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Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin

The practical ethics of the Jet Ski

Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin

Midroll Media

Society & Culture

4.81.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

And the return of Thomas Midgely


Akimbo is a weekly podcast created by Seth Godin. He's the bestselling author of 19 books and a long-time entrepreneur, freelancer and teacher.

You can find out more about Seth by reading his daily blog at seths.blog and about the workshops at akimbo.com .

To submit a question and to see the show notes, please visit akimbo.link and press the appropriate button.





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0:00.0

In 1960, around the time that Tater Tots came on the scene, Arthur Julius introduced his new invention

0:08.8

at the National Restaurant Show. It was wet naps, and history was being made.

0:16.8

Hey, it's Seth, and this is a Kimbo.

0:21.5

We'll be back in a second to talk about jet skis,

0:29.6

leaded gas, and flushable wipes. But first, here's a message from our sponsor.

0:37.9

Hi, it's Benedict, you and I'm here to talk to you about how you can become a better storyteller.

0:43.5

Storytelling is not an art reserve for the chosen few. It's a skill that you can learn.

0:49.2

Just like the students have taken part in this story, skills workshop have done.

0:55.4

Actually, I had a story to tell that was really important for me, but also was going to be very,

1:03.1

very important for people in the future. It's been absolutely life changing for me to see

1:07.6

stories everywhere and to see my own stories. I was surprised that the learning was as much

1:13.7

in the giving as in the receiving. We got to not only learn about storyteller, we actually got

1:21.0

to practice using stories in our everyday life. If you're ready to become a better storyteller,

1:28.8

I hope you'll join us. I hope you'll check it out. Visit a Kimbo.com slash go for all the

1:35.6

upcoming workshops. Go make a ruckus. The wet nap was originally invented so that you could

1:42.3

clean your hands after you ate ribs at a roadside joint, but it grew to many things. It includes

1:49.2

baby wipes and, of course, flushable wipes. Last year, sewer systems, government agencies around

1:55.9

the world spent more than a billion dollars cleaning up from the side effects of people using

2:03.0

flushable wipes. They create fat birds, giant glaciers stuck in the sewer system that cause enormous

2:10.9

amounts of damage, and yet people persist in using flushable wipes. Okay, let's go sideways for a

2:19.8

minute. Clayton Jacobson in the 1960s was a motorcycle driver. He loved fast bikes. He liked

2:27.4

hanging out on the beach with his friends, and he wanted to find a way to combine the beach with

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