For the Ages: A History Podcast

1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--and How It Shattered a Nation

The New York Historical Season 6 Episode 1

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The story of the 1929 stock market crash and the Great Depression that followed goes far beyond the events of “Black Tuesday.” New York Times bestselling author Andrew Ross Sorkin joins David M. Rubenstein to discuss the speculation, greed, and ignored warnings that led to that epic economic meltdown, while examining the ways in which the economic and political state of the US in the late 1920s resembles our nation today.

Recorded on November 11, 2025