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Jon Ronson and guests examine a series of diverse stories and subjects

Jon Ronson examines a series of diverse stories and subjects with the help of contributors from the worlds of comedy, journalism, entertainment and culture

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Episode 4: Crushed Egos

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Crushed Egos

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Jon Ronson meets a failed entrepreneur and visits a failed new town.

Jon Ronson asks what happens when dreams are dashed? He meets a failed entrepreneur and visits a failed new town. From June 2007.

Jon Ronson continues his sideways look at the world.

This edition features an Italian waiter who offered up his action film script to comedy writer Graham Linehan over the pasta, an American real estate entrepreneur who owns unsaleable houses all over America and owes millions, and the architects of a new town which proved a spectacular failure.

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