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 US dollar’s ‘immigrant’ origins · 24 Jun 2026 podcast

A land in Central Europe called Bohemia. voice-verified

It was a place that was full of mountains and valleys and untouched forests and almost magical waters. voice-verified

And it was a period of lords and kings. voice-verified

Counts and kings, and in one of these valleys lay a vast fortune, hidden just beneath the surface. voice-verified

A valley full of silver. voice-verified

And see, this mine had actually been hidden for ages and ages until one day a nobleman, the hero of our story, if you will, hears about this fabled silver mine and decides to make his fortune. voice-verified

Now doesn't that sound like a fairy tale start? voice-verified

Yeah, so we're gonna give be going back 500 years actually now, to the beginning of the 16th century. voice-verified

We're going to the silver mine in Central Europe, and we're meeting this guy who played a key role in the creation of the coin that was the forefather of the dollar. voice-verified

The OG dollar, the granddaddy dollar, in other words. voice-verified

So welcome to the story of money from the Financial Times, everybody. voice-verified

I'm Gillian Ted. voice-verified

And I'm Robin Wigglesworth. voice-verified

So the dollar has existed in various incarnations for almost half a millennium. voice-verified

But Gillian, as you mentioned, perhaps the dollar is reaching the end of the road. voice-verified

Or maybe it's past its peak, perhaps, maybe? voice-verified

I mean, you used to be cool when you worked at the FT, so now you've sadly lost academia, but it's good to have you on. voice-verified

Yeah, voice-verified

Yeah. voice-verified

So Brendan, you've actually visited the town where it all began. voice-verified

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