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 · The 1980s Garfield buyout that changed corporate finance · 1 Jul 2026 podcast

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One of the people I find the most fascinating, pretty much in financial history, uh, Michael Milken. voice-verified

So, Mike Milken, for the people that don't know him, in the 1980s, he sat inside an investment bank called Drexel Burnham Lambert, and he became known as the junk bond king. voice-verified

And he wasn't just frankly the king of the junk bond market. voice-verified

He was its creator, its godfather. voice-verified

He really kind of conjured it up almost not quite out of thin air, but not far from it. voice-verified

Junk bonds, they are essentially bonds issued by companies that are not rated investment grade by one of the the big credit rating agencies. voice-verified

And anything below triple B is essentially considered junk or below investment grade. voice-verified

Essentially it's the way the credit rating voice-verified

agency says, you know, there be dragons. voice-verified

I'd love to hear how Mike Milken and his junk bong machinery fits into this story because that was also another big factor that came in and powered this phenomenon, right? voice-verified

Well, CNN as well. voice-verified

CNN was financed entirely by junk bonds. voice-verified

So Ted Turner, it was something obviously Ted Turner recently passed away and maybe as a bit of a bond nerd, I was almost disappointed to see the lack of mentions of Mike Milken's role in in birthing CNN in all the obituaries for Ted Turner. voice-verified

Well yes, but the other interesting thing about this article uh is that it also brings up a lot of questions from critics. voice-verified

And there were critics at the time, and they weren't sort of labor union officials from companies being dismembered. voice-verified

They're from the Wall Street elite that are also a little bit concerned about this phenomenon. voice-verified

Uh there's a quote here from uh a a senior partner at the investment bank, Lazard, uh Hetty voice-verified

engine and we all know who he is, but it's Felix Rowatin. voice-verified

Who the FT describes as one of the most respected Wall Street bankers, but really is frankly a legend on Wall Street. voice-verified

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