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Mar 2022
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EP240: The Silver Kings and the "Big Bon...

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Roger McGrath, author of Gunfighters, Highwaymen, and Vigilantes is here to tell us the story of the richest mineral discovery in American history, the Comstock Lode. Jason Wolfe created the first coupon site on the internet back when you had to explain to people what the internet was.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - The Silver Kings and the "Big Bonanza"

23:00 - The Man Who Brought Couponing to the Digital Age

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