Ed Helms

This is one of the most dramatic events that really ever happened in New York City politics.

The world we live in is a competitive world, and I don't think that's going to stop, even if you did a lot of redistribution.

You know, we have a deep desire to excel and be competitive and gain status and be useful to others.

And it's a multiplayer game.

Ladies and gentlemen, breaking news out of Maricopa County as Laura Owens has been indicted on fraud charges.

The world we live in is a competitive world, and I don't think that's going to stop, even if you did a lot of redistribution.

You know, we have a deep desire to excel and be competitive and gain status and be useful to others.

And it's a multiplayer game.

Ladies and gentlemen, breaking news out of Maricopa County as Laura Owens has been indicted on fraud charges.

This is one of the most dramatic events that really ever happened in New York City politics.

Hey, snafu fans.

It's Ed.

Today, I'm coming to you with an episode of a podcast I have been loving.

It's called Business History.

Hosts Jacob Goldstein and Robert Smith, former Planet Money guys, dig up the wildest, most, wait, what?

Stories about businesses big and small, like how Hitler's favorite car became the ultimate hippie vehicle or why Thomas Edison got mixed up in the invention of the electric chair.

Every episode is a masterclass in how fascinating people built something incredible and either watched it soar or burn to the ground.

Either way, it tells us something about how we run business today.

Today's tale is really wacky.

Fueled by hot tubs, recreational drugs, and a love of games, Nolan Bushnell took computer games out of research labs and into bars, launching an industry.