
Bad With Money With Gabe Dunn
Twice a week, Gabe Dunn (he/they) brings you a money show for the weirdos and queerdos -- with an unabashedly radical point of view about finances that will help you fix your life. You won't get rich, but you will feel seen. Gabe, a queer and trans writer and New York Times best-selling author, and their expert guests take down out-of-touch money movies, TV, and books, listen to your personal financial wins and woes, try to better the world for the not-billionaires, and laugh because they just can't cry about this shit anymore. Send a question or voice memo to GabeIsBadWithMoney@gmail.com.
Latest episodes

Jun 10, 2025 • 38min
REPLAY: Money Magic with Witch Sarah Faith Gottesdiener
Original Air Date: June 13, 2023We 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-casting? What's the difference between witchcraft, manifestation, and the toxic "wellness industry" mindset? Do we have to believe in angel numbers and signs? What is "enoughness" and how do we achieve it??Join Gabe’s Substack at athousandnaturalshocks.substack.comThis has been a Noted Bisexual and Diamond MPrint ProductionsProduced by Melisa D. MontsEdited by Diane KangPost-Production Sound by Coco LlorensAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jun 3, 2025 • 53min
REPLAY: This Episode Has Everything! with Money with Katie
Original Air Date: July 25, 2023Oh 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!!!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

May 27, 2025 • 1h 23min
REPLAY: Breakdowns and Takedowns: Jim Cramer's "Stay Mad For Life" with Kara Perez
Original Air Date: May 9, 2023AIRHORN 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, come for the rollercoaster of amorality, stay for the kidnapping saga!Join Gabe’s Substack at athousandnaturalshocks.substack.comDonate to Our Movie: https://www.filmindependent.org/sponsored-projects/you-i-you-me/This has been a Noted Bisexual and Diamond MPrint ProductionsProduced by Melisa D. MontsEdited by Diane KangPost-Production Sound by Coco LlorensAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

May 23, 2025 • 18min
Bonus Bag: Tourmaline On Our Secret Queer Histories
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.Join Gabe’s Substack at athousandnaturalshocks.substack.comDonate to Our Movie: https://www.filmindependent.org/sponsored-projects/you-i-you-me/This has been a Noted Bisexual and Diamond MPrint ProductionsProduced by Melisa D. MontsEdited by Diane KangPost-Production Sound by Coco LlorensAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

May 20, 2025 • 42min
The Activism and Legacy of Marsha P. Johnson with Tourmaline
Artist and author Tourmaline joins the show to talk about her 20 years of research on LGBTQ icon Marsha P. Johnson, the Black trans woman who was one of the key figures of the Stonewall Uprising. We go through hidden queer history from the hourly hotels where Marsha and her friends could express their genders to turn of the century lesbians to the Black room at Stonewall to bottom surgery at Johns Hopkins in the 60s and 70s. We’ve come so far and yet nothing changes. It was an honor to have Tourmaline on in this moment to discuss queer and trans activism through the ages. Prepare to have chills. Join Gabe’s Substack at athousandnaturalshocks.substack.comDonate to Our Movie: https://www.filmindependent.org/sponsored-projects/you-i-you-me/This has been a Noted Bisexual and Diamond MPrint ProductionsProduced by Melisa D. MontsEdited by Diane KangPost-Production Sound by Coco LlorensAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

May 16, 2025 • 20min
Bonus Bag: White Christianity's Excuses For Slavery
oel is back to talk about how he approaches teaching ethics to college students who have participated in BLM protests and have experienced our current world, how church and state was actually created to embolden slavery, and how white Christianity has taken the narrative away from Black Christianity (and how they're taking it back).Join Gabe’s Substack at athousandnaturalshocks.substack.comDonate to Our Movie: https://www.filmindependent.org/sponsored-projects/you-i-you-me/This has been a Noted Bisexual and Diamond MPrint ProductionsProduced by Melisa D. MontsEdited by Diane KangPost-Production Sound by Coco LlorensAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

May 13, 2025 • 38min
This Radicalizing Moment with Professor Joel Edward Goza
Professor of Ethics at Simmons College of Kentucky Joel Edward Goza is back on the pod to discuss the long game challenge of fighting our current political horrors, what we can learn from the history of impossibilities, and the usefulness of violence. Plus, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton as constant villains, MLK’s idea of self purification, and the legacy of the hippie movement.Join Gabe’s Substack at athousandnaturalshocks.substack.comDonate to Our Movie: https://www.filmindependent.org/sponsored-projects/you-i-you-me/This has been a Noted Bisexual and Diamond MPrint ProductionsProduced by Melisa D. MontsEdited by Diane KangPost-Production Sound by Coco LlorensAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

May 6, 2025 • 54min
The Zero Waste Movement with Kathryn Kellogg
Gabe is thrilled to speak to Kathryn Kellogg, a spokesperson for the zero waste movement about overconsumption’s impact on the environment and on ourselves.Join Gabe’s Substack at athousandnaturalshocks.substack.comDonate to Our Movie: https://www.filmindependent.org/sponsored-projects/you-i-you-me/This has been a Noted Bisexual and Diamond MPrint ProductionsProduced by Melisa D. MontsEdited by Diane KangPost-Production Sound by Coco LlorensAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

May 2, 2025 • 14min
The Teacher Who Made Me Who I Am Votes For Candidates Who Hate Me
Gabe reads a selection from his new Substack about capitalism and surviving our current hellscape.Join Gabe’s Substack at athousandnaturalshocks.substack.comDonate to Our Movie: https://www.filmindependent.org/sponsored-projects/you-i-you-me/This has been a Noted Bisexual and Diamond MPrint ProductionsProduced by Melisa D. MontsEdited by Diane KangPost-Production Sound by Coco LlorensAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Apr 29, 2025 • 55min
REPLAY: Quitting Is Good, Actually with researcher Julia Keller
Original Air Date: June 6, 2023Author of "Quitting" Julia Keller joins the podcast to talk about how quitting is good actually, the toxic myth of perseverance, capitalist striving, and grit, and the difference between quitting for a dream and quitting just to vibe. Plus, impulsivity and regret, rethinking living paycheck to paycheck, and ending the judgement around just freaking quitting everything. Set yourself free!A note: At the end of the interview, Gabe and Julia discuss some accidental transphobia that happens in the book and it has a positive outcome. Take care while listening!Join Gabe’s Substack at athousandnaturalshocks.substack.comDonate to Our Movie: https://www.filmindependent.org/sponsored-projects/you-i-you-me/This has been a Noted Bisexual and Diamond MPrint ProductionsProduced by Melisa D. MontsEdited by Diane KangPost-Production Sound by Coco LlorensAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy