The $500,000 Answering Machine

About The $500,000 Answering Machine

1,000 stories from people who give a sh*t. A raw, unfiltered feed of real-time voicemails being left by 1,000 grantees of a crazy, weird social experiment called Drop Dead Generous. No interviews. No scripts. Just true stories from all over the world, told by people given $500USD to pay-it-forward as outrageously as they can. From buying teeth to building dancefloors. Donating Shetland ponies to curating guerrilla gardens. Smile. Take inspiration. Give a sh*t? Pay-it-forward. > For goodness' sake and with trust, we hit publish without listening. So when you hear these stories for the first time, we are too. > Apply to become a grantee at www.dropdeadgenerous.org (http://www.dropdeadgenerous.org). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

Drop Dead Generous

Category

education · society & culture · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

25 Jun 2025

Latest episode

12 Nov 2025

Latest episodes

36 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   12 Nov 2025

   #0055 - Henry H

   $500 gifts a studio to female artists. This is 'The $500,000 Answering Machine' — a raw, unfiltered feed of real-time voicemails being left by 1,000 grantees of a crazy, weird social experiment called Drop Dead Generous. No interviews. No scripts. Just true stories from all over the world, told by people given $500USD to pay-it-forward as outrageously as they can. > Apply to become a grantee at www.dropdeadgenerous.org (http://www.dropdeadgenerous.org). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

2. 

   9 Nov 2025

   #0205 - Jan G

   $500 makes 1500 PB&J sandwiches. This is 'The $500,000 Answering Machine' — a raw, unfiltered feed of real-time voicemails being left by 1,000 grantees of a crazy, weird social experiment called Drop Dead Generous. No interviews. No scripts. Just true stories from all over the world, told by people given $500USD to pay-it-forward as outrageously as they can. > Apply to become a grantee at www.dropdeadgenerous.org (http://www.dropdeadgenerous.org). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

3. 

   5 Nov 2025

   #0162 - Ewa M

   $500 throws a horse a birthday party. This is 'The $500,000 Answering Machine' — a raw, unfiltered feed of real-time voicemails being left by 1,000 grantees of a crazy, weird social experiment called Drop Dead Generous. No interviews. No scripts. Just true stories from all over the world, told by people given $500USD to pay-it-forward as outrageously as they can. > Apply to become a grantee at www.dropdeadgenerous.org (http://www.dropdeadgenerous.org). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Who has been a guest on The $500,000 Answering Machine

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Rhian T
• Helen G
• Rich S
• Tom K
• Ben H

Podcast Authority Score: 18 / 100

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