Episode · Stuff They Don't Want You To Know · 2026-11-04
Books mentioned on The Conspiratorial World of High-end Fakes
From shoes to handbags, from watches to super cars: luxury goods are a multi-billion dollar industry. Along with these high price tags comes an assurance of not just quality but authenticity.
Ben Bowlin discussed The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Canterbury Tales
Discussed“Those numbers are important because they're one snapshot into an ancient industry back before the days when con artists would sell fake relics of saints or fake shards of the true cross, like the partner's tale in Canterbury Tales.”
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