“LA Made” is a series exploring stories of bold Californian innovators and how they forever changed the lives of millions all over the world. Each season will unpack the untold and surprising stories behind some of the most exciting innovations that continue to influence our lives today. Season 2, “LA Made: The Barbie Tapes,” tells the backstory of the world’s most popular doll, Barbie. Barbie is a cultural icon but what do you really know about her? Hear Barbie's origin story from the peopl ...
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محتوای ارائه شده توسط Zero Sum Empire and A Census of the Billionaire Class. تمام محتوای پادکست شامل قسمتها، گرافیکها و توضیحات پادکست مستقیماً توسط Zero Sum Empire and A Census of the Billionaire Class یا شریک پلتفرم پادکست آنها آپلود و ارائه میشوند. اگر فکر میکنید شخصی بدون اجازه شما از اثر دارای حق نسخهبرداری شما استفاده میکند، میتوانید روندی که در اینجا شرح داده شده است را دنبال کنید.https://fa.player.fm/legal
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Little Boxes, Little Balls: Clemmie Dixon Spangler and Kunio Busujima
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محتوای ارائه شده توسط Zero Sum Empire and A Census of the Billionaire Class. تمام محتوای پادکست شامل قسمتها، گرافیکها و توضیحات پادکست مستقیماً توسط Zero Sum Empire and A Census of the Billionaire Class یا شریک پلتفرم پادکست آنها آپلود و ارائه میشوند. اگر فکر میکنید شخصی بدون اجازه شما از اثر دارای حق نسخهبرداری شما استفاده میکند، میتوانید روندی که در اینجا شرح داده شده است را دنبال کنید.https://fa.player.fm/legal
In this episode's "Billionaires in the News," Joe and Chad discuss Elon Musk's decision to chief that loud with Joe Rogan to prove to the world that he's a Normal Man. Then they talk about Clemmie Dixon Spangler, the recently-deceased billionaire owner of National Gypsum Co., gypsum's role in the history of American agriculture, the Plaster War of 1820, and the relationship between gypsum mining and the standardization of walls in homes and other buildings. Then they talk about Kunio Busujima (also recently deceased), who made his fortune on the Japanese gambling pastime pachinko. Pachinko is sort of like a cross between pinball and slot machines and it's so popular that in Japan alone it generates more revenue than Las Vegas, Macau, and Singapore combined. NOTE: This was the first episode we recorded and we didn't have our process completely worked out yet. We didn't use our random selector to choose these billionaires. Instead, we chose two who had recently died. In the future, all choices will be selected at random. Also, all future billionaires will be American to make things easier on us in terms of research.
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محتوای ارائه شده توسط Zero Sum Empire and A Census of the Billionaire Class. تمام محتوای پادکست شامل قسمتها، گرافیکها و توضیحات پادکست مستقیماً توسط Zero Sum Empire and A Census of the Billionaire Class یا شریک پلتفرم پادکست آنها آپلود و ارائه میشوند. اگر فکر میکنید شخصی بدون اجازه شما از اثر دارای حق نسخهبرداری شما استفاده میکند، میتوانید روندی که در اینجا شرح داده شده است را دنبال کنید.https://fa.player.fm/legal
In this episode's "Billionaires in the News," Joe and Chad discuss Elon Musk's decision to chief that loud with Joe Rogan to prove to the world that he's a Normal Man. Then they talk about Clemmie Dixon Spangler, the recently-deceased billionaire owner of National Gypsum Co., gypsum's role in the history of American agriculture, the Plaster War of 1820, and the relationship between gypsum mining and the standardization of walls in homes and other buildings. Then they talk about Kunio Busujima (also recently deceased), who made his fortune on the Japanese gambling pastime pachinko. Pachinko is sort of like a cross between pinball and slot machines and it's so popular that in Japan alone it generates more revenue than Las Vegas, Macau, and Singapore combined. NOTE: This was the first episode we recorded and we didn't have our process completely worked out yet. We didn't use our random selector to choose these billionaires. Instead, we chose two who had recently died. In the future, all choices will be selected at random. Also, all future billionaires will be American to make things easier on us in terms of research.
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