Aston Martin: Seven Bankruptcies, James Bond's DB5 and a £101 Sale
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford founded Aston Martin in 1913, naming it after Martin's races at...
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Andrew Mellon: Treasury Power, a Tax Trial and Stalin's Hermitage Art
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Andrew Mellon was born in Pittsburgh in 1855 to Judge Thomas Mellon, who schooled his children p...
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American Motors: The Rambler, the Pacer and the First Crossover SUV
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!American Motors Corporation was born in 1954 when Nash-Kelvinator and Hudson merged, then the la...
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Alex Mashinsky and Celsius: 17% Yields, a Frozen Exit and 12 Years
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Alex Mashinsky founded Celsius Network in 2017 with Daniel Leon and Nuke Goldstein, pitching it ...
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Ma Bell's Century: 6,000 Rivals, a 1984 Breakup and the Quiet Reunion
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!For most of the 20th century the Bell System was the American telephone network, from the resear...
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1970s Stagflation: Oil Shocks, Nixon's Price Controls and Paul Volcker
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The word stagflation was popularized by British Conservative politician Iain Macleod in a 1965 s...
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Redlining's 1930s HOLC Maps and Their Toll on Health, Wealth and Air
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Redlining was the systemic withholding of home loans and insurance from certain neighborhoods. E...
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Henry Clay Frick: Johnstown Flood, Homestead Strike and an Assassin
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Henry Clay Frick was born in 1849 in western Pennsylvania, grandson of Old Overholt whiskey foun...
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