Why Norwegian teenagers were put to work in a sweatshop
Pål Karlsen and Lucy Siegle on awful but common conditions in the world's garment factories.
Sweatshop, a new documentary webseries out of Norway, follows three affluent teenagers as they're put to work in a Cambodian clothing factory. The result is a sobering portrait of working conditions in a typical factory, and a lot of tears.
Click here or on the listen button above to hear the full segment (audio runs 0:15:18), and watch subtitled episodes of Sweatshop here.
Today, series producer Pål Karlsen joins guest host Shad to discuss alarming norms within the garment industry and the controverasy generated by the Norwegian teenagers' experience. He also speaks with British journalist Lucy Siegle, author of To Die For: Is Fashion Wearing Out the World?