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Everything Is Fake
by BBC Radio 4
Today: #172 in Technology on our combined chart.
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| Date | Combined Rank | Apple Podcasts |
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| Oct 6 | #172 | #165 |
About the show
Jamie Bartlett asks why, in so many parts of modern life, fakery is no longer punished - it's rewarded. And why so many of us seem strangely unbothered by it.
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