Episodes
Money's the Matter Podcast Episodes
Explore narrative podcast episodes about financial history, economics,
inflation, banking, market bubbles, money, and the psychology behind
financial decisions. Start at the beginning or jump into any story.
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Welcome to Money's the Matter
A brief introduction to the stories,
questions, and history behind the show.
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Money Is a Human Story
Humanity's Greatest Agreement —
a journey from memory and exchange
toward trust, cities, and money.
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S1 · E2
The Story of Coins
Trust Moves with Us — how ancient coins
allowed reputation, authority, and trust
to travel farther than the people who
created them.
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The Story of Paper Money
A Promise on Paper — how merchants, receipts,
and trust transformed money from something
you carried into a promise that could circulate.
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S1 · E4
The Mississippi Bubble
The Gambler Who Reinvented Money —
John Law, paper currency, speculation,
and the fragile trust behind one of
history's great financial bubbles.
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S1 · E5
The Banker Who Saved America
The Panic That Created the Federal Reserve —
J.P. Morgan, the Panic of 1907, and the crisis
that forced America to rethink who should stand
behind its financial system.
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S1 · E6
Why Your Coffee Costs More
A Brief History of Inflation — from Roman silver
and Spain's Price Revolution to Weimar Germany
and the fragile trust behind every currency.
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S1 · E7
Tulipmania
The Anatomy of a Market Bubble — Amsterdam, 1637,
a rare flower, rising prices, and the moment speculation
became more important than the tulip itself.
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S1 · E8
Hunting for Silver
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The Hunt Brothers and Silver Thursday — inflation fears,
leverage, a massive silver position, and the psychology
of a trade that became bigger than the market around it.
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