The History of the Gilded Age Podcast from Wondery

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Listen to episode 1 of American History Tellers: The Gilded Age at http://wondery.fm/GildedAge. Listen ad-free by joining Wondery+ on the Wondery app: https://wondery.app.link/Ekk2SvDnt8. • Episode 1: Carnival of Corruption • In 1869, America connected its vast, sprawling territory with its most ambitious project to date: the transcontinental railroad. The country had just emerged from the ashes of the Civil War, and the railroad galvanized people from coast to coast, offering opportunity and promise. But corruption soon cast a pall over the nation. • Scandal after scandal tainted the presidency of Ulysses S. Grant. A pair of unscrupulous investors schemed to drive up the price of gold, unleashing chaos from Wall Street to the nation’s farms. Prominent congressmen funneled public money into a sham corporation to profit off the railroad. And government agents conspired with whiskey distillers to defraud the Treasury of millions. • It was the dawn of the Gilded Age—an era of dramatic material progress and sordid greed and corruption. • MORE ABOUT WONDERY: • Wondery is the largest independent podcast publisher in the world. Launched in 2016, and known for its immersive podcasts, Wondery became the fastest network to join the Top 10 ranker by Podtrac, propelled by hit shows such as Dr Death, Dirty John, American History Tellers, Business Wars, The Shrink Next Door and Gladiator. 27 of Wondery’s shows have reached #1 on Apple Podcasts, and Wondery is the only publisher to have simultaneously claimed the #1 and #2 ‘Top New Podcasts” slots on an annual Podtrac ranker. • From shocking crimes to devious scams, manipulative cults and some of the coldest cases, Wondery’s Exhibit C gives you an inside look at the facts of these True Crimes. Subscribe now: / @wonderyexhibitc • Connect with Wondery • http://wondery.com/shows • / wonderymedia • / wonderymedia • / wonderymedia • #Wondery #History #Podcast

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