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The high price of cheap clothes

The high price of cheap clothes

FromThis Is Uncomfortable


The high price of cheap clothes

FromThis Is Uncomfortable

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Length:
35 minutes
Released:
Apr 11, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Lorena has been a garment worker in Los Angeles for over twenty years, going to work each day in a small factory to sew trendy fast fashion clothes for pennies per item. But one day, she decided enough was enough, and she took a stand against the poor work conditions and low pay. In part two of our mini-series on fast fashion, we look at the system of production: who pays the price for cheap clothes? And how might that system change for the better?
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Released:
Apr 11, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

This is a show about life and how money messes with it. Each week, Marketplace’s Reema Khrais digs in with stories about the unanticipated ways money affects relationships, shapes identities and often defines what it means to be an adult. How much money do you lend a friend? Who can afford to vote? Can you get your life back after being wrongfully convicted?