
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World Joshua Abraham Norton (First American Emperor, Emperor Norton)
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Mar 31, 2023 Chapters
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Introduction
00:00 • 3min
Joshua's Journey to America
02:51 • 4min
Joshua Norton and Company
06:25 • 2min
The Rise and Fall of Joshua
07:59 • 3min
Joshua's Roller Coaster Ride
11:02 • 4min
Joshua Norton: The Independent Candidate for Congress
14:34 • 2min
Jimmy Aiken's Mysterious World
16:48 • 5min
Joshua Norton, Emperor of the United States
21:26 • 2min
The History of the American Emperor Norton
23:44 • 2min
The Emperor Norton's Decree to Abolish Congress
25:17 • 3min
The Death of John Brown
28:13 • 2min
The Death of John Brown
30:34 • 2min
Norton I, Emperor of the United States of America
32:19 • 2min
Sultan Latham's Ducked Out of Office
34:45 • 1min
The Proclamation of the First Emperor of the United States of North America
36:07 • 2min
The Origins of Prosecutors Notes
38:03 • 2min
Emperor Norton's New Currency
39:48 • 2min
The Emperor Norton's Decree
41:42 • 3min
The Importance of Rumors About Emperor Norton
45:04 • 5min
The History of Bummer and Lazarus
49:37 • 3min
The Death of Emperor Norton
52:10 • 3min
The History of the Prince Albert Prank Phone Call
54:44 • 2min
The Ecumenical View of the Emperor Norton
57:00 • 2min
The Emperor Norton's Decrees on Spiritualism
59:13 • 2min
The Importance of Psychiatric Confinement
01:01:01 • 2min
The Rise and Fall of the Emperor Norton
01:03:29 • 3min
The Legacy of Emperor Norton
01:06:12 • 2min
The Importance of Silence in an Anti-Chinese Rally
01:08:33 • 4min
The Death of the Emperor Norton
01:12:10 • 2min
The Death of the Emperor Norton
01:14:14 • 2min
The Rise and Fall of the Emperor Norton
01:16:43 • 2min
The Importance of Critical Thinking
01:18:47 • 2min
The Amazing Life of Emperor Norton
01:20:53 • 4min

Joshua Abraham Norton had an amazing life and was a titan among men. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli explore the story of Norton's life in the 1800s, with his rise from humble circumstances to wealth and power to humility and back again, and learn what made him so amazing.