Bruce McLaren: A Teenage Hill Climb Win, Can-Am Dominance and the F1
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Bruce McLaren was born in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1937 and grew up in his family's service sta...
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Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890: Striking Workers, Standard Oil and a Grudge
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The 51st Congress, led by Senator John Sherman of Ohio, passed the Sherman Antitrust Act and Pre...
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Levi's 501: Jacob Davis' Copper Rivets, Soviet Black Markets and Lasers
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Levi Strauss, a German Jewish immigrant, went to San Francisco in 1853 to run a West Coast branc...
18 Okt 22min
Adi Dassler's Adidas: Jesse Owens' Spikes and Stripes for Two Whiskeys
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Adolf "Adi" Dassler began making sports shoes in his mother's scullery in Herzogenaurach, German...
18 Okt 21min
Do Kwon and Terra: Anchor's 19.5% Yield, a $45B Crash and a Fake Passport
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Do Kwon and co-founder Daniel Shin started Terraform Labs in Seoul in 2018 to build TerraUSD, an...
18 Okt 24min
Porsche Family: A Sawmill 356, the 901 Name Swap and Volkswagen Control
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1931 Ferdinand Porsche founded an engineering consultancy in Stuttgart with Anton Piëch and A...
18 Okt 19min
Washington Mutual: Option ARMs, a $16.7B Run and the $1.9B Chase Sale
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Washington Mutual was founded in 1889 after the Great Seattle Fire as the Washington National Bu...
18 Okt 18min
Bricklin SV-1: Gullwing Safety Car, a Seven-Pound Hammer Test and Collapse
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Malcolm Bricklin, who first brought Subaru to the United States in 1968, set out in the early 19...
18 Okt 22min
