Marjorne Sager here. Welcome back to the Realignment.

I think there's more than a little bit of an issue in the degree to which American

exceptionalism has become a kind of an aspect of a culture war where, you know, basically

both sides are racing for exceptionalism. So remember, you know, the right now is typically

going to say we're the freest, greatest, most powerful, wonderful nation in the world.

The inverse of exceptionalism on the left is we are the worst, most terrible, most destructive,

most, you know, vinyl kind of world. Like if we're not the best for the worst, they are

both a distortion, right? They are both American exceptionalism. The anti-acceptance on the

left is just as unhumble, you know, it's the arrogance of terribleism.

You guys know we love history, then any chance to look at something that seems like it's

from the past, something that seems like it's not particularly relevant, but when brought

into the present day helps us understand our country, a country and a world, frankly,

that are realigning, that are changing. And today's episode then is going to focus on

inside money, Brown Brothers Haramon and the American Way of Power. It is by Zachary

Carabell and it seems kind of random. You probably have not heard of Brown Brothers Haramon.

It's not the biggest firm. It's not the type of thing which we mentioned, the same names

as Goldman Sachs or any of those other big places that played a huge role in the 2008

financial crisis and all of the debates moving forward. But as Zachary hits during this interview

and in the book, which we cannot recommend enough, Brown Brothers Haramon, the story of

it emerging from a small immigrant firm in Baltimore, 1800s, all the way up to the

20th century really tells a financial history of the United States. And what's so great

about the book is that it actually helps you better understand through this historical

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