Warning: this episode gets pretty dark as we discuss violent colonialism in the Americas and slavery. 

The story of gold carries on with a lot of dead people and dead horses. We're going to talk about the Age of Exploration and the Gold Rushes of the 1800's! 

Want to complain that we went too dark again? Email us at [email protected]

Our intro and outro music is by Commuted. Find him at https://commuted.bandcamp.com/

Our art is by Zachary Groombridge

Sources for this episode:

Books

Bernstein, Peter L. The Power of Gold: The History of an Obsession. 2000, John Wiley & Sons. 

Graeber, David. Debt: The First 5000 Years. New York, Melville House Publishing, 2011. 

Podcasts

Stuff You Should Know. How Gold Works. Jan 31, 2013. 

Commons. Mining 1 - The Myth of the Klondike. Oct 13, 2021. 

Commons. Mining 7 - Barrick and the Cruelty of Gold. Jan 19, 2022

Web

https://www.jstor.org/stable/2846790?read-now=1&seq=2#page_scan_tab_contents

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_the_Pyx

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wat_Tyler

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peasants%27_Revolt#Suppression

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold

https://www.gold.org/

https://science.howstuffworks.com/gold.htm

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-expensive-dessert

https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/gold-body-345917-2016-10-10

https://www.britannica.com/topic/alchemy/The-chemistry-of-alchemy

https://www.britannica.com/technology/gold-processing

https://paradigmgroup.com.au/theres-gold-in-them-thar-hills/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._F._Stephenson

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