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Wild West - Gold Rush

Wild West - Gold Rush

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Host Jack Maddox digs into the California Gold Rush using actual diaries, letters, and reports from those who lived it. Each episode reveals the raw truth behind the fever — the brutal economics, the silenced voices, and the human cost buried beneath the glittering myth of easy fortune.

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  • Wild West Gold Rush - Stake Your Claim on the Frontier with Jack Maddox
    Apr 7 2026
    Join host Jack Maddox as he unearths the raw, unfiltered voices of the California Gold Rush through actual diaries and letters. Discover the fever dreams, brutal realities, and forgotten stories that shaped the Wild West—straight from those who lived it. This isn't sanitized legend; it's history as wild and dangerous as it actually was.

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    1 min
  • Wild West - Gold Rush - Written Out of the Story
    Apr 7 2026
    Host Jack Maddox explores the untold histories of the 1849 California Gold Rush through archival letters and diaries. This episode examines how Latino miners, Chinese laborers, and Native communities faced systematic violence and displacement, while gold discoverers John Sutter and James Marshall ended up destitute—revealing who truly profited from America's most famous treasure hunt.

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    22 mins
  • Wild West - Gold Rush - The Ledger Never Lies
    Apr 7 2026
    Host Jack Maddox explores the brutal economics of the California Gold Rush through miners' actual diaries and letters. When coffee costs $75 a pound and your best mining day nets $37, the math reveals a harsh truth: the real fortunes belonged to merchants like Levi Strauss and Wells Fargo, not the prospectors themselves.

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    23 mins
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