A Thousand Natural Shocks With Gabe S. Dunn

This man has STORIES. Career photojournalist Nick Stern shares how he got into photographing ICE and DHS raids and stories of being press during a time when even local law enforcement shoots and arrests reporters. Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 2 June 2026

Maebe A. Girl (Maebe Pudlo) joins the show to talk running for state Senate in California (election is on 6/2), why she runs for office in drag, and having the conviction to be truly progressive despite roadblocks. Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 26 May 2026

Please don't break your jaw with a tiny hammer. What a fantastic conversation about men and the Internet. I love this one! Please listen if you like smart people like Aidan! Writer Aidan Wharton of Gay Buffet, joins the show to talk about tech, human connection, and the male loneliness epidemic. Gabe grapples with the misconception he had about working for himself, when he realized he actually works for social media. (And I get it, okay Millennials whateverrrr). https://gaybuffet.substack.comJeremyFindsAI: https://www.instagram.com/jeremyfindsai/ Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 19 May 2026

This one is important! Ballots are out! Rev. Rae Huang, the future Mayor of Los Angeles if anyone has any sense, joins the podcast to go step-by-step through her ideas for a better Los Angeles.  Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 12 May 2026

Writer KB Brookins joins the show to talk about trans news that doesn’t suck. It’s a really great conversation about specific wins and how to see them, use them, and get involved in creating them. Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 5 May 2026

Author and activist Ben Greene joins the pod to talk about why he focuses on good news. Your despair is someone else's business model. Plus, some extremely insane stories of passing as cis. (Ben's is wild!!!)Good Queer News: https://www.goodqueernews.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 29 April 2026

Eligio Guerrero from The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) in Seguin, TX joins the show to talk about the organization's work and its return to its roots as a civil rights stalwart in the face of ICE raids. And then the people of Big Bend National Park fight back against a wall. Plus, the children of the Dilley detention center, investing in the youth, and how to make it easier for Latinos to vote despite all the efforts against it. -Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 21 April 2026

Gabe and Lex Rofeberg, who had very similar childhoods, talk about discarding the Zionism they were taught growing up. What does that mean for their futures and the future of Judaism? https://www.judaismunbound.com/2026-courses/p/jewish-citizenship Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 14 April 2026

In honor of her new book Like, Follow, Subscribe, Fortesa Latifi joins Gabe to talk about something Gabe hates: child influencers and family vlogging.---Reporter Fortesa Latifi joins Gabe to discuss the origins of mommy blogging and child influencers, what has come out since these children have grown up, and what these families are actually selling. Plus, the dangers and problems of selling exclusive content of your children, turning your home and their safe space into a "set," and strangers being a fan of your child. What laws can be put into place to protect the children in these online famous families? Join My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gabesdunn Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 7 April 2026

Bill O’Reilly book titles. Zionist Instagram accounts. Checking NewsMax every day. Lyz Lenz, author and writer of the newsletter Men Yell At Me, joins the show to talk about making men mad. We discuss divorce, our funny(?) families, and how we’ve become better and worse for consumption of political media. Political discussion starts about 8 minutes in. Tw for Epstein. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 31 March 2026

Writer Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya joins the show to talk about finding queer community and chosen family in a red state like Florida. Gabe shares his stories of growing up there and learns about the type of solidarity that can beautifully develop in adversity --- both with the weather and, you know, otherwise. Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 24 March 2026

Gabe’s old BuzzFeed coworker and writer Ash Perez joins the show to talk about his new rom com Speak Now. The duo catch up about transness, autism, and the wild paths their lives have taken. Speak Now is a queer rom-com about a rising-star chef who’s forced to confront her first love when she’s hired to cater her ex–best friend’s wedding, putting her career-defining opportunity at odds with unresolved feelings from her past. Set in the world of fine dining in Big Sur, it’s a funny, emotionally honest story about second chances and self-discovery. Speak Now is Ash's fiction debut! The audiobook features a full cast led by Jena Malone and Arienne Mandi.Speak Now is available for preorder now wherever you get audiobooks, and publishes on March 31 (on International Transgender Day of Visibility). Link is here to preorder: https://bit.ly/3MiDUtm Woooo!Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 17 March 2026

Jesse, of Theater Workers For A Ceasefire, talks about the importance of theater in the political space, divesting from Israeli state-sponsored, colonialist and imperialist theater, and coming into anti-Zionism as a Jewish artist.  Links: https://theaterworkersforaceasefire.com/statementhttps://www.bacbi.be/ Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 10 March 2026

Reporter Madeline Peltz joins the show to talk about her years of covering Turning Point USA, the liberal journalists who suck up to Nazis, and how liberals and leftists focus on elections over building movements. Plus, the right's ability to embrace anyone who wants in, how right-wing women are losing faith in MAGA and why we keep not believing what the right is telling us straight up that they are doing. Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 3 March 2026

Author of "Cafe Hysteria" Madison Huizinga and Gabe talk about no longer media training celebrities, the sinister origins of trends, and why concerts have become so prohibitively expensive. Plus, every influencer is fake now. Even ones with like, five followers.  Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 24 February 2026

The author of “Demystifying Disability,” Emily Ladau, joins the pod to talk about the societal expectations that make life harder for disabled people, what changes about your life, and the media’s laziness using disability as a shortcut. Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 17 February 2026

LA Taco reporter Izzy Ramirez joins the show to talk about the crushing of freedom of the press, tracking all of the ICE raids and all of the people kidnapped in them (about 100 a week in LA), and the cities where Minneapolis levels of federal brutality is happening without comprehensive coverage. Plus, violent retaliation against community watchers. Tw: suicide  Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 10 February 2026

Just kidding! They do! Taylor Smith is back on the show to explain striking. All your questions answered. We’re also having fun! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 3 February 2026

Gabe recounts his visit to Sacramento to talk to legislators and Gov. Gavin Newsom. This week, a man named Alex Pretti was shot in broad daylight by ICE agents. What do we do now? Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 27 January 2026

Gabe and fellow activist/photographer Eric Langberg discuss the uphill battle current photographers face during this moment of no media literacy, the misunderstanding of Vanity Fair's "bad" photos of the Trump administration, and the controversy of photographing protest movements and bystanders. Plus, what he chooses to photograph versus others at the same protests. Then, Eric fights with people on Reddit. And finally, we wonder what these ICE agents and people on the wrong side of history will feel about these photos in the future and figure out how to use whatever skills you have to help in the fight against fascism. Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 20 January 2026

Welcome back! Former CNN reporter, now independent journalist Nick Valencia joins the show to kiki with Gabe about the ups and downs of working for mainstream media and why he's chosen to go independent for his coverage of immigration in this horrid time. Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 13 January 2026

Gabe discusses how ableism and toxic masculinity led to his fear of quitting a job because of his new medical diagnosis. Join Gabe’s Substack at athousandnaturalshocks.substack.comCheck out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.comThis has been a Noted Bisexual and Diamond MPrint ProductionsProduced by Melisa D. Monts Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 19 December 2025

Professor and author Celina Su joins the pod to talk about her new position on NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani’s transition team and about the outrageous misuse of budgets and what we can do about making change. Join Gabe’s Substack at athousandnaturalshocks.substack.comCheck out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.comThis has been a Noted Bisexual and Diamond MPrint ProductionsProduced by Melisa D. Monts Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 16 December 2025

Each week, Gabe will sum up some of the work he’s been doing or researching anti-fascist activism on the ground and keep you updated on the latest developments. This week, Gabe reflects on reactions to our 50501 Movement episode and on his own confusion around what needs to happen. Join Gabe’s Substack at athousandnaturalshocks.substack.comCheck out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.comThis has been a Noted Bisexual and Diamond MPrint ProductionsProduced by Melisa D. Monts Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 12 December 2025

To permit protests or not to permit protests? (The answer is obvious.) Hunter Dunn (no relation), of the 50501 Movement's press officers, joins the show to talk about youth in politics, queerness in the Bible and how we use religion to convince across party lines, and bringing liberals and Dems into leftist organizing. Hunter and Gabe reminisce about some of the more bizarre aspects of LA government they've experienced this fall. Join Gabe’s Substack at athousandnaturalshocks.substack.comCheck out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.comThis has been a Noted Bisexual and Diamond MPrint ProductionsProduced by Melisa D. Monts Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 9 December 2025

Each week, Gabe will sum up some of the work he’s been doing or researching anti-fascist activism on the ground and keep you updated on the latest developments. This week, Gabe talks about what happened at a House Oversight Committee meeting he attended and reflects on what his grandmother told him about surviving the Holocaust. https://www.instagram.com/epistemiccrisis? Join Gabe’s Substack at athousandnaturalshocks.substack.com This has been a Noted Bisexual and Diamond MPrint ProductionsProduced by Melisa D. Monts Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 5 December 2025

Historian Prit Buttar, author of “Into The Reich joins the show to draw parallels between the specifics of World War II and our lives now. It’s much more complex than even your host could believe. Check this out if you want not only a soothing British voice but also a history lesson between two obsessives. Join Gabe’s Substack at athousandnaturalshocks.substack.com This has been a Noted Bisexual and Diamond MPrint ProductionsProduced by Melisa D. Monts Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 2 December 2025

Original Air Date: May 6, 2025 Gabe is thrilled to speak to Kathryn Kellogg, a spokesperson for the zero waste movement, about overconsumption’s impact on the environment and on ourselves. Join Gabe’s Substack at athousandnaturalshocks.substack.com This has been a Noted Bisexual and Diamond MPrint ProductionsProduced by Melisa D. Monts Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 25 November 2025

Each week, Gabe will sum up some of the work he’s been doing or researching anti-fascist activism on the ground and keep you updated on the latest developments. This week, he notes that the State Department has changed the sex marker on the passport website about 4 times in the last few weeks. Join Gabe’s Substack at athousandnaturalshocks.substack.com This has been a Noted Bisexual and Diamond MPrint ProductionsProduced by Melisa D. Monts Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 21 November 2025

Activist Catie Laffoon joins the show to talk about the largest ICE detention center in California, which has garnered almost no media attention, and the example of California City becoming owned by ICE. Catie and Gabe traveled two hours outside LA to what they believe to be a future "slave city" to find scandals, horrors, insanity, and corruption. They discuss their theories and research on how cities will be taken over by the federal government and military. linktr.ee/MakeARuckus Join Gabe’s Substack at athousandnaturalshocks.substack.com This has been a Noted Bisexual and Diamond MPrint ProductionsProduced by Melisa D. Monts Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 18 November 2025

The world wasn't always organized through capitalism, and viewing that economic system through only a Eurocentric lens won't provide the entire picture. Harvard professor and historian Sven Beckert joins the show to talk about how capitalism started and how we got here. Plus, gender and racial roles in capitalism and why we view the stock market as a mystical god. Join Gabe’s Substack at athousandnaturalshocks.substack.com This has been a Noted Bisexual and Diamond MPrint ProductionsProduced by Melisa D. Monts Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 11 November 2025

Ever make a doctor's appointment to trick them into learning about trans people? Uncloak's Kalvin Byrd joins the podcast to talk about his work testing doctors on how they treat trans male reproductive healthcare and connecting them to other safe, vetted doctors and trans patients, using himself as a guinea pig to be the first trans man a doctor has ever seen, and his commitment to healthcare access to save trans lives. Kalvin's an absolute delight and such a fantastic advocate for trans patients. Join Gabe’s Substack at athousandnaturalshocks.substack.com This has been a Noted Bisexual and Diamond MPrint ProductionsProduced by Melisa D. Monts Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 4 November 2025

Candidate for Los Angeles City Attorney Aida Ashouri joins the show to talk about how much power the city attorney has. It is A LOT. Like maybe more than the mayor. It’s crazy. Aida talks about what she would do in that pivotal position.  Join Gabe’s Substack at athousandnaturalshocks.substack.com This has been a Noted Bisexual and Diamond MPrint ProductionsProduced by Melisa D. Monts Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 28 October 2025

Taylor Smith, one of Gabe’s fellow activists on the ground in LA, calls in to the show from the federal building as we all await the verdict of our friend on trial against DHS. They discuss the ways we can use humor and memes to fight fascism (the Portland frog) how trolling the officers creates humanity and dispels fear and power, and ways to show up that confuse and disarm.Links for our resources: Linktr.ee/makearuckus Join Gabe’s Substack at athousandnaturalshocks.substack.com This has been a Noted Bisexual and Diamond MPrint ProductionsProduced by Melisa D. Monts Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 21 October 2025

tw: suicide As part of a series of interviews with Gabe’s fellow anti-ICE activists on the ground in LA, we’re joined by Eddy.Mp4, one of the first people that Gabe met downtown this summer. Gabe first saw Eddy in a green Luigi cap telling National Guardsman that hurting American citizens would give them lasting mental health issues. That compassion led Gabe to reach out and the rest is history. Eddy talks to us about going from a regular gay guy to some kind of human rights activist, wild stories he’s experienced that haven’t made the news, and what we both hope everyone can do to wake up and get involved. Tastes like fascism clip: YouTube · BINGE2M+ views · 3 months agoCoolest protester of all time becomes instant icon | Last Week Tonight ...Serbia doc “Bringing Down A Dictator” YouTube · ICNC - International Center on Nonviolent Conflict106.3K+ views · 5 years agoBringing Down a Dictator - English (high definition) Join Gabe’s Substack at athousandnaturalshocks.substack.com This has been a Noted Bisexual and Diamond MPrint ProductionsProduced by Melisa D. Monts Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 14 October 2025

Gabe gives a short personal update on the anti-ICE movement he's been involved with and shares what's been going on in court, in the protests on the ground, and in the media. He's a bit mad at you all. Join Gabe’s Substack at athousandnaturalshocks.substack.com This has been a Noted Bisexual and Diamond MPrint ProductionsProduced by Melisa D. Monts Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 9 October 2025

Fuck ICE. Fuck CoreCivic and Geo Group. Fuck Trump. Anyway, in the actual episode, Gabe is joined by career meteorologist Alan Gerard, author of the awesome Substack Balanced Weather (one of Gabe's new hyperfixations). We get into the weeds on how the Trump administration's war on weather is insane and probably going to get us all killed. (Gabe's words.) Then, privatizing the weather, defense contracts, tragic floods, and heat waves, and discussing the withholding of the weather forecast and its conspiratorial and logical ends. Weather is now a partisan issue and a key to diplomacy. The weather community is abuzz. Join Gabe’s Substack at athousandnaturalshocks.substack.com This has been a Noted Bisexual and Diamond MPrint ProductionsProduced by Melisa D. MontsEdited by Diane KangPost-Production Sound by Coco Llorens Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 30 September 2025

Hi guys! Rose's dog and mom both make noise during this interview, so that's what that is. (Classic mom to start doing the most the minute you need quiet lol) Will money matter as the world ends? Author Rose Han joins the show to talk about the golden handcuffs of a "good" job, hiding your real financial situation from your richer friends, and what skills have become important as we approach the apocalypse.  Join Gabe’s Substack at athousandnaturalshocks.substack.com This has been a Noted Bisexual and Diamond MPrint ProductionsProduced by Melisa D. MontsEdited by Diane KangPost-Production Sound by Coco Llorens Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 23 September 2025

We are positively fracked! Zach Williams, Associate Director of the Environment & Health program at Physicians for Social Responsibility, joins the show to talk about specific legislation around climate change, the optics of who can make a difference, and how climate change intersects with everything from refugees to LGBTQ youth. Plus, what does the future of our weather-torn world look like? Join Gabe’s Substack at athousandnaturalshocks.substack.com This has been a Noted Bisexual and Diamond MPrint ProductionsProduced by Melisa D. MontsPost-Production Sound by Coco Llorens Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 16 September 2025

How do we live like the world is dying? (Because it is.) Margaret Killjoy, writer, podcast host and person Gabe admires, joins the show for a healing and detailed conversation to educate baby anarchist Gabe and his audience. We talk about how everyone in Gabe’s life thinks he’s lost his mind about politics, Margaret’s extensive knowledge of socialism, communism and labor history and tactics, and the political horseshoe about guns. Plus how did Margaret convince a cop to quit her job? Join Gabe’s Substack at athousandnaturalshocks.substack.com This has been a Noted Bisexual and Diamond MPrint ProductionsProduced by Melisa D. MontsEdited by Diane KangPost-Production Sound by Coco Llorens Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 9 September 2025

Happy Labor Day weekend! Gabe’s thrilled to welcome reporter Hamilton Nolan to the show to talk about the intersection of basically every political issue with labor organizing. It’s not just about unionizing your office, it’s about how to work with unions to create the change we’re looking for.  Join Gabe’s Substack at athousandnaturalshocks.substack.com This has been a Noted Bisexual and Diamond MPrint ProductionsProduced by Melisa D. MontsEdited by Diane KangPost-Production Sound by Coco Llorens Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 2 September 2025

One of the architects of the baby bonds idea, economist William “Sandy” Darity Jr, joins the show again to discuss Trump’s twisted take on them. What are MAGA bonds and why are they not the answer to wealth inequity? Sandy and Gabe try to imagine a better world for all families and children. Join Gabe’s Substack at athousandnaturalshocks.substack.com This has been a Noted Bisexual and Diamond MPrint ProductionsProduced by Melisa D. MontsEdited by Diane KangPost-Production Sound by Coco Llorens Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 26 August 2025

Writer, former Columbia student and Australian citizen Alistair Kitchen joins the show to share every step of what happened to him when he was disappeared by a cruel and taunting border patrol. He was told it was because he covered the Free Palestine encampment at Columbia University and what happened next was scary and cruel. Gabe and Alistair talk about why people are okay with fascism until it’s happening to them. I am honored to tell his story. Please give it a listen, be aware that your social media is being monitored, and please stay safe! Join Gabe’s Substack at athousandnaturalshocks.substack.com This has been a Noted Bisexual and Diamond MPrint ProductionsProduced by Melisa D. MontsEdited by Diane KangPost-Production Sound by Coco Llorens Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 19 August 2025

Welcome to the rebrand of Bad With Money called A Thousand Natural Shocks. In this episode, Maria Melchor of FirstGenLiving, who came to the US from Mexico when she was nine years old, talks about protecting your assets before deportation. After taking time off to mentally regroup, Maria returned to the financial space to help detained and deported people and their families learn their rights when it comes to their assets, savings, and debts.  Join Gabe’s Substack at athousandnaturalshocks.substack.com This has been a Noted Bisexual and Diamond MPrint ProductionsProduced by Melisa D. MontsEdited by Diane KangPost-Production Sound by Coco Llorens Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 12 August 2025

On August 12 - so next week - the show officially relaunches on this same feed as A Thousand Natural Shocks: A Bad With Money podcast. In the last decade of doing this show, I went from “just asking questions” to socialist to even more radical in the last few years. I want the show to follow suit and be more relevant to the current moment for the middle and working classes. In our final Bad With Money only episode, Gabe talks to CPA Michelle Miele about whether or not he’s going to jail for problems with his taxes and the laying off of IRS staffers leading to more difficulty paying the correct taxes. Gabe also shares statistics of who gets punished for “fraud” and who gets away with it and how common cyber attacks are. Join Gabe’s Substack at athousandnaturalshocks.substack.com Donate to Our Movie: https://www.filmindependent.org/sponsored-projects/you-i-you-me/ This has been a Noted Bisexual and Diamond MPrint ProductionsProduced by Melisa D. MontsEdited by Diane KangPost-Production Sound by Coco Llorens Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 5 August 2025

DIY creator Caroline Klidonas proves you don’t need any money to tell full stories. You don’t even need another person. Gabe fanboys over Caroline’s acting and writing, and the duo discusses the ways financial limitations can make stories more interesting. Then, they go into Caroline’s evolving relationship to her queerness and gender through her videos. Plus, trust your audience!!  Join Gabe’s Substack at athousandnaturalshocks.substack.com Donate to Our Movie: https://www.filmindependent.org/sponsored-projects/you-i-you-me/ This has been a Noted Bisexual and Diamond MPrint ProductionsProduced by Melisa D. MontsEdited by Diane KangPost-Production Sound by Coco Llorens Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 1 July 2025

Gabe attends the protests in downtown Los Angeles and reflects on how fucked up everything is. Join Gabe’s Substack at athousandnaturalshocks.substack.com Donate to Our Movie: https://www.filmindependent.org/sponsored-projects/you-i-you-me/ This has been a Noted Bisexual and Diamond MPrint ProductionsProduced by Melisa D. MontsEdited by Diane KangPost-Production Sound by Coco Llorens Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 20 June 2025

Passports are invalidated. People are being rounded up. A Holocaust is happening in America now and it’s not even a new playbook. Join Gabe’s Substack at athousandnaturalshocks.substack.com Donate to Our Movie: https://www.filmindependent.org/sponsored-projects/you-i-you-me/ This has been a Noted Bisexual and Diamond MPrint ProductionsProduced by Melisa D. MontsEdited by Diane KangPost-Production Sound by Coco Llorens Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 17 June 2025

Original Air Date: June 13, 2023We get deeply magical this week as we lean into the feelings part of the podcast with Moon Studio's Sarah Faith Gottesdiener. Money is ancestral, symbolic, deeply intimate and has a huge impact on our nervous systems, especially for listeners of this show who are introverts, neurodivergent, or sensitive to conflict. Gabe is excited to get spiritual about finances! What is future-casting? What's the difference between witchcraft, manifestation, and the toxic "wellness industry" mindset? Do we have to believe in angel numbers and signs? What is "enoughness" and how do we achieve it?? Join Gabe’s Substack at athousandnaturalshocks.substack.com This has been a Noted Bisexual and Diamond MPrint ProductionsProduced by Melisa D. MontsEdited by Diane KangPost-Production Sound by Coco Llorens Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 10 June 2025

Original Air Date: July 25, 2023 Oh boy. This might be one of the best and most expansive episodes we've ever done. For the first time ever, Gabe discusses their recent personal finance struggles with the wonderful, empathetic and brilliant Katie Gatti Tassin of "Money With Katie." Things have not been good!!! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 3 June 2025