100: The Dot-Com Bubble - When the Internet Became a Mania (1995–2000)

In this episode we turn to one of the most iconic, technologically defining, and psychologically revealing bubbles in modern history: the Dot-Com Bubble of 1995 to 2000.

This is the story of how the commercialization of the Internet ignited the greatest speculative frenzy the world had seen since the 1920s. A tidal wave of optimism swept over investors as they poured money into anything with a “.com” in its name.