Pyramid Schemes Explained: The Math Behind Gifting Circles and MLMs
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!A friend invites you to a gifting circle: put in $100, bring two people, and be blessed with $80...
7 Okt 22min
Ruja Ignatova: The Oxford-Educated Cryptoqueen Who Vanished With Billions
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Ruja Ignatova sits on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list beside cartel bosses and hitmen, yet she ho...
7 Okt 18min
The Gilded Age: Railroads, Robber Barons and the Rust Under the Gold
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!By 1880, an average white 10-year-old boy in the United States was shorter and had a lower life ...
7 Okt 22min
The Hoover Free Flights Fiasco: How a 1992 Promo Sank a Brand
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Spend 100 pounds on a Hoover appliance and receive two round trip tickets to the United States w...
7 Okt 21min
Gregor MacGregor and Poyais: The War Hero Who Invented a Country
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Gregor MacGregor was buried with full state honors in a national cathedral in 1845. He had also ...
7 Okt 23min
Joan Anderson: The Woman Who Named the Hula Hoop and Got $6,000
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Joan Anderson pitched the idea and the name for one of the best selling toys in history, sealed ...
7 Okt 19min
Charles Deville Wells: The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo is remembered through a music hall hit, a 1935 film, a...
7 Okt 21min
Therese Humbert and the Crawford Millions: The Empty Safe of Paris
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1902 a Paris court forced open the iron safe that had backed twenty years of bank loans. Cred...
7 Okt 20min
