Robin Wigglesworth

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1,983 appearances 13 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 12 Aug

Robin Wigglesworth’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Story of Money · South Sea Bubble: the shoemaker’s son who sparked Britain’s first financial crisis · 8 Jul 2026 podcast

So they have this, at least potentially lucrative, if unsavory, monopoly on slave trade with Latin America. voice-verified

But the reality is that, as Tom said, they weren't very good at this, and it wasn't super valuable. voice-verified

And the shear price doesn't really take off, it's kind of just bobbing along. voice-verified

And that's why I think it's so interesting that it were many years before the South Sea Company, the shear, became kind of the mega famous bubble that we know of. voice-verified

Um, John Blunt, of course, is getting richer. voice-verified

Uh, and Tom, I'd love to hear what happens next after this peace treaty, and after essentially the company. voice-verified

company is kind of in operation and and John Blunt is on manoeuvres, but voice-verified

it hasn't quite taken off yet. voice-verified

How does we get to that point? voice-verified

Whigs come back to power. voice-verified

Welcome back to the show, everybody. voice-verified

So it's the beginning of 1720. voice-verified

Oh, we're gonna get into the action now. voice-verified

The South Sea Company has been authorized to carry out an enormous new debt conversion, and this time it covers virtually all of the British government's outstanding debts. voice-verified

It's around thirty million pounds worth. voice-verified

And things are about to get a little bit crazy. voice-verified

huge, right? voice-verified

It was just far bigger than the previous one as well. voice-verified

So essentially they could use the conversion price to continually ratchet the price higher and higher. voice-verified

That would make people wealthy or seemingly wealthy. voice-verified

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