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A Thousand Natural Shocks With Gabe S. Dunn

Winning Money On TV & Gambling

A Thousand Natural Shocks With Gabe S. Dunn

Gabe Dunn | Diamond MPrint Productions

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

4.52.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Gaby shares their secret desire to try out for Jeopardy! and their love of casinos. Then, they have a nerdy and delightful conversation with bisexual flag pin Jeopardy! star Cody Lawrence all about the intricacies of that game show, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, and Wheel of Fortune, and also Cody's obsession with winning money on TV. Finally, Gaby interviews UMass Amherst professor and gambling expert Dr. Rachel Volberg about what happens to our brains when we're winning money and what the downsides and red flags are for a gambling addiction. For a transcript of the episode, click here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1o31-OMfIutgNoZl3ZFErUE-DAPMkWtFWwM5WAO9NoDw/edit?usp=sharing Follow Gaby Dunn on Instagram: @GabyRoad Follow Bad With Money on Instagram: @BWMpod Join the Bad With Money Community on Facebook: facebook.com/groups/398914378105641/ 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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0

You guys, problems that you ought to be concerned with, 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 shame, folks secret, but you're not the only one.

0:13.0

Teach your hidden financial fears to the blessed sun. Now your healing has begun. It's bad with money with Gabby.

0:22.0

Done! Hello, I'm Gabby Dunn and this is Bad with Money, a show about finances and feelings and the freaking system.

0:31.0

We don't talk down to you and we learn together.

0:34.0

After last week's big serious cancel culture episode, today we're going to have a little fun.

0:40.0

Also, if you like the show, this is my big plea to leave us an Apple rating and review.

0:46.0

My producer Lindsay and I worked so hard to bring this to you every week and your comments and DMs mean a lot but it would be even better if you left those as Apple reviews so we can get on the charts.

0:56.0

Please, I want to be the first non-binary money show on the Apple business charts. Please help me. Leave a review.

1:03.0

Okay, so anyway, back to the fun.

1:05.0

I am the world's biggest Jeopardy fan. I watch it every week night and I have strong feelings about it.

1:13.0

I don't want to hear you plug your podcast during the personal story check-in part which is a new thing people have started doing.

1:19.0

I want to know you taught your cat how to play piano or that you and your wife take photos at every statue of Ulysses S Grant you happen to see.

1:27.0

I love game shows. I even got to be on Idiot Test which is a game show on the Game Show Network as a celebrity contestant although I lost big to Dr. Drew Pinsky of all people.

1:39.0

So I didn't win and the money I would have won would have been donated because I was a celebrity contestant.

1:45.0

That felt very low stakes. What I toy with all the time is going on Jeopardy.

1:51.0

Actually taking the test to become a contestant.

1:56.0

I'm good. I don't want to downplay this at all. I am excellent at trivia. I sit in front of the TV and I rattle off answers like someone who had no friends in middle school.

2:06.0

Whenever I see a queer coded contestant I immediately try to find their social media and follow them.

2:12.0

This week's guest is one of those contestants. A sweet person named Cody Lawrence who made an internet splash when he wore a bisexual flag pin on his episode.

2:21.0

I loved it.

2:23.0

Cody didn't win big on Jeopardy but he did win $20,000 on who wants to be a millionaire.

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