EP157: The Man Who Spent $35MM Fighting A $400k Fake Wine Fraud, Tempest Tours: A Stormy, Sightseeing Vacation, How Smallpox Created Canada by Destroying Washington’s Army and Marketing Has A Marketing Problem... Too Many Narcissists Manipulating People
Our American Stories
iHeartPodcasts
4.6 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 3 January 2022
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of Our American Stories, Entrepreneur, philanthropist, and America’s Cup winner Bill Koch doesn’t like being cheated. The latest episode for our “Rule of Law” series!; Martin Lisius, founder of Tempest Tours, and Kim George, Customer Relations Manager, talk about the companies origins and what it's like being on the road in midst of extreme weather; the President of Amerisearch, William Federer. tells the story of how Canada became an independent nation—and not part of the United States—most likely, because of smallpox; Seth Godin, the author of 19 best-selling books and one of the most popular blogs in the world tells us about a dark truth in the marketing industry.
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Time Codes:
00:00 - The Man Who Spent $35MM Fighting A $400k Fake Wine Fraud
10:00 - Tempest Tours: A Stormy, Sightseeing Vacation
23:00 - How Smallpox Created Canada by Destroying Washington’s Army
35:00 - Marketing Has A Marketing Problem... Too Many Narcissists Manipulating People
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