Ep. 464—Anderson Cooper
The Axe Files with David Axelrod
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The First Vanderbilt Came to America
The vanderbilts were the wealthiest and most prominent family in america. But their empire would last for less than a hundred years before collapsing under its own weight, destroying itself with its own pathology. The first vanderbilt came to America was agen him janarts and vanderbilt. He had a pathological obsession money, and he himself called it a mania for money later in life,. It was the sole focus of his interests. Money would give him power and freedom and to make more money. And that's what he was interested in. His many daughters wouldn't carry the vanderbilt name once they got married so they weren't really worth much in his mind. They
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