Progressive Insurance: High-Risk Drivers, Snapshot Telematics and Flo
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Progressive began in 1937 when Cleveland attorneys Jack Green and Joseph M. Lewis founded a mutu...
19 Okt 25min
Pratt and Whitney: The Wasp Radial Engine, the GTF Recall and Tarmac Washes
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1925 Frederick Rentschler left Wright Aeronautical with a plan for a new aircraft engine. Thr...
19 Okt 24min
Plaid: Screen Scraping Bots, Visa's $5.3B Bid and a $58 Million Settlement
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Plaid is the company many people talk to when they type a bank password into an app like Venmo. ...
19 Okt 18min
Paramount Pictures: 24 Stars, a Horse Barn and the 1948 Antitrust Breakup
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Paramount grew from three separate ventures. In 1912 Hungarian immigrant Adolph Zukor launched t...
19 Okt 24min
Panamax Explained: Panama Canal Lock Limits, Gatun Lake and Neopanamax
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Panamax is the set of size limits imposed by the Panama Canal's original locks, which opened in ...
19 Okt 23min
Panther Tank: Snapped Final Drives, Kursk Fires and the German Tank Problem
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The Panzerkampfwagen V Panther was a rushed answer to the Soviet T-34, whose wide tracks and slo...
19 Okt 23min
MSC: Gianluigi Aponte's First Used Ship to the MSC Gayane Cocaine Bust
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Mediterranean Shipping Company began in 1970, when Naples sea captain Gianluigi Aponte and his w...
19 Okt 23min
Kemmons Wilson's Holiday Inn: Summer Avenue, Holidex and the Great Sign
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1952 Memphis resident Kemmons Wilson drove his family to Washington, D.C., and came home angr...
19 Okt 25min
