I have known Ben Hodson for over 20 years, and when he came in to record we went over most of those years and back a few more in Episode #085 of Underserved. The first part of our conversation is this regular episode entitled "Ancient History." We start with Ben's step-grandfather cultivating Ben's curiosity and love of experimentation/iteration to find solutions. This theme would follow Ben through his career, from hardware stores to online job boards to smart speakers. We continue the conversation (including our overlapping Monster years) in the bonus episode entitled, "Modern History."   Ben on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-hodson-560b75/ Link to a nice article on my Step grandfather. https://www.nae.edu/29182/Mr-Frederick-J-Hooven Article about a paper he wrote about the disappearance of Amelia Earhart https://earharttruth.wordpress.com/tag/the-hooven-report/ Amazon book about my Step grandfather  https://www.amazon.com/Planes-Trains-Automobiles-More-Inventions/dp/1735599921/ref=nodl_?dplnkId=5a95d530-e2f6-4ffe-a857-7dfd861b344b Some videos of drag racing the Firehawk. https://youtu.be/F0UGXlQ41Cg High school slasher film starring me as the psycho in the raincoat.. https://youtu.be/vAOUriJnNRQ