Epis.#13: Melody (Phoenix, Arizona)

12/25/18 • 26 min

Melody is a stay-at-home mom of five kids in Peoria, a suburb of Phoenix, Arizona. She talks about managing the family's finances; how she and her husband re-structured their lives around his becoming an electrician and the path they've taken to get to the point where he makes six figures; how she networks online for free clothing and sporting goods for her kids, as well as big discounted group vacations; how she and her husband and saving for retirement, and not necessarily for putting anything away for her kids' college educations so much as facilitating the careers they become interested in; and how they donate a big portion of their savings to charities through their church.

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Epis.#12: Donte (North Dakota)

Donte is a porn actor living in North Dakota. He talks about growing up poor with a single mom, his various gigs before he got into porn, including a stint in the Marines, and how and why he got into being a pornography performer, starting briefly when he was 19; he also discusses the logistical challenges of having bad credit, which is for the time being keeping him from renting a place in San Diego, where he shoots his porn films; his various injuries, which he treats with a steady dose of pot smoking; why he performs primarily in gay porn, and his work doing Chatterbait; life with his family, including his complex relationship with his wife, and spending lots of quality time with his young daughter.

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Epis.#14: Andrew (Los Angeles)

Andrew owns and operates a drone as part of his living- he rents it out and his services operating it for photo and video shoots around the Los Angeles area; because it only makes up about 40% of his income, he also drives food and alcohol delivery (thru DoorDash and Saucey), and works another 20-30 hours a week as a valet at events; he talks about what it's like trying to grow his drone business, as well as his other gigs, and the numerous other gigs he's had, in Rochester, New York and Key West, before moving to L.A. a few years ago.