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Do Go On

249 - The Great Diamond Scam

Do Go On

Matt Stewart, Jess Perkins & Dave Warneke

History, Comedy, Fact, Facts

4.92.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2020

⏱️ 114 minutes

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Summary

We all know that 'Diamonds Are Forever', but have they always been? Turns out De Beers, with the help of some clever marketing, were able to build up the diamond myth throughout the 20th century. How far did they go in their quest to create demand for diamonds?


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REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

http://www.edwardjayepstein.com/diamond.htm

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/02/how-an-ad-campaign-invented-the-diamond-engagement-ring/385376/

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/7-reasons-why-you-shouldn_b_1720870

https://www.debeersgroup.com/the-group/our-history

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-32131829


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This week's episode of Duga1 was recorded live at Stupid Old Studios.

0:05.2

That's right, and not just the audio but the video, which we streamed live,

0:09.2

but you can also catch up on it at sospresents.com.

0:13.6

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0:18.8

That is an absolute bug on.

0:20.4

So that's this week's last week's, and you can even watch the next two live,

0:24.9

including next week's 250th.

0:27.5

I was going to say birth date, but we're not that old.

0:29.4

250th episode celebration.

0:31.8

That's right, and at the end of all these episodes, we do an extra little bit.

0:36.1

We did a Q&A, we've done a quiz.

0:38.4

The one for the 250th.

0:39.4

The fact finder.

0:40.6

That is absolutely right.

0:41.6

We gave our best Pope facts, and also facts about

0:45.5

Spiders and remake films.

0:48.6

And one other thing, but we won't tell you what, you have to watch it to find out.

0:51.7

But next week for the 250th, we'll be having a little birthday or party celebration afterwards.

0:56.5

So with a few live guests videoing in, so if you want to get involved with that,

1:00.5

again, it is sospresents.com.

1:03.8

But if you want to hear the edited version of the podcast, just keep listening now.

1:08.7

Minus dog, because there's dog in the video version.

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