Treasure

The World Beneath

Imperative Entertainment

Society & Culture, History, True Crime

4.2 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2021

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Season one of The World Beneath explores the motivation behind the creation of the underworld of mobsters and spies. It was built in pursuit of one, simple thing. Treasure. When the pirates of the old world were taken over by the gangsters of the new, the criminal realm organized itself around the money – the bounty - that could be earned through Prohibition and vice. And our most formidable spies found the way to both capture them and partner with them through the map to their treasure, they left behind. We’re going to follow the money. The World Beneath launches on June 28. Season one publishes new episodes every Monday and Thursday or you can binge the entire season right away on Apple Podcasts Subscriptions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Treasure. What does your mind's eye contour when you hear that word? Treasure.
0:09.6	Swash buckling pirates, sailing their ships across the high seas, burying their chests
0:15.0	of gold in a secret cold, then leaving a map behind where X marks the spot? Or can you
0:22.9	see the all-American crime lords who amassed a treasure so vast, they created a second
0:30.5	economy buried in a network of vices with coves of offshore accounts hiding the secrets
0:38.0	of nation-states, and a map to find it that takes you through a wilderness of spies.
0:47.8	That story began over a century ago when our nation's legendary mobsters, Lansky, Luciano,
0:56.6	Capone, built an industry, an economy, a treasure that by the mid-century was worth more than
1:06.7	general motors, standard oil, Ford, General Electric, Chrysler, IBM, Mobile Oil,
1:16.2	Mexico, and US Steel combined. And like proper pirates, they even did it with ships, lots
1:27.6	and lots of ships. The new podcast series The World Beneath is an audio
1:40.2	landscape that tells the 100-year history behind that treasure. In season one, we bring
1:47.0	you 20 epic episodes that chart a course back in time to capture the characters and moments
1:54.2	that echo through our world today. And you'll be able to binge the entire season at once,
1:59.8	all 20 episodes, add free on apples, new podcast subscriptions.
2:07.0	From imperative entertainment, this is The World Beneath, the story of mobsters and spies,
2:16.4	setting sail on June 28, 2021. Listen on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your shows.

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