The Apostrophe Show Podcast

The Apostrophe Show

Ian Robert Anderson
One Big Show. Four Short Stories. Each episode explores a mix of topics including business/money, travel, reading/watching, ability/skill, product/service and more. The most important part is what is NOT talked about: no religion, no politics, no current events.
Failure Doors Matera Bee
Feel like a winner in the Museum of Failure, learn how to use European doors (this could save your life!), an ancient stone village in Italy fit for a spy and free exercise infographics with useful browser functionality. #theapostropheshow #museumoffailure #europeandoors #doorscankillyou #materaitaly #exercise
Jul 4, 2023
12 min
Math Dall-E Goats DJ
Is math cool? It sure is, especially at this museum in NYC but you don’t need math to use an AI image generator (OpenAI’s Dall-E), see what a bunch of goats can teach you about life and a fun business idea to generate passive income (that’s the good kind).
May 27, 2023
20 min
Level Sticker Waveline Wedge
Write words that more people can understand using this one copy-and-pasteable trick, thankfully this little sticker on my high school ID wasn’t hard to understand but a house that is partially underground is a bit crazy and finally think of all the waves out there in the ocean… let’s make some electricity out of those!
May 21, 2023
15 min
Support Glacier 1,000 Elevator
Make some cash from poor customer service giants like Facebook and Google, go on an incredible train ride through Switzerland, life lessons from a thousand lived years have been condensed for you and a tiny museum inside of an elevator.
Apr 4, 2023
15 min
Rainbow Lolly Result Potato
Check a river in Columbia that looks like a liquid rainbow, adult-flavored lollipops that sell for a premium, are you happy with the results you are getting in life and the Idaho potato museum (yeah, it’s a real thing)
Apr 4, 2023
11 min
Climber Derinkuyu Clearhouse Dawn
An Indian farmer developed a clever way to get to the top of palm trees quickly, see how this Turkish community lived underground, a well-designed house in New York and a Japanese cafe that employs disabled (bedridden) people to remotely operate robot servers (I love this).
Mar 27, 2023
10 min
Humanize Opening Holiday Kart
Disney is the master of giving things human-like capabilities and this Japanese roof tile company gets it, incredible books have incredible opening lines, you don’t need permission to start your own holiday and here are some ridiculous examples, if you can buy hill-y land for cheap here is a business idea to monetize gravity.
Mar 27, 2023
9 min
Illusion McAds Books Wheel
Imagine how fast you could grow your company if everyday people from all over the world were sharing photos of your business, with billions of dollars you can make some interesting ads, here’s how to score all the free books you could ever read and if I ever need a wheelchair I will be buying this upgrade.
Mar 19, 2023
12 min
MacBook Spy Medical Almanack
Apple (a multi-billion dollar company) makes MacBook Pros but can Ian make them better, a museum dedicated to spies, just how much can you save on medical procedures by going to other countries and learn about one of the best books out there (and it’s free).
Mar 19, 2023
12 min
Sucking Believe Stutz Mail
Whenever you start something new you are going to suck at it and that’s okay it’s part of the process, if you’ve been struggling at sales you need to answer this one question, Psychologist Phil Stutz breaks down why you do the dumb things you do and if you travel long term you’ll need a way to get physical mail anywhere in the world let me show you what I use.
Mar 13, 2023
10 min
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