England’s Absurd Museum Theft, Burger King’s Whopper Lie 08.30.23

In episode 1540, Jack and guest co-host Sofiya Alexandra are joined by comedy writer, improvisor, and co-host of Born to Love, Scott Eckert, to discuss…The Chinese Economy And The Dependency Ratio, Burger King Whopper Lawsuit Can Go Ahead, What Goes Around Comes Around: The Great British Museum Theft Scandal and more! 

1. Yi Fuxian, Critic of China’s Birth Policy, Returns as an Invited Guest
2. The Scientist Who Foresaw China’s Stagnation
3. Burger King Whopper Lawsuit Can Go Ahead
4. Burger King Whopper 35 percent smaller than in ads, lawsuit says
5. Burger King must face lawsuit claiming its Whoppers are too small
6. What Goes Around Comes Around: The Great British Museum Theft Scandal
7. British Museum: 'Close to 2,000' artefacts worth millions stolen
8. British Museum bosses first alerted to thefts in 2021
9. British Museum director resigns, admits to failings in theft investigation
10. Artefacts stolen from British Museum ‘may be untraceable’ due to poor records
11. British Museum Staffer Fired for Lost and Damaged Items Identified as Veteran Curator Peter Higgs
12. Stolen Items from the British Museum Worth $64,000 Offered on eBay for As Little As $51
13. Stolen British Museum items worth up to £50k offered on eBay for as little as £40
14. Revealed: Sacked British museum curator's Twitter name is same as ebay seller who flogged 70 items to whistleblower - who now says museum director is 'an idiot who lives on a cloud in cloud cuckoo land'
15. British Museum is world's largest receiver of stolen goods, says QC
16. Fact Sheet: British Museum Collection
17. China Joins a Growing Number of Nations Demanding the British Museum Restitute Artifacts From Its Collection in the Wake of Widespread Thefts
18. Thefts expose British Museum’s ‘ridiculous’ stance on return of artefacts, says MP
19. The British Museum Has Been in Secret Talks with Greece Over the Return of the Parthenon Marbles
20. Will the British Museum give back the Elgin Marbles? History explained
21. The UK Has a 60-Year Old Law Prohibiting Repatriation of Art. Is That About to Change?
22. British Museum chief: taking the Parthenon marbles was 'creative'
23. Greece renews its calls for British Museum to return Parthenon Marbles in wake of priceless thefts
24. British Museum suspect was promoted to job in charge of Elgin Marbles after theft warning

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