Episode 22 - "Fashion Victims"

What does it take to make a shirt? That question might seem simple at first glance, but as we explored the fashion industry, we discovered a world of environmental destruction, exploitation, and human suffering on a staggering scale. Hidden just out of sight from the cheap clothes we find in our closets and strip malls is a story centuries in the making of struggles that continue through today.

Join us this week as we explore the ins and outs of this dirty industry.

Chapters

• 01:53 Scope of the Industry
• 05:23 Shift in the Industry
• 13:13 Labor
• 16:26 Slavery in our Modern World
• 20:39 Supply Chain: Raw Materials
• 29:30 Supply Chain: Manufacture
• 33:59 Labor
• 34:24 Police in Fashion?
• 37:55 Pink
• 39:52 Supply Chain: End of Life
• 41:55 Bloody History of the Textile Industry
• 45:07 The Triangle Factory
• 47:22 Can We Have The World We Want?
• 57:38 What Can we Do?

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