The Journey
From Hubris to Bankruptcy
Season Two Released
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Season Two Released $$
Episodes
In Season 2, dive into six decades of American financial hubris. We In the early 1970s, Franklin National Bank looked like the future of American finance. Its CEO, Harold Gleason, traded a quiet Long Island thrift for a lavish Park Avenue headquarters, convinced he could transform it into an international powerhouse. His secret weapon: Michele Sindona, the Vatican’s banker with mob ties and a taste for high-stakes foreign exchange bets.
This Spreadsheet Could Ruin Your Life (And Definitely Your Bonus)
You think it’s just Excel—until it’s not. We unpack five real-world spreadsheet fails that triggered $24 million losses, $6 billion meltdowns, government investigations, and even global austerity policies.
What do you get when two Wall Street titans turn a financial feud into a public spectacle? An activist-investing meltdown that plays out like middle school drama—with $1 billion on the line.
What happens when a small-town hockey player from Minnesota’s Iron Range swaps his stick for a Bloomberg terminal and $26 billion in other people’s money? You get Phil Falcone—.
Because some people never learn the first time—and some Wall Street networks run deeper than friendship.
In the mid-2000s, a little-known banker named Osman Semerci rocketed from relative obscurity to Global Head of FICC at Merrill Lynch—not through decades of seasoning, but by threatening to walk.
This is the story of Phil Falcone: rich, reckless, and maybe just a little too confident for his own good.
