The Official Gilded Age Podcast | Ep. 7 ““Irresistible Change”

The Official Gilded Age Podcast | Ep. 7 ““Irresistible Change” | HBO

Рет қаралды 57,871

2 жыл бұрын

In part one, hosts Alicia Malone (TCM) and Tom Meyers (The Bowery Boys) discuss American art, innovation, electricity, indoor lighting and how it changed New York during the Gilded Age.
In part two, the hosts are joined by Carrie Coon (Bertha Russell) and Director Michael Engler to discuss the research they did to prepare for the production, the parallels between the 21st century and the Gilded Age, and the production decisions that were made to create Edison’s illuminating display of electricity .
Watch The Gilded Age on HBO Max, and subscribe to The Official Gilded Age Podcast so you don’t miss an episode!
ABOUT HBO
HBO is home to the shows and films that everyone is talking about, from groundbreaking series and documentaries to the biggest blockbuster movies.
SUBSCRIBE TO HBO
Subscribe to the official HBO Channel for the latest on your favorite HBO series, movies, documentaries & sports specials: itsh.bo/youtube
GET HBO: itsh.bo/ways-to-get
MORE HBO
Official Site: itsh.bo/dotcom
Follow HBO on Instagram: itsh.bo/instagram
Follow HBO on TikTok: itsh.bo/tiktok
Follow HBO on Twitter: itsh.bo/twitter
Like HBO on Facebook: itsh.bo/facebook

Пікірлер: 136

@dmac7403 2 жыл бұрын

I like Mrs Agnes she's good deep down you can tell ,she's just been hurt and hasn't recovered from the let down ,plus she's funny like when you hear her say "send a letter to Mrs. Russell and make sure there's not a hint of warmth" I laughed.

@MariahSincere 2 жыл бұрын

I don’t think she hasn’t recovered. It might come off that way but once you learn how people operate you can’t continue to move as if you don’t. I think she sees people for who they are and moves accordingly.

@CalamityCannon 2 жыл бұрын

That line made me laugh so hard!!!

@marie2511 2 жыл бұрын

@@CalamityCannon Same!

@Divine_Chareka 2 жыл бұрын

This show needs more attention it's just so amazing!!

@yvonneplant9434 2 жыл бұрын

At some point I hope they can expand it to some other cities: Phila., or Boston when similar things were going on.

@sharonjones2775 2 жыл бұрын

I would say that but then it will change; like Bridgerton.

@coloradogirlsstate 2 жыл бұрын

While I enjoy Amanda Peete's work, I can never imagine her as Bertha. Carrie is the one!

@przybyla8 2 жыл бұрын

I’m not a huge fan of Carrie, I find her to be so bland across all of her work; but Amanda Peete?! No 😂😂

@mistamista8524 2 жыл бұрын

I love that Ada was hitting Agnes with all the comebacks this episode!!

@franklymydear7774 2 жыл бұрын

I just noticed a parallel dialogue with how this episode ended with the season finale of Downton Abbey, which I think captures the sentiment of the writer and perhaps the sentiment of people in those times. It is a dialogue between Isobel and the Dowager Countess. Isobel : "What else could we drink to? We're going forward into the future, not back into the past." Dowager Countess: "If only we had the choice."

@oh4freaksake 2 жыл бұрын

Each episode needs to be an hour longer.

@prettynerd4779 2 жыл бұрын

The most important takeaway this episode was Marion's wardrobe! MY GOODNESS!! That Gold evening dress with the blue ostrich style neckline.. OMG.. I almost lost it.. Everything is like some turn of the century Haute Couture fantasy.. Marion's wardrobe has gotten better and better each week and she is easily the best dressed character on the show. Mrs Russell is close but Marion's wardrobe is insane!! I just had to get this off my chest because its too fabulous for her to be so poor. I mean she dresses better than Carrie Astor and Glady's Russell, I was like who is her atelier, because my goodness... THUMBS UP to the Wardrobe people, seriously I would wear all of Marion's dresses today in 2022, that is how amazing it is.

@nra_godly4987 2 жыл бұрын

So loving the costumes on the show, and I agree Marions gold dress was stunning. I have found Bertha and Agnes both have some stunning outfits as well. Peggys outfits are elegant, but more subdued. - which would probably be to do with her having to be careful not to stand out too much - so as not to invite too much attention to herself.

@gingergrant6759 2 жыл бұрын

Marion's lavender ensemble was gorgeous

@mr.rightnow.7300 2 жыл бұрын

I was surprised to hear that the main designer has a team of only 76 people actually making the clothes, hats, and shoes. I'd think there would be many more. These are couture level dresses. They take time. Take for instance that blood red cloak Bertha wore to the symphonie. Dripping in hand done beading. It's a shame that with all the hours of work put into making it, that it was only on screen for 20 seconds. 5000 dresses and hats have been made thus far. I wonder when they started sewing because thats A LOT of work for only 76 people.

@MariahSincere 2 жыл бұрын

@samantha ssmith I don’t like Peggy’s wardrobe. I think it downplays her. I actually wish that they would put some of the colors they use on Marion on Peggy. They are brighter and it would bring her skin tone out more.

@prettynerd4779 2 жыл бұрын

@samantha ssmith I love Peggy but her dresses are more muted and that is purposely done, she wears alot of PLAIDS.. Peggy would be well dressed for OUTLANDER but she is dressing normally, fashionable yet understated for NYC. Marion is the best dressed person on the show and that is the truth, I know fashion and i am just stating the fact but her character is also the main character too so its not surprising.

@jpsarver5514 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for fixing the upload time. This is a great treat AFTER watching the show.

@shbhchwh 2 жыл бұрын

Also a giveaway for Tom's intentions, was when he was talking about a woman's money in front to Marion, and Marion had a look. He should have not have mentioned a young woman's money. She has an inkling.

@shonaphillips7577 2 жыл бұрын

I think Tom stole her inheritance. I don't think Marion was pennyless when her father died.

@russyp 2 жыл бұрын

@@shonaphillips7577 omg I hadn’t thought of that

@bellabessie5638 2 жыл бұрын

Raikes reminds me of the smarmy Morris Townsend (Montgomery Clift) in The Heiress.

@keithbullard2640 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! "Bolt the door Mariah"

@bellabessie5638 2 жыл бұрын

@@keithbullard2640 That’s one of my all-time favorite scenes.

@misskatzlife5892 2 жыл бұрын

I JUST LOVE THIS CONVERSATION

@luciadesouza8499 2 жыл бұрын

I love the series, can’t wait to watch it every Monday night! The casting is stellar, the wardrobe exquisite and you learn so much about history in the 1882’s. Love everything about it. By the way I listen to your podcast every week, great job!!

@lazycrockett6605 2 жыл бұрын

I'm loving the show, but honestly the podcast is the highlight of the experience. Brava!

@thunderousapplause 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing that Carrie says she cant sing; she has a resonance in her speaking voice that you usually see in singers.

@CalamityCannon 2 жыл бұрын

From the preview, I was so certain that the Times building lighting was going to be the Edison elephant electrocution. I'm so relieved it wasn't

@jaydr6988 2 жыл бұрын

I was do scared 😳

@1953childstar 2 жыл бұрын

The "elephant electrocution" was in 1903 and Edison had nothing to do with it . The elephant was tortured by evil humans and destined to be destroyed. The only "Edison affiliation" was that "Edisons moving picture studio" filmed it… How do I know ??? Thomas Edison's son, Theodore, was married to my cousin Anna Osterhout...

@collnss 2 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@collnss 2 жыл бұрын

@@1953childstar Thank you for “enlightening” us. Pun intended. 😊

@InnerPower4me 2 жыл бұрын

This episode was so gooddd.

@bellabessie5638 2 жыл бұрын

Agnes had so many great zingers.

@graphiquejack 2 жыл бұрын

Finally Turner is out of the house but I have a feeling that bish is still going to cause trouble. George may weaken and take her as a mistress. Bertha needs to have a little bit more sympathy and kindness but I admire her approach of bolstering up George by showing she has unshakable trust in him.

@jaydr6988 2 жыл бұрын

I gree

@eunicestone838 2 жыл бұрын

I was born in 1958 in West Virginia. We had electricity when we could afford it. A lit of times. We used oil lamps and cooked on fire place or stovetop it was rough living but I learned a lot about surviving .

@yrandyc11 2 жыл бұрын

Armstrong is CANCELLED. She is no different than Turner. You would think she would humble herself after that hateful mother she takes care of treats her like dirt. She is jealous of Peggy. The only reason she loves Agnes’ is because she gives her praise as her maid, the same praise her mother doesn’t show her. Peggy came in a stranger and is now essentially her equal. Armstrong handles the personal and Peggy handles the business especially the socialite business. Armstrong doesn’t get to leave the house and attend events with Agnes often. Agnes gets the scoop on events she’s invited to but won’t attend from Marian and Peggy.

@misskatzlife5892 2 жыл бұрын

I AGREE WITH YOU TOTALLY

@suzanne4504 2 жыл бұрын

Carrie is absolutely wonderful. Truly, every cast member is excellent. I look forward to this every week. I want to say that Carrie is beautiful and I cheer for her "Bertha" as she is elegant, a brilliant strategist and strong!

@valentino3776 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder where Turner will go and work now. Imagine her going to work for Mrs Chamberlain or heaven forbid…. Mrs Astor *clutches pearls*

@graphiquejack 2 жыл бұрын

Wherever she goes she’ll cause trouble. She will find a way to get revenge, I’m sure.

@galleryguide9913 2 жыл бұрын

One point that should be made regarding the gas lighting in domestic interiors is that they tended to consume a lot of the oxygen in the room, so for the women being laced in their corsets which made deep breathing difficult the periodic fainting spells we a real factor of life.

@shawoLynn 2 жыл бұрын

Seeing Mr.Raikes humoring that girl about coming to Newport break my heart the same way like when Matthew Crawley die in Downton Abbey.

@thunderousapplause 2 жыл бұрын

I think he’ll end up w her. Shes rich rich rich.

@prettynerd4779 2 жыл бұрын

@@thunderousapplause SHes based on a real character and she married a shady lawyer they say so its possible

@mrb4761 2 жыл бұрын

@@prettynerd4779 Here we go. Aunt Agnes is never wrong about these things

@shawoLynn 2 жыл бұрын

@@prettynerd4779 Really? Who was she based on? The only niece of Henry Flagler I found on the internet was Mary Louise Clisby Lewis (Wise), but she was born in 1895, while the Gilded Age timeline is 1882.

@BenSmith-mg5jv 2 жыл бұрын

Love the podcast and the show... One question.. Was it impossible to have video ?? Of course, I appreciate the still shots of the architecture and interior design of the time that is shown but I wish there were video of you 2 perfect podsters and the guests. Definitely, have the tech for it. We all know that. What went into the decision to go no video on KZfaq?

@SeanMcGuire92 2 жыл бұрын

Well to be fair, all of the guests are almost undoubtedly recording from their homes. Kudos to them for not making them video themselves in their own homes! Besides, it's primarily an audio podcast that just also gets posts to KZfaq at the same time it goes on streaming sites like Spotify. No point of recording video for something that has a focus on audio. If it were *just* on KZfaq I'd agree with you, because then it'd be an interview with a focus on visual. But the focus is audio and it being posted to KZfaq is secondary.

@przybyla8 2 жыл бұрын

@@SeanMcGuire92 I disagree, most podcasts on KZfaq have video, even when the guest isn’t present. Michael Rosenbaum’s Inside of You, Mayim Bialik’s The Breakdown, Chelcie Lynn & Paige Ginn’s Viral Podcast. Weird to be on HBO and KZfaq and have no video. Especially a high end production like this.

@lazycrockett6605 2 жыл бұрын

Y'all scared me, thought I was gonna miss my fix.

@thunderousapplause 2 жыл бұрын

What is on Aurora’s mind as she watches Raekes w Miss Bingham? Guilt for inviting her?

@tourguide1003 2 жыл бұрын

Oh no I messed it up for Mariam! He doesn't appear to have any money either so how can he marry up?

@eswyatt 2 жыл бұрын

I have a theory (baseless hunch) about Tom. As a lawyer, he's tending to another estate that is about to end due to failure of issue (male issue, if entails are allowed in NY). He also knows the resulting reversion will transfer the estate to a line of descent in which Marian is due to inherit. Think of how he seems to be practicing his new role as an aristocrat. Also think of Agnus's "I'm never wrong" refrain.

@rosesareredmydear 2 жыл бұрын

I have been thinking along the same lines, that he knows about a fortune she is to inherit, or that her dead father had hidden for her! And yes, Agnes' "I'm never wrong" is always in the background. I think we will see some interesting and shady storylines with Miss Bingham and Tom. Poor Marian

@Lys31090 2 жыл бұрын

Theory: Her father put everything into railroad stock he was a gambler. Mr Raikes sees this in episode one and tell her that they're not worth the paper they're printed on and from that point on tries to marry her.

@eswyatt 2 жыл бұрын

@Lys31090 Good theory. And he wasn't lying. That paper was worth nothing, *at that time.

@Lys31090 2 жыл бұрын

@@eswyatt Really? Because that happened right before she moved and we see Mr Russell's railroad company doing very well. So the industry itself is booming as Marion retorts to Mr Rakes. He did something sly....I'm still suspicious of Mr. Rakes. Maybe the revelation about Peggy tonight will help Marion see people in their truth

@thunderousapplause 2 жыл бұрын

oscar will inherit the van rhijn money

@mikelclark9723 Жыл бұрын

My favorite show ever

@collnss 2 жыл бұрын

For a moment I thought Marion was going to sneak out to see the lighting ceremony. Did I miss something?

@dodaprettygirlrock 2 жыл бұрын

I thought so too

@ginnys8215 2 жыл бұрын

Will Marion figure out that Raikes is a rake? Or will she make a bad decision?

@shop-a-holic3194 2 жыл бұрын

Isn't her name Marion Brooks? And in one funny way sounds like: Marry-on-Broke? I think she will marry mr Rikes, he will drink and gamble all the money away. But Marion had an moment with the son of the Russels. He will come too save her, and aunty Agnes will change her opinion about the Russels... One big happy family!

@prettynerd4779 2 жыл бұрын

@@shop-a-holic3194 Lol not likely.. Agnes will stop the train wreck before it starts

@lazycrockett6605 2 жыл бұрын

@@shop-a-holic3194 You have to remember Fellow's writing, while he loves a bit of chaos and drama for his character's rarely does he put them in an extended bad situation. Marion marrying Tom, if he is the Raike he is, would put her in a miserable position for a long long time. Marion will move on and find love. That's just how Julian likes things.

@Hechicera86 2 жыл бұрын

Los amo saludos cordiales desde Paraguay 💕😘💕💕❣️❣️❣️❣️

@jeannemuller7625 2 жыл бұрын

Bertha is intense!

@lynnrivell6600 2 жыл бұрын

Outstanding only 3 more episodes

@LSTEdD1 2 жыл бұрын

But, happily a new season, #2 has been assured.

@lynnrivell6600 2 жыл бұрын

@@LSTEdD1 it is really good one that I really enjoy

@kellif01 2 жыл бұрын

So why is Mr Raikes really so interested in Marion? Is there a dowery out there that her father managed to keep? And where does Mrs Chamberlain fit in that story? I have a theory…..

@skeletonkeybooks 2 жыл бұрын

I pegged Raikes as a liar and schemer in that first scene. I'll be very surprised if Marian's father truly left her penniless. I have to wonder if those "worthless" railroad stocks were Russell shares. I also think Raikes was behind Marian's bag being stolen.

@bobf1332 2 жыл бұрын

Lord Fellows is having some fun with us. According to Webster’s, one of the definitions of the noun “rake” is “ a dissolute person : LIBERTINE”

@TheKrystee 2 жыл бұрын

@@skeletonkeybooks hmm 🤔 That’s a good theory!!

@kellif01 2 жыл бұрын

@@skeletonkeybooks I forgot about the railroad shares. Hmmmmm…..

@Neddoest 2 жыл бұрын

It’s electric boogie woogie woogie

@NJHater 2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣 nice

@cesarbugarini499 2 жыл бұрын

Puts into perspective new Yorkers' incessant need for dramatic public countdowns at night 🌃😂🇺🇸🍾

@sandeshhurli4441 2 жыл бұрын

What exactly did they mean by having to "tame" electricity? Was electricity already known? In what form?

@SeanMcGuire92 2 жыл бұрын

They knew *of* electricity with electrical storms and such, but how to harness electricity into something they reliably could use was a relatively new science/application during this period. That's why this one period saw new developments like the telephone and the incandescent lightbulb so relatively rapidly; suddenly, the technology and the science was there for them to be able to apply electricity, which they'd known of for a long time but didn't have a way to apply a use for it.

@nra_godly4987 2 жыл бұрын

Turner referred to electrical storms and lightening and Church replies that Edison tamed the electricity

@krampus3901 2 жыл бұрын

Because they could not harness the power and apply to practical inventions. Think of it of seeing a down power cable. You see the sparks (electricity) but you can't touch it or grab the cable. I mean you could...but it wouldn't end well.

@peggylee2267 2 жыл бұрын

Church outed Bannister

@SamanthaBaker8 8 ай бұрын

It’s more than that….

@marie2511 2 жыл бұрын

I ❤️ that Ms. Carrie, baby has a bit of a foul mouth 😂😂

@teresafoster5818 2 жыл бұрын

Why did the writers change history to fit their narrative? Edison demonstrated electricity in NYC in 1879. Lewis Latimer who the editor of the Globe claimed invented a better filament did not invent the improved filament until 1891. I realize The Gilded Age is fiction loosely based on facts but there is no need to slight Edison. I obtained the information from a site about the life of Lewis Latimer which reads as follows: "Latimer invented the carbon filament, a significant improvement in the production of the incandescent light bulb. Latimer filed a patent for the process for efficiently manufacturing the carbon filament in September 1881"

@yvonnedaniels8449 2 жыл бұрын

The only person that has truly been slighted is Lewis Latimer.

@teresafoster5818 2 жыл бұрын

@@yvonnedaniels8449 Please enlighten me how Latimer was slighted. Edison invented the lightbulb in 1879 Latimer made an a longer burning filament in 1891.Latimer earned money from the purchase of his filament. The viewers were slighted by being purposely mislead by the writers. I am a History Major you cannot change the facts of history to create your own narrative. That is precisely what the writers did. You can Fact Check History or continue to live in Delusion

@yvonnedaniels8449 2 жыл бұрын

@@teresafoster5818 I am glad you know of Mr. Latimer. Unfortunately, the previous poster did not know him. The massive slight is that Mr. Latimer’s contributions (and so many other inventors) are simply not taught to our population. You have to be a History Major like yourself or seek your own knowledge in order to learn these things. I am glad the show is talking about this subject and perfectly ok with them changing a few years since the overall story is fiction.

@xxashtonlee 2 жыл бұрын

Lewis Latimer patented the carbon filament in 1882, the exact same year in which this season is set, and your own quote at the bottom says he invented it in 1881. the show itself even says he invented a filament that improved Edison's existing light bulb, so no one is doing Edison any type of diservice.

@treesab 2 жыл бұрын

No need to slight Edison? My goodness, has noone been taught who Nikola Tesla was and his contributions to indoor electricity in this time period? I mean, he only invented alternating current (AC).... Ahhhh... but Tesla wanted to provide unlimited, wireless energy to humanity for free. He didnt want to make money off of electrical grids for each kilowatt consumed. Edison and his financial backers weren't as altruistic. To this very day, the same families that controlled the technology humanity had access to are the very same bloodlines of today that pretend the masses must give up all personal liberties to save the planet from the climate change fairy tale. *On a side note- the sun controls the climate. Carbon is not an enemy to humanity, it is fundamental to our existence.

@alex377687 2 жыл бұрын

Yay!!!!!!

@jrgnc1 2 жыл бұрын

I'd like to know why they film so much out of sequence.

@nicolelane7572 2 жыл бұрын

So they don’t have to repeatedly go back to the different locations. They film all of the Newport scenes, all of the backlot scenes, all of the Troy scenes, etc.

@mtngrl5859 2 жыл бұрын

That's common with video and film. I remember years ago when the old TV show Dallas was on, Larry Hagman who played JR Ewing, would do exterior shots at the ranch and several months later interior shots were filmed in a studio. He typically gained btw 19-20 pounds, so he was noticeably heavier in the same scenes.

@TheSharoncat 2 жыл бұрын

That’s basically the and of the art! The and of the art novo ! I wish electric wouldn’t be born ! Life would be much better

@jonaswunderkind4580 2 жыл бұрын

Dear Alice & Tom, show yourself :) AND your guests, why to hid behind picture slides?

@mrb4761 2 жыл бұрын

People have surmised that they're actually recording from several different cities

@Heresheis0818 2 жыл бұрын

How it rose and falls now:) India could be following the unstoppable social changes with merging to be the invincible developed nation in recent years.

@miguelpaul1164 2 жыл бұрын

Bertha is a classic narcissist. She sees her daughter as an extension of herself and controls every facet of her life. Not out of love but bc the narcissist must exert control and daughter has no say bc it's all about Bertha, no one else.

@jaydr6988 2 жыл бұрын

I don't know it seems like the lady partner in this podcast is in a class, because she doesn't really seem to know this information that she should be prepared for as she's coming from Turner classics.

@przybyla8 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, this!

@xxashtonlee 2 жыл бұрын

her expertise is the golden age of Hollywood, not gilded age new york society, and shes here to ask the kind of questions that the average viewer might ask, tom is the specialist and he is here to answer her questions and educate us all

@augustinefaithdefender 2 жыл бұрын

Marian says envy and lealous so much that everytime she said it, i rolled my eyes annoying. Gurl, say something else like, that is wonderful or something lol

@tourguide1003 2 жыл бұрын

Bertha's wardrobe is show stopping- the red cape! Marion's is the next best. Ithink Peggy's wardrobe reflects her socio economic class , she cant afford couture get real! Gladys poor Gladys looks like she is 12!

@xxashtonlee 2 жыл бұрын

Peggy is very well dressed, her socio economic standing is better than that of Marion without the support of her aunts, but Peggy is a career woman and she is dressing to be taken seriously in the periods version of a lady's power suit with "sensible" ensembles in plaids and stripes and dark colors for her work for agnes or the globe. notice that when she is escorting Marion or visiting her wealthy family she is actually in very stylish and expensive looking clothes

@barbaraallen2568 2 жыл бұрын

Electricity comes to the rich first because new technologies are always expensive. Thank goodness for the rich paying the higher prices so that eventually, through economy of scale, the price comes down. So don’t make it sound like the lower classes were victims because they didn’t get electricity right. away. To put it in perspective, my mother’s family lived on a farm in Minnesota and didn’t get electricity until 1920. Also, remember how expensive cell phones were when they first came out? The average person couldn’t afford them. And then, through economy of scale the price comes down.

@tymanung6382 Жыл бұрын

This is true in an unequal, hierarchical, economy, but not so in a more equal economy.