World Series of Poker: From Seven Gamblers to a $500 Million Brand
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1982, Jack Straus lost what he thought was his last hand, stood up to leave, and found a sing...
7 Loka 23min
Simon Leviev: How the Tinder Swindler Keeps Escaping Justice
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Before he was the Tinder Swindler, Shimon Yehuda Hayut was a teenager who stole a checkbook from...
7 Loka 21min
Wall Street History: From a Dirt Wall and Slave Market to the NYSE
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Wall Street is named for an actual wall. In 1653, Peter Stuyvesant ordered a barrier of dirt and...
7 Loka 21min
The History of Money: From Baboon Bone Ledgers to Bitcoin
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The textbook story says money replaced clumsy barter, wheat for cows and goats for shoes. Anthro...
7 Loka 24min
Fort Knox Beyond the Gold: Tanks, Secret Documents, and Army HR
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Fort Knox is shorthand for an impenetrable gold vault, yet the vault is a small part of a 109,00...
7 Loka 24min
Diamond Jim Brady: The Gilded Age Glutton Who Funded Medicine
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!When doctors examined James Buchanan Brady after his death in 1917, they reportedly found a stom...
7 Loka 21min
Ponzi Schemes Explained: Charles Ponzi Did Not Invent the Scam
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Charles Ponzi gave his name to the most famous fraud in finance, but he did not invent it. Charl...
7 Loka 22min
Samuel Brannan: The Gold Rush Millionaire Who Died Unclaimed
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Samuel Brannan became California's first millionaire, owned large stretches of San Francisco and...
7 Loka 21min
