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Podcast: Conversations with Rich Bennett
Episode: America Explained | Franklin D. Roosevelt Makes Banking Make Sense
Description: March 1933. The Great Depression has Americans on edge, banks are shutting their doors, and fear is moving faster than facts. In this America Explained episode, Rich Bennett sets the scene and then shares a historic voice that helped steady the country: Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first Fireside Chat, delivered March 12, 1933.Roosevelt doesn’t talk like a politician here. He talks like a neighbor, breaking down complicated banking mechanics into plain language and giving people something they desperately needed: clarity and reassurance.Send us Fan MailFreedom Federal Credit UnionHELPING YOU REACH YOUR FINA...