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Happy Pride! In the finale of Season 7, Gaby talks to professor, economist and author Lee Badgett about the financial and economic case for LGBTQ equality, the harmful myths about queer people and money (and the choice to focus all research on white, cis, gay men), and about Gaby's own reticence to engage with ending homophobia and transphobia through capitalism and corporate policy. It's a doozy of differing opinions! And in the end, it's probably all Will & Grace's fault. Then, a Dear Gaby with some Bad With Money book promotion and some interesting criticism AND love for Gaby's voice. Send an email to gabyisbadwithmoney@gmail.com or leave a voicemail at 844-474-4040.This episode contains discussions of homophobia, transphobia, bullying, and suicide. Please take care while listening.Link to get Lee's book: https://www.leebadgett.com/theeconomiccaseFollow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBadgettFollow Bad With Money on Instagram: @bwmpodFollow Gaby Dunn on Instagram: @gabyroadShop 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

Dr. Laurie Santos joins Gaby to discuss NOT whether money buys happiness (it does!) but rather what science shows us we should also be focusing on for happiness, why the human brain is designed to be bad with money, and what happened when monkeys were taught to buy treats with currency. Also, the curse of the lottery. Then, on Dear Gaby, a listener writes in about receiving a raise after discovering gender pay inequity at work and how she is using it for good. And, listener Casey calls in to ask about ethically investing an unexpected inheritance.More information on the teacher's pensions in Parkland being invested in guns: https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2018/02/21/florida-teacher-pension-fund-owns-528000-in-shares-of-ar-15-manufacturer/Trigger warning: Brief mention of suicide. Take care while listening.Send an email to gabyisbadwithmoney@gmail.com or leave a voicemail at 844-474-4040.Follow Dr. Laurie Santos on Instagram: @LaurieSantosOfficialCheck out Pushkin Pods on Instagram: @PushkinPodsFollow Dr. Laurie Santos on Twitter: @LaurieSantosCheck out The Happiness Lab: HappinessLab.fmCheck out Pushkin Pods: @Pushkin PodsFollow Bad With Money on Instagram: @bwmpodFollow Gaby Dunn on Instagram: @gabyroadShop 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

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 gabyisbadwithmoney@gmail.com or leave a voicemail at 844-474-4040.Follow Hillary on Twitter: @Hillary_TweetsFollow Hillary's work at www.businessinsider.com/author/hillary-hoffower !Follow Bad With Money on Instagram: @bwmpodFollow Gaby Dunn on Instagram: @gabyroadShop 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 gabyisbadwithmoney@gmail.com or leave a voicemail at 844-474-4040.Check out Tiffany's book "Get Good with Money" here: getgoodwithmoney.comCheck out Gaby's book "Bad with Money" here: www.amazon.com/Bad-Money-Imperfect-Financial-Together/dp/1501176331Follow Tiffany on Twitter: @TheBudgetnistaFollow TIffany on Instagram: @TheBudgetnistaFollow Bad With Money on Instagram: @bwmpodFollow Gaby Dunn on Instagram: @gabyroadShop 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 gabyisbadwithmoney@gmail.com or leave a voicemail at 844-474-4040.Trigger warning: This episode contains discussion of trauma, suicide, and racism. Please take care while listening.Follow Chloe on Instagram @ChloeBMcKenzieFollow Chloe on Twitter @ChloeBMcKenzieFind Chloe's books, diary and research at www.ChloeBMcKenzie.comThe Propublica article by Alec McGillis mentioned: https://www.propublica.org/article/the-lost-year-what-the-pandemic-cost-teenagersFollow Bad With Money on Instagram: @bwmpodFollow Gaby Dunn on Instagram: @gabyroadShop 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.comCovention - www.DearQueerie.wixsite.comMatisse DuPont - www.matissedupont.comSolilo 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 gabyisbadwithmoney@gmail.com or leave a voicemail at 844-474-4040.Follow NELP on Twitter: @NELPNewsFollow Najah on Twitter: @NajahFarleyFind Najah on LinknedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/najah-farley-she-her-728b736Here 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: @bwmpodFollow Gaby Dunn on Instagram: @gabyroadShop 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 gabyisbadwithmoney@gmail.com or leave a voicemail at 844-474-4040.Follow Tenants and Workers on Instagram: @TenantsAndWorkersFollow Tenants and Workers on Twitter: @TenantsWorkersFollow Tenants and Workers on Facebook: @TenantsAndWorkersFollow Bad With Money on Instagram: @bwmpodFollow Gaby Dunn on Instagram: @gabyroadShop 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 gabyisbadwithmoney@gmail.com 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.Follow Elle Moxely on Instagram: @Elle_MoxelyFollow Elle Moxely on Twitter: @Elle_MoxelyWatch for Elle's new website: www.elle-moxley.comFollow Bad With Money on Instagram: @bwmpodFollow Gaby Dunn on Instagram: @gabyroadShop 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 gabyisbadwithmoney@gmail.com or leave a voicemail at 844-474-4040.Check out the Austin Women's Investing Group:https://www.meetup.com/The-Austin-Womens-Investing-GroupFind Sara Glakas at Black Barn Financial:BlackBarnFinancial.comConnect with Sara Glakas on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/sara-glakas-blackbarn/Follow Bad With Money on Instagram: @bwmpodFollow Gaby Dunn on Instagram: @gabyroadShop 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 gabyisbadwithmoney@gmail.com or leave a voicemail at 844-474-4040.Follow Melisa Boutin on Instagram: @MelisaBoutinFollow Melisa Boutin on Twitter @MelisaBoutinFollow Melisa Boutin on Facebook.com/BoutinMelisaFind 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-272334https://protectborrowers.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/sass_v_great_lakes-1.pdfFollow Bad With Money on Instagram: @bwmpodFollow Gaby Dunn on Instagram: @gabyroadShop gabydunn.com/shop for merch! 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 gabyisbadwithmoney@gmail.com or leave a voicemail at 844-474-4040.Find reliable tax information here:www.IRS.govwww.NerdWallet.comCheck out Kimberly Palmer on Twitter: @KimberlyPalmerCheck out Kimberly Palmer on Instagram: @KSPalmerCheck out the Bad With Money Instagram: @bwmpodCheck out Gaby Dunn on Instagram: @gabyroadShop 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 gabyisbadwithmoney@gmail.com 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_alCheck out the Mixed Earners Website: www.MixedEarners.comCheck out the Bad With Money Instagram: @bwmpodCheck out Gaby Dunn on Instagram: @gabyroad

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!

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!

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 racismSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.

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.

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.

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 NowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.