Episode 11: What’s your price. Love and money.
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Today we look at just how much money and value are intricately linked with dating, as shown in a couple of old songs from the past: Bawdy Ballads show transcript A DIALOGUE Between Jack and his Mother A FAIRING For Young-Men and Maids Vox: Indian Dowry system Indian Express: Dowry deaths Support the show
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