Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
August 19, 2026: The Fortune Nobody Saw Coming
Season 1 Episode 26231
A woman built one of the largest fortunes in Gold Rush-era California, and almost nobody around her realized it was happening.
Born around August 19, …
1 month, 1 week ago
August 18, 2026: Is It Ever Going To Land On Red?
Season 1 Episode 26230
A wheel with no memory convinced an entire room it owed them something, and it cost them millions to find out otherwise.
On the evening of August 18, …
1 month, 1 week ago
August 17, 2026: Four Hundred Thousand in a Field Saves Warner Bros.
Season 1 Episode 26229
Four men set out to fund a recording studio. What they actually built was a financial disaster that became one of the most famous events in American …
1 month, 1 week ago
Business Blooper: The Chip That Passed (Through)
Season 1 Episode 26226
Sometimes the product works exactly as advertised, and that is precisely the problem.
On January 24, 1996, the FDA approved olestra (oh-LES-trah), a s…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
August 13, 2026: The Argument That Never Settled
Season 1 Episode 26225
A phrase gets repeated every election cycle that almost nobody can actually define. This episode traces it back to where it started.
On August 13, 198…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
August 12, 2026: Two Different Kinds of Genius
Season 1 Episode 26224
A broke mechanic built a better machine in eleven days. It took his lawyer five more years to figure out how anyone could actually buy one.
On August …
1 month, 2 weeks ago
August 11, 2026: Known for the Wrong Thing
Season 1 Episode 26223
The world called her the most beautiful woman alive. It took fifty-five years for anyone to call her an inventor.
On August 11, 1942, actress Hedy Lam…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
August 10, 2026: Free, Out of Spite
Season 1 Episode 26222
A man who was never allowed to use his own father's name decided, quietly and without explanation, exactly whose name would be remembered instead.
On …
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Business Blooper: The Pants That Talked Back
Season 1 Episode 26219
There are product failures, and then there are founder failures. This week's bsnsBloopers has both.
On November 5, 2013, Lululemon founder Chip Wilson…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
August 6, 2026: Collaborators Welcome
Season 1 Episode 26218
Two words almost didn't make it into a routine reply on an internet newsgroup, and the internet as we know it might not exist without them.
On August …
1 month, 3 weeks ago