Episode 142: Sarah Maslin Nir
Sarah Maslin Nir, a reporter for The New York Times, recently published an expos\xe9 of labor practices in the nail salons of New York.\n\n\u201cThe idea of a discount luxury is an oxymoron. And it\u2019s an oxymoron for a reason: because someone is bearing the cost of that discount. In nail salons it\u2019s always the person doing your nails, my investigation found. That has put a new lens on the world for me.\u201d\n\nThanks to TinyLetter, Trunk Club, and Aspiration for sponsoring this week's episode.\n\nShow Notes:\n@SarahMaslinNir\nsarahmaslinnir.flavors.me\n[1:00] "The Price of Nice Nails" (New York Times \u2022 May 2015)\n[1:00] "Perfect Nails, Poisoned Workers" (New York Times \u2022 May 2015)\n[12:00] "Saying Court Win Helps, Nail Salon Workers Rally" (New York Times \u2022 Apr 2012)\n[30:00] "Fighting a McDonald\u2019s in Queens for the Right to Sit. And Sit. And Sit." (New York Times \u2022 Jan 2014)\n[37:00] Nocturnalist archive\n[38:00] "Alec Baldwin: Actor, Charmer, Fish Deboner" (New York Times \u2022 Jun 2011)\n[44:00] "City Agencies to Investigate Nail Salons, Mayor Says" (New York Times \u2022 May 2015)\n[47:00] "The Economics of New York\u2019s Low Nail-Salon Prices" (James Surowiecki \u2022 New Yorker \u2022 May 2015)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices