Crashes is now Backtest.
New name, same mission—to dive deep into the major turning points in market history and bring them to life with riveting storytelling and actionable lessons.
We talked to many of you to explore what worked well in our pilots and what we should tweak—format, structure, topics, and naming. Your feedback was invaluable and is always welcome.
Our stories will always be bigger than downturns and crises. We study full cycles—how booms build the foundation for the future, how busts clear away the speculative excesses, how institutions and individuals navigate the ups and downs, and how lessons from the past apply to the present.
So what’s next?
We want to build ways to dive deeper together—to go beyond the stories and dig into the details. We’re exploring memos, cases, and of course, a community feature so we can interact in real-time.
As we develop those, we are laser-focused on making our episodes excellent. That’s the bar, every day.
We’re going a little “Taylor’s Version” for the next two months to re-record our series on the Dot Com Boom and the Global Financial Crisis. It will be completely new content—from scratch—with a few surprising sideplots.
Stay tuned and spread the word.