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Gilded Gang

Ian Donnelly and Evan Bruning•gildengang.wordpress.com
History
Education
Government
This is a history podcast about the Gilded Age of American history. As terminally Online and polisci people, we wanted to do a podcast about an under discussed era of American history with... distressingly close ties to today's social, cultural, and political world. We hope you enjoy.
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Episodes

Those Damn Pinkertons

In this week’s episode, Evan and Ian discuss the trials and tribulations of the burgeoning labor movement in the United States. With a focus on the Pinkerton Agency and a handful of semi-successful strikes, this episode will help you understand what women and men had to go through to win labor rights we all take Continue reading "Those Damn Pinkertons"

Dec 18, 2019•1 hr 7 min

Real Gilded Age Hours, Who’s Up

In this week’s episode, Evan and Ian get into the classic Gilded Age topics, including monopolies (trusts), robber barons, wealth creation through market domination, and judicial challenges to these companies.

Nov 23, 2019•1 hr 1 min

Reconstruction’s Failures

In this episode, Evan and Ian discuss Reconstruction in Washington, and talk amendments, impeachment, and the court.

Nov 11, 2019•1 hr 5 min

The South In Ruin

In the first full episode of The Gilded Gang, Evan and Ian get into what life on the ground in the South after the Civil War looked like (bad, it was bad), and the tragic failure of reconstruction.

Oct 23, 2019•57 min

Setting the Stage

In the inaugural episode of the Gilded Gang, Evan and Ian go over what we’ll be talking about on the show (time period, major players, themes and trends) while getting sidetracked on things like politics, milk, and $5 shot deals.

Oct 10, 2019•58 min
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