Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Part 1- Sweatshops and Crooked Cops

Yeet the Rich

Emily Walsh and Daniel Moss

True Crime, Comedy, History

5.0 • 39 Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

This week, Danny is talking about the Triangle Shirtwaist fire. One of the deadliest workplace fires in US history. A story about the criminal exploitation of Immigrant Labor. Deeply Flawed Fire Control systems. And employers that put their profits far above worker safety. We begin with garment manufacturing's early history and the use of Tenement sweatshops. The early garment industry fed on and took advantage of a stream of new immigrants flee...

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0:00.0	But don't be ashamed if you get confused when you talk to your friends or you watch the news.
0:10.0	They try to tell you where all went wrong.
0:13.0	Now you don't need to argue, just sing this song.
0:17.0	It was rich people stacking the dick, rich people with big back checks.
0:24.8	Rich people, they're having a ball.
0:28.2	Rich people been f*** us on.
0:35.6	Hello, everybody, and welcome back to Yeat the Rich.
0:39.9	I'm Emily Walsh, and I'm here with my co-host and husband, Danny Moss.
0:43.4	Hello.
0:44.5	Hello.
0:45.3	And we are moving on yet again.
0:47.6	Here we go.
0:48.4	Moving on to a whole new topic.
0:50.0	Brand new world.
0:50.8	Brand new world.
0:51.6	Do we have anything to discuss up top or launch? No, I don't think so. I will say that, you know, our last episode was, last series was, you know, fun. We did a lot of silliness. This one is more of a righteous indignation kind of episode. Great. Love it. Series. So it will only be two. So we're going to keep it light and tight. Dark, dark and tight. Dark and tight. Yeah, it's going to be. Sad but swift? Sad but swift. Great. Taylor Swift? Different Swift. Different Swift. I mean, don't ever go for the Swifties. We've learned that. No. If you aim at the king, you better not miss. Yeah. Unless more listeners? Yeah, maybe. Controversy? Yeah. We love controversy. Love controversy. I don't know. Let us know. Feedback. Should we go for the king? Okay. So this week, we are talking about the triangle shirtwaist fire. Yeah, that is dark.
1:44.9	It's a little dark. Yeah.
1:46.5	It's a little darker than Monopoly game.
1:49.5	But very interesting and I think important.
1:53.0	You just said that and looked at me like I don't think it's important.
1:57.4	Like, Emily, I think we need to talk about this.
1:59.1	I just, I don't know if you know much about like women's rights.
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