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Why are humans seemingly hardwired to worship gold? It is unique amongst metals: it is malleable, it doesn’t tarnish, and it shines like nothing else. Over time it has come to symbolise wealth and status. It can represent goodness and fidelity but also greed and lust. Financial educator, author and broadcaster Alvin Hall explores why we are so obsessed with this particular metal, and what it represents around the world - in terms of wealth and symbolism - both historically and now.

Explore America's past through the unexpected story of an extraordinary early 19th-century woman. Frances Wright, the reformer, writer, and activist, was an abolitionist before it was cool and feminist long before the word existed. Why was she forgotten in the standard narratives of American history? Over 8 episodes, you’ll hear what made her infamous and inspiring from scholars, history researchers, and writings by her, her friends, and her enemies. Turns out, Americans have been arguing about gender, class inequality, race, citizenship, and belonging from the very beginning of our republic...