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Ridiculous History

The Ridiculous History of Credit Cards

Ridiculous History

iHeartPodcasts

History, Society & Culture

4.34.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

When you think about it, credit cards are a pretty fascinating idea -- they're convenient, ubiquitous and, often, predatory. In today's episode, Ben, Noel and Max explore the strange origin story of the credit card.

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0:00.0

Ridiculous history is a production of I Heart Radio. Oh, Welcome back to the show, Ridiculous Historians. Thank you as always so much for tuning in.

0:32.3

Credit on the production goes to our super producer Mr. Max Williams

0:36.5

I can always swipe my credit cards. That's dirty. I don't know if it is.

0:41.6

It's the way you said it though though Max it was the tone you took.

0:45.0

We'll get to the magnetic stripe. There's a story behind that.

0:48.0

It was that come hither tone Max.

0:50.0

Wow. I dig it.

0:52.0

A very, very Sylvia of you, sir.

0:54.0

I am Ben Boland joined as always with the man the myth of legend.

0:58.0

Mr. Noel Brown.

1:00.0

Does I...

1:01.0

Mr. Brown.

1:02.0

Yes, sir. I've got to ask you do you have credit cards you know I do and it's

1:09.2

funny it's funny you should ask not really it's actually very in character that you would ask this we're trying to fill time for the episode

1:15.8

It's totally cool man we see through your ruse Ben Bolin your reindeer game well give me some credit I will I'll give you all the credit I'll give bowling your

1:23.3

reindeer games. I will give you all the credit.

1:24.8

I'll give you more credit than you deserve.

1:26.7

No, untrue.

1:27.6

You deserve every scrap of credit.

1:29.3

Thank you very much.

1:30.3

Heaps.

1:31.1

I heap it upon you.

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