George Roby Dempster - a podcast by Steve Gilly, Rod Mullins

Did you know that the dumpster, now seen behind every convenience store on the planet, was invented in Knoxville, Tennessee?  Today we tell you the story of George Roby Dempster, inventor of the Dempster Dumpster.

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