WEBVTT - Introducing Newton's Law

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<v Speaker 1>In the late sixteen hundreds, England found itself in crisis.

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<v Speaker 1>The fledgling financial system was on the verge of collapse.

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<v Speaker 1>Counterfeiters were running rampant. Riot was in the air, and

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<v Speaker 1>the only person standing between England and oblivion was Isaac Newton.

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<v Speaker 1>That's correct. Yeah, one of the greatest scientific minds they

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<v Speaker 1>ever really had this link with the Row min We

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<v Speaker 1>all know Isaac Newton as the guy with the apple

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<v Speaker 1>and gravity and the laws of motion. But Newton's second

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<v Speaker 1>act after he sorted gravity and all was as the

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<v Speaker 1>warden of the Royal Mint. This job basically made him

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<v Speaker 1>a cop on the Crown's payroll, and that Newton sent

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<v Speaker 1>dozens of people to their deaths, ran undercover operations, paid

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<v Speaker 1>off informants in shady pubs, may have once maybe had

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<v Speaker 1>someone sort of tortured. This. Isaac Newton came to be

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<v Speaker 1>hated and feared by the London underworld. So this is

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<v Speaker 1>a man that, despite loathing this actual work, is doing

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<v Speaker 1>an awful lot of it in a way that you

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<v Speaker 1>might expect from a police inspector and a judge and

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<v Speaker 1>prosecution today in many ways, join me. Linda Rodriguez mcgrabbie

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<v Speaker 1>from Newton's Law, a new I Heart original podcast. We'll

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<v Speaker 1>follow Isaac Newton on his unexpected journey from dusty Cambridge

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<v Speaker 1>academic to ruthless London detective. We'll get into some big

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<v Speaker 1>ideas that had their roots in this moment more than

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<v Speaker 1>three years ago, ideas that have shaped the world around us.

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<v Speaker 1>And we'll hear about how the world's smartest man's new

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<v Speaker 1>job put him on a collision course with the most

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<v Speaker 1>prolific skilled counterfeitter the city had ever seen. You listen

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