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🗓️ 3 August 2022
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Monopoly is one of the best selling board games of all time, but it has a controversial history. The game’s inventor was an unemployed salesman named Charles B. Darrow who was struggling to put food on the table during the great depression - at least that was the commonly held belief for a long time. But actually, that’s only a tiny part of the story, tune in to hear more!
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REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:
The Monopolists by Mary Pilon: https://www.marypilon.com/monopoly
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/business/behind-monopoly-an-inventor-who-didnt-pass-go.html
https://www.henrygeorge.org/dodson_on_monopoly.htm
https://www.britannica.com/sports/Monopoly-board-game
https://www.thoughtco.com/monopoly-monopoly-charles-darrow-4079786
https://www.hasbro.com/common/instruct/Monopoly_(1999).pdf
https://www.monopolyland.com/monopoly-pieces/
https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2015/02/13/who-really-invented-monopoly.html
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0:00.0 | Hey mates, it's Matt just dropping in here to let you know that my comedy special is now available for free online |
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0:38.8 | Hello, I'm historian Greg Jenner host of the BBC podcast your dead to me and I've written a children's book |
0:44.4 | It's called you are history |
0:46.3 | It's a funny fact-filled look at the amazing history behind 50 of the things that you use every day from the alarm clock |
0:52.9 | That wakes you up to the bed that you collapse in at night because no matter how modern you feel |
0:57.6 | You're doing the same things that our ancient ancestors did too. You just have cooler shoes |
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1:24.1 | Hello and welcome to another episode of dogoon my name is just Perkins and I'm joined as always by Matt Stewart Matt hello |
1:31.5 | Hey, Jess. Thanks so much for having me here at sans pant studio. That's right. It's a pleasure to be here |
1:37.5 | And I'm doing the intro poorly because Dave isn't here. Who's here instead Matt? Oh my god. I'm so excited |
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