Footnotes: A History Podcast

In steps the man of action. After a failed scheme on Wall Street promises to cause an economic calamity, J.P. Morgan must save the day. With the banking world panicking around him, Morgan has the fortitude to remain calm. In part two of three, a drama unfolds between some of the most powerful men in the country.

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The Panic of 1907: Lessons Learned from the Market's Perfect Storm

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May 1881, a disgruntled man stalks the president from the shadows down Pennsylvania Avenue. Disheveled and unpopular, Charles Guiteau allows his delusions of grandeur to lead him into committing the terrible murder of President James Garfield. This first episode of a three part series gives us a peek into the psychology of a madman and the forgotten legacy of a president.

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Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President

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The eruption of Mt. Vesuvius is the ultimate footnote: an event mentioned in every textbook. Yet few know the heroic exploits of Pliny the Elder to save his fellow Romans from a fiery death. We catch a glimpse of humanity and its eternal struggle with nature from two thousand years ago.

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In an unlikely showdown of wills, William Walker finds himself fighting against the indomitable Cornelius Vanderbilt. In the final installment of this saga, Walker faces the realities of a foreign invading force. The events that follow reveal a portrait of a complex and controversial, yet somehow neglected, figure in history.

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Tycoon's War: How Cornelius Vanderbilt Invaded a Country to Overthrow America's Most Famous Military Adventurer

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The Americans are invading. Once an insignificant part of a larger war, William Walker has schemed and fought his way into power. What follows is the fascinating continuation of a bizarre struggle between mercenaries, peasants, and wealthy bankers.

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Tycoon's War: How Cornelius Vanderbilt Invaded a Country to Overthrow America's Most Famous Military Adventurer

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