EPISODE · Jun 11, 2020 · 19 MIN
Membership Has Its Privileges
from As The Money Burns · host Nicki Woodard
Hindsight is 20 / 20, but can be a little late. More importantly, how’s your foresight?Everyone wants in, but membership comes at a price. Amongst our wealthy, two stockbrokers vie for new clients, but one is running a Ponzi scheme. More recent schemes come to light both in relation to Broadway’s Hamilton and Nascar. Even Warren Buffet is not immune.Other people and subjects include: Newport 1929 summer, Ida Lewis Yacht Club membership, Franklyn Hutton, Nanaline Duke, Cobina Wright, William May Wright aka “Bill”, Irene Hutton, 1906 earthquake, EF Hutton Brokerage Firm, Civil War & society money, Bernie Madoff, Fyre Festival, Daytona, and DC Solar. --Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.comOpening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance BandsSection 1 Music: Nightfall by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz ClassicsSection 2 Music: These Foolish Things by Benny Carter, Album Perfect BluesSection 3 Music: Top Hat, White Tie and Tails by Carroll Gibbons & Boy Friends, Album Sophistication – Songs of the ThirtiesEnd Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
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Hindsight is 20 / 20, but can be a little late. More importantly, how’s your foresight? Everyone wants in, but membership comes at a price. Amongst our wealthy, two stockbrokers vie for new clients, but one is running a Ponzi scheme. More recent schemes come to light both in relation to Broadway’s Hamilton and Nascar. Even Warren Buffet is not immune. Other people and subjects include: Newport 1929 summer, Ida Lewis Yacht Club membership, Franklyn Hutton, Nanaline Duke, Cobina Wright, William May Wright aka “Bill”, Irene Hutton, 1906 earthquake, EF Hutton Brokerage Firm, Civil War & society money, Bernie Madoff, Fyre Festival, Daytona, and DC Solar. Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
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