bsnsHistory
Every day of the year has a story where business reshaped the world.
And each day, host Ron Trucks takes you through that story - part history lesson, part trivia fun - in less time than it takes to order your Starbucks.
And on Fridays? We cut loose with bsnsBloopers: the missteps, meltdowns, and epic fails that prove business doesn’t always go according to plan.
Podcasting since 2025 • 15 episodes
bsnsHistory
Latest Episodes
Jan 08, 2026: Elvis Presley Born, Pop Culture Becomes an Industry
A single life quietly helped turn fame into a scalable, enduring business.On January 8, 1935, Elvis Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, entering a world far removed from the cultural and commercial machine he would later shape. As h...
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Season 1
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Episode 26008
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8:43
Jan 07, 2026: Six Players, One Ball, and a Dream
A small traveling team quietly proved that sport could be packaged, branded, and sold far beyond the court.On January 7, 1927, Abe Saperstein and a group of young Black athletes played their first game under the name Harlem Globetrotters...
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Season 1
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Episode 22007
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9:27
Jan 06, 2026: The Woman Who Taught the World to Learn
What began as a small classroom experiment quietly reshaped how societies think about learning, talent, and human potential.On January 6, 1907, Maria Montessori opened Casa dei Bambini in Rome’s San Lorenzo district, introducing an appro...
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Season 1
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Episode 26006
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8:56
Jan 05, 2026: IBM Introduces the Floppy Disk, Data Goes Portable
A small engineering workaround quietly changed how information could move, scale, and be sold.On January 5, 1970, IBM introduced the floppy disk as a flexible magnetic storage medium designed to load software into mainframe systems. What...
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Season 1
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Episode 26005
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9:03
Jan 01, 2026: Pasadena Threw a Parade, and Business Joined the March
What began as a local celebration quietly became a blueprint for how business would attach itself to spectacle.On January 1, 1902, Pasadena’s Tournament of Roses Parade shifted from a civic gathering into an early economic engine, drawin...
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Season 1
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Episode 26001
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8:30