Abuses At A Chicken Plant; W. Kamau Bell; Running Down The Silk Road; One Play, So Many Countries

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 1, 2017

ProPublica reporter Michael Grabell joins us to discuss his investigation into Case Farms, a chicken plant that sells its products to major chains like Kentucky Fried Chicken, Taco Bell and Popeyes. The company relies heavily on an immigrant workforce, and Grabell reported on large-scale human and animal rights violations at their plants. Dominic Dromgoole, author and former artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London, shares stories from the two years the Globe spent performing "Hamlet" around the world as part of the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth. Special correspondent for Vanity Fair Nick Bilton on the rise and fall of Ross Ulbricht, who created a hidden website called The Silk Road where users could buy anything from drugs to guns. W. Kamau Bell, comedian, writer and host of CNN’s “United Shades of America,” joins us to discuss his life and career, and offers his thoughts on topics like race relations, fatherhood and comedy.

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