Episode #177- How Do Movies Make Myths? ft. Amy Nicholson

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Episode #243 - What Was Ponzi's Scheme? (Part II)

Charles Ponzi's remarkable rise and fall played out over the course of a wild eight month period. He went from being a failed importer-exporter mired in debt to Boston's most talked about self-made millionaire in a matter of weeks. After rebranding his company as the Securities E ...  Show more

Episode #242 - What Was Ponzi's Scheme? (Part I)

The name Charles Ponzi has become synonymous with financial frauds. In 1920 the formerly obscure Italian immigrant suddenly became one of the most famous men in Boston when his Securities Exchange Company started offering investors remarkable returns. Ponzi claimed that he had di ...  Show more

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