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.
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- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 3 minutes
- Episodes
- 27
- Years Active
- 2025
#0062 - Rich S
A $500 dishwasher and a club no-one wants to be part of.
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…
#0069 - Tom K
$500 turns into $7090.
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 Gener…
#0042 - Ben H
$500 riddles.
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 in…
#0034 - Olivia N
$500 rebuilds a house.
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 Gener…
#0027 - Matthew S
$500 for English oak trees.
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 …
#0008 - Marcelo F
$500 funds Magnus Carlson’s next rivals.
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 call…
#0002 - Julie S
A $500 medieval art trail fighting bigotry.
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 c…