Ep. #240 - What If You Stole a Bunch of Books?

The What If? Podcast

Spencer Wirth-Davis & Ryan Kopperud

Society & Culture

4.6 • 668 Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2023

⏱️ 76 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Last year, Filippo Bernardini was arrested at New York's JFK airport and charged with wire fraud and aggravated identity theft for stealing over 1,000 unpublished and draft manuscripts from authors and publishers around the world. Strangely, it doesn't appear that Bernardini ever tried to profit from the thefts–the works were never leaked or sold, and no clear motive has been identified. Lucky for you, your two favorite dum dums are on the case!

References:

The Bizarre, Unsolved Mystery of Filippo Bernardini and the Stolen Book Manuscripts

Literary mystery may finally be solved as man arrested for allegedly stealing unpublished books | Publishing | The Guardian

Italian Citizen Pleads Guilty To Multi-Year Manuscript Theft And Impersonation Scheme | USAO-SDNY | Department of Justice

The Talented Mr. Bernardini

Italian Citizen Arrested In Online Impersonation Scheme...

The End of a Book World Mystery: A Suspect in Manuscript Thefts to Plead Guilty

Ryan's new record, Before What Came After, is out now. Go give it a listen!

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, yeah.
0:12.0	What up, Spani?
0:15.1	Hi, buddy.
0:16.8	Sorry, I was just wet in my whistle.
0:18.9	I just, I was, I was mid, I was mid sip of my beverage.
0:23.0	Are you properly wetted?
0:25.0	Oh, I got you again.
0:27.2	Yes, I am hydrated and ready.
0:29.9	Outstanding news.
0:30.5	The tip of the tongue, the teeth, the lips.
0:32.9	The tip of the tongue, the teeth, the lips.
0:35.5	Yeah, we're doing vocal warmups today?
0:37.4	Red leather, yellow leather. Red leather, yellow leather.
0:39.3	Red leather, yellow leather.
0:41.1	That's our problem.
0:41.8	That's what's been holding us back this whole time.
0:43.4	We're just not warmed up.
0:44.8	This show would have been great if we'd been warming up for the last six years or whatever
0:49.4	the fuck.
0:49.9	I knew we were missing something.
0:52.3	Good job.
0:52.7	Were we not recording?
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