It's our final podcast episode of our first season, and we of course go into the famous Vanderbilt ball that very clearly inspired events in the finale episode of The Gilded Age's season 1. (This ball made such an impact in the 1880s, it was still being talked about 60 years later!) To wrap up our own first season of the podcast, we look into the prominent individuals and families of the Gilded Age who featured in the series, including the Vanderbilts, the Astors, Jay Gould, JP Morgan, and others. We also give our thoughts about what stood out to us while researching and recording this podcast season and whether we could learn anything that might apply to today from our foray into America's gilded past.

What inspired this episode?

The series finale of The Gilded Age season 1 revolves around the show's fictional wannab ...