Regrettably, we have discovered that one of our most popular episodes was partially fabricated. This week, we devote the entire hour to detailing the errors in "Mr. Daisey Goes to the Apple Factory," Mike Daiseyâs story about visiting Foxconn, an Apple supplier factory in China.
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/460/retraction
Why would a company rent an office in a tiny town in East Texas, put a nameplate on the door, and leave it completely empty for a year? The answer involves a controversial billionaire physicist in Seattle, a 40 pound cookbook, and a war waging right now, all across the software and tech industries. (Transcript)
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/441/when-patents-attack