In this episode of History Squirt, we meet the Medici family — Renaissance bankers who looked at Florence and said, “What if we just owned everything quietly?” Part 1 is money, manipulation, art sponsorship, and political puppeteering. It’s capitalism with frescoes. Let’s squirt!

Also, a word from our advertiser, Ron Thompson.

Topics: Medici family, Renaissance Florence, Italian banking history, Cosimo de Medici, political dynasties, Renaissance power, European history podcast, History Squirt