As The Money Burns
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Richest Boy Meets Richest Girl
As The Money Burns
10/01/20 • 18 min
Parental conflict pushes an heiress into a match with a neighboring though equally challenging heir. The chance of finally having a loving warm maternal bond proves more than alluring.
After winning a lawsuit against her mother Nanaline, Doris Duke is pushed towards another heir and neighbor Huntington Hartford. However his relationship with his mother Henrietta complicates matters.
Other people and subjects include: Henrietta Hartford, Barbara Hutton, Louise Van Alen, Prince Alexis Mdivani, Daisy Van Alen, A&P Grocery Store fortune, Edward Hartford, Newport cottage Seaverge, and FOMO & social media.
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Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: The Younger Generation by Ray Noble, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s
Section 2 Music: Plain Mary Jane by Mrs. Jack Hylton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 3 Music: One In A Million by Brian Lawrance, Album The Great British Dance Bands
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
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Adrift
As The Money Burns
09/17/20 • 18 min
Unsuccessfully navigating the rough waters of adolescence and love leaves one heiress literally drifting out to sea.
After getting into a fight with friend Doris Duke over the secret love affair between Louise Van Alen and Prince Alexis Mdivani, teen heiress Barbara Hutton finds herself stranded and alone in a sailboat in open sea.
Other people and subjects include: Franklyn Hutton, Coast Guard, inaccuracies and problems with biographies, tv mini-series, Farrah Fawcett, Lauren Bacall, trying to locate the truths, female naming conventions & complications, Silvia de Riva de Castilleja de Guzman, love triangle, love quadrangle, and nostalgia of young love & romance.
Extra Notes / Call to Action:
Other history podcast inspirations – Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History, Aaron Mahnke’s Lore, Dana Schwartz’s Noble Blood
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Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Button Up Your Overcoat by Jack Hylton, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20s
Section 2 Music: You Hit The Spot by Carroll Gibbons, Album The Age of Style – Hits from the 30s
Section 3 Music: Top Hat, White Tie and Tails by Carroll Gibbons & Boy Friends, Album Sophistication – Songs of the Thirties
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
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The Iceberg Cometh
As The Money Burns
08/20/20 • 19 min
A family fortune isn’t always family friendly.
Sibling rivalry can reach great heights when money is divided unequally, especially after one infamous maritime tragedy changed the course of a dynasty.
When the Titanic sinks, the richest man aboard went down with the ship leaving behind a young pregnant wife. The oldest son inherited everything and is unwilling to accept his new half brother. The importance of family relationships especially between half siblings.
Other people and subjects include: Summer 1929, April 1912, Jakey Astor, Vincent Astor, Ava Astor, Doris Duke, Barbara Hutton, Regatta, Astor yacht Nourmahal, John Jacob Astor IV, Madaleine Astor, uneven inheritances, first Forbes Richest list, New York Public Library, St. Regis & Knickerbocker hotels, and sibling & half-sibling dynamics.
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Archival music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: These Foolish Things by Benny Carter, Album Perfect Blues
Section 2 Music: Nightfall by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz Classics
Section 3 Music: These Foolish Things by Benny Carter, Album Perfect Blues
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
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Never After
As The Money Burns
07/23/20 • 20 min
Everyone wants a happily ever after, though few are prepared for the misery that a broken heart brings.
Financial woes and broken hearts can increase the risk of suicide. Though the truth behind suicides in 1929 is more complicated than the prevailing myths. With the more recent concern in another rise, the close personal connections to the subject are revealed.
Other people and subjects include: Barbara Hutton, Edna Woolworth Hutton, Franklyn Hutton, Doris Duke, Cobina Wright, Nanaline Duke, suicide, Franklyn Hutton, Frank Woolworth, Jessie Woolworth Donahue, rise of suicides pre-Crash, and rising concern about suicides during pandemic.
Extra Notes / Call to Action / Related articles:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/why-bad-looks-good/202008/why-suicides-may-increase-post-pandemic
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/why-bad-looks-good/202008/3-reasons-living-cited-suicide-survivors
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-mind-body-connection/202009/the-myths-and-warning-signs-suicide
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Archival music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Nightfall by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz Classics
Section 2 Music: Just A Mood by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz Classics
Section 3 Music: Lost In A Fog by Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz Classics
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
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Millionheir
As The Money Burns
02/18/22 • 20 min
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Heiresses must always fight off fortune hunters willing to break their hearts for money. But there is another heir who presents a whole other level of danger.
Everyone gathers in Palm Beach for winter and lunch at the seasonal restaurant the Patio Lamaze. Barbara Hutton and Doris Duke meet and mingle with another heir and Broadway playboy Phil Plant, who is far more dangerous than all the rest.
Other people and subjects include: February 1931, Nanaline Duke, Franklyn Hutton, Jimmy Cromwell, Jessie Woolworth Donahue, James Donahue, Harry Winston, Evalyn Walsh McLean, Hope Diamond, Harry Winston, Mrs. Curtis Hutton aka Sophia Brownell, Countess Di Frasso, Constance Bennett, Adela Rogers St. Johns, Maise Caldwell, Morton Plant, Helene Jesmer, Claire Windsor, George LaMaze, personal injury lawsuit, triple homicide, Tinder Swindler, Inventing Anna, and the vulnerability of being conned.
Extra Notes / Call to Action:
Presidencies of the United States podcast by Jerry Landry, http://presidencies.blubrry.com/
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Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: On The Beach At Bali Bali by Billy Merrin & His Commanders, Albums The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s & Tea Dance 2
Section 2 Music: Ain’t She Sweet by Piccadilly Revels Band, Album Charleston – Great Stars Of the 20s
Section 3 Music: Temptation Rag by Harry Roy, Album The Great British Dance Bands
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
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A Tall Order
As The Money Burns
09/03/20 • 22 min
Music soothes the soul and can cross racial lines. When a supreme hostess introduces an international guest to one local style, a new media sensation is created.
Supreme hostess Cobina Wright hosts a reception for famed French composer Maurice Ravel. The entertainment includes the best of the Harlem Renaissance including Hall Johnson and his choir.
Other people and subjects include: Doris Duke, Barbara Hutton, Walter Damrosch, Feodor Chaliapin, George Gershwin, Savoy Ballroom, Oregon frontier to opera star Cobina Wright, Spirituals in France, jazz, Bessie Smith, Green Pastures film, Porgy & Bess musical, Dumbo, best day of stock market before the Crash, and work and work experiences with Spirituals history, Swings, and early jazz music.
Extra Notes / Call to Action:
Bessie Smith ST LOUIS BLUES 1929 on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAIWkANToPA
Public Domain Movies
https://publicdomainmovies.info/st-louis-blues-1929-musical/
Library of Congress
https://www.loc.gov/item/mbrs00063365/
https://asthemoneyburns.com/
TW / IG – @asthemoneyburns
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/asthemoneyburns/
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St. Louis Blues with Bessie Smith is in the public domain and provided by the Library of Congress.
All other archival music is provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Swingin’ The Blues by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Perfect Blues
Section 1 Music: St. Louis Blues by Bessie Smith & Hall Johnson Choir, 1929 Film St. Louis Blues
Section 2 Music: The Charleston by The Savoy Orpheans, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20s
Section 3 Music: Swinging at Maida by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Jazz Age!
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
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Tales of Two Princes
As The Money Burns
10/29/20 • 20 min
Another prince comes to visit with his heiress wife. In a world where young heiresses dream of romantic love, this couple is the epitome of relationship goals. Only will his presence cause problems for the current reigning royal?
Two dispossessed Russian princes are floating about Newport. Prince Serge Obolensky with his wife Ava Alice Astor is making the rounds much to the displeasure of Prince Alexis Mdivani. All are present for the upcoming debutante ball of Louise Van Alen.
Other people and subjects include: Vincent Astor, Helen Astor, Russian Revolution, World War I as family feud & end of royal monarchies, royal impostors, dispossessed royals, Lady Colin Campbell, and fascinations with royals throughout history and more recently Wallis Simpson and Meghan Markle.
Extra Notes / Call to Action:
Other podcast mention: I’m Kind of a Big Deal by Christophe Zajak-Danek, covers people with dwarfism
I’m Kind of a Big Deal by Christophe Zajak-Denek https://pod.link/1484411273
My two original Waldorf Astoria Hotels Thursday November 19th and Thursday December 3rd both at 5:30pm Eastern and 2:30pm Pacific at New York Adventure Club www.nyadventureclub.com. Live with 1 week recorded access afterwards. Only $10 each.
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Archival music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Sunshine by Jack Hylton, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20s
Section 2 Music: Stardust by Freddie Gardner, Album More Sophistication
Section 3 Music: Temptation Rag by Harry Roy, Album The Great British Dance Bands
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
An Heir With A Spare
As The Money Burns
08/06/20 • 21 min
An heir to two fortunes is back on the market. Which unlucky heiress will win his heart?
Some perfect moments can turn so bad that one wishes it had only been a nightmare. Our heiress Doris Duke finds herself stuck in two situations that go horribly wrong. No matter the era, adolescence is never easy with or without those awkwardly bad moments.
Other people and subjects include: Bailey’s Beach, Barbara Hutton, James HR Cromwell aka Jimmy, Cobina Wright, Bar Harbor, Hope Diamond, Floranada, Nanaline Duke, Ned Stotesbury, Eva Stotesbury, Evalyn Walsh McLean, Anna Dodge, Fort Lauderdale, Louise Van Alen, Jakey Astor, Prince Alexis Mdivani, lovers in Paris after World War I, and inappropriate seductions.
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Archival music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: You Hit The Spot by Carroll Gibbons, Album The Age of Style – Hits from the 30s
Section 2 Music: These Foolish Things by Benny Carter, Album Perfect Blues
Section 3 Music: Top Hat, White Tie and Tails by Carroll Gibbons & Boy Friends, Album Sophistication – Songs of the Thirties
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
A Small Sum
As The Money Burns
10/15/20 • 20 min
There’s a lot of commotion when a $100 grand goes missing, but why is that a problem for multi-millionaires?
Trust in love and money can be dangerous things when mixed together.
Cobina Wright is constantly worrying over her husband Bill’s cheating with multiple women and ends up missing more pressing financial red flags. Nanaline Duke finally secures investment with Bill and is on the way to building her own personal fortune.
Other people and subjects include: Autumn 1929, Hamptons mansion Sands Point aka Casa Cobina, Maestro Arturo Toscanini, Sutton Place home, missing $100k, cheating & infidelity rumors, Fanny Brice, Lil Cobina Wright Jr playing with other royal children & future paramour Prince Phillip, rose-colored glasses, denial, and facing life’s circumstances.
Extra Notes / Call to Action:
Waldorf Astoria Hotels pre-1929 Thursday November 19th and 1931 + later Thursday December 3rd both at 5:30pm EST / 4:30pm CST / 2:30pm PST at New York Adventure Club www.nyadventureclub.com.
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Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Nightfall by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz Classics
Section 2 Music: These Foolish Things by Benny Carter, Album Perfect Blues
Section 3 Music: Just A Mood by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz Classics
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Wall Street Crash - 91st Anniversary
As The Money Burns
10/29/20 • 16 min
A special episode commemorating the 91st Anniversary of the 1929 Wall Street Crash.
Details of the worst day of the New York stock market that led to the Great Depression. A recap of the primary heirs and heiresses of America’s most famous fortunes whose interconnected lives will be changed due to the Great Depression, whether family dynamics, finances, scams, love & romance, and so much more...
Other people and subjects include: immediate losses in fortunes, suicides, heatwave during Labor Day 1931 & hottest stock market day, now falling stock prices, Barbara Hutton, Doris Duke, Jakey Astor, Louise Van Alen, Prince Alexis Mdivani, Cobina Wright, Huntington Hartford, and ongoing unknown changes due to pandemic.
Extra Notes / Call to Action:
Past Perfect Vintage Music – www.pastperfect.com
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Archival music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: These Foolish Things by Benny Carter, Album Perfect Blues
Section 2 Music: I Double Dare You by Jack Harris & His Orchestra, Albums More Sophistication & Hits of the 30s
Section 3 Music: Fascinating Rhythm by The Savoy Orpheans, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20s
End Music: Nightfall by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz Classics
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How many episodes does As The Money Burns have?
As The Money Burns currently has 87 episodes available.
What topics does As The Money Burns cover?
The podcast is about Society & Culture, History, Documentary and Podcasts.
What is the most popular episode on As The Money Burns?
The episode title 'Richest Boy Meets Richest Girl' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on As The Money Burns?
The average episode length on As The Money Burns is 21 minutes.
How often are episodes of As The Money Burns released?
Episodes of As The Money Burns are typically released every 14 days.
When was the first episode of As The Money Burns?
The first episode of As The Money Burns was released on Apr 2, 2020.
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Very well researched and engaging. :)
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