Why Americans Hate (and Love) Banks

Now & Then

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, Society & Culture, History, News Commentary

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank has sparked a larger conversation about the role of financial institutions in American life. Heather and Joanne reflect on the cultural and aesthetic history of banks, from the Greek Revival-influenced Second Bank of the United States, to the robberies of express trains in the late 1800s, to the emergence of ornate Art Deco banks during the high-flying 1920s. Join CAFE Insider to listen to “Backstage,” where Heather and Joanne chat each week about the anecdotes and ideas that formed the episode. Head to: cafe.com/history Listen to “Up Against The Mob: The Springfield Crew”: apple.co/3x4sgYj For more historical analysis of current events, sign up for the free weekly CAFE Brief newsletter, featuring Time Machine, a weekly article that dives into an historical event inspired by each episode of Now & Then: cafe.com/brief For references & supplemental materials, head to: cafe.com/now-and-then/why-americans-hate-and-love-banks/ Now & Then is presented by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:18.8	From Cafe and the Vox Media Podcast Network, this is now in Van.
1:26.4	I'm Heather Cox Richardson and I'm Joanne Freeman.
1:29.4	Today we're going to be talking about a story that pretty much has been dominating the news
1:35.5	recently and that is the failure of Silicon Valley bank and then the subsequent implosion
1:42.2	of signature bank and then some aftershocks where banks are in the news in one way or another.
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