[AI-Generated Summary] This epidsode features storyteller John Nesbitt recounting the life of Frederic Tudor, an ambitious 19th-century Bostonian known as the "Ice King" for his fanatical quest to export New England ice to tropical climates. Inspired by a lukewarm drink in the West Indies, Tudor spent years living as a miser to fund his first shipment to Martinique in 1806, which ended in financial disaster when the cargo melted before it could be sold. Despite being mocked as a "nut" and eventually landing in debtors' prison, he successfully discovered that sawdust could insulate the ice, allowing him to build a global empire that brought ice cream and cold drinks to places as far as Havana and India. Tudor eventually paid off all his debts with interest, died a multimillionaire in 1864, and left behind a legacy of stubborn perseverance in the face of repeated failure.
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