Written by: Eric Schlosser
A look into 3 underground economies – marijuana, porn, and migrant farm workers. The contradictions and injustices revealed are both amazing and upsetting. Similar to “Fast Food Nation” though, the listener is left with a “Yeah, that’s pretty fucked up” without any clear notion of what to do about it. So thanks Eric, I guess.
Length: 9.25 hrs
5/2003: Sometimes knowledge is power. Sometimes it is depressing in its exposure of impotence.