A Thousand Natural Shocks With Gabe S. Dunn
After years of attempting to "girlboss" his way out of systemic class divide, Gabriel Shane Dunn, now a trans man and veteran podcaster, relaunches his show, “Bad With Money,” with a furious, funny, and deeply personal exploration of surviving our capitalist hellscape. Ditching conventional finance advice, “A Thousand Natural Shocks,” is a companion show to Gabe’s thriving newsletter of the same name. This isn't just about money; it's about breaking free from the individualistic lies and fighting for collective liberation. Capitalism is killing us. The police state is killing us. Fascism is killing us. But we can no longer feel helpless. We can resist. Send a question or voice memo to GabeIsBadWithMoney@gmail.com.
Episodes
Candidate for Los Angeles City Attorney Aida Ashouri joins the show to talk about how much power the city attorney has. It is A LOT. Like maybe more than the mayor. It’s crazy. Aida talks about what she would do in that pivotal position.
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Taylor Smith, one of Gabe’s fellow activists on the ground in LA, calls in to the show from the federal building as we all await the verdict of our friend on trial against DHS. They discuss the ways we can use humor and memes to fight fascism (the Portland frog) how trolling the officers creates humanity and dispels fear and power, and ways to show up that confuse and disarm.
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As part of a series of interviews with Gabe’s fellow anti-ICE activists on the ground in LA, we’re joined by Eddy.Mp4, one of the first people that Gabe met downtown this summer. Gabe first saw Eddy in a green Luigi cap telling National Guardsman that hurting American citizens would give them lasting mental health issues. That compassion led Gabe to reach out and the rest is history. Eddy talks to us about going from...
Gabe gives a short personal update on the anti-ICE movement he's been involved with and shares what's been going on in court, in the protests on the ground, and in the media. He's a bit mad at you all.
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Fuck ICE. Fuck CoreCivic and Geo Group. Fuck Trump. Anyway, in the actual episode, Gabe is joined by career meteorologist Alan Gerard, author of the awesome Substack Balanced Weather (one of Gabe's new hyperfixations). We get into the weeds on how the Trump administration's war on weather is insane and probably going to get us all killed. (Gabe's words.) Then, privatizing the weather, defense contracts, tragic flo...
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Will money matter as the world ends? Author Rose Han joins the show to talk about the golden handcuffs of a "good" job, hiding your real financial situation from your richer friends, and what skills have become important as we approach the apocalypse.
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We are positively fracked! Zach Williams, Associate Director of the Environment & Health program at Physicians for Social Responsibility, joins the show to talk about specific legislation around climate change, the optics of who can make a difference, and how climate change intersects with everything from refugees to LGBTQ youth. Plus, what does the future of our weather-torn world look like?
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How do we live like the world is dying? (Because it is.) Margaret Killjoy, writer, podcast host and person Gabe admires, joins the show for a healing and detailed conversation to educate baby anarchist Gabe and his audience. We talk about how everyone in Gabe’s life thinks he’s lost his mind about politics, Margaret’s extensive knowledge of socialism, communism and labor history and tactics, and the political horseshoe about ...
Happy Labor Day weekend! Gabe’s thrilled to welcome reporter Hamilton Nolan to the show to talk about the intersection of basically every political issue with labor organizing. It’s not just about unionizing your office, it’s about how to work with unions to create the change we’re looking for.
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One of the architects of the baby bonds idea, economist William “Sandy” Darity Jr, joins the show again to discuss Trump’s twisted take on them. What are MAGA bonds and why are they not the answer to wealth inequity? Sandy and Gabe try to imagine a better world for all families and children.
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Writer, former Columbia student and Australian citizen Alistair Kitchen joins the show to share every step of what happened to him when he was disappeared by a cruel and taunting border patrol. He was told it was because he covered the Free Palestine encampment at Columbia University and what happened next was scary and cruel. Gabe and Alistair talk about why people are okay with fascism until it’s happening to them. I am honored t...
Welcome to the rebrand of Bad With Money called A Thousand Natural Shocks. In this episode, Maria Melchor of FirstGenLiving, who came to the US from Mexico when she was nine years old, talks about protecting your assets before deportation. After taking time off to mentally regroup, Maria returned to the financial space to help detained and deported people and their families learn their rights when it comes to their assets, savings,...
On August 12 - so next week - the show officially relaunches on this same feed as A Thousand Natural Shocks: A Bad With Money podcast. In the last decade of doing this show, I went from “just asking questions” to socialist to even more radical in the last few years. I want the show to follow suit and be more relevant to the current moment for the middle and working classes. In our final Bad With Money only episode, Gabe talks to CP...
DIY creator Caroline Klidonas proves you don’t need any money to tell full stories. You don’t even need another person. Gabe fanboys over Caroline’s acting and writing, and the duo discusses the ways financial limitations can make stories more interesting. Then, they go into Caroline’s evolving relationship to her queerness and gender through her videos. Plus, trust your audience!!
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Gabe attends the protests in downtown Los Angeles and reflects on how fucked up everything is.
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Passports are invalidated. People are being rounded up. A Holocaust is happening in America now and it’s not even a new playbook.
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Original Air Date: June 13, 2023
We get deeply magical this week as we lean into the feelings part of the podcast with Moon Studio's Sarah Faith Gottesdiener. Money is ancestral, symbolic, deeply intimate and has a huge impact on our nervous systems, especially for listeners of this show who are introverts, neurodivergent, or sensitive to conflict. Gabe is excited to get spiritual about finances! What is future-cast...
Original Air Date: July 25, 2023
Oh boy. This might be one of the best and most expansive episodes we've ever done. For the first time ever, Gabe discusses their recent personal finance struggles with the wonderful, empathetic and brilliant Katie Gatti Tassin of "Money With Katie." Things have not been good!!!
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Original Air Date: May 9, 2023
AIRHORN NOISE! Bravely Go's Kara Perez joins Gabe on the podcast to talk about the loud and ubiquitous TV stock market guru Jim Cramer, he of sound effects and funny hats. What's his tragic backstory? What's his actual money philosophy when you take away the bells and whistles? What have been his biggest money pop culture moments? Was this book actually sort of... okay?? (Maybe?) Also, ...
Artist and activist Tourmaline rejoins the podcast to talk about Marsha PayItNoMind Johnson, the context for her life and activism in the dark politics at the time, her family dynamics, and all the pop culture she was a part of.
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