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Bad with Money: The Imperfect Art of Getting Your Financial Sh*t Together
Bad with Money: The Imperfect Art of Getting Your Financial Sh*t Together
Bad with Money: The Imperfect Art of Getting Your Financial Sh*t Together
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Bad with Money: The Imperfect Art of Getting Your Financial Sh*t Together

Written by Gaby Dunn

Narrated by Gaby Dunn

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The beloved writer-comedian expands on her popular podcast with an engaging and empowering financial literacy audiobook for Millennials and Gen Z.

In the first episode of her Bad with Money podcast, Gaby Dunn asked patrons at a coffee shop two questions: First, what’s your favorite sex position? Everyone was game to answer, even the barista. Then, she asked how much money was in their bank accounts. People were aghast. “That’s a very personal question,” they insisted. And therein lies the problem.

Dunn argues that our inability to speak honestly about money is our number-one barrier to understanding it, leading us to feel alone, ashamed, and anxious, which in turns makes us feel even more overwhelmed by it. In Bad with Money, she reveals the legitimate, systemic reasons behind our feeling of helplessness when it comes to personal finance, demystifying the many signposts on the road to getting our financial shit together, like how to choose an insurance plan or buy a car, sign up for a credit card or take out student loans. She speaks directly to her audience, offering advice on how to make that #freelancelyfe work for you, navigate money while you date, and budget without becoming a Nobel-winning economist overnight.

Even a topic as notoriously dry as money becomes hilarious and engaging in the hands of Dunn, who weaves her own stories with the perspectives of various comedians, artists, students, and more, arguing that — even without selling our bodies to science or suffering the indignity of snobby thrift-shop buyers — we can all start taking control of our financial futures.

Editor's Note

Let's talk about $$$…

Popular podcaster Gaby Dunn makes taking control of your money totally doable in this fun (and funny) guide.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
Release dateJan 1, 2019
ISBN9781508277453
Author

Gaby Dunn

GABE DUNN is a New York Times bestselling author, comedian and LGBTQ+ advocate living in Los Angeles. Gabe has served as a writer on BIG MOUTH (Netflix) and has developed original television pilots with MTV, 20th Century Fox, YouTube Originals, FX and Netflix. Gabe is the host and creator of the podcast, BAD WITH MONEY WITH GABY DUNN, now in its eighth season, where they have interviewed guests like Suze Orman, Andrew Yang, and Elizabeth Warren. A non-fiction book based on the podcast was published by Simon & Schuster in 2019. Gabe co-wrote the novels I HATE EVERYONE BUT YOU, a New York Times bestseller in 2018, and the sequel PLEASE SEND HELP… published in 2019. Both of Gabe's latest novels garnered a placement on The 20 Best LGBTQ Books of 2019 list by Harper's Bazaar. They also created, and starred in the Audible Original series APOCALYPSE UNTREATED and co-host of the JUST BETWEEN US podcast on the Forever Dog network.

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  • 4/5
    I liked it. Brought some great points up to research more!
  • 5/5
    Absolutely amazing great read highly recommended please read this book
  • 4/5
    I’ve been a Gaby Dunn fan for years and have always appreciated their hard-hitting yet fun approach. This book is a great financial primer, and you should consider giving it to your favorite Gen Z friend or family member, particularly if they are queer and/or a member of another group historically left out of money talk. Entertaining and educational, and I love the way Gaby’s voice and audio performance bring the book to life.
  • 4/5
    Interesting book with a lot of good advice but would be more helpful to someone in a younger demographic - late teens and early to mid-twenties.
  • 3/5
    Great book for a high school student or anyone with no financial education.
  • 5/5
    grateful for this refreshing look at the system in which olive personal finances exist.