*Sample* | The Story of Henry Ford – Part 9: The Final Chapter | Bedtime Sleep Stories about History (Bonus Episode #55)
Calm History - Bedtime Sleep Stories for Education & Relaxation (By A Real Person; Not AI)
Harris | ASMR & Insomnia Network
4.4 • 891 Ratings
🗓️ 4 February 2023
⏱️ 13 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to another bonus episode of Calm History, an extra treat for my SOC Plus members. |
| 0:09.4 | This is a serial episode featuring the story of Henry Ford Part 9, The Final Chapter. |
| 0:28.2 | This entire series follows Henry Ford's journey to create the first automobile that middle-class Americans could afford. |
| 0:31.0 | And today, you're about to hear the final episode. |
| 0:36.2 | For those who are caught up, |
| 0:39.1 | here's a reminder of what happened in Part 8, the prior episode. |
| 0:45.4 | Henry Ford created a moving assembly line |
| 0:48.1 | to build cars at a faster rate. |
| 0:51.6 | Yeah, like four times faster. He then used some of those profits to boost the pay for |
| 1:02.0 | most of his workers to $5 a day, which, yeah, was super nice, until the workers found out that |
| 1:10.5 | the money had strings. Big strings. |
| 1:14.9 | They had to adhere to strict health and ethical rules that were printed in a small pamphlet. |
| 1:23.0 | Oops. Did I say a small pamphlet? |
| 1:28.6 | Yeah, sorry about that. |
| 1:35.1 | I meant to say the rules were printed in a 40-page booklet. |
| 1:36.8 | Yikes. |
| 1:44.4 | I still plan on reading you some sections from that weird booklet in a future bonus episode. |
| 1:49.5 | It's pretty curious stuff, so stay tuned for that. |
| 1:57.2 | Anyway, in this final episode, you're going to hear all about how Henry Ford was involved in World War I and World War II, how the Great |
| 2:05.4 | Depression led to riots and a massacre at the Ford Motor Company, the rise and fall of the |
| 2:14.7 | Model T, and the successful car that followed it. Controversies related to |
| 2:23.2 | anti-Semitism, racism, Nazis, and more. Curious moments, including individuals with |
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