2022-08-17 | https://linktr.ee/badwithmoney
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 Wayne, fictional billionaire and 2022's The Batman. Does his own or his father Thomas Wayne's philanthropy make anything in Gotham better? Why not just pay taxes??? Why would socialist babe Catwoman keep making out with the masked Elon Musk of her city? How can Hollywood keep releasing relevant Batman media when villains like the Riddler and Bane are almost always right?
tw: suicide, school shooting, police violence, racism
The films Gaby watched: The Batman (2022), Justice League (2017), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Batman & Robin (1997), Batman Forever (1995), Batman Returns (1992)
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" are currently doing. Then, the duo plays "The Uber Game" where Mal tries to pay their 1,000 dollar mortgage by driving rideshare in San Francisco for a week. Gaby shares their own Postmates driving journey. In the game, things go awry and Mal has to make some tough and tiring decisions. Plus, what does NVIDIA Corporation actually do??? Someone let us know.Ripping Apart Sophia Amorusos #GIRLBOSSGabriel Shane Dunn2022-07-18 | 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, but you don't need to listen to it to understand this episode. However, the two episodes together encompass the whole book and provide alllll the tea so it'd be great to check out both!
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 v. Hodges on June 26, 2015, Gaby and their partner Mal Blum have a frank discussion about the long history of gay marriage, where we were when gay marriage passed, our future as a couple, and what the recent overturning of Roe V. Wade means for queer and trans people.
tw: homophobic language, trauma, the AIDS crisis, abortion and death, racismBad With Money Gets A Co-Host?!Gabriel Shane Dunn2022-06-17 | Hi babes. Some exciting news: 1) My Scribd original STIMULUS WRECK is available at try.scribd.com/dunn60 for FREE 2) Watch my AMP show THIS WEEK IN GAY at live.onamp.com/dunn every Wednesday at 8 am PST LIVE 3) Who do you think will be the new BAD WITH MONEY co-host?Is Medical Tourism Actually Safe?Gabriel Shane Dunn2022-06-08 | Gaby dives into the phenomenon of "medical tourism" with Kurt Schaefer of Medical Tourism Mexico who used his own company’s services to find a doctor to save his life. Listen to the entire conversation here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bad-with-money-with-gaby-dunn/id1144712710Crypto Isnt Punk ft. Gaby Dunn and Dan OlsonGabriel Shane Dunn2022-06-02 | This week on Gaby's podcast Bad With Money, they spoke to creator of Line Goes Up: The Problem with NFTs Dan Olson aka Folding Ideas all about how crypto isn't actually punk at all. Plus, much more! Dan's a great guest! Check it out here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/part-2-crypto-isnt-punk-and-nft-celebs-with-dan-olson/id1144712710?i=1000564789737The Man Who Lost 200 Million In CryptoGabriel Shane Dunn2022-05-25 | This week on Bad With Money podcast, Gaby speaks with Stefan Thomas who has publicized his unsuccessful saga of trying to break back into his locked Bitcoin wallet with 200 million inside. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crypto-part-1-the-man-locked-out-of-200/id1144712710?i=1000563733570Decoding Wall Street Secrets w Anna-Sophie HartvigsenGabriel Shane Dunn2022-05-18 | On this week's BWM, we spill some investing tea, decode some jargon, and find out the ways brokers are kind of a scam.
Cheers, queers! This is a very spicy and sensual sex and dating episode. Sex clubs! Picnics for dates! Polyamory! First off, Gaby's pronouns are now they/them/theirs. Hooray, gender! Then, Gaby chats with Autostraddle writers Drew Gregory and Christina Tucker, co-hosts of the brand new "Wait, Is This A Date?" podcast. Drew and Christina give advice on how to date while broke, figuring out the power dynamics of who pays, and how to navigate a relationship where one partner makes more money than the other. Then, fellow bisexual icon Zachary Zane, creator of the newsletter Boyslut, joins Gaby to talk about monetizing writing about your sex life, the finances of attending sex parties, and whether or not you should split the cost of Plan B.Hoodies On White People Vs. Black PeopleGabriel Shane Dunn2021-08-12 | Dress Codes author Rich Ford joins Gaby on Bad With Money to discuss the difference between a white person wearing a hoodie and a Black person wearing a hoodie. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bad-with-money-with-gaby-dunn/id1144712710Should You Rent or Buy Your Home?Gabriel Shane Dunn2021-08-05 | Listen to the full episode here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/first-time-home-buying-elizabeth-renter-alexis-g-zall/id1144712710?i=1000530962037
This week on the show, Gaby tackles how to unionize, why you should unionize, and their own experiences working at B*zzf**d during union talks. Then, they are joined by Wendy Liu, author of Abolish Silicon Valley, to expose the hypocrisy that awakened her to the need for tech unions. And finally, investigative journalist Cerise Castle, one of Gaby's BFFs, breaks down why police unions are operating in backwards and harmful ways.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren joins Gaby to put pressure on President Biden re: student loan forgiveness and to rip into billionaires opposing the wealth tax. You heard that right. Elizabeth Warren is our guest this week. Why isn't Biden cancelling 50K of federal student loan debt? Then, Gaby talks to their good college friend and Boston local Kasey Fielding, first in her family to go to college, about her 70K in student loans and what would realistically help her pay them back. Her plan right now? Die with them.
This week on Bad With Money, Gaby interviews Autism advocate and technology executive Nicola Whiting about her own diagnosis, neurodiversity in the workplace, disability and neurodivergent accommodations, and the ways neuroatypical people view money differently than neurotypical people. What can employers do better to have a neurodiverse workplace? How can neurodivergent people better advocate for themselves? Then, Gaby interviews their own partner Mal Blum, a musician with ADHD, about the ways their relationship functions around both Mal's ADHD and Gaby's bipolar disorder.