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A Thousand Natural Shocks With Gabe S. Dunn

Chinese Symbols of Wealth

A Thousand Natural Shocks With Gabe S. Dunn

Gabe Dunn | Diamond MPrint Productions

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

4.52.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

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! 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 either concerned with, who-

0:03.7

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 shankful secret, but you're nothing.

0:12.0

Only one feature isn't financial fears, it's a brand of sun.

0:16.5

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

0:21.5

Done.

0:22.0

Hey there, I'm Gabby Dunn and this is bad with money.

0:26.5

Yes, money makes the world go round.

0:29.5

But does anyone love money?

0:33.0

Now we're going to get into a final definition of love, which-

0:36.5

What if I was just like, whereabouts call all my exes?

0:39.0

Anyway, we may be uptight in America about talking about how much we love money,

0:43.5

but the fact is most of us are kind of obsessed with it.

0:47.0

Again, I don't know if that's love, but it's a pretty ubiquitous idea.

0:52.0

So we had this thought, and by we, I mean me and my producer Tamika,

0:55.5

who is very shy and doesn't like to be on mic,

0:57.5

that we wanted to learn about a culture that really loves to show off wealth and to talk about it.

1:03.5

We googled some really beautiful symbolism for money and wealth in Chinese culture,

1:07.5

and we decided we wanted to talk to Chinese Americans who experienced different sides of their identity,

1:12.5

an American side, and a Chinese side.

1:15.5

Each with their own unique expectations of how to value money,

1:18.5

how to talk about it, and how to show it off.

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