For more than a decade, Stern Pinball was the only manufacturer of pinball machines. The Chicago-based company's last rival closed down in 1999.. But Stern's pinball monopoly may be drawing to an end.

Pete Deardorff, owner of pinball machine repair shop Silverball Specialties, lifts the playing board to begin work on a Monopoly pinball machine Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015, at his shop in Harrison ...

A Pinball Monopoly, Camel Trekking In Texas, Charles Dickens' Mistress This week on the podcast, we meet a tour guide leading camels through the wilderness, and a pinball manufacturer who wants to ...