Topic: Duke Hospital

The Duke family's philanthropic efforts are detailed, including the admission of women to Trinity College on equal footing and the establishment of Lincoln Hospital for African Americans. The hosts discuss "Buck" Duke's vision for the Duke Endowment, which focused on building non-profit community hospitals and supporting the Methodist Church as a means of regional development and social control.

Mo discusses the physical and economic presence of Duke in Durham, describing the university as a "castle" surrounded by poor neighborhoods. They compare the "old money" power of the Duke Endowment to modern tech wealth, suggesting that institutional power is more permanent and less visible than the public-facing wealth of figures like Bill Gates.