As The Money Burns

After previously closing their mansion, a struggling couple returns to host a wonderful buffet to start the new year, but have things really changed for the better?

December 1932 – January 1933, Christmas and holidays brings plenty of activities. E.T. Stotesbury and Eva Stotesbury are back in Philadelphia but not at their large mansion Whitemarsh Hall celebrating both Christmas and New Year before heading down to Palm Beach. Plenty of people are looking at the wealthy, unaware what they might be truly hiding as others try to recover from financial losses by several means.

Other people and subjects include: Doris Duke, Barbara Hutton, Nanaline Duke, Prince Alexis Mdivani, Louise Van Alen, Daisy Van Alen, James “Henry” Van Alen, Eleanor Van Alen, John Jacob Astor VI aka “Jakey,” James H.R. Cromwell aka “Jimmy,” Cobina Wright, Henrietta Hartford, Huntington Hartford, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, Alice Vanderbilt, Countess Gladys Vanderbilt Szechenyi, Marjorie Merriweather Post Hutton, E.F. Hutton, Princess Roussadana “Roussie” Mdivani Sert, Helena McCann, Louise Brooks Howard, Christine Cromwell, Anna Dodge Dillman, Frederick Vanderbilt, Louise Vanderbilt, Charles Lindbergh, Constance Morrow, President Franklin Roosevelt, New Deal reforms, Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone, Simon Guggenheim, Otto Kahn, Charles Schwab, former U.S. Ambassador Charles Dawes, Sailing Baruch, Jr., Coco Chanel, Lanvin, Lotte Lehmand, Not Out parties, debutantes, teas, buffets, Christmas playlet, Manhattan Derby, burlesque polo match, hob by horses, Voice of Young America book, taxation, IRS – Internal Revenue Service, Robert Mann, Mrs. Wilmer Biddle – Elizabeth Southall Clarke, Albert Davis, Marianne Davis, Princess Anita Stewart de Braganza, Mrs. Moses Taylor, Julia Berwind, Prince Colonna, Mrs. Nicholas John Brown, Nicholas John Brown II, John Nicholas Brown III, labels, monikers, richest baby, wealthiest baby, richest pony, richest girl in the world, richest U.S. heiress, richest unmarried women, retiree list, financial secrets, open knowledge, Lindbergh baby kidnapping, Starr Garden Recreation Center, Barclay Hotel, Montparnasse, Whitemarsh Hall, Malmaison, *El Mirasol & Playa Riente not mentioned but referenced, Harvard University, Hotel Plaza, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, Manhattan, Philadelphia, Palm Beach, Newport, St. Moritz, Paris, Rome, New Year 2024, changes, Powerball 2024 winner, Michigan lottery, Jeffrey Epstein List, rumors, salacious news, implosions, resilience

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Monday, January 22nd, 5:30pm EST / 2:30pm PST – Waldorf Astoria Hotel Part 1: A New Standard of Luxury (pre-1929), Come learn more about the Astor family dispute behind the famous hotel and its construction as well as the hotel's influence on luxury travel and fine dining. Connections to the Titanic as well as other events and famous people will also be explored. But all good things come to an end.
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Monday, January 29th, 5:30pm EST / 2:30pm PST – Waldorf Astoria Hotel New York Part 2: Manhattan's Grandest Hotel (1931-present), The second version of this fine luxury hotel comes during the dawn of new era which will bring new challenges and excitement. A lingering Astor family connection adds to the saga until a new family the Hilton dynasty rises and takes over. More celebrities and events will add to allure of this hotel. Finally, updates reveal the recent renovations, an auction, and the future for the third incarnation.
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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Kansas City Kitty by The Rhythmic Eight, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20s
Section 2 Music: The Charleston by The Savoy Orpheans, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20s
Section 3 Music: Hep! Hep! Jumpin’ Jive by Nat Gonella & His New Georgians, Album Dance Crazy
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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An heiress receives accolades for all her efforts to help the less fortunate, but her good deeds aren’t as helpful for her marriage.

December 1932, Marjorie Merriweather Post Hutton is hailed for all her work to help the needy during the Great Depression. She works on multiple committees providing food and unemployment relief to the point of getting positive press and recognition. Her husband E.F. Hutton however is not so thrilled and is dabbling with various females on the side.

Other people and subjects include: Barbara Hutton, Prince Alexis Mdivani, royal Mdivani siblings, Franklyn Hutton, Edna Woolworth Hutton, Eleanor Post Hutton Sturges, Preston Sturges, Nedenia Hutton – Dina Merrill, Preston Sturges, Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, President Franklin Roosevelt, Lindbergh baby kidnapping, General Foods, Birds Eye, frozen food, food drives, soup kitchens, breadlines, unemployment, needy, homeless, charity, committees, rising crime, watchdog, special award, bodyguards, Pinkerton agents, debutante ball, divorce, infidelity, Salvation Army, U.S. Flag Association, Marjorie Post Hutton Canteen, Edward F. Hutton Emergency Food Station, Hell’s Kitchen, Mar-a-Lago, Hussar V yacht, trouble with sources, rabbit hole of research, 1932 – 1934 darkest years of the Great Depression, 1929 Wall Street Crash, Dust Bowl Storms, 1932 & 2024 presidential elections, pandemic, lockdowns, World War II, global war, civil war, positive press, change inevitable

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Monday, January 22nd, 5:30pm EST / 2:30pm PST – Waldorf Astoria Hotel Part 1: A New Standard of Luxury (pre-1929), Come learn more about the Astor family dispute behind the famous hotel and its construction as well as the hotel's influence on luxury travel and fine dining. Connections to the Titanic as well as other events and famous people will also be explored. But all good things come to an end.
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Monday, January 29th, 5:30pm EST / 2:30pm PST – Waldorf Astoria Hotel New York Part 2: Manhattan's Grandest Hotel (1931-present), The second version of this fine luxury hotel comes during the dawn of new era which will bring new challenges and excitement. A lingering Astor family connection adds to the saga until a new family the Hilton dynasty rises and takes over. More celebrities and events will add to allure of this hotel. Finally, updates reveal the recent renovations, an auction, and the future for the third incarnation.
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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Let’s All Go To Mary’s House by The Savoy Orpheans, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20s
Section 2 Music: Button Up Your Overcoat by Jack Hylton, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20s
Section 3 Music: Plain Mary Jane by Mrs. Jack Hylton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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With a large fortune in sight, a whole family gathers to determine the next set of moves. What is an heiress to do?

December 1932, the royal Mdivani siblings gather in Paris to determine how the newly divorced Prince Alexis Mdivani will woo and finally catch Barbara Hutton. Only Barbara’s family will thwart his efforts, but a Mdivani is never one to fully give up on such a large fortune at stake.

Other people and subjects include: Louise Van Alen – formerly Princess Louise Van Alen Mdivani, Princess Nina Mdivani Huberich, Charles Huberich, Princess Roussadana “Roussie” Mdivani Sert, Prince Serge Mdivani, Prince David Mdivani, Baroness Maud von Thyssen – Else Zarske, Baron von Thyssen, Countess Silvia de Rivas de Castellane, Franklyn Hutton, Irene Hutton, James “Jeem” Donahue, Germaine “Ticki” Touquet, Doris Duke, Nanaline Duke, James HR Cromwell aka “Jimmy,” Eva Stotesbury, E.T. Stotesbury, Evalyn Walsh McLean, Hope Diamond, social secretary, Yale beau, James Blakeley, Winston Guest, Cartier, Paris, New York, Savoy Plaza Hotel, Fifth Avenue townhome, Central Park, oceanliner Berengia, seduction, problematic love affair, fortune hunter, expensive gifts, reporters, nature of Chesterton Fence Principle, historiography even for a podcast, parallel emotional connections, vulnerabilities, collective mindsets, recent thefts, lawlessness, Great Depression, Prohibition, gangsters, outlaws, Robin Hood, Salem Witch Trials, the Spanish Inquisition, social media, terrors of the mob, unknown future, fraud, love and romance scam, FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), wire transfers, cryptocurrency, input from listeners, interactions, online communities, Phil Plant, Batman & Robin tv series, Catwoman Julie Newmar, Danish grandmother heiress, Belle Baruch, Huntington Hartford, Henrietta Hartford, Titanic, John Jacob Astor IV aka “Jack,” Vincent Astor, James “Henry” Van Alen aka Jimmy, a female Mdivani cousin

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: I Guess I Will Have To Change My Plan by Ambrose & His Orchestra, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 2 Music: These Foolish Things by Benny Carter, Album Perfect Blues
Section 3 Music: So Rare by Carroll Gibbons, Album Sophistication 3
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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Not all love affairs last forever. When one princess loses her title, will another readily take her place and possibly share the same fate?

November 27th, 1932, Princess Louise Van Alen Mdivani appears in the Hague divorce court dissolving her 18 month marriage to Prince Alexis Mdivani. On December 7th, 1932, her cousin Princess Ava Alice Astor Obolensky will also get a divorce in Reno. Two marriages both end but for very different circumstances.

Other people and subjects include: Barbara Hutton, John Jacob Astor VI aka “Jakey,” James “Henry” Van Alen, William “Sam” Van Alen, Princess Roussadana “Roussie” Mdivani Sert, Prince Serge Mdivani, Princess Mary McCormic Mdivani, Sam Insull, Prince David Mdivani, Princess Mae Murray Mdivani, Charles Huberich, Princess Ava Alice Astor Obolensky, Prince Serge Obolensky, Ivan Obolensky, Sylvia Obolensky, Raimund von Hofmannsthal, Countess Silvia de Rivas de Castellane, Woolworth Donahue, Jeanne Meagher, Peggy Moffett, Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Kennedy, James Blakeley, Grace Rioppel Blakeley Hyde, Nancy Randolph, Cholly Knickerbocker, Caroline Astor, William Backhouse Astor, Jr., Charlotte Astor, Mary Mallon – Typhoid Mary, John Jacob Astor IV aka “Jack,” Ava Lowle Willing Astor – Lady Ribblesdale, Vincent Astor, Madeleine Talmage Astor Dick, Alva Vanderbilt Belmont, William Kissam Vanderbilt, Oliver Belmont, Consuelo Vanderbilt, Duke of Marlborough, Colonel Henry Huttleston Rogers II – Jr., Mary Benjamin, Millicent Rogers, Standard Oil fortune, oil ventures, Princess Catherine Alexandrovna, Tsar Alexander II Romanov, Prince of Wales – King Edward VIII – Duke of Windsor, American dollar princess marriages, royal titles, Central Park Casino, Reno, Nevada, Lithuania, Hague, Netherlands, Hague Convention, international divorces, remarriage, infidelity, divorce, friends & sibling romances, uneven breakups, betrayals, Edward McLean, Evalyn Walsh McLean, Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sanchez, Vogue, Washington Post, Hope Diamond

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Section 1 Music: You Go To My Head by Joe Loss, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 2 Music: I’m In the Mood for Love by Freddy Gardner, Album Elegance
Section 3 Music: Stars Fell On Alabama by Lew Stone, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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When one door closes, another opens. How might an eviction lead to a brand new life in a luxury hotel?

November 5th, 1932, Cobina Wright moves out of her Sutton Place home and now becomes homeless along with her 10 year daughter Lil Cobina Wright, Jr. At the last minute, an opportunity arrives to live at the luxurious Waldorf-Astoria hotel.

Other people and subjects include: William May Wright aka “Bill,” Lucius Boomer, Ted Saucier, Elsa Maxwell, William Waldorf Astor, Caroline Astor, Carrie Astor, Orme Wilson, Jr., Grace Wilson Vanderbilt, John Jacob Astor VI aka “Jakey,” Vincent Astor, Princess Ava Alice Astor Obolensky, James “Henry” Van Alen, William “Sam” Van Alen, Princess Louise Van Alen Mdivani, Josep Maria Sert, Alva Vanderbilt Belmont, Consuelo Vanderbilt, Jay Gould, Bertha Russell, Gladys Russell, George Russell, Wall Street Crash of 1929, moving, Sutton Place, Sutton Club, Waldorf-Astoria, Waldorf-Astoria Manhattan, Sert Room, Basildon Room, Jade Room, ballroom, The Gilded Age tv series, pain, joy, grit, resilience, hope

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes by Freddy Gardner, Album Elegance 2
Section 2 Music: The Younger Generation by Ray Noble, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s
Section 3 Music: Sing A Song of Sunbeams by Ronnie Munro & Orchestra, Albums Tea Dance 2 & The Great Bands Dance Bands Play Hits Of The 30s
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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One couple deals with more betrayal when litigation publicly reveals financial secrets.

September 23rd – October 27th, 1932, William May Wright, aka “Bill,” returns to New York to deal with litigation involving his former stockbroker firm. Cobina Wright hopes that they will be able to rekindle their relationship, but other troubles arise from the lawsuit as their financial troubles are announced in the press.

Other people and subjects include: Lil Cobina Wright, Jr., Doris Duke, Nanaline Duke, Walker Inman, James H.R. Cromwell aka “Jimmy,” Jessie Woolworth Donahue, cheating, affairs, Wall Street Crash of 1929, Wright, Slade, & Company, Shields Company, stockbroker, Ponzi scheme, pyramid scheme, dummy accounts, shell game, accounting, fraud, Casa Cobina, tracking down past details, 1932 court case, cheating, affairs, different language and wording, losing home to IRS, parental divorce, Savings and Loan, Arthur Anderson, Enron, other losses, cycle of history

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: A Foggy Day by Carroll Gibbons, Album Sophistication 3
Section 2 Music: Nightfall by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz Classics
Section 3 Music: Top Hat, White Tie and Tails by Carroll Gibbons & Boy Friends, Album Sophistication – Songs of the Thirties
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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Deceptions run high as another divorce is announced and a grand home re-opens. Can’t these people get their stories straight already?

September 27th – October 14th, 1932, a divorce rumor spreads far and wide as involves one of the Mdivani siblings getting a divorce. But is it true, and if is so who? In other news, E.T. Stotesbury heads back to the United States on the maiden voyage of the Italian ocean liner Rex, but Mrs. Eva Stotesbury doesn’t arrive with him. Another Mdivani ends up in court.

Other people and subjects include: Doris Duke, Barbara Hutton, Cobina Wright, William May Wright, Prince Alexis Mdivani, Louis Van Alen, James “Henry” Van Alen, William “Sam” Van Alen, James H.R. Cromwell aka “Jimmy,” Oliver “Tony” Cromwell, Prince Serge Mdivani, Princess Mary McCormic Mdivani, formerly Princess Pola Negri Mdivani, Rudolph Valentino, Prince David Mdivani, Princess Mae Murray Mdivani, Princess Nina Mdivani Huberich, Princess Roussadana “Roussie” Mdivani Sert, Josep Maria Sert, Alva Vanderbilt Belmont, Frederick Prince, Michael Luddy, Marjorie Berger, General Pershing, Italian Premier Il Deuce Benito Mussolini, New York mayor James “Jimmy” Walker, President Herbert Hoover, FDR – Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Sam Insull, Ivar Kreuger, Caldwell & Company, 1932 presidential election, Ponzi schemes, Lionel Robbins, 1930s economic meltdown, great depression vs the Great Depression term, oil ventures, charter plane, air travel, ocean liner, Blue Riband, Nord Deutscher Llyod – North German Lloyd, Rex, Conte di Savoia, Bremen, Europa, Ile de France, Normandie, Aquitania, Olympic, Majestic, the Titanic, Whitemarsh Hall, Sutton Club, New York, Marble House, Ritz-Carlton, Genoa, Trieste, Gibraltar, Paris, Delaware River, Chicago, suicide, earthquake in Greece, World War II bombing, rumors, divorce, truth, public overly romantic lives, Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, unconscious coupling, Gwynneth Paltrow, Cold Play Chris Martin, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Halle Berry, Olivier Martinez, Joe Jonas, Sophie Turner, Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: It’s the Talk of the Town by Ambrose, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s
Section 2 Music: Swingin’ The Blues by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Perfect Blues
Section 3 Music: Says My Heart / You Leave Me Breathless by Carroll Gibbons, Album Elegance
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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An heiress is trapped and a love triangle exposed when forbidden lovers get caught beneath the sheets.

Late summer 1932, Barbara Hutton joins Princess Louise Van Alen Mdivani and Prince Alexis Mdivani at the Spanish countryside estate of his sister Princess Roussadana “Roussie” Midvani Sert. Over the course of the visit, the former royals entrap Barbara with a compromising situation.

Other people and subjects include: James “Henry” Van Alen, William “Sam” Van Alen, Silvia de Rivas de Castellane, Prince Serge Mdivani, Prince David Mdivani, Princess Nina Mdivani Huberich, Josep Maria Sert, Coco Chanel, Salvador Dali, Marlene Dietrich, Elsa Maxwell, Adela Rogers St. John, Mas Juny estate in Palamos, Spain, Montmarte district in Paris, bohemia, biography / biographies, determining facts, inaccuracies, redemption, family and friendship betrayals, seduction, fortune hunters, playboys, modern dating, online dating, lack of romance, negging, hetero-flexible, homo-flexible, dick pics, pornographic references, explicit come-ons, desire for romance, rebuilding life & love, divorce, true love, misaligned attraction, romance

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Plain Mary Jane by Mrs. Jack Hylton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 2 Music: You Go To My Head by Joe Loss, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 3 Music: Love Walked In by Carroll Gibbons & The Savoy Hotel Orpheans, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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Despite small implosions everywhere, some hide their true situations while prancing around like prized ponies at a horse show.

Over the summer of 1932, James H.R. Cromwell, aka “Jimmy,” pursues Doris Duke around France. Meanwhile, his mother Eva Stotesbury and stepfather E.T. “Ned” Stotesbury sponsor a horse show back in the Philadelphia area even while they remain abroad. Doris’s mother Nanaline Duke grows suspicious over the state of the Stotesbury fortune.

Other people and subjects include: Cobina Wright, Walker Inman, Evalyn Walsh McLean, Delphine Dodge Cromwell Baker, Raymond Baker, Christine Cromwell, Anna Dodge Dillman, Louise Brooks, New York Governor Franklin Roosevelt, President Herbert Hoover, Grace Fortescue, Thalia Massie, Clarence Darrow, Billie Dove, Lydia Anita Vittoria Bodrero, Valentine Everit Macy, Jr., Max Krone, Earl of Poulett, Lord Fairhaven, Sir Alec Cunningham-Reid, Ruth Mary Clarisse Ashley, Mrs. John Hay Whitney, Two Leggons show gelding – horse, Bon Diable horse, Mrs. William DuPont, Quarryman horse, Philadelphia Riders and Drivers, Rush Hospital for Consumptives, debutante balls, fortune hunters, marriage proposals, Lindbergh kidnapping, private detective, bodyguards, limousine, Whitemarsh Hall, Stotesbury Clubhouse, Wissahickon Farms, horse show, hunter class, jumper, Cannes, France, Bar Harbor, Newport, London, Philadelphia, Venice, Whitemarsh Township, Springfield Township, Wissahickon Kennel Club, coal mining town Stotesbury, West Virginia, Stotesbury Cup, rowing, George Washington, American Revolution, Edwina Ashley, Lord Louis Mountbatten, Prince Philip, King Charles III – former Prince of Wales, Stotesbury Regatta Cup, legacy vs. fortune

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Did You Mean It? By Jack Hylton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 2 Music: On The Air by Carroll Gibbons, Albums More Sophistication & Tea Dance 2
Section 3 Music: It Had To Be You by Carroll Gibbons, Album It’s Got To Be Love
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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At another sunny beach enclave, a romance blooms into a twisted love triangle between a prince and two heiresses.

Summers 1931 & 1932, the interchange of people and events cause a blurring of timelines. At fashion designer Jean Patou’s residence, sparks between Prince Alexis Mdivani and Barbara Hutton reverses a love triangle much to the humiliation of Princess Louise Van Alen Mdivani a little over a year into her marriage.

Other people and subjects include: Elsa Maxwell, Princes Roussadana “Roussie” Mdivani Sert, Josep Maria Sert, Prince Serge Mdivani, Prince David Mdivani, Daisy Van Alen, James “Henry” Van Alen, William “Sam” Van Alen (*not mentioned directly), Doris Duke, Nanaline Duke, Jessie Woolworth Donahue, Frederick Vanderbilt, Audrey “Chico” Kilvert, Silvia de Rivas de Castellane, Lost Midnight Brigade, Alice-Leone Moats, William Fisk, Countess Dorothy Di Frasso, Gary Cooper, Cholly Knickerbocker, Noel Coward, Cole Porter, Caroline Astor, Place Etats-Unis, Waldorf Astoria Sert murals, Biarritz, Cannes, various unreliable sources, complications in reconstructing timelines, social media, artificial intelligence, Paris Hilton, Prince Harry, Meghan Markle

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Sunshine by Jack Hylton, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20s
Section 2 Music: One In A Million by Brian Lawrance, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 3 Music: You Hit The Spot by Carroll Gibbons, Album The Age of Style – Hits from the 30s
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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Many feeling the economic pinch lower summer participation.  But those who remain wealthy gather for another round of seaside fun.

August 1932, many millionaires return for another Tennis Week and more yacht races in Newport, Rhode Island. Frank Shields joins other tennis stars on the courts, while Vincent Astor and his yacht Nourmahal focus on seafaring activities. This sleepy seaside enclave is having one of its best seasons in over a decade, but the biggest news is the recent sale of Marble House. 

Other people and subjects include: William “Sam” Van Alen, Elizabeth “Betty” Kent Van Alen, James “Henry” Van Alen, Eleanor Van Alen, Princess Louise Van Alen Mdivani, Prince Alexis Mdivani, Frank Shields, John Jacob Astor VI aka “Jakey,” Doris Duke, Nanaline Duke, Barbara Hutton, Huntington Hartford, Henrietta Hartford, Mary Lee Epling Hartford, Helen Dinsmore Astor, Caroline Astor, Carrie Astor, John Jacob Astor IV aka “Jack,” William Backhouse Astor, Jr., William K. Vanderbilt, Alva Vanderbilt Belmont, Consuelo Vanderbilt, Duke of Marlborough, Jacques Balsan, Harold Vanderbilt aka “Mike,” Oliver H.P. Belmont, Elise Robson Belmont, Alice Vanderbilt, Cornelius Vanderbilt II, Grace Wilson Vanderbilt, Cornelius “Neily” Vanderbilt III, Cornelius “Neil” Vanderbilt, Gladys Vanderbilt Szechenyi, Gladys Szechenyi, Gloria Vanderbilt, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, Ellsworth Vines, Wilmer Allison, Gregory Mangin, George Lott, Bunny Austin, Fred Perry, Clyde Adams, Maud Barger-Wallach, Mary Booker, Ogden Mills, Frederick Prince, William Stewart, Mrs. William Goadby “Queenie” Loew, Atwater Kent, King Edward VII of England, King George V of England, Queen Elizabeth II of England, King Charles III of England, Astor Cup, King’s Cup, America’s Cup, Nourmahal, Weetamoe, Vanitie, Lone Star, Marble House, Beechwood, Beaulieu, Rough Point, Seaverge, Wakehurst, the Elm, By-The-Sea, Crossways, Newport Casino, Clambake Club, Bailey’s Beach, Richard Morris Hunt, Charles Lindbergh, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Jon Morrow Lindbergh, lottery winner, David Lee Edwards, Gloria MacKenzie, Edwin Castro

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**Section 2 Music:**One In A Million by Brian Lawrance, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Section 3 Music: You Hit The Spot by Carroll Gibbons, Album The Age of Style – Hits from the 30s

End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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Hoping that a change in political power will end the ongoing Great Depression, one heir vows his continuing and undying support to a presidential nominee.

A lifelong friendship develops between a young heir and his neighbor, a distant relative and a future president.  Through personal tragedies and triumphs, Vincent Astor and Franklin Delano Roosevelt support each other to establish common goals to help the poor as well as have fun and playfulness. 

Other people and subjects include: John Jacob Astor VI aka “Jakey,” Princess Ava Alice Muriel Astor Obolensky, Helen Dinsmore Astor, Caroline Astor, John Jacob Astor IV aka “Jack,” Lady Ava Lowle Willing Astor Ribblesdale, Madeleine Talmage Astor Force, Sara Delano Roosevelt, John Jacob Astor I, William Backhouse Astor, Sr., Laura Astor Delano, William Backhouse Astor, Jr., Helen Schermerhorn Astor Roosevelt, President Theodore Roosvelt, Kermit Roosevelt, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, Alice Roosevelt, James Roosevelt I, James Roosevelt Roosevelt aka “Rosey” Rosie Rosy, Tadd Roosevelt, Helen Roosevelt, George Roosevelt, FDR’s son James Roosevelt II, Warren Delano, Jr., Franklin Hughes Delano, Phillippe De Lannoy – Philip Delano, John Raskob, Dutchess County, Rhinebeck, Hyde Park, Ferncliffe, Springwood, Beechwood, Noma yacht, Nourmahal yacht, opium trade, snobbery, Knickerbockers, Mayflower passengers, Plymouth colonists, New York governor mansion, 1932 presidential race, New Deal reforms, Harvard, Columbia, law school, Titanic, polio, World War I, Lusitania, World War II, Assistant Secretary to the Navy, President Woodrow Wilson, President Herbert Hoover, Cuff Links Gang, Nourmahal Gang, King Edward VIII – Prince of Wales – Duke of Windsor, King George VI – Prince Albert – Duke of York, Queen Elizabeth – Queen Mum, Queen Elizabeth II, King Charles III, Prince William, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Ulysses S. Grant, William Harrison, Benjamin Harrison, William Taft, Zachary Taylor, Martin Van Buren, George Washington, Betsey Cushing, Mary “Minnie” Cushing, Barbara “Babe” Cushing, Stanley Mortimer, Jr., William “Bill” Paley, presidential election 2024, friends, neighbors, family, kinship, step-sibling vs. half sibling

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Section 1 Music: Crazy Rhythm by Victor Silvester, Album The Great British Dance Bands

**Section 2 Music:**Eeny Meeny Miney Mo by Harry Roy, Albums The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s & Tea Dance 2

Section 3 Music: One Two, Button Your Shoe by Jack Hylton, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s

End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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A tennis sensation returns to play both on and off the courts.  Wherever he goes hijinks will ensue.

June – August 1932, plenty of sports competitions are occurring around the world.  Frank Shields returns for Wimbledon and Davis Cup with more antics with his teammates.

Other people and subjects include: Huntington Hartford, John Jacob Astor VI aka “Jakey,” James “Henry” Van Alen, William “Sam” Van Alen, Rebecca “Billie” Tenny Shields, Julie Seligson, Wilmer Allison, Helen Wills Moody Roark, Baron Gottfried von Cramm, Daniel Prenn, Bunny Austin, Fred Perry, Betty Nuthall, Jean Borotra, Jiro Sato, Roger Federer, Serena Williams, Steffi Graff, Dorothea Lambert Chambers, Pete Sampras, Novak Djokovic, William Renshaw, Andre Agassi, Chris Eubanks, Carlos Alcaraz, Boris Becker, Lottie Dod, Wilfred Baddeley, Martina Hingis, Andy Murray, Amateur Era, Open Era, massage, tennis fashion trend knee length skirts, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Queen Mary of England, King George V of England, King Manuel of Portugal, King Gustav V of Sweden, Miss Verle Lowe, Jesse Owens, Olympics 1936 Berlin, Wimbledon 1932, Wimbledon 1931, Davis Cup, Wimbledon records, Davis Cup records, Olympics 1932, Los Angeles, Olympics Village, Olympic Boulevard, Baron Takeichi Nishi, horse Uranus, Olympic mascot Smoky, female Olympic events, Babe Didrickson, Stanislawa Walasiewicz, intersex, homosexuality, dangers in sports, gladiator games, soccer / football in Mayan rituals, polo, Persian cavalry, athlete comradery, dangers in sports, rise of Nazi regime, Nazi athlete bans & imprisonments, protests, Aryan ideology and supremacy, good sportsmanship, definitions and metrics, Katherine Middleton – Princess of Wales – Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William – Prince of Wales, Prince George of Wales, Princess Charlotte of Wales

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Section 1 Music: Kansas City Kitty by The Rhythmic Eight, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20s

Section 2 Music:It’s An Old Southern Custom by Carroll Gibbons, Album The Age of Style – Hits from the 30s

Section 3 Music:Eeny Meeny Miney Mo by Harry Roy, Albums The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s & Tea Dance 2

End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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Annual summer competitions and events are in full swing, and a once unfashionable heiress is now as notably stylish as a queen.

June 1932 brings lots of bad news that bleeds into July 1932 with Lindbergh kidnapping and hoax trials and the collapse of the Insull energy empire.Thus distraction and fascination is back on the wealthy as they enjoy their summer activities.  Doris Duke makes fashionable statements at Royal Ascot and a dinner party. 

Other people and subjects include: Nanaline Duke, Princess Louise Van Alen Mdivani, Prince Alexis Mdivani, Daisy Van Alen, William “Sam” Van Alen, James “Henry” Van Alen, Princess Mary McCormic Mdivani, Prince Serge Mdivani, Princess Mae Murray Mdivani, Prince David Mdivani, John Jacob Astor VI aka “Jakey”, Vincent Astor, Helen Astor, Madeleine Talmage Astor Dick, Enzo Fiermonte, Cornelius “Neil” Vanderbilt IV, Grace Wilson Vanderbilt, Alice Vanderbilt, Countess Gladys Vanderbilt Szechenyi, Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney – Gertrude Vanderbilt, Virginia “Birdie” Graham Fair Vanderbilt, Caroline Astor, Mrs. M. Orme Wilson – Carrie Astor, Alva Vanderbilt Belmont, William K. Vanderbilt, Harold Vanderbilt, William H. Vanderbilt, Gloria Vanderbilt, Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, Viscountess Thelma Morgan Furness, Queen Mary of England, Prince of Wales – Prince David – King Edward VIII – Duke of Windsor, Josephine Hartford Makarov, Evalyn Walsh McLean, Charles Lindbergh, Gaston Means, Violet Sharpe, John Hughes Curtis, Lindbergh kidnapping, fraud, hoaxes, Earl of Poulet, Bridget Poulet, Sam Insull, Insull energy empire collapse, John D. Rockefeller, Edith Rockefeller McCormick, Mrs. “Syrie” Somerset Maugham, Liza Maugham, Constance Bennet, Garrow Greer, Dr. Wallace Murphy, all-white décor trend, Astor yacht Nourmahal, Chicago Civic Opera, Chicago, Newport, London, Royal Ascot, Buckingham Palace, royal garden party, 1932 Olympics, repetition device for reconnecting & familiarizing the past, synchronicity, rabbit holes, ties that bind, HBO’s The Gilded Age tv series, accolades change to criticisms, wealth and fame magnification of attention, schadenfreude, malicious envy, self-righteous indignation Titanic, Titan submersible, immigrant boat disaster, Hamish Harding’s son, Cardi B, Blink-182 concert, public humiliation and flogging, fishbowl microscope, Meghan Markle, Prince Harry, social media posts, social blunders, scandal

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Thursday, July 13th, 8pm EST / 5pm PST –  Waldorf Astoria Hotel Part 1: A New Standard of Luxury (pre-1929), Come learn more about the Astor family dispute behind the famous hotel and its construction as well as the hotel's influence on luxury travel and fine dining.  Connections to the Titanic as well as other events and famous people will also be explored.  But all good things come to an end.  

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Thursday, July 20th, 8pm EST / 5pm PST  –  Waldorf Astoria Hotel New York  Part 2: Manhattan's Grandest Hotel (1931-present), The second version of this fine luxury hotel comes during the dawn of new era which will bring new challenges and excitement.  A lingering Astor family connection adds to the saga until a new family the Hilton dynasty rises and takes over.  More celebrities and events will add to allure of this hotel.  Finally, updates reveal the recent renovations, an auction, and the future for the third incarnation.

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Section 1 Music: With Thee I Swing by Carroll Gibbons, Album The Age of Style – Hits from the 30s

Section 2 Music:Ain’t She Sweet by Piccadilly Revels Band, Album Charleston – Great Stars Of the 20s

Section 3 Music:Plain Mary Jane by Mrs. Jack Hylton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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Two heiresses reunite on an ocean liner.  Their paths and love lives are crossing over in more ways than one.

June 1932, while aboard the White Star Line ship traveling from New York to Europe, Doris Duke and Barbara Hutton have a chance to catch up on their complicated love lives.  Other heirs and heiresses are traveling about to destinations for summer activities.

Other people and subjects include: Nanaline Duke, Franklyn Hutton, Irene Hutton, James “Jimmy” HR Cromwell, Huntington Hartford, Henrietta Hartford, Josephine Hartford Makarov, Vadim Makarov, John Jacob Astor VI aka “Jakey”, Madeleine Talmage Astor Dick, Princess Louise Van Alen Mdivani, Prince Alexis Mdivani, Daisy Van Alen, William “Sam” Van Alen, James “Henry” Van Alen, Elizabeth “Betty” Kent Van Alen, Elsa Maxwell, Phil Plant, Clinton Gardener, Lilian Gardener, Germaine “Ticki” Touquet, Sailing Baruch, Jr., Girolamo “Jerome” Rospigliosi, James Blakeley, Foster Blakeley, Grace Hyde Blakeley, H.G. Selfridge, New York Senator Elmer Quinn, Yale mystery man, Dick Bettis, Peter Storey, bodyguards, dangers, threats, White Star Line, Majestic cruise ship, Titanic, Bermuda yacht race, Newport, tennis, 1932 Olympics – Los Angeles, Dean Jennings, David Heymann, Philip Rensselaer, Mona Eldrige, Adela St. Rogers, historiography, plagiarism, fabrications, correcting dates, newspaper research, microfiche, apeman specimen, apewoman specimen, stowaway monkey, dangerous waters, Hulu documentary Queenmaker, Tinsley Mortimer, 1990s & 2000s celebrity heiresses, media celebrity, pseudonyms, personal truth, cult of celebrity, Titan submersible, OceanGate, Hamish Harding, Shahzada Dawood, Suleman Dawood, Paul-Henri Nargeolet, Stockton Rush, Isidor Straus and Ida Straus

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Thursday, July 13th, 8pm EST / 5pm PST –  Waldorf Astoria Hotel Part 1: A New Standard of Luxury (pre-1929), Come learn more about the Astor family dispute behind the famous hotel and its construction as well as the hotel's influence on luxury travel and fine dining.  Connections to the Titanic as well as other events and famous people will also be explored.  But all good things come to an end.  

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Thursday, July 20th, 8pm EST / 5pm PST  –  Waldorf Astoria Hotel New York  Part 2: Manhattan's Grandest Hotel (1931-present), The second version of this fine luxury hotel comes during the dawn of new era which will bring new challenges and excitement.  A lingering Astor family connection adds to the saga until a new family the Hilton dynasty rises and takes over.  More celebrities and events will add to allure of this hotel.  Finally, updates reveal the recent renovations, an auction, and the future for the third incarnation.

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Section 1 Music: It’s Got To Be Love by Roy Fox & His Orchestra with Mary Lee, Album It’s Got To Be Love

Section 2 Music: Red Sails In The Sunset by Casani Club Orchestra, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s

Section 3 Music: A Reckless Night On Board An Ocean by Sydney Lipton, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s

End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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While reporting on the upcoming presidential election, an undercover heir faces an angry mob of those hit hard by the Great Depression.

June 1932, Cornelius “Neil” Vanderbilt IV is on 15 city tour in Indiana to cover the upcoming 1932 presidential election when he faces an angry mob pushed hard by the Great Depression.  Will incumbent President Herbert Hoover or New York Governor Franklin Roosevelt win the election?

Other people and subjects include: Vincent Astor, James “Jimmy” HR Cromwell, Ogden “Oggie” Mills, Brigadier General Cornelius “Neily” Vanderbilt III, Grace Wilson Vanderbilt, Elsa Maxwell, William Randolph Hearst, disinheritance, ambitions, journalism profession, glamour, dealing with problematic dates and chronology, Democratic Primaries, Chicago Convention, Al Smith, Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, Mahatma Gandhi, elephant in the room, gorilla in the room, social ties, polarization, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Robert Kennedy, Jr., Ron DeSantis, presidential elections 1932 – 2020 – 2024

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New York Adventure Club www.nyadventureclub.comor the events section at https://asthemoneyburns.com.

Thursday, July 13th, 8pm EST / 5pm PST –  Waldorf Astoria Hotel Part 1: A New Standard of Luxury (pre-1929), Come learn more about the Astor family dispute behind the famous hotel and its construction as well as the hotel's influence on luxury travel and fine dining.  Connections to the Titanic as well as other events and famous people will also be explored.  But all good things come to an end.  

https://www.nyadventureclub.com/event/the-waldorf-astoria-hotel-part-i-a-new-standard-of-luxury-webinar-registration-650766218277/

Thursday, July 20th, 8pm EST / 5pm PST  –  Waldorf Astoria Hotel New York  Part 2: Manhattan's Grandest Hotel (1931-present), The second version of this fine luxury hotel comes during the dawn of new era which will bring new challenges and excitement.  A lingering Astor family connection adds to the saga until a new family the Hilton dynasty rises and takes over.  More celebrities and events will add to allure of this hotel.  Finally, updates reveal the recent renovations, an auction, and the future for the third incarnation.

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Section 1 Music:Skirts by Billy Cotton, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s

Section 2 Music:Organ Grinder’s Swing by Jack Payne, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Section 3 Music: One Two, Button Your Shoe by Jack Hylton, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s

End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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The times are getting tougher, and one of the largest mansions closes to prevent a potential Versailles ending.

The ultra wealthy E.T. Stotesbury and his wife Eva Stotesbury close their Philadelphia mansion Whitemarsh Hall for the summer of 1932 fearing potential looting from the disgruntled over the Great Depression.  The Stotesburys also loan their artwork to the Pennsylvania Museum of Art.  Meanwhile, Evalyn Walsh McLean pawns the Hope Diamond.

Other people and subjects include: James “Jimmy” HR Cromwell, Cobina Wright, Delphine Dodge Cromwell, Frances Hutchinson, Stotesbury granddaughter Louise Brooks Howard, Gaston Means, Lindbergh baby, Doris Duke, Nanaline Duke, Barbara Hutton, Huntington Hartford, “Jakey” John Jacob Astor VI, Caroline Astor, Marjorie Merriweather Post Hutton, Grace Fortescue, Massie Trial, Horace Trumbauer, Baron Lord Duveen, Paul McLean, Nile Niami, Donald Trump, David Siegel, Westgate Resorts, El Mirasol – Palm Beach, Wingwood House – Bar Harbor, Mar-a-Lago, The One Mansion – Bel Air, Versailles – Florida, Versailles, Schonbrunn, Hapsburg, World War I, World War II, New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gulf War II, Saddam Hussein, Sri Lankan presidential palace, pandemic high end retail stores looting, artwork, paintings, tapestry, carpets, porcelain, statues, lying, looting, betrayal, Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, near catastrophic car chase, mirage

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Extra Notes / Call to Action:

Talking Billions podcast by Bogumil Baranowski

https://www.talkingbillions.co/

https://pod.link/1656293892

Episode Nicki Woodard | How Not To Lose A Fortune – May 29, 2023

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Instagram mentions: @MansionsoftheGildedAge, @GothamsGildedAge

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

**Section 1 Music:**There Isn’t Any Limit To My Love by Ambrose, Album It’s Got To Be Love

Section 2 Music: Top Hat, White Tie and Tails by Carroll Gibbons & Boy Friends, Album Sophistication – Songs of the Thirties

**Section 3 Music:**From the Top of Your Head by Carroll Gibbons & The Savoy Orpheans, Album The Great British Dance Bands

End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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When the most famous unsolved crime goes from kidnapping to murder, those previously offering help turn into prime suspects.

#Lindberghkidnapping, #EvalynWalshMcLean, #Lindberghmurder, #parasocialrelationships, #Schwarzkopf, #ransom, #AmeliaEarhart, #crimesceneinvestigation, #forensics, #vengeance

Linderbergh kidnapping, Evalyn Walsh McLean, Lindbergh murder, parasocial relationships, Schwarzkopf, ransom, Amelia Earhart, crime scene investigation, forensics, vengeance

After Evalyn Walsh McLean has Gaston Means arrested for not returning the ransom money, the Lindbergh baby is found dead on May 12th, 1932.Charles Lindbergh himself led several failed recovery attempts, and now those helping him are considered suspects to murder.

Other people and subjects include: Charles Lindbergh, Jr., Lindbergh kidnapping, Colonel Henry Skillman Breckenridge, Norman Schwarzkopf, Nurse Betty Gow, Elsie Whateley, Al Capone, Morris “Mickey” Rosner, Salvatore “Salvy” Spitale, Irving Bitz, John F. Condon - Jafsie, “Cemetery John,” John Hughes Curtis, Reverend Dobson Peacock, Admiral Guy Burrage, Nurse Betty Gow, Elsie Whateley, William Allen, J. Edgar Hoover, Sinclair Lewis, Victor Hugo, Highfields, ransom, reward, suspects, vengeance, forensics, crime scene investigation, “Lanky” Lou Reichers, Friday 13th, Captain Fried, Amelia Earhart, Bernt Balchen, Varick Frissell, Massie Trial, kidnapping gang, conspiracy theories, pop culture industries, hoax, cover up, pretenders, Simpsons, Grandpa Simpson, King Charles, Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, Jazz Jennings, George Floyd, parasocial relationships

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Proud Stutter podcast by Maya Chupkov

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Section 1 Music: Lullaby by Coleman Hawkins, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz Classics

Section 2 Music: Nightfall by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz Classics

Section 3 Music: I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight? by Jack Hylton, Album Charleston – Great Stars Of the 20s

End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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A large public spectacle features an heiress at its center, but all that attention comes with other warnings.

April 1932, Barbara Hutton serves the primary role in the Spirit of Adventure charity pageant at Madison Square Garden.  The whole event is a family affair, and many others participate over the night’s activities.

Other people and subjects include: Marjorie Merriweather Post Hutton, E.F. Hutton, Franklyn Hutton, Irene Hutton, James “Jimmy” H.R. Cromwell, Phil Plant, Evalyn Walsh McLean, Gaston Means, Charles Lindbergh, Charles Lindbergh, Jr., Sophia Brownell Hutton, Eleanor Van Alen – Mrs. James “Henry” Van Alen, “Birdie” Virginia Graham Fair Vanderbilt – Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt, Amelia Earhart, George Palmer Putnam, Eleanor Smith, Kermit Roosevelt, Vincent Astor, Captain Robert Bartlett, Walter Granger, Martin Johnson, Osa Johnson, George Eastman, bullfighter Sidney Franklin,  Aubrey Van Nostrand, Mrs. Tony Biddle, Jr., Earl of Gosford, Countess of Gosford Beatrice Claflin Acheson, Mrs. “Georgia” Lucius Boomer, Florenz Ziegfeld, Mrs. Florenz Ziegfeld – Billie Burke – Glinda the Good Witch The Wizard of Oz, Netflix The Diplomat, Joseph Urban, Fred Ward, June Blossom, Mrs. William Randolph Hearst, Lila Agnew Stewart, John Harkrider, Dean Jennings, socialites, exotic, adventure, explorers, historical explorers, retrospect, radium glowing costumes, bodyguards, arrest

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Check out Gary Lawrance’s webinars on the Gilded Age mansions & owners

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Section 1 Music: Red Sails In The Sunset by Casani Club Orchestra, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s

Section 2 Music:On The Beach At Bali Bali by Billy Merrin & His Commanders, Albums The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s & Tea Dance 2

Section 3 Music: Sing A Song of Sunbeams by Ronnie Munro & Orchestra, Albums Tea Dance 2 & The Great Bands Dance Bands Play Hits Of The 30s

End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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The owner of a famous cursed jewel goes on a wild goose chase to save a kidnapped baby, but will she become another victim?

For 6 weeks, plenty of speculation and false leads are pursued in the effort to find the Lindbergh baby.  Hope Diamond owner Evalyn Walsh McLean travels to multiple locations until realizing she too might be in danger if she goes any further.  Meanwhile, Lindbergh pursues his own chances for recovery to failed results.

Other people and subjects include: Gaston Means, Charles Lindbergh, Charles Lindbergh, Jr., Lindbergh kidnapping, Colonel Henry Skillman Breckenridge, Norman Schwarzkopf, Father Hurney, Al Capone, Morris “Mickey” Rosner, Robert Thayer, Salvatore “Salvy” Spitale, Irving Bitz, John F. Condon - Jafsie, “Cemetery John,” John Hughes Curtis, Reverend Dobson Peacock, Admiral Guy Burrage, Norfolk Bootlegger “Sam”, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, “Fred Short,” Nurse Betty Gow, Elsie Whateley, Henry “Red” Johnson, Violette Sharpe, Laura Vitray, ransom, kidnapping gang, cyber sleuths, Elise Lam, Cecil Hotel, Netflix, Gabby Petito, Brian Laundrie, Boston Marathon bomber, Websleuths.com, homeless lottery winner Abraham Lee Shakespeare, Dorice “Dee Dee” Moore, ransom notes, gold certificates

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Ye Olde Crime podcast by Lindsay Valenty and Madison Stangl

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  Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Section 1 Music:Moonlight Cocktail by Hutch for Love by Freddy Gardner, Album Tea Dance 1920s, 30s, 40s Vintage Tea Party

Section 2 Music:Temptation Rag by Harry Roy, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Section 3 Music:I Double Dare You by Jack Harris & His Orchestra, Albums More Sophistication & Hits of the 30s

End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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All they want is love.  Everyone else wants their fortune. 

Third Year Anniversary recap and future storylines.

Other people and subjects include: Barbara Hutton, Doris Duke, heirs, heiresses, Wall Street Crash of 1929, Great Depression, 1932 & 1933 plots, Huntington Hartford, Evalyn Walsh McLean, Lindbergh kidnapping, Al Capone, General John Pershing, British Queen, Prince of Wales, Ivar Krueger, Hope Diamond, modern parallels, cryptocurrency implosions, Ponzi schemes, scandals, scams, bank runs, blackmail financial depression, historical cycles

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Section 1 Music: Swingin’ The Blues by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Perfect Blues

Section 2 Music:Turkish Towel by The Savoy Havana Band, Album Fascinating Rhythm

Section 3 Music:Umtcha, Umtcha, Da Da Da by The Rhythmic Eight, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20s

End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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A popular tap dancer and a highly decorated World War I general both appear at a popular dining hotspot, so has the hostess finally solved her money troubles?

March & April 1932, Cobina Wright’s Sutton Club is a successful hotspot.  She has the famous African American vaudeville comedy duo Buck and Bubbles performing.  She also hosts the famous war hero General John Pershing amidst his celebrations commemorating World War I.

Other people and subjects include: John “Bubbles” Williams Sublett, Ford “Buck” Washington, Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, Private Henry Johnson, Private Needham Roberts, Micheline Resco, James “Jimmy” HR Cromwell, Cornelius “Neily” Vanderbilt III, Grace Wilson Vanderbilt, President Herbert Hoover, President Woodrow Wilson, President Bill Clinton, President Barack Obama, Brigadier General John Ross Delafield, World War I, Victory Parade, War Museum in Paris, Fort Bliss, mentor, World War II generals, Dwight D. Eisenhower, George Marshall, George Patton, Douglas MacArthur, Nita Patton, 92nd Infantry Unit, 93rd Infantry Unit, Buffalo Soldiers, separate but equal, racism, 369th Infantry Unit, Harlem Hellfighters, Colonel William Hayward, Battle of Argonne, French Croix de Guerre, Harlem Hellfighters Band, James Reese Europe, Noble Sissle, Eubie Blake, Blackbirds Orchestra, jazz, Harlem Renaissance, Duke Ellington, Walter Donaldson, Nicholas Brothers, Cab Calloway, Lena Horne, Nat King Cole, “Black Garbo” Nina Mae McKinney, Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, Coleman Hawkins, Kentucky State Fair, New York Palace Theater, Ziegfeld Follies, Fred Astaire, Al Jolson, Eddie Cantor, Dannie Kaye, Tuskegee Choir, Radio City Music Hall, BBC broadcast, Prince of Wales – future King Edward VIII – Duke of Windsor, George Gershwin, Porgy & Bess (1935), Carmen Jones (1946), Vietname USO tour, Eddie Fisher, Newport Jazz Festival, Sammy Davis, Jr., Gregory Hines, Michael Jackson, Greta Garbo, Ethel Barrymore, Lionel Atwill, revisionist, apologist, historiography, modern ideologies, Lil Colonel (1935), Shirley Temple, Michael Jackson’s chimpanzee Bubbles, US Senator from New York Charles Shumer, Purple Heart, Medal of Honor

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Extra Notes / Call to Action:

Rhythm Tap Dance 1937 (John Bubbles)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq38QLBE6wM

Buck and Bubbles Varsity Show 1937

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCpKx64EivE

THE SUN QUEEN | trailer | American Experience PBS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=e07pJ0FPCGk

What’s Her Name Podcast by Dr. Katie Nelson and Olivia Meikle

https://whatshernamepodcast.com/

https://pod.link/1320638747

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Section 1 Music:The Younger Generation by Ray Noble, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s

Section 2 Music: The Charleston by The Savoy Orpheans, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20s

Section 3 Music:Hep! Hep! Jumpin’ Jive by Nat Gonella & His New Georgians, Album Dance Crazy

End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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Secrets are unleashed when two wealthy industrialists find themselves in different dire straits only to make the same permanent fatal decision.

In March 1932, both Swedish “Match King” Ivar Kreuger and George Eastman commit suicide but for very different reasons.  Kreuger’s empire falls apart after bad dealings, while Eastman suffers ill health.  The impact of their deaths joins a long list of recent prominent suicides and a rising disturbing trend.

Other people and subjects include: Barbara Hutton, James Donahue, Princess Mary McCormic Mdivani, Prince Serge Mdivani, Samuel Insull, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Greta Garbo, Jonathan Kenneth Galbraith, Kodak camera, Eastman Kodak, Wall Street of 1929, Great Depression, 1930s suicide statistics, 1931-1932 Columbia University study, suicide prevention group, 1932 Top 10 Stories, Massie Trial, Lindbergh baby kidnapping, HBO documentary Weight of Gold, Olympics, Olympians, Michael Phelps, Jeret “Speedy” Peterson, Steven Holcomb, Sasha Cohen, Apolo Ono, Lolo Jones, Katie Uhlaender, African safari, American Museum of Natural History, euthanasia, financial scams, Ponzi scheme, shell games, embezzlement, boiler rooms, stock peddlers, larcenists, fraud, Enron, Enron Vice Chairman J. Clifford Baxter, Bernie Madoff, Silicon Valley Bank, Joe Rogan, Youtuber Coffeezilla Stephen Findeisen, crypto currency, Cryptozoo, Logan Paul, FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, Celsius, Alex Mashinsky

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Extra Notes / Call to Action:

YouTuber Coffeezilla

Exposing Scams on Joe Rogan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t9AQX0Hd9o

Exposing a Billion Dollar Fraud (Celsius)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3d8bRDAP3s

For those facing suicidal thoughts, please reach out to --

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-TALK or 1-800-273-8255

Or other organizations are ready to listen and help

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

**Section 1 Music:**These Foolish Things by Benny Carter, Album Perfect Blues

Section 2 Music: Lost In A Fog by Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz Classics

Section 3 Music: Nightfall by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz Classics

End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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The most famous kidnapping case of all time has a long reaching impact.Will the owner of a cursed jewel become another victim?

Obscure former airmail pilot Charles Lindbergh becomes an instant international celebrity with fame and fortune.  In March 1932, his son the world's most famous baby Charles Lindbergh, Jr., is missing.  The whole world is ready to jump in and help from politicians, officials, priests, and even criminals.  Hope Diamond owner Evalyn Walsh McLean recruits former FBI agent Gaston Means to help with the recovery.

Other people and subjects include: Pola Negri, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Dwight Morrow, Al Capone, Mary Pickford, William Randolph Hearst, Marion Davies, Rose Douras, Edward “Ned” McLean, President Calvin Coolidge, J. Edgar Hoover, Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf Sr, William “Bill” Condon, Feldman, Federal Kidnapping Act of 1932 – the Lindbergh Law, Little Lindbergh laws, Julius Caesar, Pat Crowe, Edward Cudahy Jr & Sr, Charley Ross, Christian Ross, Walter Ross, Clarence Darrow, Nathan Leopold, Richard Loeb, Bobby Franks, Marion Parker, William Hickman, John Lynch, Charles Marvin Rosenthal, Edward Doheny, Frank Sinatra Jr, John Paul Getty III, J. Paul Getty, Patty Hearst, Symbionese Liberation Army, Stockholm Syndrome, brainwashing, President Jimmy Carter, President Bill Clinton, Mel Gibson, 1996 Ransom film, Ron Howard, America’s Most Wanted, John Walsh, Adam Walsh, Jaycee Lee Dugard, JonBenet Ramsey, Steven Stayner, Madeleine McCann, Boardwalk Empire, Stephen Root, dognapping, Lady Gaga, ransom, reward

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Extra Notes / Call to Action:

My recurring Waldorf-Astoria hotels webinar - Part 1 on Thursday, December 1st, 2022 and Part 2 Thursday, December 8th at 8pm EST / 5pm PST. New York Adventure Club www.nyadventureclub.comor the events section at https://asthemoneyburns.com.

Monday, March 13th, 8pm EST / 5pm PST –  Waldorf Astoria Hotel Part 1: A New Standard of Luxury (pre-1929), Come learn more about the Astor family dispute behind the famous hotel and its construction as well as the hotel's influence on luxury travel and fine dining.  Connections to the Titanic as well as other events and famous people will also be explored.  But all good things come to an end.  

https://www.nyadventureclub.com/event/the-waldorf-astoria-hotel-part-i-a-new-standard-of-luxury-webinar-registration-546135635387/

Monday, March 20th, 8pm EST / 5pm PST  –  Waldorf Astoria Hotel New York  Part 2: Manhattan's Grandest Hotel (1931-present), The second version of this fine luxury hotel comes during the dawn of new era which will bring new challenges and excitement.  A lingering Astor family connection adds to the saga until a new family the Hilton dynasty rises and takes over.  More celebrities and events will add to allure of this hotel.  Finally, updates reveal the recent renovations, an auction, and the future for the third incarnation.

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Section 1 Music:The Eyes Of The World by Louis Levy, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Section 2 Music:A Foggy Day by Carroll Gibbons, Album Sophistication 3

Section 3 Music: Just A Mood by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz Classics

End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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An ex-millionaire’s financial crime catches up to him, and many more millionaires will soon be under investigation.

February 1932, Princess Louise Van Alen Mdivani loses a pair of earrings and offers a substantial reward.  Ex-millionaire Joseph Hoadley appears in court for passing a bad check.  In March 1932, the U.S. Senate launches an investigation into Wall Street over the 1929 Crash and tax evasion.

Other people and subjects include: E.T. “Ned” Stotesbury, Boss Tweed, Fannie Curtis Hoadley, Mrs. Grace Hoadley Wade, Ferdinand Pecora, Joseph Leiter, JP Morgan Jr., Richard Whitney, Charles Mitchell, Otto Kahn, Jesse Livermore, workhouse, Blackwell Island, Ludlow Street Jail, Pecora Commission, Tony Curtis, Estelle Getty, Luis Guzman, Jerry Stiller, Julius Rosenberg, Edwin Almonte, Julius Axelrod, bad check, suicide, foreclosure, gaslighting, lies, tax evasion, 1929 Wall Street Crash, 1893 Chicago’s World Fair - World’s Columbian Exposition

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Extra Notes / Call to Action:

HISTORY DETECTIVE by Kelly Chase

https://historydetectivepodcast.com/

https://pod.link/1522188386

My recurring Waldorf-Astoria hotels webinar - Part 1 on Thursday, December 1st, 2022 and Part 2 Thursday, December 8th at 8pm EST / 5pm PST. New York Adventure Club www.nyadventureclub.comor the events section at https://asthemoneyburns.com.

Monday, March 13th, 8pm EST / 5pm PST –  Waldorf Astoria Hotel Part 1: A New Standard of Luxury (pre-1929), Come learn more about the Astor family dispute behind the famous hotel and its construction as well as the hotel's influence on luxury travel and fine dining.  Connections to the Titanic as well as other events and famous people will also be explored.  But all good things come to an end.  

https://www.nyadventureclub.com/event/the-waldorf-astoria-hotel-part-i-a-new-standard-of-luxury-webinar-registration-546135635387/

Monday, March 20th, 8pm EST / 5pm PST  –  Waldorf Astoria Hotel New York  Part 2: Manhattan's Grandest Hotel (1931-present), The second version of this fine luxury hotel comes during the dawn of new era which will bring new challenges and excitement.  A lingering Astor family connection adds to the saga until a new family the Hilton dynasty rises and takes over.  More celebrities and events will add to allure of this hotel.  Finally, updates reveal the recent renovations, an auction, and the future for the third incarnation.

https://www.nyadventureclub.com/event/the-waldorf-astoria-hotel-part-ii-manhattans-grandest-hotel-webinar-registration-546135695567/

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

**Section 1 Music:**I Double Dare You by Jack Harris & His Orchestra, Albums More Sophistication & Hits of the 30s

**Section 2 Music:**The Younger Generation by Ray Noble, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s

**Section 3 Music:**Turkish Towel by The Savoy Havana Band, Album Fascinating Rhythm

End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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Hearts break as a tennis star heads to the altar, but will one disgruntled family member halt the wedding?

February 1932 has several weddings.  Frank Shields marries Rebecca “Billie” Tenney after a long engagement and learns he will be on this year’s U.S. Davis Cup Team again.  Italian Prince Girolamo “Jerome” Rospigliosi marries American heiress Marian Snowden for the third time.  A kidnap victim weds, and Doris Duke is part of a prestigious bridal party while Barbara Hutton continues her world cruise.

Other people and subjects include: William “Sam” Van Alen, James - Jimmy “Henry” Van Alen, Princess Louise Van Alen Mdivani, Daisy Van Alen, James Van Alen, Caroline Astor, Franklyn Hutton, Irene Hutton, Woolworth “Woolly” Donahue, Alexander Shields, Harold Tenney, U.S. Davis Cup, tennis, February weddings, Charles Marvin Rosenthal, Brooke Shields, Andre Agassi, Paris Hilton, Jeff Bezos, Lisa Marie Presley, world cruise, African safari, sanitorium, nuptials, exploring and correcting facts in photos, sunken costs fallacy

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Extra Notes / Call to Action:

Proud Stutter podcast by Maya Chupkov on her recent Podcast Academy Ambies nomination in the DIY category.  Winners will be announced on March 7th, 2023. 

https://www.proudstutter.com/

https://pod.link/1588336626

Upcoming release, Agent Stoker podcast by Chris Conner and Brian Nelson returns with Season 2.  Agents of the Night Brigade must prevent forthcoming disaster as the Big Bang reverses itself and threatens another apocalypse.  More characters, more episodes, coming everywhere at podcast directories near you.

https://bleav.com/shows/agent-stoker/

https://pod.link/1592739514

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Section 1 Music: This Is The Missus by Sidney Kyte & His Piccadilly Hotel Band, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s

Section 2 Music: Sweet Someone by Roy Fox & His Orchestra with Denny Dennis, Album It’s Got To Be Love

Section 3 Music: Let’s Do It by Arthur Rosebery & His Kit-Cat Dance Band, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20s

End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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Some newlyweds are enjoying the winter social season, while one couple faces a less than desirable welcome.

Barbara Hutton’s former admirer Italian Prince “Jerome” Girolamo Rospigliosi arrives in America with his new bride Marian Snowden to her family’s disapproval and attempts at annulment.  In New York, the Beaux Arts Ball celebrates colonial ancestors with newlyweds William “Sam” Van Alen and Elizabeth “Betty” Kent Van Alen dressed as his ancestors.

Other people and subjects include: Alexander Hamilton, Alan Hudson Jr., Henry Hudson, George Washington, Captain William Kidd, Beatrice Lillie, Mrs. Marian Adair Snowden Davidson – Mrs. Walter Davidson, Commander Walther Davidson, James Snowden, Janet Snowden, James Snowden, Beulah Snowden, Marion Davies, Greta Garbo, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Marx Brothers, Boris Karloff, Mickey Mouse, Museum of the City of New York, Waldorf-Astoria NY, other Beaux Arts balls, American dollar princess, annulment, minority versus majority and estates, prenuptial agreements, Ancient Egypt, Hebrew ketubah agreements, Assyrian cuneiform tablet, New York Married Women’s Property Act, rise of prenuptial agreements, Italian courts and debts, Prince Harry and his book Spare, projection and emotional investments with public personas and stories, studying history to forecast future, Mayerling incident

Extra Notes / Call to Action:

Psychology Today article “Sibling Relationships and Prince Harry’s Book” by Barbara Greenberg

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-teen-doctor/202301/sibling-relationships-and-prince-harrys-new-book

That’s What’s Her Name Podcast by Dr. Katie Nelson and Olivia Meikle (links available in the notes section and transcript)

https://whatshernamepodcast.com/

https://pod.link/1320638747

Twitter / Tweet: https://t.co/VrQwC4oP3v"
*PBS interview to air on April 4th, 2023 "The Sun Queen"

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Publish Date: January 20, 2023

Length: 22:38

Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Section 1 Music: There’s One Little Girl Who Loves Me by Jack Hylton, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20s

**Section 2 Music:**Umtcha, Umtcha, Da Da Da by The Rhythmic Eight, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20s

Section 3 Music: Sing, Baby, Sing / You Turned The Tables On Me by Carroll Gibbons, Album The Age of Style – Hits from the 30s

End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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During their honeymoon, one couple visits an active volcano, while nearby racial turmoil threatens to erupt in tropical paradise.

December 1931 – January 1932, newlyweds William “Sam” Van Alen and Elizabeth “Betty” Kent Van Alen honeymoon in Hawaii.  They go to visit an ongoing erupting volcano, while racial tensions between natives and the military build over several assaults and a murder leading to the famous Massie Trial. 

Other people and subjects include: Daisy Van Alen, Eva Stotesbury, E.T. Stotesbury, Atwater Kent, Mabel Kent, Phil Plant, Clarence Darrow, Thalia Fortescue Massie, Grace Bell Hubbard Fortescue, Major Granville Fortescue, Lieutenant Thomas Massie, Edward Lord, Albert Jones, Joseph Kahahawaii, Horace Ida, Luis Kaihapu, Scopes Monkey Trial, Leopold & Loeb, Pinkerton detectives, President Herbert Hoover, President Theodore Roosevelt, National Geographic Society, Alexander Graham Bell, Rough Riders, Captain Nelson McIntosh, Deputy Sheriff David Hao, Peter Van Slingerland book “Something Terrible Has Happened, Helene Fortescue, immigration, polyandry, suicide, Hawaiian statehood, Kilauea, Halemaumau, Volcano House, dormant volcano, Mahatma Gandhi, Kasturbai Gandhi, unrest in India, Bombay Government Gazette, Pu’u’o’o Eruption, 1987 Black Widow, 1932 darkest year of the Great Depression, 2023 war and energy & food supply issues

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Extra Notes / Call to Action:

Instagram & Facebook Groups: MansionsoftheGildedAge and TheGildedAgeSociety by Gary Lawrance

New York Adventure Club www.nyadventureclub.com

The Gilded Age: A Fashion Coloring Book by Discovery Lair.  There are 50 hand drawn illustrations mostly inspired from the 1890s and features several outfits and activities ranging from debutantes, operas, outdoors, and play.  Available on Amazon in the Books section, the link will be available in the transcript and the News | Events section at asthemoneyburns.com. 

Amazon.com: The Gilded Age: A Fashion Coloring Book: 9798365837799: Lair, Discovery: Books

https://www.amazon.com/Gilded-Age-Fashion-Coloring-Book/dp/B0BMY6R4DT/ref=sr_1_1?crid=LPSCDBBXTHRW&keywords=the+gilded+age+a+fashion+coloring+book&qid=1670213163&s=books&sprefix=the+gilded+age+a+fashion+coloring+book%2Cstripbooks%2C190&sr=1-1

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Section 1 Music: I Must See Annie Tonight by Brian Lawrance, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s

Section 2 Music:Eeny Meeny Miney Mo by Harry Roy, Albums The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s & Tea Dance 2

Section 3 Music:These Foolish Things by Benny Carter, Album Perfect Blues

End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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A lonely heiress finds herself on a cruise around the world.  After a year of heartbreaks, will she ever find her happily ever after?

December 1931, Barbara Hutton travels on the Empress of Britain on a 4 month world cruise hoping she will find love in the end.  She reminisces over the last year and a treasure hunt at Jean Patou’s home with Prince Alexis Mdivani, Princess Louise Van Alen Mdivani, and Elsa Maxwell. Meanwhile divorce proceedings in Latvia are attempted by Edward McLean against Evalyn Walsh McLean and Princess Ava Alice Murial Astor Obolensky against Prince Serge Obolensky.

Other people and subjects include: Jean Patou, Prince of Wales, Viscountess Thelma Morgan Furness, Phil Plant, Latvia divorce, Washington Post, Hope Diamond, Prince Girolamo “Jerome” Rospigliosi, Marian Snowden, world cruise, treasure hunt, reconstructing events, discovering new information and correcting timelines, listener habits, Danish grandmother & heiress, Belle Baruch, Sailing Baruch, Jr., Bernard Baruch

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Extra Notes / Call to Action:

The Gilded Age: A Fashion Coloring Book by Discovery Lair.  There are 50 hand drawn illustrations mostly inspired from the 1890s and features several outfits and activities ranging from debutantes, operas, outdoors, and play.  Available on Amazon in the Books section, the link will be available in the transcript and the News | Events section at asthemoneyburns.com. 

Amazon.com: The Gilded Age: A Fashion Coloring Book: 9798365837799: Lair, Discovery: Books

https://www.amazon.com/Gilded-Age-Fashion-Coloring-Book/dp/B0BMY6R4DT/ref=sr_1_1?crid=LPSCDBBXTHRW&keywords=the+gilded+age+a+fashion+coloring+book&qid=1670213163&s=books&sprefix=the+gilded+age+a+fashion+coloring+book%2Cstripbooks%2C190&sr=1-1

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Section 1 Music: Nightfall by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz Classics

Section 2 Music: A Reckless Night On Board An Ocean by Sydney Lipton, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s

Section 3 Music: If This Is Only The Beginning by Billy Ternent, Album Elegance

End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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New ventures bring new opportunities for those with talent.  An artist travels to see his work on display, while a singer attempts to transform a different skill into a fortune.

December 1931, Spanish painter Josep Maria Sert travels with his wife Princess Roussie Mdivani Sert to see the Waldorf-Astoria in New York to see the Sert Room, named after his Don Quixote murals.  Meanwhile, Cobina Wright opens the Sutton Club in her home for supper and dining with entertainment.  She hopes the new venture will help restore the lost Wright fortune.

Other people and subjects include: Princess Louise Van Alen Mdivani, Prince Alexis Mdivani, Daisy Van Allen, William “Bill” May Wright, Joe Kennedy, Coco Chanel, Misia Sert, Princess Nina Mdivani Huberich, Charles Huberich, Arturo Toscanini, Medrano and Donna dance team, Adele Astaire, Fred Astaire, Lucrezia Bori, Fannie Brice, Conde Nast, Bernard Baruch, Birdie Fair Vanderbilt, George Gershwin, Mrs. Randolph Hearst, Robert Goelet, Charles Clinton Spaulding, J. Paul Getty, Howard Hughes, Mae West, Alexander Pantages, James Roosevelt, James Cagney, Glenn Miller, Babe Ruth, John Dillinger, Marriott & Hilton hotels, Ocean’s Spray, Lil Debbie snack cakes, JR Simplot, Gallo Wines, Waldorf-Astoria, Sutton Club, those who built fortunes during the Great Depression, grit and resilience

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Extra Notes / Call to Action:

The Gilded Age: A Fashion Coloring Book by Discovery Lair.  There are 50 hand drawn illustrations mostly inspired from the 1890s and features several outfits and activities ranging from debutantes, operas, outdoors, and play.  Available on Amazon in the Books section, the link will be available in the transcript and the News | Events section at asthemoneyburns.com. 

https://www.amazon.com/Gilded-Age-Fashion-Coloring-Book/dp/B0BMY6R4DT/ref=sr_1_1?crid=LPSCDBBXTHRW&keywords=the+gilded+age+a+fashion+coloring+book&qid=1670213163&s=books&sprefix=the+gilded+age+a+fashion+coloring+book%2Cstripbooks%2C190&sr=1-1

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Section 1 Music: There’s One Little Girl Who Loves Me by Jack Hylton, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20s

Section 2 Music: Let’s All Go To Mary’s House by The Savoy Orpheans, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20s

Section 3 Music: Says My Heart / You Leave Me Breathless by Carroll Gibbons, Album Elegance

End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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The national holiday arrives when many give thanks, but how grateful should some be when they knowingly face tougher times ahead?

Thanksgiving 1931 finds multiple people in flux.  As Doris Duke and Barbara Hutton have yet to secure an engagement, Cobina Wright and Evalyn Walsh McLean are struggling in their marriages.Alice Vanderbilt hides her depleted fortune while Grace Wilson Vanderbilt continues her lavish lifestyle.The Van Alens focus on family, while E.F. Hutton and his wife Marjorie Merriweather Post Hutton continue aiding charities.  Lastly, Al Capone adjusts to life behind bars.

Other people and subjects include: Edward McLean, Hope Diamond, Washington Post, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, Countess Gladys Vanderbilt Szechenyi, “Neily” Cornelius Vanderbilt III, “Neil” Cornelius Vanderbilt IV, Mary Duke Biddle, James Blakeley, Grace Blakeley Hyde, Anthony Drexel IV, Prince Girolamo “Jerome” Rospigliosi, Marian Snowden, Daisy Van Alen, Princess Louise Van Alen Astor, Prince Alexis Mdivani, James “Henry” Van Alen, William “Sam” Van Alen, Elizabeth “Betty” Kent Van Alen, Louise Vanderbilt, E.T. Stotesbury, Evalyn Stotesbury, Louise Cromwell Brooks MacArthur Atwill, Louise Brooks, James “Jimmy” HR Cromwell, Josep Maria Sert, Marion Davies, William Randolph Hearst, Caroline Astor, Alva Vanderbilt Belmont, Jehangir Hothari of Karachi, Ralph Capone, Club El Patio, Sonogee, Wakehurst, Rough Point, Gould mansion, Fifth Avenue, Metropolitan Opera, Bergdorf Goodman, Waldorf-Astoria hotels, Empire State Building, Chicago Cook County Jail, Leavenworth, interconnected stories, divorce, real estate, con artists, tax evasion, debutante balls, troubled blessings, life’s curveballs, gratitude, troubled times, toxic positivity, troubled blessings

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Extra Notes / Call to Action:

My recurring Waldorf-Astoria hotels webinar - Part 1 on Thursday, December 1st, 2022 and Part 2 Thursday, December 8th at 8pm EST / 5pm PST. New York Adventure Club www.nyadventureclub.comor the events section at https://asthemoneyburns.com.

Thursday, December 1st, 8pm EST / 5pm PST –  Waldorf Astoria Hotel Part 1: A New Standard of Luxury (pre-1929), Come learn more about the Astor family dispute behind the famous hotel and its construction as well as the hotel's influence on luxury travel and fine dining.  Connections to the Titanic as well as other events and famous people will also be explored.  But all good things come to and end.  

https://www.nyadventureclub.com/event/the-waldorf-astoria-hotel-part-i-a-new-standard-of-luxury-webinar-registration-458480436327/

Thursday, December 8th, 8pm EST / 5pm PST  –  Waldorf Astoria Hotel New York  Part 2: Manhattan's Grandest Hotel (1931-present), The second version of this fine luxury hotel comes during the dawn of new era which will bring new challenges and excitement.  A lingering Astor family connection adds to the saga until a new family the Hilton dynasty rises and takes over.  More celebrities and events will add to allure of this hotel.  Finally, updates reveal the recent renovations, an auction, and the future for the third incarnation.

https://www.nyadventureclub.com/event/the-waldorf-astoria-hotel-part-ii-manhattans-grandest-hotel-webinar-registration-458480476447/

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Section 1 Music: I Guess I Will Have To Change My Plan by Ambrose & His Orchestra, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Section 2 Music: Just A Mood by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz Classics

Section 3 Music: If This Is Only The Beginning by Billy Ternent, Album Elegance

End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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Their fortune might be gone, but one couple dances the night away while planning to rebuild another.

At Club Lido, Cobina Wright and Bill Wright dance the tango with the professional couple Medrano and Donna.  The Wrights prepare for a new venture to restore their fortune, but Cobina worries more about the future of their marriage.

Other people and subjects include: Club Lido, Casa Cobina, Waldorf Astoria, Peacock Ball, Doris Duke, Barbara Hutton, Helena McCann, Phil Plant, Constance Bennett, Roberto Medrano, Donna Landwehr Medrano, Paul Landwehr, speedboat crash, supper club, professional dance couples, Vernon Castle, Irene Castle, Fred Astaire, Adele Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Vilma Ebsen, Buddy Ebsen, Beverly Hillbillies, Vivian Vance, I Love Lucy, rise of Spanish and Latin cultural influence, nonalcoholic drinks, Bertha Stockbridge, Canadian Dry, Pepsi, Coca Cola, Dr. Pepper, Mountain Dew, 7 Up, rum, gin, Elon Musk, cultural changes, Powerball, podcasting, new music, Past Perfect Vintage Music, Great Depression, Prohibition

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Extra Notes / Call to Action:

My recurring Waldorf-Astoria hotels webinar - Part 1 on Thursday, December 1st, 2022 and Part 2 Thursday, December 8th at 8pm EST / 5pm PST. New York Adventure Club www.nyadventureclub.com or the events section at https://asthemoneyburns.com.

Thursday, December 1st, 8pm EST / 5pm PST –  Waldorf Astoria Hotel Part 1: A New Standard of Luxury (pre-1929), Come learn more about the Astor family dispute behind the famous hotel and its construction as well as the hotel's influence on luxury travel and fine dining.  Connections to the Titanic as well as other events and famous people will also be explored.  But all good things come to and end.  

https://www.nyadventureclub.com/event/the-waldorf-astoria-hotel-part-i-a-new-standard-of-luxury-webinar-registration-458480436327/

Thursday, December 8th, 8pm EST / 5pm PST  –  Waldorf Astoria Hotel New York  Part 2: Manhattan's Grandest Hotel (1931-present), The second version of this fine luxury hotel comes during the dawn of new era which will bring new challenges and excitement.  A lingering Astor family connection adds to the saga until a new family the Hilton dynasty rises and takes over.  More celebrities and events will add to allure of this hotel.  Finally, updates reveal the recent renovations, an auction, and the future for the third incarnation.

https://www.nyadventureclub.com/event/the-waldorf-astoria-hotel-part-ii-manhattans-grandest-hotel-webinar-registration-458480476447/

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Section 1 Music: Swinging at Maida by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Jazz Age!

Section 2 Music: Got To Dance My Way To Heaven by Henry Hall, Albums The Great British Dance Bands & Tea Dance 2

Section 3 Music: Ooh! That Kiss! by Carroll Gibbons, Album Elegance 2

End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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*Today is the 93rd Anniversary of the 1929 Wall Street Crash.

The richest girl travels around the world and gets invited to all the fabulous parties, so with such a glamorous life why does she seem perpetually unhappy?

In 1931, newspapers increasingly focus on Doris Duke reporting on her lifestyle and theorizing about how rich she really is and any potential suitors.  Doris spends the evening at New York’s Central Park Casino with two popular young men Foster Blakeley and Dave Coddington, Jr.

Other people and subjects include: Barbara Hutton, Huntington Hartford, Jimmy Cromwell, David / Edward Prince of Wales - King Edward VIII - Duke of Windsor, New York Central Park Casino, Grace Riopel Blakeley Hyde, William Hyde, James Blakeley, William Coddington, Alan Hudson, Duke Farms, E.F. Hutton, Marjorie Merriweather Post, Jessie Woolworth Donahue, Mrs. William Hayward, Phil Plant, Mayor Jimmy Walker, Joseph Urban, Ziegfeld Follies, Ming Toy, Joe Paguio, Margie Paguio Ho Shee, Shirley Temple, media celebrities, photographic evidence, fraud, jewel thief, rising financial insecure times

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Extra Notes / Call to Action:

My recurring Waldorf-Astoria hotels webinar - Part 1 on Thursday, December 1st, 2022 and Part 2 Thursday, December 8th at 8pm EST / 5pm PST. New York Adventure Club www.nyadventureclub.com or the events section at https://asthemoneyburns.com.

Thursday, December 1st, 8pm EST / 5pm PST –  Waldorf Astoria Hotel Part 1: A New Standard of Luxury (pre-1929), Come learn more about the Astor family dispute behind the famous hotel and its construction as well as the hotel's influence on luxury travel and fine dining.  Connections to the Titanic as well as other events and famous people will also be explored.  But all good things come to and end. 

https://www.nyadventureclub.com/event/the-waldorf-astoria-hotel-part-i-a-new-standard-of-luxury-webinar-registration-458480436327/

Thursday, December 8th, 8pm EST / 5pm PST –  Waldorf Astoria Hotel New York  Part 2: Manhattan's Grandest Hotel (1931-present), The second version of this fine luxury hotel comes during the dawn of new era which will bring new challenges and excitement.  A lingering Astor family connection adds to the saga until a new family the Hilton dynasty rises and takes over.  More celebrities and events will add to allure of this hotel.  Finally, updates reveal the recent renovations, an auction, and the future for the third incarnation.

https://www.nyadventureclub.com/event/the-waldorf-astoria-hotel-part-ii-manhattans-grandest-hotel-webinar-registration-458480476447/

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Section 1 Music: Crazy Rhythm by Victor Silvester, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Section 2 Music: With Thee I Swing by Carroll Gibbons, Album The Age of Style – Hits from the 30s

Section 3 Music:Skirts by Billy Cotton, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s

End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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Money can lead to dangerous outcomes.  A generous gift one year leads to a triple homicide decades later.

In 1978, a triple homicide occurs inside a home in Palm Springs, California.  The trail follows multiple trusts, family disputes, and suspicious characters across California to Texas and even Denmark and Zimbabwe.  At the center, a trust setup by Barbara Hutton decades earlier for her cousin Curtis Hutton.

Other people and subjects include: Sophia Brownell Hutton Friendly, Edward “Ed” Friendly, Suzanne Friendly, Edward Hutton, Andreas Christensen, David St. John, Antonio Garrido, Michael Taylor, Franklyn Hutton, E.F. Hutton, Grace Hutton, Marjorie Merriweather Post, Jessie Woolworth Donahue, Jimmy “Jeem” Donahue, “Ticki” Germaine Touquet; Palm Springs, California; Santa Barbara, California; San Francisco, California; Houston, Texas; Copenhagen, Denmark; Zimbabwe; family trusts, family disputes, triple homicide, international investigation, Interpol, identity theft, rising financial insecure times

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Extra Notes / Call to Action:

My recurring Waldorf-Astoria hotels webinar - Part 1 on Thursday, December 1st, 2022 and Part 2 Thursday, December 8th at 8pm EST / 5pm PST. New York Adventure Club www.nyadventureclub.comor the events section at https://asthemoneyburns.com.

Thursday, December 1st, 8pm EST / 5pm PST – Waldorf Astoria Hotel Part 1: A New Standard of Luxury (pre-1929), Come learn more about the Astor family dispute behind the famous hotel and its construction as well as the hotel's influence on luxury travel and fine dining. Connections to the Titanic as well as other events and famous people will also be explored. But all good things come to and end.
https://www.nyadventureclub.com/event/the-waldorf-astoria-hotel-part-i-a-new-standard-of-luxury-webinar-registration-458480436327/

Thursday, December 8th, 8pm EST / 5pm PST – Waldorf Astoria Hotel New York Part 2: Manhattan's Grandest Hotel (1931-present), The second version of this fine luxury hotel comes during the dawn of new era which will bring new challenges and excitement. A lingering Astor family connection adds to the saga until a new family the Hilton dynasty rises and takes over. More celebrities and events will add to allure of this hotel. Finally, updates reveal the recent renovations, an auction, and the future for the third incarnation.
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Length: 26:39

Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Section 1 Music: Lost In A Fog by Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz Classics

Section 2 Music: Nightfall by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz Classics Section 3 Music: Just A Mood by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz Classics

End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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Many marvel at several stunning new murals created by a famous painter for the opening of a grand hotel with an old familiar name.

Famous Spanish painter Sert finishes 15 murals for the new Waldorf-Astoria hotel on Park Avenue. Sert’s in-laws Prince Alexis Mdivani and new wife Princess Louise Van Alen Mdivani visit in Paris, while Princess Mae Murray Mdivani visits the Sert Room. Heading towards bankruptcy, Conrad Hilton aspires to own the new hotel.

Other people and subjects include: Misia Sert, Princess Roussie Mdivani Sert, Playa Riente, Anna Dodge Dillman, President Herbert Hoover, Leonard Schultze, Caroline Astor, William Waldorf Astor, Colonel “Jack” John Jacob Astor IV, Vincent Astor, Princess “Ava” Alice Astor Obolensky, “Jakey” John Jacob Astor VI, Prince Serge Obolensky, King Alfonso XIII of Spain, Francisco Franco, Spanish Civil War, Vic Cathedral, grisaille, underpainting, Spanish banks, cancel culture

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Extra Notes / Call to Action:
Banco Santander Foundation's art collection
https://www.fundacionbancosantander.com/en/culture/art/banco-santander-collection

Sert Collection in the National Art Museum in Catalonia
https://www.hisour.com/sert-room-national-art-museum-of-catalonia-54689/

Forgotten Lives channel – https://www.youtube.com/c/ForgottenLives
Barbara Hutton – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLRsV5paVSE
Doris Duke – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuOLql-OySc
Marjorie Merriweather Post – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcxM-4utAoU
Alva Vanderbilt - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eza21m9JXTg

Art Deco channel – https://www.youtube.com/c/ArtDecoTV

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Organ Grinder’s Song by Jack Payne, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 2 Music: It’s the Talk of the Town by Ambrose, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s
Section 3 Music: Just As Long As The World Goes Round And Around by Jay Wilbur, Album The Great British Dance Bands
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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Royal titles might be grand, but one prince proudly turns in his title to become an American citizen.

Barbara Hutton’s cousin Helena McCann finally has her debutante ball while others adjust to their new situations. Elder Princess Obolensky remains in mourning over her daughter. Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich tries to re-establish the Romanov throne. Prince Serge Obolensky gives up his royal title for American citizenship.

Other people and subjects include: Tsar Nicholas II, Tsarina Alexandra, Romanov family, Bolshevik Revolution, Anastasia Romanov, pretender to the throne(s), Queen Elizabeth II, King Charles III, Prince William, Prince of Wales, Katherine Middleton, Princess of Wales, Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, US citizenship, American citizenship, dual citizenship, royal titles, Man in the Iron Mask

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Extra Notes / Call to Action:
Who Would Be Tsar of Russia Today? | Romanov Family Tree by UsefulCharts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMj08bfbi-g

Current Pretenders to the Thrones in Africa, Americas, Europe, Oceania by 360Data Comparison
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2O4buxzJmM

Lady Colin Campbell YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMlk9gp1WNndfOjs0_1gG3g

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Top Hat, White Tie and Tails by Carroll Gibbons & Boy Friends, Album Sophistication – Songs of the Thirties
Section 2 Music: Royal Garden Blues by Benny Carter, Album Perfect Jazz
Section 3 Music: The Eyes Of The World by Louis Levy, Album The Great British Dance Bands
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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Wherever money resides, extortion and blackmail forever threaten the secrets and scandals one wishes to hide. Alas a mother’s work is never done.

In Boston, Henrietta Hartford is sued by Mildred King, alleging she saved Huntington Hartford from a disreputable lady. Will Huntington’s marriage to Mary Lee Epling finally be exposed?

Other people and subjects include: Doris Duke, Nanaline Duke, Cholly Knickerbocker, Josephine Hartford, Edward Hartford, blackmail, scandals, secret marriage, secret divorce, Meghan Markle, Prince Harry, Tom Bower, Revenge book

Extra Notes / Call to Action:
Second Glance History – Twitter @2GlanceHistory or their website https://secondglancehistory.com
A few special articles:
https://secondglancehistory.com/not-dead-yet/
https://secondglancehistory.com/madame-palatines-burn-book-part-1/
https://secondglancehistory.com/the-hapsburg-anastasia-part-1/

Earbuds Collective will be featuring As The Money Burns in its Podcast Spotlight for the week of September 4th, 2022. Please check it out at:
Website - https://www.earbudspodcastcollective.org/
Twitter - @EarbudsPodCol

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: There’s One Little Girl Who Loves Me by Jack Hylton, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20s
Section 2 Music: I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight? by Jack Hylton, Album Charleston – Great Stars Of the 20s
Section 3 Music: This Is The Missus by Sidney Kyte & His Piccadilly Hotel Band, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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The games begin for another Tennis Week in Newport, but in society’s game will one socialite be able to outmaneuver the scandal ahead?

Newport Casino celebrates its Golden Jubilee with returning Wimbledon stars Sidney Wood and Frank Shields, only they aren’t having the same heyday and lost the US Davis Cup too. Back from Hawaii, Henrietta Hartford and Huntington Hartford join the fun, while Henrietta hopes to keep his marriage a secret. Only her daughter and his sister Josephine Hartford’s abrupt Reno divorce and remarriage to the Caviar King might make it a lot harder.

Other people and subjects include: James “Henry” Van Alen, William “Sam” Van Alen, Doris Duke, Nanaline Duke, Mary Lee Epling, Maud Barger-Wallach, Fred Perry, Ellsworth Vines, Bunny Austin, Countess Alexandra Tolstoy, Leo Tolstoy, Vamarie, Vadim Makarov, Vice Admiral Stepan Makarov, polar icebreakers, Petrossian caviar, gauche caviar, Bolshevik Revolution, Big Miracle 2012 film, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, You’ve Got Mail film, Frasier tv series, and the black market.

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Extra Notes / Call to Action:
Podcast – Proud Stutter by Maya Chupkov and Desiree Cole August 26th, 2022 episode **revised released on September 9th, 2022
https://www.proudstutter.com/proud-stutter-season-2-ep-3
https://www.proudstutter.com/
https://pod.link/1588336626

Desiree Cole https://www.desireetraciecole.com/

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: You Hit The Spot by Carroll Gibbons, Album The Age of Style – Hits from the 30s
Section 2 Music: Red Sails In The Sunset by Casani Club Orchestra, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s
Section 3 Music: A Reckless Night On Board An Ocean by Sydney Lipton, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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As another Hollywood royal marriage implodes, back east another heir and heiress actually marry under favorable circumstances.

The Marrying Mdivanis are making headlines – Prince Serge Mdivani freshly divorced from Pola Negri quickly married Mary McCormic, Prince David Mdivani is served divorced from his actress wife Mae Murray, and Prince Alexis Mdivani with his new bride Princess Louise Astor Van Alen returns for a wedding. Louise’s brother William “Sam” Van Alen is marrying Elizabeth “Betty” Kent with a reception afterwards at a familiar family estate.

Other people and subjects include: James “Henry” Van Alen, Daisy Van Alen, Atwater Kent, Frederick Vanderbilt, Louise “Lulu” Vanderbilt, “Neil” Cornelius Vanderbilt IV aka Jr, “Neily” Cornelius Vanderbilt IV, Grace Wilson Vanderbilt, Caroline Astor’s great grandchildren, Bar Harbor, Maine, Sonogee estate, Great Fire of 1947, billion dollar bridal party, déjà vu and revisiting old homes

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Extra Notes / Call to Action:
Podcast – Proud Stutter by Maya Chupkov and Desiree Cole August 26th, 2022 episode **revised released on September 9th, 2022
https://www.proudstutter.com/proud-stutter-season-2-ep-3
https://www.proudstutter.com/
https://pod.link/1588336626

Desiree Cole https://www.desireetraciecole.com/

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Love Walked In by Carroll Gibbons & The Savoy Hotel Orpheans, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s
Section 2 Music: I’ve Got A Heart (Filled With Love For You Dear) by Glenn Miller, Album Perfect Big Bands
Section 3 Music: The Very Thought of You by Al Bowlly, Album More Sophistication
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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Secret newlyweds arrive at their tropical destination. Will this be the beginning or the end of their clandestine union?

Henrietta Hartford takes her son Huntington Hartford and his secret wife Mary Lee Epling to Hawaii in an attempt to get them to annul their marriage. Barbara Hutton returns to Biarritz with a new royal admirer Prince Jerome Rospigliosi-Gioeni ardently pursuing her. In Paris, newlywed Princess Anna Obolensky visits the Eiffel Tower while heartbroken.

Other people and subjects include: Leo Tolstoy, Russian Obolensky & Troubetzkoy families, Russian Revolution, Buster Crabbe, William Powell, Carole Lombard, Norma Talmadge, Mary Booker, John NM Howells, John Mead Howells, William Dean Howells, William White Howells, Prince Joseph Guiseppe Rospigliosi, Mary Reid – Maria Rospigliosi, Pope Clement IX, Natalie Pissaress, Marian Snowden, Mexican divorce, cycles in history & predicting future (Great Reset, pandemic, Russia-Ukraine War, supply chain, Sri Lanka chaos,…)

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Extra Notes / Call to Action:
Podcast – Evil Genius Chronicles by Dave Slusher, Episode Active Grimace Face
https://evilgeniuschronicles.org
https://pod.link/311621542

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Publish Date: July 22, 2022
Length: 25:16
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Let’s Do It by Arthur Rosebery & His Kit-Cat Dance Band, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20s
Section 2 Music: I’m In the Mood for Love by Freddy Gardner, Album Elegance
Section 3 Music: Palais De Danse by Sid Phillips, Albums The Great British Dance Bands & Tea Dance 2
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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Despite what outsiders might think, family fortunes are not guaranteed. One heir finds himself bankrupt, divorced, disowned, and potentially disinherited.

Five generations of wealth doesn’t prevent Neil Vanderbilt from filing bankruptcy among other troubles in 1931. Several of his problems go back to 1926 and repeat again in 1931.

Other people and subjects include: Grace Wilson Vanderbilt, Benito Mussolini, Kaiser Wilhelm, Vanderbilt fortunes & disinheritances, Alfred Vanderbilt, “Reggie” Reginald Vanderbilt, Gloria Vanderbilt, Caroline Astor, Carrie Astor, Reno divorces, celebrity bankruptcy, and a personal circumstance.

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Top Hat, White Tie and Tails by Carroll Gibbons & Boy Friends, Album Sophistication – Songs of the Thirties
Section 2 Music: These Foolish Things by Benny Carter, Album Perfect Blues
Section 3 Music: One In A Million by Brian Lawrance, Album The Great British Dance Bands
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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Plenty of antics occur both on and off the court at the world’s oldest and most prestigious tennis tournament – Wimbledon. Will the Queen be amused, or will she declare off with their heads?

At 1931 Wimbledon, young Americans Frank Shields and Sidney Wood rise to prominence both on and off the tennis courts. Only after one incident, they find themselves apologizing to Queen Mary before continuing their dominance in Men’s Singles.

Other people and subjects include: tennis courts, tiebreak, Jimmy “Henry” Van Alen, William “Sam” Van Alen, Jean Borotra, Bunny Austin, Brooke Shields, Wimbledon traditions, strawberries, and teammates.

Extra Notes / Call to Action:
Strawberry recipes at social media & website.
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Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: You Hit The Spot by Carroll Gibbons, Album The Age of Style – Hits from the 30s
Section 2 Music: Hep! Hep! Jumpin’ Jive by Nat Gonella & His New Georgians, Album Dance Crazy Section 3 Music: The Younger Generation by Ray Noble, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Stakes are high in various sports and competitions, but the highest stakes come in the game of marriage. Rivals beware.

Frank Shields and Sidney Wood travel to London for Wimbledon and the US Davis Cup European tour, and Frank’s fiancée Billie Tenney joins them with chaperone Maud Barger-Wallach. In London, the Prince of Wales participates in the Royal Ascot. Henrietta Hartford takes her son Huntington Hartford and Mary Lee Epling to Hawaii to convince them to annul their secret marriage. Lastly, Barbara Hutton must accept that Prince Alexis Mdivani and Silvia de Castilleja de Guzman will not reunite as both have married others, Louise Van Alen and Comte Henri de Castellane respectfully.

Other people and subjects include: June 1931, King George V, Queen Mary, Prince David – Prince of Wales – King Edward VIII – Duke of Windsor, Thelma Morgan Furness, Wallis Simpson, Spain King Alfonso XIII, honeymoon, newlyweds, elopement, family disapprovals, James Dwight, Dwight Davis, Queen Anne, betting & stakes at horse races, Totalisator, favorite racehorses, personal experiences with romances with idealized loves, King Louis XIV, Platinum Jubilee, and Queen Elizabeth II’s becoming second longest reigning monarch.

Extra Notes / Call to Action:
Royal Ascot – British Pathe 1931
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39rS5KT_D14

Earbuds Podcast Collective
https://www.earbudspodcastcollective.org/blog/queen-elizabeth-ii-platinum-jubilee-royalty-podcast-recommendations

Michael Berry Show
Rubberneck Reporting Around 21:30 - 36:30
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/139-the-michael-berry-show-27764850/episode/rubberneck-reporting-pm-show-97422696/?cmp=android_share&sc=android_social_share&pr=false

We Need A Crisis Around 22:04 - 37:20
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/139-the-michael-berry-show-27764850/episode/we-need-a-crisis-97885233/?cmp=android_share&sc=android_social_share&pr=false

Goodpods
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Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Sunshine by Jack Hylton, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20s
Section 2 Music: You Turned Your Head by Jack Jackson, Albums The Great British Dance Bands & Tea Dance 2
Section 3 Music: Got To Dance My Way To Heaven by Henry Hall, Albums The Great British Dance Bands & Tea Dance 2
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Many things can happen inside a garden. Will another royal romance bloom, or forbidden fruit prove too tempting?

After bowing at the Court of St. James, the Prince of Wales invites Barbara Hutton to a royal garden party. The young heiress enjoys the possibility of two suitors including the dangerous playboy Phil Plant until her father Franklyn Hutton interferes.

Other people and subjects include: Franklyn Hutton, governess Ticki, Prince David – Prince of Wales – King Edward VIII – Duke of Windsor, Thelma Morgan Furness, Wallis Simpson, Helena McCann, Buckingham Palace, Embassy Club, Prince of Wales title & heir apparent, King Henry VIII, Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Victoria, Prince Edward – King Edward VII, Princess Elizabeth - Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles, Prince William, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, King Tut’s Curse, Prince Ali Kamel Fahmy Bey of Egypt & his wife Marguerite Alibert, blackmail, Princess of Wales, Princess Diana, Camilla Shand – Duchess of Cornwall, Lady Colin Campbell, Kate Middleton, Meghan Markle, and the little girl’s dreams of being princesses come true but darker, and Platinum Jubilee with Trooping the Colour balcony ceremony.

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Royal Garden Blues by Benny Carter, Album Perfect Jazz
Section 2 Music: A Nice Cup Of Tea by Sam Costa & Peter Yorke & His Orchestra, Album Tea Dance 1920s, 30s, 40s Vintage Tea Party
Section 3 Music: On The Air by Carroll Gibbons, Albums More Sophistication & Tea Dance 2
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Heiresses dream of royal romances with fairytale endings. As one marries her prince, another dances with a future king.

#BarbaraHutton, #QueenElizabethII, #KingEdwardVIII, #PlatinumJubilee, #PrinceAlexisMdivani, #LouiseVanAlen, #PrinceofWales

Louise Van Alen marries Prince Alexis Mdivani despite her family’s objections. Barbara Hutton goes to Buckingham Palace to bow before the King and Queen of England and meets the future British king David, the Prince of Wales. Could a royal romance bloom?

Other people and subjects include: May 15th – 1931, Daisy Van Alen, Sam Van Alen, Henry Van Alen, Eleanor Van Alen, Prince David – Prince of Wales – King Edward VIII – Duke of Windsor, Newport cottage Wakehurst, Buckingham Palace, King George V, Queen Mary, Thelma Morgan Furness, Sultana of Johore, Ambassador Mrs. Charles Dawes, Virginia Dawes, Prince Albert “Bertie” – Duke of York – King George VI, Helena McCann, appendicitis, research and finding coinciding events, longest and shortest monarch reigns, King Louis XIV, Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Queen Elizabeth II, and the upcoming Platinum Jubilee.

Extra Notes / Call to Action:
Queens Podcast by Katy Hearne-Church and Nathan Foster, https://shows.acast.com/queenshistorypodcast

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Everything Stops For Tea by Mario “Harp” Lorenzi, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits Of The 30s
Section 2 Music: It Had To Be You by Carroll Gibbons, Album It’s Got To Be Love
Section 3 Music: The Eyes Of The World by Louis Levy, Album The Great British Dance Bands
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Though wealth provides some protections, the seeds of despair can grow anywhere.

Another life is lost during a game of chance.

James Donahue, Sr. plays cards with his sons and friends when he goes downstairs and takes poison. Days later, James dies in the same hospital where his wife Jessie Woolworth Donahue is recovering from a nervous breakdown. No one knows why he commits suicide – James struggles with gambling, monetary losses, gambling, and secret homosexuality. This was not the first time these became an issue.

Other people and subjects include: April 13th – 25th, 1931, October 1925, Barbara Hutton, Jimmy “Jeem” Donahue, Woolworth “Woolly” Donahue, Assistant District Attorney Ferdinand Pecora, suicide, prominent suicides, jewelry burglary, homosexuality, New York vice crackdowns during Prohibition, gambling debts, dealing with any death, and finding joy after trauma as recovery process.

Extra Notes / Call to Action:
The Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-TALK or 1-800-273-8255, www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org
The VA hospital

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: A Foggy Day by Carroll Gibbons, Album Sophistication 3
Section 2 Music: Just A Mood by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz Classics
Section 3 Music: Lost In A Fog by Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz Classics End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Love is certainly in the air this spring as several engagements and weddings occur. Though not all marital alliances are truly desirable, and some are downright scandalous.

Richest boy Huntington Hartford celebrates Spring Break and his 20th birthday by eloping with Mary Lee Epling. They keep their marriage a secret especially from his overbearing mother Henrietta Hartford, but the scandal will surely come out.

Other people and subjects include: April 1931, Louise Van Alen, Prince Alexis Mdivani, Ned Rollins, Mildred King, Harvard dormitory, Gottlieb Daimler, Wilhelm Maybach, Daimler, Mercedes, Jaguar, silverspoons, Don Quixote, Ottoman Harem & princes, Newport cottage Seaverge with glass gymnasium, Will Smith – Chris Rock Oscar slap, elopement, fishbowl life in the public eye, and Titanic 110th Anniversary.

Extra Notes / Call to Action:
Empires Podcast The Ottomans by Frank Schumpert
https://anchor.fm/frank-schumpert3/
https://podcasts.apple.com/pl/podcast/empires-podcast-the-ottomans/id1439365965

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Plain Mary Jane by Mrs. Jack Hylton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 2 Music: Ain’t She Sweet by Piccadilly Revels Band, Album Charleston – Great Stars Of the 20s
Section 3 Music: The Girl Friend by Savoy Orpheans, Album Charleston – Great Stars Of The 1920s
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

All they want is love. Everyone else wants their fortune.

Second Anniversary Bonus Recap and Future Storylines.

Other people and subjects include: Barbara Hutton, Doris Duke, heirs, heiresses, Great Depression timeline of events to 1931, HBO’s Gilded Age, Bridgerton, Downton Abbey, Inventing Anna, Tinder Swindler, Bad Vegan, and similar fortune hunter & romance scandals in popular media.

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Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com

https://asthemoneyburns.com/
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Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/asthemoneyburns/

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: I’ve Got An Invitation To Dance by Roy Fox, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s
Section 2 Music: Swinging at Maida by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Jazz Age!
Section 3 Music: Ooh! That Kiss! by Carroll Gibbons, Album Elegance 2
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Millionaires, movie stars, and royalty have no guarantees on marital bliss. A royal prince trades his silver screen queen for a wealthier songbird.

Mourning her lover Rudolph Valentino, silver screen siren Pola Negri meets, marries, and divorces Russian Prince Serge Mdivani. Her rival Mae Murray meets and marries Prince David Mdivani. The two celebrity couples compete with each other to disastrous results. As Pola’s money disappears, Prince Serge finds another wealthy songbird Mary McCormic.

Other people and subjects include: March – April 1931, Charlie Chaplin, Gloria Swanson, Claire Windsor, Ziegfeld Follies, bankruptcy, celebrity divorce battles, Johnny Depp v Amber Heard, Brad Pitt v Angelina Jolie, Tinder Swindler, Bad Vegan, ending messy romantic entanglements, and two year anniversary of As The Money Burns podcast.

Extra Notes / Call to Action:
Female Podcasts:
Mimosa Sisterhood by Melissa Herrera https://www.mimosasisterhood.com/
Proud Stutter by Maya Chupkov https://www.proudstutter.com/
Mujeres On The Rise by Melba Tellez https://www.mujeresontherise.com/

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Let’s Fall In Love For The Last Time by Mantovani, Albums The Great British Dance Bands & Tea Dance 2
Section 2 Music: Stardust by Freddie Gardner, Album More Sophistication
Section 3 Music: You Go To My Head by Joe Loss, Album The Great British Dance Bands
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

An unlucky filmmaker’s Viking voyage finds disaster at sea, while the luck of the Irish brings better news for a tennis star.

Young filmmaker Varick Frissell ventures to the frozen Newfoundland and shoot more scenes of a seal hunt for his film White Thunder. Only tragedy strikes. Meanwhile, tennis sensation and non-heir Frank Shields learns he will represent the United States at Davis Cup freeing him from the drudgery of his job as a bank loan officer.

Other people and subjects include: March 1931, James Donahue, Jessie Woolworth Donahue, Rebecca “Billie” Tenney, Antoinette “Toni” Frissell, Hollywood film disasters, Rudolph Valentino’s the Sheikh, artic exploration, North Pole, Robert Peary, Frederick Cook, Explorers Club, Waldorf-Astoria NY, Prince Philip – Duke of Edinburgh, astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria, Jeff Bezos, and modern exotic culinary delicacies.

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: The Eyes Of The World by Louis Levy, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 2 Music: A Reckless Night On Board An Ocean by Sydney Lipton, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s
Section 3 Music: Got To Dance My Way To Heaven by Henry Hall, Albums The Great British Dance Bands & Tea Dance 2
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Many are talented and can do some pretty amazing things, but there is one trick that only a very few can do, Believe It or Not.

Plenty of manly activities fill the Palm Beach schedule amidst baseball, boxing, and burglaries. At the bat and base, Jimmy Cromwell and Phil Plant play for a charity police fundraiser.

Other people and subjects include: February 28th – March 5th, 1931, Barbara Hutton, Jimmy Cromwell, Bill Wright, (Ned) Ed Stotesbury, Marjorie Merriweather Post, EF Hutton, Jessie Woolworth Donahue, James Donahue, Prince Alexis Mdivani, Louise Van Alen, Elizabeth “Betty” Kent, Primo Carnera, Tommy Loughran, Horace Dodge, Jr., Atwater Kent, Max Baer, Albert Einstein, Frank Dolan, John Todd, charity events, Ripley’s Believe It or Not column & tv series, He-Man term in Our Gang and separate toy cartoon series, Buck Rogers, Daffy Duck as Duck Dodgers, and connection between Helene Jesmer & Batman’s Catwoman Julie Newmar.

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Swingin’ The Blues by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Perfect Blues
Section 2 Music: Swinging at Maida by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Jazz Age!
Section 3 Music: I Feel Like A Feather In The Breeze by Carroll Gibbons, Album The Age of Style – Hits from the 30s
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Heiresses must always fight off fortune hunters willing to break their hearts for money. But there is another heir who presents a whole other level of danger.

Everyone gathers in Palm Beach for winter and lunch at the seasonal restaurant the Patio Lamaze. Barbara Hutton and Doris Duke meet and mingle with another heir and Broadway playboy Phil Plant, who is far more dangerous than all the rest.

Other people and subjects include: February 1931, Nanaline Duke, Franklyn Hutton, Jimmy Cromwell, Jessie Woolworth Donahue, James Donahue, Harry Winston, Evalyn Walsh McLean, Hope Diamond, Harry Winston, Mrs. Curtis Hutton aka Sophia Brownell, Countess Di Frasso, Constance Bennett, Adela Rogers St. Johns, Maise Caldwell, Morton Plant, Helene Jesmer, Claire Windsor, George LaMaze, personal injury lawsuit, triple homicide, Tinder Swindler, Inventing Anna, and the vulnerability of being conned.

Extra Notes / Call to Action:
Presidencies of the United States podcast by Jerry Landry, http://presidencies.blubrry.com/

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: On The Beach At Bali Bali by Billy Merrin & His Commanders, Albums The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s & Tea Dance 2
Section 2 Music: Ain’t She Sweet by Piccadilly Revels Band, Album Charleston – Great Stars Of the 20s
Section 3 Music: Temptation Rag by Harry Roy, Album The Great British Dance Bands
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Despite her own dire circumstances, one hostess continues her duties in supporting the arts. The show must always go on.

Supreme hostess Cobina Wright hosts a party to celebrate the Met opening of Deems Taylor’s new opera and Noel Coward. It’s another fabulous party, but everything seems to be an endless loop as things change while still staying the same.

Other people and subjects include: January – February 1931, Bill Wright, Algonquin Roundtable, George du Maurier, Owen Johnson, Dorothy Parker, Peter Pan, Daphne du Maurier (stories Rebecca & The Birds), Alfred Hitchcock, Lucrezia Bori, John Barrymore, Svengali, JM Barrie, Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, Disney Fantasia, Russian ballet, Vaslav Nijinsky & Rite of Spring, Stravinsky, Lily James, Drew Barrymore, Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Freddie Highmore, and HBO’s Gilded Age & fortunes related to stories.

Extra Notes / Call to Action:
Instagram Gilded Age mentions: @MansionsoftheGildedAge, @TheGildedAgeSociety, and @GothamsGildedAge

@AsTheMoneyBurns & @PastPerfectVintageMusic
New York Adventure Club www.nyadventureclub.com

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Eeny Meeny Miney Mo by Harry Roy, Albums The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s & Tea Dance 2
Section 2 Music: The Very Thought of You by Al Bowlly, Album More Sophistication
Section 3 Music: Eeny Meeny Miney Mo by Harry Roy, Albums The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s & Tea Dance 2
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

While some seem to have plenty of food and money, the rising unemployment leaves many without. One wealthy couple sets up a place where the poor can get a hot meal.

EF Hutton ventures down into Hell’s Kitchen to check on the soup kitchen sponsored by him and his wife Marjorie Merriweather Post. Historical section covers Al Capone’s soup kitchen, and a news update about the starving Mahatma Gandhi in British Occupied India.

Other people and subjects include: January 1931, Salvation Army, Post Cereal fortune, Birds Eye frozen foods, General Mills, tenor Rafaelo Diaz, food insecurity, and the Great Depression effect on grandparents.

Extra Notes / Call to Action:
Nicki Woodard provided anecdotal research for: https://inculture.microsoft.com/arts/ancient-olympia-common-grounds/

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Organ Grinder’s Song by Jack Payne, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 2 Music: Sing, Baby, Sing / You Turned The Tables On Me by Carroll Gibbons, Album The Age of Style – Hits from the 30s
Section 3 Music: You by Carroll Gibbons, Album The Age of Style – Hits from the 30s
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

As another year begins, many lives are in flux amidst the changes occurring. Will their choices lead to better outcomes or more trouble ahead?

Elsa Maxwell throws another fabulous costume party before returning to Europe. Cobina Wright reconsiders her options for financial recovery. Louise Van Alen and Prince Alexis Mdivani’s wedding announcement upsets her family, and Lady Ribblesdale offers some consolation.

Other people and subjects include: Cobina Wright, Bill Wright, Jimmy Cromwell, Irene Hutton, Evalyn Walsh McLean, Birdie Vanderbilt, Grace Wilson Vanderbilt, Vincent Astor, Helen Astor, Prince Serge Obolensky, Ava Alice Astor, Henry Van Alen, Sam Van Alen, Daisy Van Alen, Rudolph Valentino, Pola Negri, Prince Serge Mdivani, Mary McCormic, Prince David Mdivani, Mae Murray, Princess Roussie Mdivani Sert, Josep Maria Sert, Princess Nina Mdivani, Charles Huberich, Zakariah Mdivani, Czar Nicholas II Romanov, Joseph Stalin, costume party, American dollar princesses, fascination with royal & noble titles, Bolshevik Revolution, Soviet states, and siblings dating friends.

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight? by Jack Hylton, Album Charleston – Great Stars Of the 20s
Section 2 Music: Ooh! That Kiss! by Carroll Gibbons, Album Elegance 2
Section 3 Music: It’s Got To Be Love by Roy Fox & His Orchestra with Mary Lee, Album It’s Got To Be Love
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Part 2 of 2 (continued from Episode 46: No Expense Spared)

The most extravagant debutante ball is in full swing, but disaster both inside and out looms on the horizon.

Barbara Hutton’s big debutante ball continues at the Ritz-Carlton. Prince Alexis Mdivani and Louise Van Alen steal the attention, while Silvia begs Barbara to marry the Prince. Barbara’s father Franklyn Hutton finally tells her the true amount of her fortune.

Other people and subjects include: December 22nd – 23rd, 1930, Doris Duke, Silvia de Rivas Castilleja de Guzman, Henry Van Alen, Sam Van Alen, Irene Hutton, Franklyn Hutton, Jakey Astor, Marjorie Merriweather Post Hutton, Helena Woolworth McCann, Jessie Woolworth Donahue, engagement announcement, unemployment rising, public & press criticism of rich, press of Barbara’s ball, Kylie Jenner, Kendall Jenner, and the double edge sword of the bright spotlight of celebrity vs. the dark sides.

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Nightfall by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz Classics
Section 2 Music: Lost In A Fog by Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz Classics
Section 3 Music: Moonlight Cocktail by Hutch for Love by Freddy Gardner, Album Tea Dance 1920s, 30s, 40s Vintage Tea Party
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Come join the biggest debutante ball of the season, of many seasons. It’s going to be one for the record books, and no one is going to want to miss out.

Barbara Hutton has the biggest, most expensive debutante ball ever thrown at the Ritz-Carlton. Everyone attends the wonderful night, but drama starts to unfold amongst her many guests.

Other people and subjects include: December 22nd – 23rd, 1930, Doris Duke, Louise Van Alen, Prince Alexis Mdivani, Cobina Wright, Bill Wright, Franklyn Hutton, Irene Hutton, Nanaline Duke, Jakey Astor, Henry Van Alen, Sam Van Alen, Marjorie Merriweather Post Hutton, EF Hutton, Silvia de Rivas Castilleja de Guzman, Felipe de Rivas Castilleja de Guzman, Happy Shannon, costs of debutante balls, famous guest lists, Mrs. Reginald Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, La Argentina, La Argentinita, Winston Churchill, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., reconstructing night & issues with sources, Hutton biography Poor Little Rich Girl, and fascination of those looking rosily from the outside without knowing darker realities.

Extra Notes / Call to Action:
Instagram: @PowerPrivilegeMoney, @MansionsoftheGildedAge, and @TheGildedAgeSociety
Past Perfect Vintage Music www.pastperfect.com

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Stardust by Freddie Gardner, Album More Sophistication
Section 2 Music: I’m In the Mood for Love by Freddy Gardner, Album Elegance
Section 3 Music: Moonlight Cocktail by Hutch for Love by Freddy Gardner, Album Tea Dance 1920s, 30s, 40s Vintage Tea Party
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Tough financial times force some former debutantes to focus on finding work not husbands. Could this be the future fate of this year’s debs?

Three former debutantes work as mannequins and saleswomen at a “debutante shop” helping this year’s debs prepare for the coming out season. Meanwhile multiple bank failures are happening in Nashville.

Other people and subjects include: October - November 1930, debut shop, Antionette “Toni” Frissell, Varick Frissell, Happy Shannon, Mary Irwin Howell, Rogers Caldwell, Barbara Hutton, Cecil Beaton, debutante trends, Prince Serge Obolensky, Ava Alice Astor, tacky party, Saks Fifth Avenue, October bank failures in Cuba & Portugal, November bank failures in Tennessee & Mid-West, Caldwell & Company collapse, lavish lifestyles & fraud, and the butterfly effect.

Extra Notes / Call to Action:
Debutante Shops Nadia’s in LA and Saks Fifth Avenue in Chicago ads
TW / IG – @asthemoneyburns
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/asthemoneyburns/

Agent Stoker podcast Altered Carbon team actor Chris Conner and writer Brian Nelson https://bleav.com/shows/agent-stoker/ or https://pod.link/1592739514

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Button Up Your Overcoat by Jack Hylton, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20s
Section 2 Music: One Two, Button Your Shoe by Jack Hylton, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s
Section 3 Music: Umtcha, Umtcha, Da Da Da by The Rhythmic Eight, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20s
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

A doting mother always wants her child to blossom, but sometimes the child especially a teenager grows outside of reach.

Still haunted by his cheating scandal, Huntington Hartford starts Harvard in the fall 1930. While his smothering mother Henrietta Hartford is occupied with a flower show, Huntington and his roommate visit a local brothel.

Other people and subjects include: Ned Rollins, flower shows, prostitution, prostitution fines, rise of plain clothes detectives, special agent Eliot Ness, gangsters, New York vice scandal, Chile Acuna, stool pigeon, Merry Widow condom tins, and modern metal detecting in 1930s WPA work camp spots.

Extra Notes / Call to Action:
Merry Widow condom tin photo
TW / IG – @asthemoneyburns
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/asthemoneyburns/

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Sing A Song of Sunbeams by Ronnie Munro & Orchestra, Albums Tea Dance 2 & The Great Bands Dance Bands Play Hits Of The 30s
Section 2 Music: Did You Mean It? By Jack Hylton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 3 Music: Hesitation Blues by Nat Gonella & His New Georgians, Album Perfect Blues
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

As the Met Opera season begins, a society hostess continues to present the front all is well. Will this be her swan song?

As Cobina Wright hosts the opening activities for the 1930 Metropolitan Season, she wonders who also is hiding their losses from the Crash. Dowager Alice Vanderbilt now leases her prized balcony box to close friends. The glamorous attendees enjoy Verdi’s Aida opera.

Other people and subjects include: October 17th – 1930, Bill Wright, Alice Vanderbilt, Elsa Maxwell, Harold Vanderbilt, butlers Bruce & Fred, soprano Lucrezia Bori, Verdi opera Aida, Hamptons Sand Point mansion, TIME magazine, Metropolitan Opera – the Met, rise in thefts, Academy of Music, fire damage, Leopold Damrosch, Walter Damrosch, Arturo Toscanini, Richard Wagner’s Lohengrin, Chinese Monkey King, Neuschwanstein Castle, radio soap opera Painted Dreams, high schoolers first opera experience, and visiting Schloss Schonbrunn, Neuschwanstein, & Beijing Peking Opera House.

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes by Freddy Gardner, Album Elegance 2
Section 2 Music: Just A Mood by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz Classics
Section 3 Music: If This Is Only The Beginning by Billy Ternent, Album Elegance
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

A special ball in the Big Apple kicks off the most prized debutante season. Elite debutantes will be kept busy with a never ending whirl of activities, and participation is not optional.

Barbara Hutton and Doris Duke attend multiple events as part of their debutante season. Endless activities occurring while further away hints of darker economic times looming.

Other people and subjects include: October 18th & 25th, 1930, October Ball, Autumn Ball, Peace Ball, Hotel Pierre, Charles Pierre, Grace Roosevelt, Josephine “Fifi” Laimbeer, June Blossom, Ward Fox, Tuxedo Park, Prince of Wales – King Edward VII, Prince Charles, Duke of Windsor, Nancy Randolph, Cholly Knockerbocker, Inez Callaway Robb, stock market recovery in Spring 1930 & crash again, bank failures increasing, jet set term, EF Hutton, Elizabeth Taylor, Aristotle Onassis, Yves Saint-Laurent, tuxedo dinner jacket, British royal heir apparent, and ongoing lockdown with more illnesses during pandemic.

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Let’s Fall In Love For The Last Time by Mantovani, Albums The Great British Dance Bands & Tea Dance 2
Section 2 Music: I Still Love To Kiss You by Hutch, Album The Age of Style – Hits of the 30s
Section 3 Music: Ooh! That Kiss! by Carroll Gibbons, Album Elegance 2
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

As a widow prepares for the anniversary of her husband’s death, the daughter still remains in the way of the fortune. The web of secrets is starting to unravel.

On the five year anniversary of Buck Duke’s death, Nanaline must return to Duke University for a memorial weekend. While the university celebrates their former benefactor, Nanaline is reminded of the fortune she lost and schemes to get it back.

Other people and subjects include: Nanaline Holt Inman Duke, Doris Duke, Trinity College, Benjamin “Ben” Duke, widow Mrs. Benjamin Duke, Duke Fifth Avenue Mansion, French governess Jenny Renaud, philanthropy, Duke Endowment, and personal experiences with deaths & recent losses during pandemic.

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Just A Mood by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz Classics
Section 2 Music: These Foolish Things by Benny Carter, Album Perfect Blues
Section 3 Music: A Foggy Day by Carroll Gibbons, Album Sophistication 3
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

It’s off to the races when an international yacht competition brings challengers from all over. This year’s winner will be the first of his kind.

The America’s Cup returns with five time challenger Sir Thomas Lipton against defender Harold Vanderbilt. The next set of races will bring in a new era in nautical technology.

Other people and subjects include: September 13th – 18th, 1930, Vincent Astor, Jakey Astor, Henry Van Alen, Huntington Hartford, Barbara Hutton, Doris Duke, Grace Wilson Vanderbilt, Neily Vanderbilt, Neil Vanderbilt, Alva Vanderbilt, William K Vanderbilt, yachts Shamrock V vs Enterprise, trophy Auld Mug, American qualifying races, technology development, Lipton Tea Company, Prince Edward – Prince of Wales – King Edward VII, King George V, King George VI, lifelong bachelorhood, homosexuality, Larry Ellison, Oracle, 2021 New Zealand vs Italy, and good sportsmanship.

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Section 1 Music: Skirts by Billy Cotton, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s
Section 2 Music: Red Sails In The Sunset by Casani Club Orchestra, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s
Section 3 Music: I’ve Got Beginner’s Luck by Roy Fox, Album The Great British Dance Bands
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

While plans are underway for another big and fantastic ball, one heiress is more focused on affairs of the heart and reuniting forbidden lovers. All the fun activity isn’t merely local, next up the beaches in France.

In Biarritz, France, Barbara Hutton wants to help reunite the forbidden lovers – Prince Alexis Mdivani and Silvia. The famed beauty Silvia is minor royal whose family too has lost their fortune to the Great Depression and now must consider a more financially beneficial marriage.

Other people and subjects include: September 1930, Silvia de Rivas Castilleja de Guzman, Felipe Castilleja de Guzman, Spanish King Alfonso XIII, American dollar princesses, Anna Gould, Boniface “Boni” de Castellane, Marquis of Talleyrand-Perigord, uncovering the past & the mysterious Silvia, misspellings & naming conventions, Elsa Maxwell expose, and rise of love scams and romance fraud during the pandemic.

Extra Notes / Call to Action:
My two webinars of the Waldorf-Astoria hotels in time for the 90th Anniversary of the Waldorf-Astoria New York. Please come join me on Monday September 27th for the original 1893-1929 hotel and Thursday September 30th for the current 1931-present at 5:30pm EST / 2:30pm PST. All webinars are $10, live with 1 week access afterwards. We will also get an updated peek at the ongoing renovations. For more information or registration please check out www.nyadventureclub.com or in the Events section at www.asthemoneyburns.com.

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Section 1 Music: Did You Mean It? By Jack Hylton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 2 Music: Love Is The Sweetest Thing by Al Bowlly, Albums Perfect Nostalgia, It’s Got Be Love, & Al Bowlly – Love Is The Sweetest Thing
Section 3 Music: It’s the Talk of the Town by Ambrose, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

The time has come for The Debutante of Her Season to make her grand entrance into Society. Will her long awaited night be all that she ever hoped and dreamed? Or are there other warning signs of looming disaster?

Suffering a tennis injury, Doris Duke must watch her own debutante ball from the sidelines. Her escort older heir to two fortunes Jimmy Cromwell keeps her company, while her mother Nanaline looks for potential marital alliances.

Other people and subjects include: Barbara Hutton, Nanaline Duke, Jakey Astor, Henry Van Alen, Sam Van Alen, Ned Stotesbury, Eva Stotesbury, Debutante of the Season, Newport cottage Rough Point, downsizing debutante ball, Tennis Week in Newport, Goelet ball, Alexander Hamilton Rice’s step granddaughter engagement party, future debutante Brenda Frazier, Henry Ford – Andrew Carnegie – Cornelius Vanderbilt attitudes on inherited wealth, and a work injury leading to creating this podcast.

Extra Notes / Call to Action:
Instagram: @MansionsoftheGildedAge and @TheGildedAgeSociety by Gary Lawrance
GoFundMe for archive digitization https://gofund.me/6c0d7a53
New York Adventure Clube www.nyadventureclub.com

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Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: The Eyes Of The World by Louis Levy, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 2 Music: Let’s Fall In Love For The Last Time by Mantovani, Albums The Great British Dance Bands & Tea Dance 2
Section 3 Music: There Isn’t Any Limit To My Love by Ambrose, Album It’s Got To Be Love
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Summer is in full swing in Newport, though the Crash has definitely taken its toll on this year’s colonists. Many wait in anticipation as the unlikely debutante of her season prepares to come out during none other than tennis week.

After bowing at Buckingham Palace, Doris Duke becomes THE Debutante of Her Season, while her friend Barbara Hutton also a debutante this season remains on the sidelines. During Newport’s Tennis Week, Doris is center of attention as her party is a few days away but then something happens that might change her new found popularity.

Other people and subjects include: August 1930, Frank Shields, Louise Van Alen, Jimmy Cromwell, Henry Van Alen, Sam Van Alen, Newport Tennis Casino, Newport cottage Rough Point, Elsa Maxwell, Bill Tilden, Bernard “Sailing” Baruch Jr, bank failures begin in Summer 1930, rising interest in wealthy in press, 2021 Wimbledon Naomi Osaka & Olympics Simone Biles, and modern social media pressure on public figures.

Extra Notes / Call to Action:
I’m Kind of a Big Deal by Christophe Zajak-Denek https://pod.link/1484411273

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Archival music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: I Feel Like A Feather In The Breeze by Carroll Gibbons, Album The Age of Style – Hits from the 30s
Section 2 Music: Hesitation Blues by Nat Gonella & His New Georgians, Album Perfect Blues
Section 3 Music: Hep! Hep! Jumpin’ Jive by Nat Gonella & His New Georgians, Album Dance Crazy
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

A great fortune doesn’t always lead to happy endings. The future isn’t always bright. Before the heartbreak begins, come take a glance to where it all might end.

An elderly patient is kept secluded and drugged as caretakers pilfer the financial resources. The end of lives of heirs and heiresses come with more concern over their remaining fortunes than their actual well being.

Other people and subjects include: forecast into the abuses awaiting the fortunes covered, elder abuse, financial abuse, mythology & fairy tales of dragon’s hoard, false imprisonment, dwindling fortunes, other recent celebrity elder abuse scandals (Estee Lauder, Frank Sinatra, Larry King, Mickey Rooney, Stan Lee, BB King), and the need for empathy despite perceived wealth.

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Archival music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Just A Mood by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz Classics
Section 2 Music: I Double Dare You by Jack Harris & His Orchestra, Albums More Sophistication & Hits of the 30s
Section 3 Music: Temptation Rag by Harry Roy, Album The Great British Dance Bands
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

The show must go on, even as the veneer of wealth starts slipping away. An opportunity allows one to shine as her private world continues to fall apart.

Cobina Wright performs at a smaller venue with Metropolitan Opera tenor Rafaelo Diaz. Cobina’s history with opera and performing flashes before her eyes reminding her that music has always helped her to cope with her circumstances at hand.

Other people and subjects include: July 5th 1930, Bill Wright, Oregon wilderness, European opera studies, Ocean Grove Auditorium, Lamperti, General Pershing, Green Pastures, coloratura soprano, old enduring friendships, and coping with circumstances when rebuilding & resilience.

Extra Notes / Call to Action:
Cobina Wright, Bill Wright, & General Pershing photo on social media
https://asthemoneyburns.com/
TW / IG – @asthemoneyburns
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/asthemoneyburns/

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Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Lullaby by Coleman Hawkins, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz Classics
Section 2 Music: Stardust by Freddie Gardner, Album More Sophistication
Section 3 Music: Palais De Danse by Sid Phillips, Albums The Great British Dance Bands & Tea Dance 2
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

While the younger heirs prepare for their rites into adulthood, the older heirs enjoy the life of exploration and adventure. The most important form of travel always involves the high seas.

After bowing at Buckingham Palace, Doris Duke returns to the United States aboard the Mauretania to prepare for her debutante ball. Traveling the opposite route, Huntington Hartford avoids his cheating scandal with a summer in Europe before starting Harvard. Utilizing the private yacht Nourmahal for the Astor Expedition, older heir Vincent Astor explores the Galapagos Islands among other tropical locations and brings back specimens of all sorts.

Other people and subjects include: Nanaline Duke, Henrietta Hartford, Astor yacht Nourmahal, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jakey Astor, Kermit Roosevelt, Museum of Natural History, Cunard & White Star Line, RMS Carpathia, Titanic, RMS Lusitania, Jonathan the Tortoise, and building resilience.

Extra Notes / Call to Action:
Red Cross https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/find-drive

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Archival music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: A Foggy Day by Carroll Gibbons, Album Sophistication 3
Section 2 Music: A Reckless Night On Board An Ocean by Sydney Lipton, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s
Section 3 Music: Red Sails In The Sunset by Casani Club Orchestra, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

While heiresses contend with debuts, heirs must focus on school, graduation, and university. Will the pressures of exams cause one heir to crack?

During his sixth year at St. Paul’s School in Concord, New Hampshire, Huntington Hartford enjoys a bit of popularity after successes in the solo sports squash and tennis – and literary. Only when he is caught cheating during his final exams, he once again faces the condemnation of his classmates who refuse to walk if he participates in graduation, despite his mother Henrietta’s generous offer.

Other people and subjects include: June 1930, Henrietta Hartford, Jakey Astor, Frank Shields, alumni donations, Ambassador Houghton, cheating scandal, Operation Varsity Blues, Felicity Huffman, Lori Loughlin, Olivia Jade, sex scandals, high school graduation, final exams, and personal cheating stories from both teacher mom and AP exams.

Extra Notes / Call to Action / Extra links:
Instagram: Mansions of the Gilded Age and The Gilded Age Society by Gary Lawrance
GoFundMe for archive digitization https://gofund.me/6c0d7a53

My recurring Waldorf-Astoria hotels webinar - Part 1 on Wednesday, June 16th and Part 2 Thursday, June 17th at 5:30pm EST / 2:30pm PST. New York Adventure Club www.nyadventureclub.com or the events section at https://asthemoneyburns.com.

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Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: One Two, Button Your Shoe by Jack Hylton, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s
Section 2 Music: Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue by The Savoy Orpheans, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20s
Section 3 Music: Umtcha, Umtcha, Da Da Da by The Rhythmic Eight, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20s
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

A royal debut comes with more attention and activities. The most awkward and least likely debutante is on her way to becoming the most celebrated of this season.

After Doris Duke is one of 17 Americans to bow and curtsey to King George V and Queen Mary at Buckingham Palace, Doris enjoys an increase in popularity before her debut. Meeting up with the Van Alen brothers, Doris spots David, the eligible Prince of Wales, with his married lover at London’s elite Embassy Club, which features jazz.

Other people and subjects include: Nanaline Duke, Elizabeth “Betty” Kent, Sam Van Alen, Henry Van Alen, Prince Alexis Mdivani, Thelma Morgan Furness, Gloria Vanderbilt, Prince David – Prince of Wales – King Edward VIII – Duke of Windsor, photo safari, US press on American debutante at court, Will Rogers, Prince Harry & Meghan Markle, and more public scrutiny with social media.

Extra Notes / Call to Action:
Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com

My recurring Waldorf-Astoria hotels webinar - Part 1 on Wednesday, June 16th and Part 2 Thursday, June 17th at 5:30pm EST / 2:30pm PST. New York Adventure Club www.nyadventureclub.com or the events section at https://asthemoneyburns.com.

Lady C discussing David, Prince of Wales popularity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_X02WZr4Ww

Will Rogers cartoon on social media
https://asthemoneyburns.com/
TW / IG – @asthemoneyburns
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/asthemoneyburns/

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Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: On The Air by Carroll Gibbons, Albums More Sophistication & Tea Dance 2
Section 2 Music: Got To Dance My Way To Heaven by Henry Hall, Albums The Great British Dance Bands & Tea Dance 2
Section 3 Music: Palais De Danse by Sid Phillips, Albums The Great British Dance Bands & Tea Dance 2
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

For the royally obsessed debutante, nothing is more enviable than to be presented at court. But such a high honor comes with a steep price.

Doris Duke is one of 17 Americans to bow and curtsey to King George V and Queen Mary at Buckingham Palace. The court presentation is a high honor that will make Doris one of the most notable debutantes of her season. The unmarried Prince of Wales is also in attendance.

Other people and subjects include: Nanaline Duke, Buck Duke, Mrs. Charles Dawes, Elizabeth “Betty” Kent, Prince Albert “Bertie” – Duke of York, Prince David – Prince of Wales, Queen Charlotte’s Ball, London Season, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip – Duke of Edinburgh, Princess Margaret, Joseph Kennedy, end of debutantes at court, more recent rise of debutante balls, and debutantes & debutante balls in pop culture (Made in Chelsea, Downton Abbey, The Crown, & Bridgerton).

Extra Notes / Call to Action:
My recurring Waldorf-Astoria hotels webinar - Part 1 on Wednesday, June 16th and Part 2 Thursday, June 17th at 5:30pm EST / 2:30pm PST. New York Adventure Club www.nyadventureclub.com or the events section at https://asthemoneyburns.com.

Extra links:
British Pathe “Debutantes for the Court” (1930)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srlPMnVrkhs

Pathe 1958 newsreel “Last of the Debutante Presentation Parties” (1958)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYW8hMuxak0

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Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: A Nice Cup Of Tea by Sam Costa & Peter Yorke & His Orchestra, Album Tea Dance 1920s, 30s, 40s Vintage Tea Party
Section 2 Music: The Eyes Of The World by Louis Levy, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 3 Music: Everything Stops For Tea by Mario “Harp” Lorenzi, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits Of The 30s
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Temporary seasonal changes might become more permanent under a new climate. In a showy opulent world, will those with losses be able to hide their less than spectacular circumstances?

In Palm Beach, Jessie Woolworth Donahue and Marjorie Merriweather Post Hutton prepare for Barbara Hutton’s debut later this year. At Cielito Lindo’s Moroccan tea pavilion, their friends Eva Stotesbury, Anna Dodge Dillman, and Cobina Wright gather to help plan a great celebration.

Other people and subjects include: Spring 1930, Doris Duke, Prince Alexis Mdivani, Princess Roussie Mdivani Sert, Josep Maria Sert, Mar-a-Lago, Playa Riente, El Mirasol, Woolworth Donahue, Jimmy “Jeem” Donahue, shipwreck, Duke & Duchess of Windsor, and more recent Palm Beach real estate listings.

Extra Notes / Call to Action:
Twitter Potato Lady Podcast Reviews – As The Money Burns, praising the 3 part format and giving a special shout out to the wonderful music provided by Past Perfect. The Potato Lady also did a wonderful sketch and video on the creation of her artwork.
https://twitter.com/BexGoos/status/137546662815961091
Video on creation of artwork
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Apcnmp7Xiio

My recurring Waldorf-Astoria hotels webinar - Part 1 on Wednesday, June 16th and Part 2 Thursday, June 17th at 5:30pm EST / 2:30pm PST. New York Adventure Club www.nyadventureclub.com or the events section at https://asthemoneyburns.com.

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Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Turkish Towel by The Savoy Havana Band, Album Fascinating Rhythm
Section 2 Music: Sunshine by Jack Hylton, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20s
Section 3 Music: Organ Grinder’s Song by Jack Payne, Album The Great British Dance Bands
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

The only two things certain in life are – death and taxes. While the former can’t be predicted and only happens once, the latter is guaranteed yearly for life.

With the effects of the Crash and the Great Depression wiping out fortunes, one millionaire is determined to keep his remaining money all to himself.

Ned Stotesbury is a generous and wealthy man who likes to live a big life, but the one thing he can’t stand is taxes. His grand estate Whitemarsh Hall will feel the effects of the 1929 Wall Street Crash and taxation to fund President Roosevelt’s New Deal, which stepson Jimmy Cromwell approves to Ned’s dismay and anger.

Other people and subjects include: Eva Stotesbury, Bar Harbor Club, death & taxes quote, tax evasion, Internal Revenue System IRS formation, Sixteenth Amendment, millionaire estimate pre and post Crash, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Louise Cromwell, largest mansions in US, Assistant District Attorney Ferdinand Pecora, Broadway Butterfly murder case & scandal, famous tax evaders, Al Capone, and a personal family experience with IRS tax audit.

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Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Red Sails In The Sunset by Casani Club Orchestra, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s
Section 2 Music: A Foggy Day by Carroll Gibbons, Album Sophistication 3
Section 3 Music: I Double Dare You by Jack Harris & His Orchestra, Albums More Sophistication & Hits of the 30s
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

All they want is love. Everyone else wants their fortune.

Male fortune hunters will pursue young heiresses even more aggressively after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression. This is a special episode commemorating the 1 year anniversary of As The Money Burns podcast. There will be some recapping past storylines and teasing future ones.

Other people and subjects include: Doris Duke, Barbara Hutton, big game hunters, Bridgerton, The Crown, and Downton Abbey.

Extra Notes / Call to Action:
Mark Bowden from YouTube’s Behavioral Panel had a great remark – Money can often get you a better standard of misery. At 46:10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYyEx20DiKU

Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com

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Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: These Foolish Things by Benny Carter, Album Perfect Blues
Section 2 Music: Fascinating Rhythm by The Savoy Orpheans, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20s
Section 3 Music: I Guess I Will Have To Change My Plan by Ambrose & His Orchestra, Album The Great British Dance Bands
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

As family fortunes are lost, wayward sons learn they might need to make some adjustments in their lifestyles. That is unless they can find the right young heiress to marry.

Two male heirs and recently divorced Walker Inman and Jimmy Cromwell return to their mothers Nanaline Duke and Eva Stotesbury for pampering before they re-enter the dating market. Walker twice won his Reno divorce from his showgirl ex-wife, whom Nanaline pays off to stop the ongoing scandalous press. Jimmy considers entering a career in politics if his stepfather Ned Stotesbury will fund the venture.

Other people and subjects include: Doris Duke, con artist Dapper Dan Collins, Ned Stotesbury, Evalyn Walsh McLean, Reno divorce, Whitemarsh Hall, Dodge fortune, Anna Dodge, Delphine Dodge, Christine Cromwell, Louise Cromwell, General Douglas MacArthur, Ziegfeld Follies, Great Gatsby, British royals, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Al Smith, Buck Duke, Nanaline Holt Inman Duke families, Count Victor Lustig, and second sons or lesser heir in dysfunctional family dynamics.

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Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Organ Grinder’s Song by Jack Payne, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 2 Music: On The Air by Carroll Gibbons, Albums More Sophistication & Tea Dance 2
Section 3 Music: Turkish Towel by The Savoy Havana Band, Album Fascinating Rhythm
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

The Crash has come, and the doom it brings will consume many. As the holidays approach, many wrestle with their new circumstances. For some, their despair will become far too much.

When banker J.J. Riordan commits suicide, those around him work to protect the bank from a run by depositors. A large crowd gathers for the funeral to see which famous people attend. Others try to determine their own financial futures.

Other people and subjects include: Vincent Astor, Cobina Wright, Bill Wright, Franklyn Delano Roosevelt, NY Governor Al Smith, Ned Stotesbury, Nanaline Duke, butler Fred, suicides, embezzlements, bank robberies, bank runs, Robert Benchley, Jesse Livermore, Empire State Building, FOBI (fear of being included), and Oprah Winfrey interview with Meghan Markle & Prince Harry, and concerns of suicides during pandemic.

Extra Notes / More suicide related information:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/slightly-blighty/202103/reporting-suicidal-ideation-why-piers-morgan-was-wrong
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/why-bad-looks-good/202008/why-suicides-may-increase-post-pandemic
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/why-bad-looks-good/202008/3-reasons-living-cited-suicide-survivors
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-mind-body-connection/202009/the-myths-and-warning-signs-suicide
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppSAlO9pmPA
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/patient-zero/202008/you-can-prevent-suicide-in-someone-close-you

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Archival music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: A Foggy Day by Carroll Gibbons, Album Sophistication 3
Section 2 Music: Lost In A Fog by Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz Classics
Section 3 Music: These Foolish Things by Benny Carter, Album Perfect Blues
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Their fates have changed, but somethings will always remain the same. Every year birthdays come and go. Will our heiresses celebrate and make a wish for a better tomorrow?

Away at their boarding schools, Barbara Hutton and Doris Duke are ignored and forgotten on their birthdays. Eventually, Barbara celebrates with her loyal servants, while Doris gets a visit with her brother Walker Inman. Meanwhile both girls are unaware that several classmates won’t be returning after the holidays.

Other people and subjects include: November 1929, Fermata, Prince Alexis Mdivani, governess Ticki, famous births of rich heirs and heiresses, Jakey Astor, Evalyn Walsh McLean, William Randolph Hearst, Louise Van Alen, complication of sorting out historical dates, zodiac & astrology, horoscope, Catherine de Medici & Nostradamus, birthday song copyright, and the desire to predict the future during unstable times.

Extra Notes / Call to Action:
The Eff Your Fears podcast by Ashley Menard https://www.effyourfears.com/

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Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Sweet Sixteen And Never Been Kissed by Blue Mountaineers, Albums The Great Dance Bands & Play Hits of the 30s
Section 2 Music: You Started Something by Billy Ternent & Sam Browne, Album Elegance 2
Section 3 Music: The Very Thought of You by Al Bowlly, Album More Sophistication
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

As the long perfect Indian summer ends, there is one final party to attend. Only the Wall Street Crash takes out more than stocks, and all that is known will soon be questioned.

Supreme hostess and opera singer Cobina Wright throws another fabulous party all the while wondering who among her guests have lost their fortunes in the Crash all the while trying to keep her own secret.

Other people and subjects include: Bill Wright, Lil Cobina Wright Jr, Eve Curie, Prince Serge Obolensky, Ava Alice Astor, Doris Duke, Walter Damrosch, reversals of fortune, boom to bust, Waldorf-Astoria two hotels, Doris Duke, Barbara Hutton, Jakey Astor, Vincent Astor, Louise Van Alen, Huntington Hartford, Jimmy Cromwell, Alice Vanderbilt, butlers Bruce & Fred, money problems both too much & losses, and GameStop stock trades.

Extra Notes / Call to Action:
The Eff Your Fears podcast by Ashley Menard https://www.effyourfears.com/
New York Adventure Club webinars www.nyadventureclub.com

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Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Top Hat, White Tie and Tails by Carroll Gibbons & Boy Friends, Album Sophistication – Songs of the Thirties
Section 2 Music: Nightfall by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz Classics
Section 3 Music: These Foolish Things by Benny Carter, Album Perfect Blues
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

The summer is over, and for our young heirs and heiresses that means returning to school. Money doesn’t guarantee popularity, especially when even the wealthy resent the wealthier.

Doris Duke, Barbara Hutton, Huntington Hartford, and Jakey Astor all return to their individual private and boarding schools. Isolated and alone, the heirs and heiresses must contend with their disapproving classmates. Frank Shields plans to transfer to a Connecticut private school near Barbara, and Louise Van Alen preps for her ongoing debutante activities.

Other people and subjects include: Brearley, St. Paul’s in Concord NH, Miss Porter’s in Farmington CT, Roxbury School, Cheshire Academy, St. Georges in Newport, elite education, private school, old money vs. new money, famous alumni, and a summer school experience in Rhode Island.

Extra Notes / Call to Action:
Upcoming New York Adventure Webinars by Nicki Woodard – the original Waldorf-Astoria on Feb 4th and Waldorf-Astoria NY on Feb 11th. Only $10 each, live presentation with access for a week later. Information can also be located in the News & Events section of https://asthemoneyburns.com as well as at www.nyadventureclub.com.

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Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Plain Mary Jane by Mrs. Jack Hylton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 2 Music: Ain’t She Sweet by Piccadilly Revels Band, Album Charleston – Great Stars Of the 20s
Section 3 Music: Sweet Sixteen And Never Been Kissed by Blue Mountaineers, Albums The Great Dance Bands & Play Hits of the 30s
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

As the heat wave continues to soar, so does the stock market. A new peak brings hope for an even better tomorrow and clouds judgement for the dangers ahead.

The heat of Labor Day weekend causes many to flee the city only to cause traffic jams upon return. But it’s the heat on Wall Street that really has everyone excited. The ever ambitious Nanaline Duke invests heavily with stockbroker Bill Wright. To celebrate the summer’s profits, Bill whisks his wife & opera singer Cobina Wright off to Paris.

Other people and subjects include: September 1929 heatwave, stock market record peak, investing craze, zeppelins, early television set, early economic depression warnings, Ivar Krueger, Charles Ponzi, investment scams, lottery dreams, Savings and Loans real estate scam, and Arthur Andersen fraud, American Greed, and family business scam.

Extra Notes / Call to Action:
Upcoming New York Adventure Webinars by Nicki Woodard – the original Waldorf-Astoria on Feb 4th and Waldorf-Astoria NY on Feb 11th. Only $10 each, live presentation with access for a week later. Information can also be located in the News & Events section of https://asthemoneyburns.com as well as at www.nyadventureclub.com.

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Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Button Up Your Overcoat by Jack Hylton, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20s
Section 2 Music: Just As Long As The World Goes Round And Around by Jay Wilbur, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 3 Music: I Guess I Will Have To Change My Plan by Ambrose & His Orchestra, Album The Great British Dance Bands
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

The summer is ending, but there’s one last activity before everyone heads off for the fall. This one requires shovels and buckets, no fancy dresses nor jewels needed.

After all the glitz and glamour, it’s time to get a little dirty.

Over a hot Labor Day weekend, the preferred activity is crabbing. Amongst the waves and rocks, Louise Van Alen worries about her secret romance with Prince Alexis Mdivani, and her concerns are valid when looking at older couple Grace Wilson Vanderbilt and her husband Neily Vanderbilt. Doris Duke with Jimmy Cromwell and Barbara Hutton with Frank Shields have various success with their buckets, hinting at their own situations.

Other people and subjects include: Cobina Wright, Bill Wright, Lil Cobina Wright Jr, Alice Vanderbilt, forbidden love, RT Wilson, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, Austrian Prince Henry, Gloria Vanderbilt, and crabs in a bucket mentality.

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Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Red Sails In The Sunset by Casani Club Orchestra, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s
Section 2 Music: Stars Fell On Alabama by Lew Stone, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 3 Music: Sunshine by Jack Hylton, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20s
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

After a small dinner party of nearly 50, the real attraction of a debutante’s coming out is an elaborate dance with a few more hundred attending.

The whirl of partners and romantic intrigue is only beginning.

Reigning It Girl Louise Van Alen finally has her debutante ball. It’s a fairy tale night especially with her royal escort and secret lover Prince Alexis Mdivani. Barbara Hutton and Doris Duke both scored last minute invites but nearly ruin the night. Will there be a happily ever after?

Other people and subjects include: Daisy Van Alen, Henry Van Alen, Sam Van Alen, William Vanderbilt, Nanaline Duke, Franklyn Hutton, Irene Hutton, Jakey Astor, Huntington Hartford, Frank Shields, Cobina Wright, Bill Wright, debutante ball traditions, international debutante balls (Australia, Vienna, Harlem, Georgia, Latin quinceanera), King George III & Queen Charlotte , Queen Victoria, Prince of Wales plume, white dresses & gloves, stag lines, pop culture debutantes (Gossip Girl, Sandra Dee, the O.C., Gilmore Girls, Law & Order SVU, CSI: NY, Cold Case), popular actual debutantes, and fairy tale illusions of happily ever afters.

Extra Notes / Call to Action:
The Eff Your Fears podcast by Ashley Menard https://www.effyourfears.com/
I’m Kind of a Big Deal by Christophe Zajak-Denek https://pod.link/1484411273
Armchair Historians by Anne-Marie Cannon www.armchairhistorians.com

New York Adventure Club www.nyadventureclub.com

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Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: I Guess I Will Have To Change My Plan by Ambrose & His Orchestra, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 2 Music: In the Mood for Love by Freddy Gardner, Album Elegance
Section 3 Music: If This Is Only The Beginning by Billy Ternent, Album Elegance
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

A debutante’s coming out is a never ending list of nonstop activities. Before the big dance, dinner is served for the most exclusive guests.

Wanna see what the fuss is all about?

Henry Van Alen officially presents his sister Louise Van Alen as debutante at a private dinner at Wakehurst before the big ball. Finally invited to the dance only, Doris Duke and Barbara Hutton rush to get ready for the big event. Louise’s secret relationship with Prince Alexis Mdivani seems to follow a long Astor and Van Alen history of complicated romances.

Other people and subjects include: Doris Duke, Barbara Hutton, Daisy Van Alen, Sam Van Alen, Frank Shields, Irene Hutton, governess Ticki, Newport cottage Wakehurst, Caroline Astor, unapproved marital alliances, Emily Astor, Prohibition, Prince Serge Obolensky, Ava Alice Astor, International Debutante Ball, Waldorf Astoria NY, Vera Wang, and recent debutantes Princesses Obolensky.

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Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: One In A Million by Brian Lawrance, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 2 Music: The Girl Friend by Savoy Orpheans, Album Charleston – Great Stars Of The 1920s
Section 3 Music: Just As Long As The World Goes Round And Around by Jay Wilbur, Album The Great British Dance Bands
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

The time is finally here. A debutante is coming out. It’s going to be THE grand event everyone wants to attend. But first, things first, everyone must gather for tea.

The invitations have been sent, and soon we’ll learn who is in and out.

Events leading up to Louise Van Alen’s debutante ball puts everyone high alert as it becomes who has been invited and who hasn’t. Prince Alexis Mdivani, Frank Shields, Jakey Astor, and the Van Alen brothers make their ways at the necessary activities, while the invited Doris Duke and Prince realize Barbara Hutton is not included.

Other people and subjects include: Henry Van Alen, Sam Van Alen, Daisy Van Alen, French governess Jenny Renaud, Caroline Astor, William Backhouse Astor Jr, Carrie Astor, Alva Vanderbilt, Consuelo Vanderbilt, William K Vanderbilt III, retracing historical dates, social rules on mourning, and social exclusion especially amongst teens.

Extra Notes / Call to Action:
Armchair Historians with Anne Marie Cannon interviews Nicki Woodard, her website www.armchairhistorians.com

Second Waldorf Astoria Hotel webinar Thursday December 3rd both at 5:30pm Eastern and 2:30pm Pacific at New York Adventure Club www.nyadventureclub.com. Live with 1 week recorded access afterwards. Only $10 each

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Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Everything Stops For Tea by Mario “Harp” Lorenzi, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits Of The 30s
Section 2 Music: You Go To My Head by Joe Loss, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 3 Music: I Guess I Will Have To Change My Plan by Ambrose & His Orchestra, Album The Great British Dance Bands
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

It’s that exciting time of year – tennis in Newport. When a movie star handsome tennis champion and future Wimbledon star comes and challenges our reigning Prince’s dominance.

The originating point of zero in tennis is called Love, and that’s the game our heiresses are most interested in playing. Ready to keep score over who will win our heiresses’ hearts?

Teen tennis champion Frank Shields wins hearts both on and off the court. Prince Alexis Mdivani is not happy with this new competition.

Other people and subjects include: August 1929, Barbara Hutton, Doris Duke, Louise Van Alen, Jimmy Cromwell, Jimmy Van Alen aka Jimmy, William Van Alen aka Sam, Jakey Astor, Huntington Hartford, origins of tennis, French King Louis X, King Henry VIII, tiebreak, “Big Bill” William Tilden, Maud Barger-Wallach, Newport Casino, and a summer school program with young love, tennis, & visits to Newport.

Extra Notes / Call to Action:
Waldorf Astoria Hotels on Thursday November 19th and December 3rd. That’s at New York Adventure Club – website www.nyadventureclub.com. Information also available through the News-Events tab at asthemoneyburns.com. Only $10, live, with 1 week recorded access afterwards.

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Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Button Up Your Overcoat by Jack Hylton, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20s
Section 2 Music: Ain’t She Sweet by Piccadilly Revels Band, Album Charleston – Great Stars Of the 20s
Section 3 Music: It’s the Talk of the Town by Ambrose, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

A special episode commemorating the 91st Anniversary of the 1929 Wall Street Crash.

Details of the worst day of the New York stock market that led to the Great Depression. A recap of the primary heirs and heiresses of America’s most famous fortunes whose interconnected lives will be changed due to the Great Depression, whether family dynamics, finances, scams, love & romance, and so much more…

Other people and subjects include: immediate losses in fortunes, suicides, heatwave during Labor Day 1931 & hottest stock market day, now falling stock prices, Barbara Hutton, Doris Duke, Jakey Astor, Louise Van Alen, Prince Alexis Mdivani, Cobina Wright, Huntington Hartford, and ongoing unknown changes due to pandemic.

Extra Notes / Call to Action:
Past Perfect Vintage Music – www.pastperfect.com

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: These Foolish Things by Benny Carter, Album Perfect Blues
Section 2 Music: I Double Dare You by Jack Harris & His Orchestra, Albums More Sophistication & Hits of the 30s
Section 3 Music: Fascinating Rhythm by The Savoy Orpheans, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20s
End Music: Nightfall by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz Classics

Another prince comes to visit with his heiress wife. In a world where young heiresses dream of romantic love, this couple is the epitome of relationship goals. Only will his presence cause problems for the current reigning royal?

Two dispossessed Russian princes are floating about Newport. Prince Serge Obolensky with his wife Ava Alice Astor is making the rounds much to the displeasure of Prince Alexis Mdivani. All are present for the upcoming debutante ball of Louise Van Alen.

Other people and subjects include: Vincent Astor, Helen Astor, Russian Revolution, World War I as family feud & end of royal monarchies, royal impostors, dispossessed royals, Lady Colin Campbell, and fascinations with royals throughout history and more recently Wallis Simpson and Meghan Markle.

Extra Notes / Call to Action:
Other podcast mention: I’m Kind of a Big Deal by Christophe Zajak-Danek, covers people with dwarfism
I’m Kind of a Big Deal by Christophe Zajak-Denek https://pod.link/1484411273

My two original Waldorf Astoria Hotels Thursday November 19th and Thursday December 3rd both at 5:30pm Eastern and 2:30pm Pacific at New York Adventure Club www.nyadventureclub.com. Live with 1 week recorded access afterwards. Only $10 each.

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Archival music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Sunshine by Jack Hylton, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20s
Section 2 Music: Stardust by Freddie Gardner, Album More Sophistication
Section 3 Music: Temptation Rag by Harry Roy, Album The Great British Dance Bands
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

There’s a lot of commotion when a $100 grand goes missing, but why is that a problem for multi-millionaires?

Trust in love and money can be dangerous things when mixed together.

Cobina Wright is constantly worrying over her husband Bill’s cheating with multiple women and ends up missing more pressing financial red flags. Nanaline Duke finally secures investment with Bill and is on the way to building her own personal fortune.

Other people and subjects include: Autumn 1929, Hamptons mansion Sands Point aka Casa Cobina, Maestro Arturo Toscanini, Sutton Place home, missing $100k, cheating & infidelity rumors, Fanny Brice, Lil Cobina Wright Jr playing with other royal children & future paramour Prince Phillip, rose-colored glasses, denial, and facing life’s circumstances.

Extra Notes / Call to Action:
Waldorf Astoria Hotels pre-1929 Thursday November 19th and 1931 + later Thursday December 3rd both at 5:30pm EST / 4:30pm CST / 2:30pm PST at New York Adventure Club www.nyadventureclub.com.

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Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Nightfall by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz Classics
Section 2 Music: These Foolish Things by Benny Carter, Album Perfect Blues
Section 3 Music: Just A Mood by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz Classics
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Parental conflict pushes an heiress into a match with a neighboring though equally challenging heir. The chance of finally having a loving warm maternal bond proves more than alluring.

After winning a lawsuit against her mother Nanaline, Doris Duke is pushed towards another heir and neighbor Huntington Hartford. However his relationship with his mother Henrietta complicates matters.

Other people and subjects include: Henrietta Hartford, Barbara Hutton, Louise Van Alen, Prince Alexis Mdivani, Daisy Van Alen, A&P Grocery Store fortune, Edward Hartford, Newport cottage Seaverge, and FOMO & social media.

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: The Younger Generation by Ray Noble, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s
Section 2 Music: Plain Mary Jane by Mrs. Jack Hylton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 3 Music: One In A Million by Brian Lawrance, Album The Great British Dance Bands
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Unsuccessfully navigating the rough waters of adolescence and love leaves one heiress literally drifting out to sea.

After getting into a fight with friend Doris Duke over the secret love affair between Louise Van Alen and Prince Alexis Mdivani, teen heiress Barbara Hutton finds herself stranded and alone in a sailboat in open sea.

Other people and subjects include: Franklyn Hutton, Coast Guard, inaccuracies and problems with biographies, tv mini-series, Farrah Fawcett, Lauren Bacall, trying to locate the truths, female naming conventions & complications, Silvia de Riva de Castilleja de Guzman, love triangle, love quadrangle, and nostalgia of young love & romance.

Extra Notes / Call to Action:
Other history podcast inspirations – Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History, Aaron Mahnke’s Lore, Dana Schwartz’s Noble Blood

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Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Button Up Your Overcoat by Jack Hylton, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20s
Section 2 Music: You Hit The Spot by Carroll Gibbons, Album The Age of Style – Hits from the 30s
Section 3 Music: Top Hat, White Tie and Tails by Carroll Gibbons & Boy Friends, Album Sophistication – Songs of the Thirties
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Music soothes the soul and can cross racial lines. When a supreme hostess introduces an international guest to one local style, a new media sensation is created.

Supreme hostess Cobina Wright hosts a reception for famed French composer Maurice Ravel. The entertainment includes the best of the Harlem Renaissance including Hall Johnson and his choir.

Other people and subjects include: Doris Duke, Barbara Hutton, Walter Damrosch, Feodor Chaliapin, George Gershwin, Savoy Ballroom, Oregon frontier to opera star Cobina Wright, Spirituals in France, jazz, Bessie Smith, Green Pastures film, Porgy & Bess musical, Dumbo, best day of stock market before the Crash, and work and work experiences with Spirituals history, Swings, and early jazz music.

Extra Notes / Call to Action:
Bessie Smith ST LOUIS BLUES 1929 on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAIWkANToPA
Public Domain Movies
https://publicdomainmovies.info/st-louis-blues-1929-musical/
Library of Congress
https://www.loc.gov/item/mbrs00063365/

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St. Louis Blues with Bessie Smith is in the public domain and provided by the Library of Congress.
All other archival music is provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Swingin’ The Blues by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Perfect Blues
Section 1 Music: St. Louis Blues by Bessie Smith & Hall Johnson Choir, 1929 Film St. Louis Blues
Section 2 Music: The Charleston by The Savoy Orpheans, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20s
Section 3 Music: Swinging at Maida by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Jazz Age!
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

A family fortune isn’t always family friendly.

Sibling rivalry can reach great heights when money is divided unequally, especially after one infamous maritime tragedy changed the course of a dynasty.

When the Titanic sinks, the richest man aboard went down with the ship leaving behind a young pregnant wife. The oldest son inherited everything and is unwilling to accept his new half brother. The importance of family relationships especially between half siblings.

Other people and subjects include: Summer 1929, April 1912, Jakey Astor, Vincent Astor, Ava Astor, Doris Duke, Barbara Hutton, Regatta, Astor yacht Nourmahal, John Jacob Astor IV, Madaleine Astor, uneven inheritances, first Forbes Richest list, New York Public Library, St. Regis & Knickerbocker hotels, and sibling & half-sibling dynamics.

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: These Foolish Things by Benny Carter, Album Perfect Blues
Section 2 Music: Nightfall by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz Classics
Section 3 Music: These Foolish Things by Benny Carter, Album Perfect Blues
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

An heir to two fortunes is back on the market. Which unlucky heiress will win his heart?

Some perfect moments can turn so bad that one wishes it had only been a nightmare. Our heiress Doris Duke finds herself stuck in two situations that go horribly wrong. No matter the era, adolescence is never easy with or without those awkwardly bad moments.

Other people and subjects include: Bailey’s Beach, Barbara Hutton, James HR Cromwell aka Jimmy, Cobina Wright, Bar Harbor, Hope Diamond, Floranada, Nanaline Duke, Ned Stotesbury, Eva Stotesbury, Evalyn Walsh McLean, Anna Dodge, Fort Lauderdale, Louise Van Alen, Jakey Astor, Prince Alexis Mdivani, lovers in Paris after World War I, and inappropriate seductions.

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Archival music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: You Hit The Spot by Carroll Gibbons, Album The Age of Style – Hits from the 30s
Section 2 Music: These Foolish Things by Benny Carter, Album Perfect Blues
Section 3 Music: Top Hat, White Tie and Tails by Carroll Gibbons & Boy Friends, Album Sophistication – Songs of the Thirties
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Everyone wants a happily ever after, though few are prepared for the misery that a broken heart brings.

Financial woes and broken hearts can increase the risk of suicide. Though the truth behind suicides in 1929 is more complicated than the prevailing myths. With the more recent concern in another rise, the close personal connections to the subject are revealed.

Other people and subjects include: Barbara Hutton, Edna Woolworth Hutton, Franklyn Hutton, Doris Duke, Cobina Wright, Nanaline Duke, suicide, Franklyn Hutton, Frank Woolworth, Jessie Woolworth Donahue, rise of suicides pre-Crash, and rising concern about suicides during pandemic.

Extra Notes / Call to Action / Related articles:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/why-bad-looks-good/202008/why-suicides-may-increase-post-pandemic
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/why-bad-looks-good/202008/3-reasons-living-cited-suicide-survivors
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-mind-body-connection/202009/the-myths-and-warning-signs-suicide

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Archival music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Nightfall by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz Classics
Section 2 Music: Just A Mood by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz Classics
Section 3 Music: Lost In A Fog by Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz Classics
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

They say the sun never sets on a Vanderbilt, but no good fortune lasts forever.

Dowager Alice Vanderbilt opens the Breakers after a season away. The great Vanderbilt fortune is no longer growing and dwindling under the weight of far too many heirs. In her twilight years, Alice tries to hide her financial situation while trying to see who will be the next Society queen her daughter-in-law Grace Wilson Vanderbilt or Daisy Van Alen.

Too many heirs with not enough wealth builders lead to the demise of the Vanderbilt dynasty before the Great Depression. Though some future lesser heirs amass their own fortunes, and one leaves behind a musical legacy that has made all our lives far richer.

Other people and subjects include: Barbara Hutton, Doris Duke, Louise Astor Van Alen, Astor vs Vanderbilt fortunes, Newport cottages (Breakers, Wakehurst, & Beechwood), Caroline Astor, Alva Vanderbilt, disinheritance, loss of fortune, CW’s original Gossip Girl tv series Nate Archibald, Gloria Vanderbilt, Anderson Cooper, Princess Diana, Timothy Olyphant, Altered Carbon, music producer John Hammond, and Benny Carter.

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Nightfall by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz Classics
Section 2 Music: These Foolish Things by Benny Carter, Album Perfect Blues
Section 3 Music: Nightfall by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz Classics
End Music: These Foolish Things by Benny Carter, Album Perfect Blues

Polo might be the sport of kings, but for our young heiresses the prize seems to be their hearts.

Polo week brings lots of exciting matches both on and off the fields. A history of polo mixes with its modern day celebrities – Ralph Lauren model Nacho Figueras as well the British royal family being the most current famous players.

Other people and subjects include: Barbara Hutton, Doris Duke, Louise Van Alen, Prince Alexis Mdivani, Jakey Astor, Van Alen brothers, Persian elite royal guard, Marrying Mdivanis, polo in pop culture, Flash Gordon, Pretty Woman, and famous players Prince Philip, Prince Charles, Prince William, & Prince Harry.

Extra Notes / Call to Action:
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Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Button Up Your Overcoat by Jack Hylton, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20s
Section 1 Additional Music: In the Mood for Love by Freddy Gardner, Album Elegance
Section 2 Music: One In A Million by Brian Lawrance, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 3 Music: Fascinating Rhythm by The Savoy Orpheans, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20s
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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.

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Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Nightfall by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz Classics
Section 2 Music: These Foolish Things by Benny Carter, Album Perfect Blues
Section 3 Music: Top Hat, White Tie and Tails by Carroll Gibbons & Boy Friends, Album Sophistication – Songs of the Thirties
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Wealth can be both a blessing and a curse. It allows many to wander far and wide, and one soul has been wandering for an eternity.  

The discovery of a lifetime almost didn’t happen, but when Howard Carter found King Tut’s tomb everything changed. Curses and mummies came with fame and fortune. Come see how the fortune behind the discovery also connects to our stories of heirs and heiresses, the Titanic and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, as well as Universal’s Mummy Franchise and Downton Abbey.

Other people and subjects include: November 1922, Ava Alice Muriel Astor, Lady Evelyn Herbert of Carnarvon, Lord Carnarvon, Highclere Castle, Prince Kamel Fahm Bey of Egypt, Pola Negri, and the ongoing pop culture fascination with Egypt.

Extra Notes / Call to Action:
If possible, please consider donating blood via Red Cross, https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/find-drive.

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Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Nightfall by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz Classics
Section 2 Music: – I Double Dare You by Jack Harris & His Orchestra, Albums More Sophistication & Hits of the 30s
Section 3 Music: Top Hat, White Tie and Tails by Carroll Gibbons & Boy Friends, Album Sophistication – Songs of the Thirties
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Do you remember your first love? Ever had a magical summer romance? Summer is starting, and love is in the air.  

Teen heiresses Doris Duke, Barbara Hutton, and Louise Van Alen vie for status and love all while preparing for the age old Society event – their debutante balls. Explore the traditions and obstacles to joining Society, where one needs more than money to belong. They want to enjoy life unaware life is already changing much like today’s Springbreakers and thwarted proms and graduations.

Other people and subjects include: summer 1929, John Jacob Astor VI aka Jakey, Prince Alexis Mdivani, Franklyn Hutton, Nanaline Duke, French governess Jenny Renaud, governess Ticki, Caroline Astor, rise of Newport, Rhode Island, Society traditions, debutantes balls, society marriages, new money vs old money, and the importance of coming of age traditions.

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Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Nightfall by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz Classics
Section 2 Music: These Foolish Things by Benny Carter, Album Perfect Blues
Section 3 Music: Top Hat, White Tie and Tails by Carroll Gibbons & Boy Friends, Album Sophistication – Songs of the Thirties
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Some have money, the others don’t. In the game of fortunes, the heart might be the first casualty. Can you figure out who’s who?  

Even before the Wall Street life was not what it seems, and already people are hiding the truths of their situations both love triangles and fortunes while trying to stay amongst the elite. It may be decades later, but Newport still has appeal for the likes of Taylor Swift.

Other people and subjects include: Barbara Hutton, Doris Duke, Louise Van Alen, Prince Alexis Mdivani, Jakey Astor, Van Alen brothers, love triangles, 1929 gossip column on Newport, young heiresses, naming conventions & nicknames, and modern Newporters Taylor Swift, Judge Judy, Jay Leno, & Larry Ellison.

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Nightfall by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz Classics
Section 2 Music: These Foolish Things by Benny Carter, Album Perfect Blues
Section 3 Music: Top Hat, White Tie and Tails by Carroll Gibbons & Boy Friends, Album Sophistication – Songs of the Thirties
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

We all dream about the security money will provide us. Only in a world where money is primarily inherited, it is the very factor that could most endanger one’s life.  

An ailing Buck Duke warns his daughter Doris about dangers of inheriting wealth. Come explore the history behind the Duke fortune, and how the loss of a father relates to our current pandemic lives.

Other people and subjects include: Duke family wealth, Washington Duke, Ben Duke, Angiers Duke, Walker Inman, Duke University, Tobacco Wars, post Civil War rise & fall of southern fortunes, estate wills, daddy’s girls, and losing your person.

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Nightfall by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz Classics
Section 2 Music: These Foolish Things by Benny Carter, Album Perfect Blues
Section 3 Music: Top Hat, White Tie and Tails by Carroll Gibbons & Boy Friends, Album Sophistication – Songs of the Thirties
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

All they want is love.  Everyone else wants their fortune.  An introduction into the historical podcast series exploring the lives of the super rich and what happens when the Great Depression changes their world forever.

Each podcast episode includes three sections: a narrative story, a deeper exploration into historical facts, and contemporary relevance and connections.

Other people and subjects include: Wall Street Crash, the Great Depression, heirs, heiresses, and pandemic.

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Nightfall by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz Classics
Section 2 Music: These Foolish Things by Benny Carter, Album Perfect Blues
Section 3 Music: Top Hat, White Tie and Tails by Carroll Gibbons & Boy Friends, Album Sophistication – Songs of the Thirties
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands