Finally, this weekend's This American Life's podcast is now available and I urge you to listen to it.
If you own an iPhone, iPad, Kindle, Wii, PlayStation 3, or Xbox 360, I encourage you to listen to the following "This American Life" podcast, about the company, Foxconn, that makes those items. In China, 430,000 employees work at one facility. 430,000. Think about that.
Mark Sumner briefly mentioned the podcast on Saturday, when it aired live:
Mike Daisey's audio piece on This American Life is one of the hardest things I've ever listened to, and one of the most thought provoking. I will never think about the concept of "hand made" the same way again.
but there were just five, six comments about the piece.
But, please, go now. Download the podcast. Listen to the podcast. And, let me know what you think.
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