Jamie Feldman

In addition to being one of the silliest strangers we've ever met on Zoom, Donna is a former radio DJ, professor of media studies at Emerson University, and music lover, who was credited during her stint as a DJ in Cleveland for launching the career of the 70s-era Canadian rock band... Rush.

In addition to being one of the silliest strangers we've ever met on Zoom, Donna is a former radio DJ, professor of media studies at Emerson University, and music lover, who was credited during her stint as a DJ in Cleveland for launching the career of the 70s-era Canadian rock band... Rush.

I don't know them.

I don't know them.

And just like Rashida Jones in the 2009 movie I Love You Man, we also didn't know anything about Rush until Paul Rudd provided us with some iTunes action.

And just like Rashida Jones in the 2009 movie I Love You Man, we also didn't know anything about Rush until Paul Rudd provided us with some iTunes action.

And every steelworker and dancer were picking up the tracks Donna was laying down on the radio.

And every steelworker and dancer were picking up the tracks Donna was laying down on the radio.

I mean, I still have my silly gold card, okay? When Donna got her first American Express gold card...

I mean, I still have my silly gold card, okay? When Donna got her first American Express gold card...

Women did not generally get approved for credit cards. See if I can find it and grab it. And if they did, they were associated with their husband's card. Here we go. But Donna didn't want a card in her husband's name.

Women did not generally get approved for credit cards. See if I can find it and grab it. And if they did, they were associated with their husband's card. Here we go. But Donna didn't want a card in her husband's name.

She wanted one in her own name.

She wanted one in her own name.

And if you didn't want to look for a man on the streets, hopefully you had a brother, an uncle, grandpa, even if they made less money than you did.

And if you didn't want to look for a man on the streets, hopefully you had a brother, an uncle, grandpa, even if they made less money than you did.

But I did know that the first credit card came out in 1950 and was called the Diners Club card, as is hinted in this extremely subtle commercial.

But I did know that the first credit card came out in 1950 and was called the Diners Club card, as is hinted in this extremely subtle commercial.

It paved the way for what we now consider common practice, revolving credit.

It paved the way for what we now consider common practice, revolving credit.