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A Thousand Natural Shocks With Gabe S. Dunn

A Weird, Messed-Up Game Show (aka Medical Bills)

A Thousand Natural Shocks With Gabe S. Dunn

Gabe Dunn | Diamond MPrint Productions

Society & Culture, History, News, Personal Journals, News Commentary, Self-improvement, Education

4.52.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2017

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Why is it so hard for us to conceive of health care as a basic human right? Gaby talks to victims of the relentlessly profit-driven American healthcare system - a father whose wife died early in their marriage, resulting in a million dollars worth of bills (Eric Ashley); a non-smoking, marathon-running comedian who developed testicular cancer at age thirty (H. Alan Scott); and a YouTuber who was forced to ask her fans to fund a life-saving liver surgery (Akilah Hughes). Plus: Clio Chang on the philosophical underpinnings of our warped perspective.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0

You got problems that you are concerned with, blah!

0:04.0

You don't know how you're supposed to earn it or what to do with it or how to keep it.

0:08.0

You're a freak with a dark shameful secret, but you're not the only one

0:13.0

Creature in the financial fears of the blessed sun.

0:16.0

Now your healing has begun. It's bad with money with Gabby.

0:21.0

Gabby done here, being bad with money so you don't have to.

0:25.0

Oh man, love that theme song. You guys love it.

0:28.0

I know because you tell me you love it.

0:31.0

Welcome to episode two of season two of Bad with Money.

0:35.0

In case you guys didn't pick up on this from last week's premiere, this season might be a little depressing.

0:41.0

I know many of us are already depressed by our financial situation, so I'm sorry about that.

0:46.0

But also, something I'm realizing more and more is that a lot of things that keep us up at night aren't really our fault.

0:51.0

Though the product of a completely broken system that relies on bullshit hero narratives of personal responsibility,

0:57.0

that trick us into feeling like anyone can overcome structural obstacles if they just try hard enough.

1:03.0

Which is why I predict you'll be hearing a lot more of the Carrey Wade Queer Feminist Anti-Capitalist Alarm this season.

1:16.0

Okay, so what do I mean by that? And how does it apply to medical bills? The topic of today's show.

1:22.0

Today, we're going to talk to four different guests, each of whom is going to help us understand a different piece of the healthcare crisis we're facing.

1:28.0

Which not to vary the lead isn't like magically fixed just because Trump care self-destructed.

1:34.0

But wasn't it glorious? It was so great.

1:37.0

I really enjoyed the tweets between Papa Roach and Paul Ryan. Just go check them out.

1:41.0

We still have a lot of fucking work to do though.

1:44.0

And we're going to hear the stories of comedian H. Allen Scott who experienced the viciousness of a free market healthcare system firsthand.

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