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March 11, 2024

EP. 233 — Ponzi She Betta! w/ Seth Morris

What’s Poppin’ Con-gregation? This week, comedian Seth Morris joins the show to discuss, Adelheid Spitzeder, a womanizing actress who became known not for her talent on the stage, but for conducting history’s first recorded Ponzi scheme. Stay Schemin’!

 

This was recorded on January 9th 2024.

 

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Sources:

https://www.aier.org/article/adele-spitzeder-the-queen-of-confidence-tricksters/

“Foreign exchange rates 1804–1914” by Håkan Lobell

https://www.riksbank.se/globalassets/media/forskning/monetar-statistik/volym1/6.pdf

https://books.google.com/books?id=4ySERiKHkb4C&pg=PA291#v=onepage&q&f=false

https://www.science.org/content/article/scienceshot-did-lead-poisoning-bring-down-ancient-rome#:~:text=When%20in%20ancient%20Rome%2C%20don,and%20hastened%20the%20empire’s%20fall.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/apr/21/ancient-rome-tap-water-contaminated-lead-researchers#:~:text=Ancient%20Rome’s%20tap%20water%20heavily%20contaminated%20with%20lead%2C%20researchers%20say,-This%20article%20is&text=Tap%20water%20in%20ancient%20Rome,local%20spring%20water%2C%20researchers%20say.

https://www.wineenthusiast.com/culture/wine/lead-toxicity-wine-history/

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