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By Invitation Only Nov 26, 2020

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The time is finally here. A debutante is coming out. It’s going to be THE grand event everyone wants to attend. But first, things first, everyone must gather for tea.

The invitations have been sent, and soon we’ll learn who is in and out.

Events leading up to Louise Van Alen’s debutante ball puts everyone high alert as it becomes who has been invited and who hasn’t. Prince Alexis Mdivani, Frank Shields, Jakey Astor, and the Van Alen brothers make their ways at the necessary activities, while the invited Doris Duke and Prince realize Barbara Hutton is not included.

Other people and subjects include: Henry Van Alen, Sam Van Alen, Daisy Van Alen, French governess Jenny Renaud, Caroline Astor, William Backhouse Astor Jr, Carrie Astor, Alva Vanderbilt, Consuelo Vanderbilt, William K Vanderbilt III, retracing historical dates, social rules on mourning, and social exclusion especially amongst teens.

Extra Notes / Call to Action:
Armchair Historians with Anne Marie Cannon interviews Nicki Woodard, her website www.armchairhistorians.com

Second Waldorf Astoria Hotel webinar Thursday December 3rd both at 5:30pm Eastern and 2:30pm Pacific at New York Adventure Club www.nyadventureclub.com. Live with 1 week recorded access afterwards. Only $10 each

Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Everything Stops For Tea by Mario “Harp” Lorenzi, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits Of The 30s
Section 2 Music: You Go To My Head by Joe Loss, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 3 Music: I Guess I Will Have To Change My Plan by Ambrose & His Orchestra, Album The Great British Dance Bands
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Score: Love - All Nov 12, 2020

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It’s that exciting time of year – tennis in Newport. When a movie star handsome tennis champion and future Wimbledon star comes and challenges our reigning Prince’s dominance.

The originating point of zero in tennis is called Love, and that’s the game our heiresses are most interested in playing. Ready to keep score over who will win our heiresses’ hearts?

Teen tennis champion Frank Shields wins hearts both on and off the court. Prince Alexis Mdivani is not happy with this new competition.

Other people and subjects include: August 1929, Barbara Hutton, Doris Duke, Louise Van Alen, Jimmy Cromwell, Jimmy Van Alen aka Jimmy, William Van Alen aka Sam, Jakey Astor, Huntington Hartford, origins of tennis, French King Louis X, King Henry VIII, tiebreak, “Big Bill” William Tilden, Maud Barger-Wallach, Newport Casino, and a summer school program with young love, tennis, & visits to Newport.

Extra Notes / Call to Action:
Waldorf Astoria Hotels on Thursday November 19th and December 3rd. That’s at New York Adventure Club – website www.nyadventureclub.com. Information also available through the News-Events tab at asthemoneyburns.com. Only $10, live, with 1 week recorded access afterwards.

Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Button Up Your Overcoat by Jack Hylton, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20s
Section 2 Music: Ain’t She Sweet by Piccadilly Revels Band, Album Charleston – Great Stars Of the 20s
Section 3 Music: It’s the Talk of the Town by Ambrose, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Wall Street Crash - 91st Anniversary Oct 29, 2020

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A special episode commemorating the 91st Anniversary of the 1929 Wall Street Crash.

Details of the worst day of the New York stock market that led to the Great Depression. A recap of the primary heirs and heiresses of America’s most famous fortunes whose interconnected lives will be changed due to the Great Depression, whether family dynamics, finances, scams, love & romance, and so much more…

Other people and subjects include: immediate losses in fortunes, suicides, heatwave during Labor Day 1931 & hottest stock market day, now falling stock prices, Barbara Hutton, Doris Duke, Jakey Astor, Louise Van Alen, Prince Alexis Mdivani, Cobina Wright, Huntington Hartford, and ongoing unknown changes due to pandemic.

Extra Notes / Call to Action:
Past Perfect Vintage Music – www.pastperfect.com

Archival music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: These Foolish Things by Benny Carter, Album Perfect Blues
Section 2 Music: I Double Dare You by Jack Harris & His Orchestra, Albums More Sophistication & Hits of the 30s
Section 3 Music: Fascinating Rhythm by The Savoy Orpheans, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20s
End Music: Nightfall by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz Classics

Tales of Two Princes Oct 29, 2020

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Another prince comes to visit with his heiress wife. In a world where young heiresses dream of romantic love, this couple is the epitome of relationship goals. Only will his presence cause problems for the current reigning royal?

Two dispossessed Russian princes are floating about Newport. Prince Serge Obolensky with his wife Ava Alice Astor is making the rounds much to the displeasure of Prince Alexis Mdivani. All are present for the upcoming debutante ball of Louise Van Alen.

Other people and subjects include: Vincent Astor, Helen Astor, Russian Revolution, World War I as family feud & end of royal monarchies, royal impostors, dispossessed royals, Lady Colin Campbell, and fascinations with royals throughout history and more recently Wallis Simpson and Meghan Markle.

Extra Notes / Call to Action:
Other podcast mention: I’m Kind of a Big Deal by Christophe Zajak-Danek, covers people with dwarfism
I’m Kind of a Big Deal by Christophe Zajak-Denek https://pod.link/1484411273

My two original Waldorf Astoria Hotels Thursday November 19th and Thursday December 3rd both at 5:30pm Eastern and 2:30pm Pacific at New York Adventure Club www.nyadventureclub.com. Live with 1 week recorded access afterwards. Only $10 each.

Archival music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Sunshine by Jack Hylton, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20s
Section 2 Music: Stardust by Freddie Gardner, Album More Sophistication
Section 3 Music: Temptation Rag by Harry Roy, Album The Great British Dance Bands
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

A Small Sum Oct 15, 2020

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There’s a lot of commotion when a $100 grand goes missing, but why is that a problem for multi-millionaires?

Trust in love and money can be dangerous things when mixed together.

Cobina Wright is constantly worrying over her husband Bill’s cheating with multiple women and ends up missing more pressing financial red flags. Nanaline Duke finally secures investment with Bill and is on the way to building her own personal fortune.

Other people and subjects include: Autumn 1929, Hamptons mansion Sands Point aka Casa Cobina, Maestro Arturo Toscanini, Sutton Place home, missing $100k, cheating & infidelity rumors, Fanny Brice, Lil Cobina Wright Jr playing with other royal children & future paramour Prince Phillip, rose-colored glasses, denial, and facing life’s circumstances.

Extra Notes / Call to Action:
Waldorf Astoria Hotels pre-1929 Thursday November 19th and 1931 + later Thursday December 3rd both at 5:30pm EST / 4:30pm CST / 2:30pm PST at New York Adventure Club www.nyadventureclub.com.

Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Nightfall by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz Classics
Section 2 Music: These Foolish Things by Benny Carter, Album Perfect Blues
Section 3 Music: Just A Mood by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz Classics
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Richest Boy Meets Richest Girl Oct 01, 2020

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Parental conflict pushes an heiress into a match with a neighboring though equally challenging heir. The chance of finally having a loving warm maternal bond proves more than alluring.

After winning a lawsuit against her mother Nanaline, Doris Duke is pushed towards another heir and neighbor Huntington Hartford. However his relationship with his mother Henrietta complicates matters.

Other people and subjects include: Henrietta Hartford, Barbara Hutton, Louise Van Alen, Prince Alexis Mdivani, Daisy Van Alen, A&P Grocery Store fortune, Edward Hartford, Newport cottage Seaverge, and FOMO & social media.

Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: The Younger Generation by Ray Noble, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s
Section 2 Music: Plain Mary Jane by Mrs. Jack Hylton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 3 Music: One In A Million by Brian Lawrance, Album The Great British Dance Bands
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Adrift Sep 17, 2020

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Unsuccessfully navigating the rough waters of adolescence and love leaves one heiress literally drifting out to sea.

After getting into a fight with friend Doris Duke over the secret love affair between Louise Van Alen and Prince Alexis Mdivani, teen heiress Barbara Hutton finds herself stranded and alone in a sailboat in open sea.

Other people and subjects include: Franklyn Hutton, Coast Guard, inaccuracies and problems with biographies, tv mini-series, Farrah Fawcett, Lauren Bacall, trying to locate the truths, female naming conventions & complications, Silvia de Riva de Castilleja de Guzman, love triangle, love quadrangle, and nostalgia of young love & romance.

Extra Notes / Call to Action:
Other history podcast inspirations – Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History, Aaron Mahnke’s Lore, Dana Schwartz’s Noble Blood

Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Button Up Your Overcoat by Jack Hylton, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20s
Section 2 Music: You Hit The Spot by Carroll Gibbons, Album The Age of Style – Hits from the 30s
Section 3 Music: Top Hat, White Tie and Tails by Carroll Gibbons & Boy Friends, Album Sophistication – Songs of the Thirties
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

A Tall Order Sep 03, 2020

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Music soothes the soul and can cross racial lines. When a supreme hostess introduces an international guest to one local style, a new media sensation is created.

Supreme hostess Cobina Wright hosts a reception for famed French composer Maurice Ravel. The entertainment includes the best of the Harlem Renaissance including Hall Johnson and his choir.

Other people and subjects include: Doris Duke, Barbara Hutton, Walter Damrosch, Feodor Chaliapin, George Gershwin, Savoy Ballroom, Oregon frontier to opera star Cobina Wright, Spirituals in France, jazz, Bessie Smith, Green Pastures film, Porgy & Bess musical, Dumbo, best day of stock market before the Crash, and work and work experiences with Spirituals history, Swings, and early jazz music.

Extra Notes / Call to Action:
Bessie Smith ST LOUIS BLUES 1929 on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAIWkANToPA
Public Domain Movies
https://publicdomainmovies.info/st-louis-blues-1929-musical/
Library of Congress
https://www.loc.gov/item/mbrs00063365/

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St. Louis Blues with Bessie Smith is in the public domain and provided by the Library of Congress.
All other archival music is provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Swingin’ The Blues by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Perfect Blues
Section 1 Music: St. Louis Blues by Bessie Smith & Hall Johnson Choir, 1929 Film St. Louis Blues
Section 2 Music: The Charleston by The Savoy Orpheans, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20s
Section 3 Music: Swinging at Maida by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Jazz Age!
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

The Iceberg Cometh Aug 20, 2020

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A family fortune isn’t always family friendly.

Sibling rivalry can reach great heights when money is divided unequally, especially after one infamous maritime tragedy changed the course of a dynasty.

When the Titanic sinks, the richest man aboard went down with the ship leaving behind a young pregnant wife. The oldest son inherited everything and is unwilling to accept his new half brother. The importance of family relationships especially between half siblings.

Other people and subjects include: Summer 1929, April 1912, Jakey Astor, Vincent Astor, Ava Astor, Doris Duke, Barbara Hutton, Regatta, Astor yacht Nourmahal, John Jacob Astor IV, Madaleine Astor, uneven inheritances, first Forbes Richest list, New York Public Library, St. Regis & Knickerbocker hotels, and sibling & half-sibling dynamics.

Archival music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: These Foolish Things by Benny Carter, Album Perfect Blues
Section 2 Music: Nightfall by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz Classics
Section 3 Music: These Foolish Things by Benny Carter, Album Perfect Blues
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

An Heir With A Spare Aug 06, 2020

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An heir to two fortunes is back on the market. Which unlucky heiress will win his heart?

Some perfect moments can turn so bad that one wishes it had only been a nightmare. Our heiress Doris Duke finds herself stuck in two situations that go horribly wrong. No matter the era, adolescence is never easy with or without those awkwardly bad moments.

Other people and subjects include: Bailey’s Beach, Barbara Hutton, James HR Cromwell aka Jimmy, Cobina Wright, Bar Harbor, Hope Diamond, Floranada, Nanaline Duke, Ned Stotesbury, Eva Stotesbury, Evalyn Walsh McLean, Anna Dodge, Fort Lauderdale, Louise Van Alen, Jakey Astor, Prince Alexis Mdivani, lovers in Paris after World War I, and inappropriate seductions.

Archival music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: You Hit The Spot by Carroll Gibbons, Album The Age of Style – Hits from the 30s
Section 2 Music: These Foolish Things by Benny Carter, Album Perfect Blues
Section 3 Music: Top Hat, White Tie and Tails by Carroll Gibbons & Boy Friends, Album Sophistication – Songs of the Thirties
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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