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The Gold Rush — How the West Was Really Won

The Gold Rush — How the West Was Really Won

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 Host Jack Maddox uncovers the untold truths of the California Gold Rush, revealing that the real winners weren't miners but shrewd merchants, and the real losers were Indigenous communities destroyed by westward greed. From supply-store empires to devastating cultural erasure, discover how fortunes were built on dreams and tragedy.

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  • The Gold Rush — How the West Was Really Won - Stake your claim to the true story with Jack Maddox

    The Gold Rush — How the West Was Really Won - Stake your claim to the true story with Jack Maddox
    Apr 7 2026
    Join host Jack Maddox as he unearths the untold truth behind the California Gold Rush—opportunists who struck it rich without mining, boomtowns built on chaos, and indigenous communities shattered by expansion. Forget the sanitized textbook version: this is the real saga of greed, survival, and the brutal cost of building America's West.

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    1 min
  • The Gold Rush — How the West Was Really Won - The People Who Were Already There

    The Gold Rush — How the West Was Really Won - The People Who Were Already There
    Apr 7 2026
    Jack Maddox examines the California Gold Rush's devastating impact on Indigenous peoples in this episode of Greed, Grit, and the Price of Fortune. From state-sanctioned massacres to forced labor laws, the episode covers how an estimated 80-90% population decline occurred between 1848-1870. Learn how gold fever accelerated genocide under the banner of manifest destiny and progress.

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    23 mins
  • The Gold Rush — How the West Was Really Won - 300,000 Strangers and the World's Wildest Boomtown

    The Gold Rush — How the West Was Really Won - 300,000 Strangers and the World's Wildest Boomtown
    Apr 7 2026
    Jack Maddox explores the California Gold Rush, tracing how 300,000 strangers from around the globe transformed a remote frontier into a state in just two years. From treacherous journeys to chaotic mining camps, ethnic tensions, and economic upheaval, discover the brutal reality behind the glittering myth that built modern California.

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    30 mins
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