A Pinball Monopoly, Camel Trekking In Texas, Charles Dickens' Mistress

Pinball convention-goers play on a bank of Stern machines at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January. The company is no longer the only pinball manufacturer. Julie Jacobson/AP Photo hide caption
Pinball convention-goers play on a bank of Stern machines at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January. The company is no longer the only pinball manufacturer.
Julie Jacobson/AP PhotoThis week on the podcast, we meet a tour guide leading camels through the wilderness, and a pinball manufacturer who wants to shake up his industry.
Plus, DJ Bettos Arcos plays some Christmas music from south of the border.