Billionaires, Bribes & Rachmaninoff

In episode #8 of My Perfect Sunday, Sean and Tom are joined by Rosita to chat absolute nonsense and occasionally stumble into something deep. Expect to learn why $5 million makes you the poorest rich man, how the inventors of insulin sold it for $1, why money doesn’t change people but amplifies them, the question Mark Cuban thinks every billionaire should ask, why “All By Myself” is secretly Rachmaninoff, how Akon got rich off ringtones, why nobody dared stop clapping for Stalin, and how Tom ended up bribing the Mexican police for having a wee... and much more… -- 0:00 Intro 1:03 Rosita joins the show 2:06 Love Saves The Day festival 3:45 Bristol house prices 6:37 Living in a rough area 8:04 The laptop thief 9:06 Why don't criminals target rich areas? 10:36 Is it unethical to mark up prices? 11:17 The insulin scandal 13:37 The $5 million purgatory 14:09 Boomer parenting & self-worth 16:19 Money amplifies who you are 18:00 Mark Cuban: how much money do you need? 20:15 John Lennon & The Beatles 21:55 Music across cultures 24:04 Muse & Rachmaninoff 26:13 Classical vs house music 28:08 All By Myself is Rachmaninoff 29:33 T-Pain 31:20 Akon's ringtone fortune 32:01 Crazy Frog 33:09 El Sistema & Chávez 35:33 Stalin's standing ovation 36:26 Sampling & house music 38:20 Ghost cities & Dubai 40:09 New Zealand & Hobbiton 41:26 Hostels 43:28 Bribing the Mexican police 44:30 Outro -- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ceAlvY... IG: @myperfectsundaypod TikTok: @myperfectsundaypod _ MPS #8 #MyPerfectSunday #Podcast