Episode 142: Sarah Maslin Nir
b'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'