Week Three of the P.T. Barnum saga. This week we talk about Barnum's attempts to rehabilitate his relationship with his family and his reputation with the world. Though it seems like he did some real work on his marriage it seems like his reputation as a dishonest humbug man would be set in stone. We talk about the real relationship between him and Jenny Lind "The Swedish Nightingale" and Barnum's failed attempt to rebrand himself as a purveyor of high brow entertainment. Th...
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Week Three of the P.T. Barnum saga. This week we talk about Barnum's attempts to rehabilitate his relationship with his family and his reputation with the world. Though it seems like he did some real work on his marriage it seems like his reputation as a dishonest humbug man would be set in stone. We talk about the real relationship between him and Jenny Lind "The Swedish Nightingale" and Barnum's failed attempt to rebrand himself as a purveyor of high brow entertainment. Th...
The Spinach King Episode One- The Atrocities of Creamed Spinach
Yeet the Rich
1 hour 2 minutes
4 months ago
The Spinach King Episode One- The Atrocities of Creamed Spinach
Welcome back! This week we start our series on the Seabrook family, and C.F. Seabrook, the Spinach King and "Henry Ford of irrigation"! The Seabrooks were a farming dynasty that peaked in the 1950s, and at one point were shipping a third of the vegetables in the United States, only to lose it all a few years later. This episode we get into their humble origins, how irrigation changed their fortunes, their weird family dynamics, the racism that permeated the industry, and break down how ...
Yeet the Rich
Week Three of the P.T. Barnum saga. This week we talk about Barnum's attempts to rehabilitate his relationship with his family and his reputation with the world. Though it seems like he did some real work on his marriage it seems like his reputation as a dishonest humbug man would be set in stone. We talk about the real relationship between him and Jenny Lind "The Swedish Nightingale" and Barnum's failed attempt to rebrand himself as a purveyor of high brow entertainment. Th...
