Episode Mentions
Boring History for Sleep · Mar 19, 2026
The Gilded Age: Wealth, Power, and Hidden Struggles ✨ | Boring History for Sleep
“Private security force hired by employers to break strikes violently, most notably at the 1892 Homestead Steel Works strike”
Industrial monopolies and trust-bustingFactory working conditions and occupational hazardsChild labor in manufacturing
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American History Hit · Mar 9, 2026
How Wild Was the Wild West? | The Frontier
“Private security firm that broke unions and labor strikes rather than chasing outlaws, featured in Red Dead Redemption 2”
Wild West Mythology vs Historical RealityIndustrial Capitalism and Frontier ExpansionCivil War Legacy in Western Violence
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Last Podcast On The Left · Feb 20, 2026
Episode 653: The Du Pont Foxcatcher Murder Part II - The House of the Butterflies
“Hired by DuPont to infiltrate labor unions and prevent strikes in northern U.S. facilities”
Leaded gasoline and tetraethyl lead poisoning (loony gas)Teflon and C8 forever chemicals in drinking water and consumer productsDuPont's role in Manhattan Project uranium processing and atomic bomb production
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Episode 652: The Du Pont Foxcatcher Murder Part I - The Merchants of Death
“Hired by DuPont to break unions, suppress strikes, and manufacture evidence against labor organizers”
War profiteering and defense contractor influence on U.S. foreign policyCorporate monopolies and antitrust enforcement failuresWorker exploitation, unsafe labor conditions, and union suppression
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