An ironic salute to Valentine's Day features an expose' of the worldwide diamond cartel (a.k.a. DeBeers). And how a U.S. advertising agency--hired by the cartel to increase sales--INVENTED and marketed the "tradition" of the diamond engagement ring. Plus a few ironic and/or kinky love songs by Tom Lehrer and The Kinks.
Originally broadcast in NWN #51, February 2009.
Lyn Gerry, of "Unwelcome Guests," reads from Edward Jay Epsteins article, "Have You Ever Tried to Sell a Diamond?" in Atlantic Magazine, February 1982.
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