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. Join Gabe’s Substack at athousandnaturalshocks.substack.com This has been a Noted Bisexual and Diamond MPrint Productions Produced by Melisa D. Monts Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Oct 28, 2025•55 min
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. Links for our resources: Linktr.ee/makearuckus Join Gabe’s Substack at athousandnaturalshocks.substack.com This has been ...
Oct 21, 2025•34 min
tw: suicide 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 a regular gay guy to some kind of human rights activist, wild stori...
Oct 14, 2025•51 min
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. Join Gabe’s Substack at athousandnaturalshocks.substack.com This has been a Noted Bisexual and Diamond MPrint Productions Produced by Melisa D. Monts Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Oct 09, 2025•20 min
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 floods, and heat waves, and discussing the withholding of the weather forecast and its...
Sep 30, 2025•1 hr 3 min
Hi guys! Rose's dog and mom both make noise during this interview, so that's what that is. (Classic mom to start doing the most the minute you need quiet lol) 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. Join Gabe’s Substack at athousandnaturalshocks.substack.com This has been a Noted Bisexua...
Sep 23, 2025•54 min
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? Join Gabe’s Substack at athousandnaturalshocks.substack.com This has been a Noted Bisexual and Diamo...
Sep 16, 2025•1 hr 3 min
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 guns. Plus how did Margaret convince a cop to quit her job? Join Gabe’s...
Sep 09, 2025•58 min
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. Join Gabe’s Substack at athousandnaturalshocks.substack.com This has been a Noted Bisexual and Diamond MPrint Productions Produced by Melisa D. Monts Edited by Diane Kang Post-Production Sound by Coco Llo...
Sep 02, 2025•52 min
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. Join Gabe’s Substack at athousandnaturalshocks.substack.com This has been a Noted Bisexual and Diamond MPrint Productions Produced by Melisa D. Monts Edited by Diane Kang Post-Production Sound by Coco Lloren...
Aug 26, 2025•41 min
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 to tell his story. Please give it a listen, be aware that your soc...
Aug 19, 2025•49 min
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, and debts. Join Gabe’s Substack at athousandnaturalshocks.substa...
Aug 12, 2025•48 min
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 CPA Michelle Miele about whether or not he’s going to jail for prob...
Aug 05, 2025•54 min
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!! Join Gabe’s Substack at athousandnaturalshocks.substack.com Donate to Our Movie: https://www.filmindependent.org/sp...
Jul 01, 2025•55 min
Gabe attends the protests in downtown Los Angeles and reflects on how fucked up everything is. Join Gabe’s Substack at athousandnaturalshocks.substack.com Donate to Our Movie: https://www.filmindependent.org/sponsored-projects/you-i-you-me/ This has been a Noted Bisexual and Diamond MPrint Productions Produced by Melisa D. Monts Edited by Diane Kang Post-Production Sound by Coco Llorens Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Jun 20, 2025•17 min
Passports are invalidated. People are being rounded up. A Holocaust is happening in America now and it’s not even a new playbook. Join Gabe’s Substack at athousandnaturalshocks.substack.com Donate to Our Movie: https://www.filmindependent.org/sponsored-projects/you-i-you-me/ This has been a Noted Bisexual and Diamond MPrint Productions Produced by Melisa D. Monts Edited by Diane Kang Post-Production Sound by Coco Llorens Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: ...
Jun 17, 2025•25 min
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-casting? What's the difference between witchcraft, manifestation, and the toxic "well...
Jun 10, 2025•38 min
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!!! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Jun 03, 2025•53 min
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, come for the rollercoaster of amorality, stay for the kidnapping saga! Join Gabe...
May 27, 2025•1 hr 23 min
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.com Donate to Our Movie: https://www.filmindependent.org/sponsored-projects/you-i-you-me/ This has been a Noted Bisexual and Diamond MPrint Productions Produced by Melisa D. Monts Edited by Diane Kang Post-Productio...
May 23, 2025•18 min
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 Tour...
May 20, 2025•42 min
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.com Donate to Our Movie: https://www.filmindependent.org/sponsored-projects/you-i-you-me/ This has been a Not...
May 16, 2025•20 min
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.com Donate to Our Movie: https://www.filmindependent.org/spon...
May 13, 2025•38 min
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.com Donate to Our Movie: https://www.filmindependent.org/sponsored-projects/you-i-you-me/ This has been a Noted Bisexual and Diamond MPrint Productions Produced by Melisa D. Monts Edited by Diane Kang Post-Production Sound by Coco Llorens Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/bra...
May 06, 2025•54 min
Gabe reads a selection from his new Substack about capitalism and surviving our current hellscape. Join Gabe’s Substack at athousandnaturalshocks.substack.com Donate to Our Movie: https://www.filmindependent.org/sponsored-projects/you-i-you-me/ This has been a Noted Bisexual and Diamond MPrint Productions Produced by Melisa D. Monts Edited by Diane Kang Post-Production Sound by Coco Llorens Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
May 02, 2025•14 min
Original Air Date: June 6, 2023 Author 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 t...
Apr 29, 2025•55 min
Comedian Josh Gondelman joins Gabe for the conclusion of the pod’s Iron Man series on Tony Stark as an ethical billionaire. This is a fun one. I love the movies! Join Gabe’s Substack at athousandnaturalshocks.substack.com Donate to Our Movie: https://www.filmindependent.org/sponsored-projects/you-i-you-me/ This has been a Noted Bisexual and Diamond MPrint Productions Produced by Melisa D. Monts Edited by Diane Kang Post-Production Sound by Coco Llorens Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.co...
Apr 22, 2025•1 hr 5 min
Gabe's on his own in this one sharing some of his evolving anger and thoughts on the state of the world and capitalist violence. Join Gabe’s Substack at athousandnaturalshocks.substack.com Donate to Our Movie: https://www.filmindependent.org/sponsored-projects/you-i-you-me/ This has been a Noted Bisexual and Diamond MPrint Productions Produced by Melisa D. Monts Edited by Diane Kang Post-Production Sound by Coco Llorens Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: h...
Apr 18, 2025•25 min
Debt attorney Leslie Tayne rejoins the show to talk about financial infidelity against your spouse, your partner and even yourself. Leslie and Gabe also discuss the Ratliff storyline on The White Lotus, what happens when you hide money habits from your partner, and the different ways you can be honest and be there for each other. Join My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gabesdunn Donate to Our Movie: https://www.filmindependent.org/sponsored-projects/you-i-you-me/ This has been a Noted Bisexual ...
Apr 15, 2025•44 min
Science journalist Danielle Elliot rejoins the show to talk about the increase in late diagnosis of ADHD for women, how this was true even before the pandemic, how teleheath helped neurodiverse people have more access, and the ways for-profit companies created over diagnosis. (Yay capitalism!) Plus, the benefit of not being unique. Join My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gabesdunn Donate to Our Movie: https://www.filmindependent.org/sponsored-projects/you-i-you-me/ This has been a Noted Bisexua...
Apr 11, 2025•23 min
