First Credit Card (1950)

from Debut Buddies · host Chelsea Hollander, Michael J O'Connor, Kelly Attaway, Nate Ragolia

Imagine, you've taken your clients out to an unforgettable luncheon and... *pat* *pat* *pat*... you don't have your wallet, or any cash, or even your checkbook! How mortifying!? Whatever will you do? Well... you invent a new way to pay that fundamentally alters the economy and complicates everyone's lives... FOREVER. We're talking about the FIRST CREDIT CARD, so get ready to join the Diners' Club and start deferring payment to the end of the month... when surely you'll have the money to cover it... Right? Right!? Also, a MouthGarf Report and I See What You Did There!Sources:www.dinersclub.com/about-us/historyhttps://medium.com/@BOLDAwards/the-story-of-diners-club-the-first-credit-card-c0191d02c89ehttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/34270/the-diners-club-credit-card-gamehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diners_Club_InternationalPlease give us a 5 star rating on Apple Podcasts! Want to ask us a question? Talk to us! Email [email protected] to the archives of Kelly and Chelsea's awesome horror movie podcast, Never Show the Monster.Get some sci-fi from Spaceboy Books.Get down with Michael J. O'Connor and the Cold Family and check out his new compilation The Best of the Bad Years 2005 - 2025Next time: First Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

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