This week, Gaby and Hillary Hoffower, the Millennial wealth correspondent for Business Insider, talk about building and maintaining wealth, new rural home-buying, and the solitary leisure investment hobbies of the nostalgic rich. PS: It's the pogs and Tamagotchis for me. Then, during Dear Gaby, a listener shares their acceptance into a teaching and Masters program and how they met their goals during the pandemic by focusing on the specifics. And finally, a VERY interesting email about work dress codes and if they are equitable, ethical and financially feasible. Do you have a work dress code? Do you think it's fair? Send an email to [email protected] or leave a voicemail at 844-474-4040. Find a transcript of the show here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Tms644CZL9aiYeZvORizof7WKJ6l8MAaw_2hhsjPMNM/edit Follow Hillary on Twitter: @Hillary_Tweets Follow Hillary's work at www.businessinsider.com/author/hillary-hoffower ! Follow Bad With Money on Instagram: @bwmpod Follow Gaby Dunn on Instagram: @gabyroad Shop gabydunn.com/shop for merch! Bad with Money is produced and edited by Lindsey Floyd. It is sound engineered and mixed by Joey Salvia. The Executive Producer is Lindsey Floyd. 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 megaphone.fm/adchoices

You all asked for it so Gaby finally relented. We talk finally budgeting with The Budgetnista Tiffany Aliche of the Brown Ambition podcast. How can you budget in a capitalist world? Tiffany shares her relatable stories of fucking up, budgeting in a tangible way, and what to prioritize. This is budgeting with non shaming steps, baby. Count how many times Gaby says ?Wow!? Then, a listener calls in to talk about changing careers to teach financial empowerment. Another lets us in on why tax code is so complicated and finally a lovely review. Call us at 844 474 4040 and leave a review at Apple podcasts! It really helps the show! Love y?all! Send an email to [email protected] ! Find a transcript of the show here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MxZW1hl38lPE7tEF-ZCTCJWP1D0nE1SG4LM0kHLB3Bk/edit Check out Tiffany's book "Get Good with Money" here: getgoodwithmoney.com Check out Gaby's book "Bad with Money" here: www.amazon.com/Bad-Money-Imperfect-Financial-Together/dp/1501176331 Follow Tiffany on Twitter: @TheBudgetnista Follow TIffany on Instagram: @TheBudgetnista Follow Bad With Money on Instagram: @bwmpod Follow Gaby Dunn on Instagram: @gabyroad Shop gabydunn.com/shop for merch! Bad with Money is produced and edited by Lindsey Floyd. It is sound engineered and mixed by Joey Salvia. The Executive Producer is Lindsey Floyd. 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 megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wealth justice activist Chloe B. McKenzie joins Gaby to talk about Gen Z's mental and emotional health, financial trauma, and how to heal from long-term economic violence. Then, a listener gives a review that is a baffling journey from start to finish. If you like the show, leave a review and it might get read on air! Send an email to [email protected] or leave a voicemail at 844-474-4040. Trigger warning: This episode contains discussion of trauma, suicide, and racism. Please take care while listening. Find a transcript of the show here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aMK-K5a41g1w__s-xT-u43TeNmKhy6KK_W-8sMEffCg/edit Follow Chloe on Instagram @ChloeBMcKenzie Follow Chloe on Twitter @ChloeBMcKenzie Find Chloe's books, diary and research at www.ChloeBMcKenzie.com The Propublica article by Alec McGillis mentioned: https://www.propublica.org/article/the-lost-year-what-the-pandemic-cost-teenagers Follow Bad With Money on Instagram: @bwmpod Follow Gaby Dunn on Instagram: @gabyroad Shop gabydunn.com/shop for merch! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gaby is joined this week by the brilliant and delightful Najah Farley of the National Employment Law Project to talk about working from home, essential workers, and fighting for a living wage. How has work changed for the better or worse since the pandemic started? What can you do to protect yourself financially and emotionally? Plus, some hilarity involving the state of Florida and "your white co-worker Meghan." Have we mentioned that Najah is an incredible guest? Then, Gaby hears from listeners who have started their own small businesses all about their motivations, struggles, and successes. For more awesome businesses by Bad With Money listeners, see the links below!  Bad with Money Listener Small Businesses: Fleshpot - www.etsy.com/shop/FLESHPOT/ Drawmaturgy - www.drawmaturgy.etsy.com Covention - www.DearQueerie.wixsite.com Matisse DuPont - www.matissedupont.com Solilo and Co - www.soliloandco.etsy.com/ Caveat NYC - www.caveat.nyc/ Rexington Funk - www.rexingtonfunk.com/ THE SHORTLIST - www.shortlistshop.com.au/ Dizzie - www.dizzie.co.nz/ Send an email to [email protected] or leave a voicemail at 844-474-4040. For a transcript of the show here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1upSYsj9aRaL1lNNAEZ5vATaW0c22AII6mNtuAdPti8A/edit Follow NELP on Twitter: @NELPNews Follow Najah on Twitter: @NajahFarley Find Najah on LinknedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/najah-farley-she-her-728b736 Here are some NELP publications on the issues we discussed: On retaliation and wage theft: https://www.nelp.org/publication/exposing-wage-theft-without-fear/ On the Raise the Wage Act and the $15 minimum wage: https://www.nelp.org/publication/u-s-needs-15-minimum-wage/ The yearly report on raises across the country: https://www.nelp.org/publication/raises-from-coast-to-coast-in-2021/ Follow Bad With Money on Instagram: @bwmpod Follow Gaby Dunn on Instagram: @gabyroad Shop gabydunn.com/shop for merch! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ana Diaz Casos, president of Tenants and Workers United, joins Gaby to talk about housing as a human right, rent striking, the consequences of mass evictions, and how even resources and protections are hard to access. Then, we hear from a listener who felt prepped for the pandemic because of the pod, and someone who doesn't agree with all our guests or even Gaby, but likes the show a whole lot anyway.  Send an email to [email protected] or leave a voicemail at 844-474-4040. Find a transcript of the show here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I-IZBTIoj7e779uN5G5qAvKYvoMOGPvkYlXONBoGjGk/edit Follow Tenants and Workers on Instagram: @TenantsAndWorkers Follow Tenants and Workers on Twitter: @TenantsWorkers Follow Tenants and Workers on Facebook: @TenantsAndWorkers Follow Bad With Money on Instagram: @bwmpod Follow Gaby Dunn on Instagram: @gabyroad Shop gabydunn.com/shop for merch! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gaby and Elle Moxely***, the co-founder of the Marsha P. Johnson Institute, discuss mutual aid, how the Black transgender community responded so quickly to Covid, and the ways we can help remodel society into a less individualistic, more communally beneficial place. It was an honor to have her as my guest. Please donate to the Marsha P. Johnson Institute here: https://marshap.org/donate/  Then, Gaby reads a listener email about surviving on charity during the pandemic and goes through some of your Apple reviews on what the show has taught you. Send an email to [email protected] or leave a voicemail at 844-474-4040. ***In this interview you will hear Elle Moxely referred to as Elle Hearns. This interview was pre-recorded and Elle has since changed her name and social handles. Find a transcript of the show here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XCLL_FAQN5FEhjjySPG5_8Gz3JD21lY-IltctEorQic/edit Follow Elle Moxely on Instagram: @Elle_Moxely Follow Elle Moxely on Twitter: @Elle_Moxely Watch for Elle's new website: www.elle-moxley.com Follow Bad With Money on Instagram: @bwmpod Follow Gaby Dunn on Instagram: @gabyroad Shop gabydunn.com/shop for merch! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Austin Women's Investment Group founder Sara Glakas joins us to get you started investing, explain the Gamestop phenomenon, and break down the stereotypes about who invests and who should be investing. Then, Gaby responds to a listener email about feeling privileged for not having suffered financially during the pandemic because of foresight, planning and just plain luck. Then, a listener provides an example for what to do when you and your partner have conflicts over money. Spoiler: the dog pays! Send an email to [email protected] or leave a voicemail at 844-474-4040. Find the transcript for the show here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nzaI9uBstYeTvJEGuXKWLa-C_y8fZXMqFnDqKBLdRKE/edit Check out the Austin Women's Investing Group: https://www.meetup.com/The-Austin-Womens-Investing-Group Find Sara Glakas at Black Barn Financial: BlackBarnFinancial.com Connect with Sara Glakas on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sara-glakas-blackbarn/ Follow Bad With Money on Instagram: @bwmpod Follow Gaby Dunn on Instagram: @gabyroad Shop gabydunn.com/shop for merch! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this fascinating and informative episode, Gaby interviews Student Loan Answers author Melisa Boutin (yourmoneyworth.com) about how your student debt has been affected by the coronavirus and the information you need to not end up screwed out of cancellations. Melisa schools us all (especially Gaby) on student loans: what you can do and what needs to change. Then, in our Dear Gaby segment, we have a voicemail with reminders about potential tax mistakes, an email about a student loan class action lawsuit, and other listener emails and helpful Apple reviews. Send an email to [email protected] or leave a voicemail at 844-474-4040. Follow Melisa Boutin on Instagram: @MelisaBoutin Follow Melisa Boutin on Twitter @MelisaBoutin Follow Melisa Boutin on Facebook.com/BoutinMelisa Find reliable student loan information here: https://studentaid.gov/ https://studentloanhero.com/ Here are the links referenced in Jenn's voicemail: https://abc7chicago.com/what-is-credit-score-a-student-loan-great-lakes-loans/6237227/ https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/20/emergency-releif-student-loan-272334 https://protectborrowers.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/sass_v_great_lakes-1.pdf Follow Bad With Money on Instagram: @bwmpod Follow Gaby Dunn on Instagram: @gabyroad Shop gabydunn.com/shop for merch! Find the show transcript here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OCkhMQPLM-Jl0xWloH8bL4STUVGIKumZ57dtYLYzuks/edit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

American tax deadlines are coming up and so Gaby talks to Nerdwallet's tax expert Kimberly Palmer all about how to avoid unwelcome tax surprises, getting extensions, what laws changed during Covid, and the overwhelming contradictions of paying taxes. Kimberly talks about how to get organized, what to do if you make a mistake, and what is taxed that you might not expect (debt, for one). Meanwhile, Gaby wonders how you don't just lie down on the floor and wish for death. Then, a listener emails about her fiance being furloughed and the other members of her family that she suddenly feels pressure to support during this time. And finally another listener writes in about all the changes her family is going through while she's on unemployment, with children who need medical attention. Financial guilt and grief abounds. Send an email to [email protected] or leave a voicemail at 844-474-4040. For a transcript of the show visit: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cJFwXKJq0mihJ6k5dO2iA99HeBWUKk2SZ8quvxB3ULc/edit?usp=sharing Find reliable tax information here: www.IRS.gov www.NerdWallet.com Check out Kimberly Palmer on Twitter: @KimberlyPalmer Check out Kimberly Palmer on Instagram: @KSPalmer Check out the Bad With Money Instagram: @bwmpod Check out Gaby Dunn on Instagram: @gabyroad Shop gabydunn.com/shop for merch! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bad With Money is back!!! It's Season 7 and we have a lot to catch up on regarding Covid and money. This week Gaby dives into jobs with lawyer Sarah Al Howes. They talk about cancelling unemployment insurance taxes and the realities of employment during this unprecedented time. Plus, there's a new segment called "Dear Gaby" where you can email in, leave voicemails, or voice memos and they will be read or played on the show (from [email protected] or 844 474 4040). Today's emails are about struggling with your mental and emotional health while or in order to save money. A relatable and stressful topic! Thanks for joining us. We're so happy to be back. Check out Sarah Al Howes Twitter: @howes_al Check out the Mixed Earners Website: www.MixedEarners.com Check out the Bad With Money Instagram: @bwmpod Check out Gaby Dunn on Instagram: @gabyroad Read the transcript for this episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iGCzIPU_WuDo3N-FhRWgt_YV3KNKVR5Gp2a9wJG8kU0/edit?usp=sharing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bad With Money is returning Wednesdays starting March 31st! Join Gaby as she dives into the pandemic and it's effect on jobs, unemployment, taxes, trauma and more. She will be joined by journalists, activists and lawyers like the one featured here. Be sure to listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bad with Money returns March 31st and this time Gaby will be diving into jobs, unemployment, taxes, and everything that has changed since the pandemic. She is bringing you conversations with lawyers, student loan specialists, wealth justice activists and more.  Be sure to listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gaby speaks with Karen Diver, appointee of President Obama as the Special Assistant to the President for Native American Affairs. They discuss tribal economies, the impact of COVID-19 on businesses, how Native American nations have been handling the spread of the virus and the ways the federal government has failed the tribes during this pandemic and beyond. Content Warning: Discussion of racism See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why can?t we just cancel all student loan debt? The Department of Education could do it right now. But they don?t. Seth Frotman, the executive director of the Student Borrower Protection Center, comes on the show to talk about the 45 million Americans who get a student loan bill every month. Why won't the federal government just take this financial burden off its people? Plus, how the government has completely bungled helping those with student loans during a global pandemic. We absolutely can cancel all student loan debt. And we should. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gaby speaks with economist William Darity. He breaks down why reparations for descendants of enslaved people absolutely needs to happen, how reparations would work in the U.S., how much money could begin to fix the generational wealth gap and who benefitted from the labor of enslaved people. Plus, addressing assumptions and racist fears about reparations and what would need to change politically for reparations to happen. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gaby tackles her latest research obsession -- private prisons. Who is making a profit from locking people up? The Marshall Project?s Joe Neff joins the show to talk about the mistreatment of prisoners in the time of COVID-19, who makes money off federal, state and private prisons, the ways prisoners are nickeled and dimed for everything (from soap to slippers to shoes), and the ways we can better rehabilitate people who have committed crimes.  Read more about the criminal justice system at TheMarshalProject.org. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Everyone is donating. But where should we donate and how do we know what impact our money is having? Gaby talks to Open Philanthropy's program officer for criminal justice reform, Chloe Cockburn. It's her job to figure out the best places to put your money if you want to help with criminal justice reform, ending bail, electing politicians and District Attorneys that share your progressive values, ending mass incarceration and tons of other worthwhile causes. Aside from donating money, we'll also discuss other ways to effectively get involved with activism at a local level.  Resources: Chloe's Twitter Thread of Recommended Places To DonateA Criminal Justice Expert?s Guide To Donating Effectively Right Now See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gaby gathers listener emails, voicemails and questions about money during the COVID-19 pandemic. She invites financial therapist Amanda Clayman on to give advice about what to do about the stress of unemployment, loss of control, having more than your friends and family, and redirecting your long-term money plans now that the world is totally different. Clayman, host of Financial Therapy with Amanda Clayman, and Gaby respond to your voicemails and emails and try to provide context for the structural, systemic and emotional changes that need to happen in the U.S. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Can we decide what our cities spend money on? Should we defund the police? Gaby is joined by Lexis-Olivier Ray, a black journalist covering protests against police brutality in Los Angeles. He describes his most recent work, reporting on homelessness and the housing crisis? tie to crime rates, funding and police brutality. Gaby and Lexis-Olivier also break down the People?s Budget LA, which seeks to defund the LAPD and redirect funds towards housing, parks, libraries, crisis management, mental health services and other proactive rather than reactive community safety measures. Black Lives Matter. Learn more: Black Lives Matter MPD 50 on Instagram Black Visions Collective on Instagram Coverage by Lexis-Olivier Ray at LA Taco Donation Option #1 Donations Option #2 Other Ways To Donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We?ve talked about buying a better you. But how are we being sold our health and wellness during ?these trying times?? Gaby talks to linguist and author Amanda Montell about the capitalistic language shifting to sell people wellness and ?immunity-boosting? products of varying levels of harm during the coronavirus pandemic. What scams should we be looking out for? Is it possible to buy total safety from COVID-19? Why are we so desperate to believe the language of advertising? And, like in every episode of this season, we ask: Are we all just trying to buy control? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Can you buy better mental health? Gaby talks to psychiatrist Dr. Imani Walker, who works primarily with homeless patients and those who?ve been convicted of crimes, about mental illness in the time of COVID-19. What is it like to see patients now? What should mental health services cost when so many more people are suffering from depression, anxiety and PTSD? And what are we realizing as a country are the basic necessities for at-risk populations to thrive today? Especially now that those same problems are affecting the wealthy and privileged. Content Warning: Discussion of mental health and domestic violence See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is it possible to buy perfect skin? And now, under quarantine, are we spending more on skin care products just to trick ourselves into an illusion of control? How has being forced to do beauty regimens at home changed how people are spending their money? Gaby talks to Natch Beaut podcaster and beauty expert Jackie Michele Johnson about aligning your self-care budget with your ethics, if it?s possible to buy ?perfect? skin and how during a very scary and uncertain time, something as simple as skin care can provide ritual, control and comfort.  Listen to the Natch Beaut podcast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Call your Congressperson. Seriously. Gaby wants to learn more about what the U.S. government is doing for us during the COVID-19 pandemic, so she calls up California Congressman Rep. Mark Takano on Zoom. They discuss how the community comes together to fill in the gaps in social safety nets, potential upcoming legislation for those suffering financially and how to show you give a damn during a worldwide economic crisis. (Content Warning: Suicide Mention) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gaby interviews reporter Olga Khazan, who wrote an article for The Atlantic about the increasingly visible class divide during the COVID-19 pandemic. What does it mean to be able to buy safety and when you do, who else are you putting at risk? As Khazan wrote, ?the poor get socially close, so the rich can socially distance.? Plus, will the possible eventual revolution result in fairer wages and better social safety nets, as it has at other points in history? Or will it just allow middle-aged white women to get haircuts? Gaby is? cautiously optimistic. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Can good health be bought? We flashback to when Coronavirus cases were newly emerging in the states. Gaby revisits an interview she did with public health expert Dr. Abdul El-Sayed about what compels us to invest in wellness trends and how much it actually costs to be healthy. (Spoiler alert: it?s prohibitive as hell.) And later, how are health scams working in the midst of COVID-19? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gaby reflects on the meaning of success in today?s uncertain world. We flash back to our early plans for the season, including an interview with associate philosophy professor Jennifer Morton. What does it mean to be successful? What are we willing to sacrifice? After the interview, Gaby shares how her perspective on money has changed since so many lives were upended by the Coronavirus pandemic. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is life right now? So many of us are overwhelmed and stressed about a future that?s feeling more and more uncertain. In season 6 of Bad with Money, Gaby Dunn explores how during a crisis, we get stuck in cycles of trying to buy our way into some semblance of personal control. But as it turns out, being safe, healthy, generous, clean, attractive and happy is really freakin? expensive -- especially when you have no idea what?s about to happen next in the world. Through interviews before and after the global pandemic and economic crisis, Gaby tries to make sense of the ?bettering? power of money when we are at our most isolated, anxious and emotionally vulnerable. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gaby makes a final decision. Is it time to uproot her life and build a new one outside the U.S.? But wait! There's one more destination we want to explore as we wrap season 5. How expensive would it be to live... ON THE MOON? First, Gaby talks to scientist and aerospace engineer Kathleen Howell, a total badass who works with NASA, about the achievements and restrictions of living, working and colonizing the moon and in the space between the Earth and the moon. Then, she speaks with The Verge?s senior science reporter Loren Grush about space capitalism. Finally, Gaby nerds out with friend and sci-fi writer Garrick Bernard about Star Trek?s lack of currency and a future where knowledge replaces money. This is the final frontier for Bad With Money season 5. Stick around until the end of the episode for news about season 6! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After YEARS of only getting snippets of listeners? stories on social media, Gaby finally calls up a few members of her Bad with Money family. Is it worth saving your money to move abroad? How much would you sacrifice to leave the U.S.? We hear experiences from three listeners: Madeline Christensen from Texas, Madison Walsh from Kansas and Gabriela Marrero from Pennsylvania.  Madeline has her mind set on fleeing to Europe, Madison refuses to settle anywhere, bouncing from country to country and Gabriela moved abroad, but returned to America with a powerful sense that she needed to be present to help change her country for the better. Bad with Money family? Let's chat! Gaby needs your advice! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gaby contemplates what it?s like to live in Paris, a place most tourists would call ?romantic as heck.? Why is Paris such a hub for love and how much would it cost for Gaby to take her partner Mal Blum there on a date? First, Gaby talks to Chris O?Brien, a journalist living in France, who happens to share a name with her ex-boyfriend. (Yikes!) And then she lays out a date night plan for her beloved Mal. Would they like to visit or even live with Gaby in France? Happy Valentine?s Day, deadbeats! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What?s it like to travel and live outside the U.S. when you're at high risk for harassment? Gaby talks with queer travel writer Meg Ten Eyck about what should you invest in for safety and what information you need to know before you move or even visit a new country as someone that is queer, gender non-conforming or another member of the LGBTQ community. Plus, find out why countries should be marketing to LGBTQ tourists. Then, we talk to Timothy Anderson, a black teacher from Tennessee, who moved to Japan and regularly finds himself sticking out like a sore thumb. What?s it like to live in a country where you?re one of very few black people? CONTENT WARNINGS: homophobia, racism and sexism See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gaby plots her escape plan by talking to Malte Zeeck, founder of InterNations and a German-born expert on expat communities, about the costs of moving abroad and how to find the right place for you. Then, she hears first-hand from Danielle Roberge, an American who moved to Spain and found that lower salaries were a fair trade off for better work-life balance and social safety nets. What are the biggest factors to consider before moving abroad? How much might it cost and what steps do you need to take? Let?s find out! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gaby explores the lack of money taboos in Chinese culture with TV writer Jessica Gao. Gao, who was born in China, explains the ways her mother shares every last detail of how much Jessica is making. Why are people so open about how much things cost, how much they?re earning and how much they LOVE money in Chinese culture? Then, Gaby welcomes back Andrew Ti, friend of the podcast and "Yo! Is This Racist?" co-host, to talk about the differences between Chinese and Chinese-American wealth displays. Happy Chinese New Year, everyone! Here, have a red envelope of cash! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What if the answer isn?t choosing where to live, but rather choosing to live nowhere? Gaby speaks to Rachel Wilson and Natalie Frizza, two members of Australia?s nomad community -- people who have chosen to live and raise kids in converted campers, vans and buses. Gaby explores what that daily life looks like, the cost of living and who tends to be able to experience that lifestyle. (Hint: White people, mostly.) Then, she talks to Melody Warnick, author of This Is Where You Belong: Finding Home Wherever You Are about the concept of ?home.? Trigger Warning: Brief misophonia around 31 minutes in. (Sorry! It?s short!) Rachel Wilson - Youtube.com/c/charlierachel Natalie Frizza - Instagram.com/nataliethenudie/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gaby invites a Tibetan Buddhist monk to be on his very first podcast! Gyaltsen Chopel discusses how Buddhism functions to deprioritize money altogether -- and his work as a caretaker who handles day-to-day expenses and donations made to a Buddhist temple in Los Angeles. It?s not the conversation you?d expect from a monk! Then, Gaby calls India to speak to assistant professor of Hindu Studies, Dheepa Sundaram, about how Hindu culture views community, money, technology and wealth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the Philippines, kids jump at midnight to get taller. In Romania, you should pay off all your debt to ensure good fortune in the New Year. Join Gaby as she digs into New Year?s Eve superstitions -- and money superstitions -- with Philippines based writer Katrina Escalona and Romanian studies lecturer Julieta Paulesc. Come on, it can?t hurt to be a little superstitious in 2020! We need all the luck we can get! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Did you get money as a gift this year? Bet you're not alone. In this episode, Gaby explores the deeper cultural significance behind gifting money during celebrations. First, she calls up her dad, Marc Dunn, to talk through some of their own family traditions. Like, why do the Jews give money in multiples of 18? Then, she speaks with Kole Ade Odutola, a Nigerian-born professor at the University of Florida, about the economy of affection, spraying money on a bride and groom during weddings and how to understand your own value when leaving your home country. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gaby explores work-life balance in The Netherlands, which has some of the world's shortest work hours, and in South Korea, which has some of the longest.  First, she speaks with expat Jovi Paredes about the emphasis on vacation and mental health resources in The Netherlands. Then she talks with LA Times Seoul correspondent Victoria Kim about the persistent boss-employee hierarchy and emphasis on constant work in South Korea.  This episode is all about work, work, work, work, work, work. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the grandchild of a Holocaust survivor, Gaby explores her extremely complicated feelings about Germany. In order to take a modern look the country and consider whether she could live there today, she speaks to Berlin-based journalist Jill Petzinger about the German preference for paying in cash and distaste for debt. Then she chats with American expat Dana Newman about coming to terms with Germany?s dark past. And finally, Gaby listens to an old conversation with her late grandmother about her experiences in Nazi-occupied Europe. TW: anti-semitism, Holocaust and allusion to sexual assault This episode is sponsored by State Farm (www.statefarm.com) and Worthy (www.worthy.com/bad) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gaby explores the places that always top the ?Happiest Countries on Earth? lists. First, she chats with writer and friend Kate Jones, a queer Vietnamese comedian who lives in Switzerland about the country?s pros (high salaries, social safety nets, beautiful scenery) and cons (racism, homophobia). Then, Gaby calls up Helsinki Bloomberg News Bureau Chief Kati Pohjanpalo to talk about money and modesty in Finland, the Finnish perception of America and why Finland is the happiest country on Earth. This episode is sponsored by State Farm (www.statefarm.com) and Worthy (www.worthy.com/bad). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Before Gaby searches abroad for a new place to live, she first wants to understand the whys of currency. Specifically, the whys of an American coin she has a real problem with: The penny. Gaby deviates from her ?no straight cis white men guests? rule to talk about hating the penny with New York Times reporter Binyamin Appelbaum. Then, she gets into the general inaccessibility of American money with blind filmmaker James Rath. When it comes to cost and to disability, U.S. dollars and coins need a serious update. This episode is sponsored by State Farm (www.statefarm.com) and Worthy (www.worthy.com/bad). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We?re back and this time, Bad With Money is going international! In season 5, we're breaking down what money means around the world! Meanwhile, Gaby seriously considers whether she wants to build a new life abroad. Would she be happier and less financially stressed living in another country? In this premiere episode, we dig into the meaning of money in the U.S. with sociologist Dr. Viviana Zelizer and some of Gaby's American friends. Then, we hear voicemails from international listeners and chat with a fan from the U.K. about her perceptions of America. Do all Americans just want to be rich?! This episode is sponsored by Policygenius (www.policygenius.com). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gaby is back! Season 5 of Bad with Money returns November 20.  This time, we're looking at what money means in America and around the world. We'll get the real scoop from foreign correspondents and ordinary folks who've started their lives over in other countries.  Anyone else ready to have their mind blown? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the finale of Season 4, Gaby gets personal and explores the big changes of the last 3 years with help from her comedy partner Allison Raskin, her sister Cheyanne Dunn, her former producer Sam Dingman, and her parents Marc and Caryn. She gets their honest assessment of how she's doing...unpacks all sorts of family drama... and talks about what she'd do if she got really rich.  This episode is sponsored by StitchFix and Reset Retirement. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gaby talks to education superstar Zakiya Smith Ellis, a millennial who's also the Secretary of Higher Education for New Jersey. They talk about how college debt has gotten so out of hand...making community college free... the tricky things universities do to make students feel like they're getting a "deal" on tuition... and the freedom of giving up on a "dream school". See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gaby talks generational wealth and money management with Ramona Ortega, the founder of online money management tool "My Money My Future/ Mi Dinero Mi Futuro". They discuss specific money concerns of Latinx people, the difference between income and wealth, and facing money fears and taking action. This episode is sponsored by ZipRecruiter and Thirdlove. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why aren't there any women on American paper money? Gaby talks to Barbara Ortiz Howard, the cofounder of the "Women on 20s" campaign, that successfully (or so we thought) lobbied the Treasury to replace slave trader Andrew Jackson with freedom fighter Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill. They discuss Tubman's amazing life, the history of American currency, and the DIY options for getting rid of Jackson. https://www.womenon20s.org/  This episode is brought to you by History the Shequel on Stitcher Premium. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gaby talks to journalist Santi Elijah Holley about his terrifying article in Topic Magazine, "The Hidden History of Holocaust Money." They discuss the little-known currency produced by the Nazi party for Jewish ghettos and death camps during WWII, how history echoes in the present day, and what it means to commit to "Never Again". This episode is sponsored by Podswag. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Could you get by in the USA on $2 a day? Millions of people in the US are living that reality today. Gaby talks with Princeton University poverty researcher Kathryn Edin, co-author of $2 a Day: The Art of Living on Virtually Nothing in America. They discuss the end of cash welfare, debunking poverty myths, and what people are doing to survive. This episode is sponsored by Care/Of. For 25% off your first Care/of order, go to TakeCareOf.com and enter promo code MONEY See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gaby talks to GetYourShitTogether.org founder Chanel Reynolds about the two things that scare people the most - money and death. Chanel was widowed in 2009 and was totally unprepared for what came next. She talks to Gaby about planning for the unexpected, and why keeping your head in the sand isn't the best approach. Chanel's new book is "What Matters Most: The Get Your Shit Together Guide to Wills, Money, Insurance and Life's What-ifs". This episode is sponsored by Honeybook www.Honeybook.com (promo MONEY) for 50% off ThirdLove www.thirdlove.com/BadwithMoney and Experian Boost  Experian.com/money See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices