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Jan 2024
33m 24s

You’ll Own Nothing and You’ll Be Happy

Bbc Radio 4
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How a young man with a novel idea for affordable accommodation, and an Oxford man with a plan for bus lanes, and a Danish woman writing a thought experiment about car rentals, unwittingly became hate figures for conspiracy theorists.

Written and presented by Jon Ronson Produced by Sarah Shebbeare Original music by Phil Channell

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