Speaker 1: Lies, exploitation, and the American dream turned nightmare. This is
Speaker 1: Big Sugar, a deep dive into the inner workings of
Speaker 1: the sugar industry. I'm Celeste Hedley, and in a new podcast,
Speaker 1: I'm investigating a true crime story like no other about
Speaker 1: the men who risked their lives to cut sugarcane. The
Speaker 1: case lasted twenty five years, but the fight isn't over.
Speaker 2: It's like bearing witness to a crime. Welcome to ploot
Speaker 2: certain tears.
Speaker 1: In Big Sugar from iHeartMedia, Imagine Audio and the teams
Speaker 1: at Weekday Fun and Novel, I ask who really profits
Speaker 1: from sugar.
Speaker 2: That's a big house. I mean it looks like a hotel.
Speaker 2: They have boatloads of money.
Speaker 1: I'll unravel a decades long fight to get justice.
Speaker 2: I felt ashamed as an American. How is this even
Speaker 2: possible legally?
Speaker 3: If they were right, then these workers were owed tens
Speaker 3: of millions of dollars next for wages.
Speaker 1: I'll find out what people will sacrifice to pursue truth
Speaker 1: and justice.
Speaker 2: Boxes and boxes and boxes of records. His life has
Speaker 2: sort of fallen apart.
Speaker 1: Along the way, I'll discover the hidden cost of our
Speaker 1: sugar addiction.
Speaker 4: The black smoke is pouring out of one portion of
Speaker 4: the field, which is actively on fire.
Speaker 2: They're using the Everglades as an industry toilet.
Speaker 1: You work, you like sleeve, You work, you like sleeve
Speaker 1: and the links people will go to hide it.
Speaker 4: The sugar lobby is one of the most powerful lobbies
Speaker 4: in the country.
Speaker 2: Maybe it actually was a conspiracy.
Speaker 3: If you can get the president on the phone while
Speaker 3: he is breaking up with his girlfriend, you've got a
Speaker 3: lot of clout.
Speaker 1: Listen to Big Sugar starting June twentieth on the iHeartRadio app,
Speaker 1: Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.