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Campside Presents: Big Sugar

Campside is proud to present 12 part series from our friends at Weekday Fun Production in association with Imagine Audio and hosted by Celeste Headlee. Big Sugar takes you deep inside the secretive, multi-billion dollar sugar industry and the epic court battle that exposes how one of the world"s most valuable and addictive substances is grown, cultivated and sold. Hear firsthand from the workers, lawyers and journalists exposing the lies, exploitation and ultimately the truth. We travel from the

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3:23

Introducing So Your Parents Are Old

Campside Presents: Big Sugar ·

2025/10/21

Here's an excerpt from Campside’s new podcast So Your Parents Are Old. Journalist Vanessa Grigoriadis talks to friends, experts, and celebrities about the chaos of dealing with aging parents. From Medicaid nightmares to emotional meltdowns in storage units, it’s a brutally honest, often hilarious look at one of life’s most disorienting stages. Come for the catharsis, stay for the gallows humor and unfiltered conversations. You'll hear comedian Lewis Black and many more. Find more episodes of So Your

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36:25

Introducing Origin Stories

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2025/09/10

Sharing a new podcast from Campside Media called Origin Stories, about the creative process and the craft of writing and reporting. Each episode drills down on a single work. What inspired it? How was it created, and why? What kind of challenges and hurdles cropped up along the way? And above all, what can the rest of us learn from the guest’s creative process? In this episode, Matt talks with Noah Hawley, the showrunner behind the new FX series Alien: Earth. You can listen to more episodes of

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17:08

Big Sugar I Bonus - Forced Labor and a Government Ban

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2025/08/26

Charity Ryerson investigates human rights and environmental abuse allegations against multinational corporations everyday. But what she and her team found in Central Romana worker camps was like nothing they'd ever seen before. Has the sugar ban changed anything about how Big Sugar operates?Big Sugar is a Weekday Fun Production in association with Imagine Audio. To connect with the team and gain access to behind the scenes content, join our community at joincampside.com Hosted on Acast. See

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26:44

Big Sugar I Bonus - Who Bears the Cost

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2025/08/19

Meet Kina Phillips, part of the grass roots effort in Florida to fight cane burning and encourage the sugar companies to embrace green-harvesting methods. Then, Celeste digs deeper into how the pending Farm Bill affects the cost of sugar.Big Sugar is a Weekday Fun Production in association with Imagine Audio. To connect with the team and gain access to behind the scenes content, join our community at joincampside.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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14:36

Big Sugar I Bonus - Black Snow Falls in Florida

Campside Presents: Big Sugar ·

2025/08/12

Reporter Lulu Ramadan set out to cover the health effects of burning cane. Now, for the first time, there is data linking Florida residents’ respiratory illnesses to Big Sugar.Big Sugar is a Weekday Fun Production in association with Imagine Audio. To connect with the team and gain access to behind the scenes content, join our community at joincampside.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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58:12

Big Sugar I Episode 9 - Trench Warfare

Campside Presents: Big Sugar ·

2025/08/05

There’s one last jury trial left, one last shot at forcing the sugar companies to make good on unpaid wages. And Dave Gorman miraculously finds new evidence that could clinch it. But that’s when an obscure 150-year-old law comes into play, sending the lawyers reeling. Finally, the lawyers, journalists and cutters reflect on what the kingdom of big sugar reveals about life, race and justice in America.Big Sugar is a Weekday Fun Production in association with Imagine Audio. To connect with the team

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51:03

Big Sugar I Episode 8 - The Battle of the Swamp

Campside Presents: Big Sugar ·

2025/07/29

At the intersection of sugar, nature and influence, you find yourself in just one place: the Everglades, an environmental wonder and disaster. The fight for control and the fight to clean up the massive waterway from agricultural pollution shows the sugar industry’s mastery of lobbying. Exhibit A: the Fanjuls have a direct line straight to the Oval Office. Big Sugar is a Weekday Fun Production in association with Imagine Audio. To connect with the team and gain access to behind the scenes content,

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49:13

Big Sugar I Episode 7 - Bittersweet

Campside Presents: Big Sugar ·

2025/07/22

Meet Cristin Kearns, a dentist turned detective. She's on a mission to uncover the darkly shrewd public relations strategies that the Sugar industry has used to burnish its image and conceal the health impacts of its product. If this sounds remarkably similar to the tobacco industry, it’s no coincidence.Full statement from the Sugar Association: http://bit.ly/sugarassociationBig Sugar is a Weekday Fun Production in association with Imagine Audio. To connect with the team and gain access to behind

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32:00

Big Sugar I Episode 6 - The Decision and the Drama

Campside Presents: Big Sugar ·

2025/07/15

The case continues as the lawyers seek justice for the cane cutters. The jury reaches a decision.Big Sugar is a Weekday Fun Production in association with Imagine Audio. To connect with the team and gain access to behind the scenes content, join our community at joincampside.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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43:41

Big Sugar I Episode 5 - The American Dream

Campside Presents: Big Sugar ·

2025/07/08

Host Celeste Headlee goes on the hunt for the Fanjul brothers in Palm Beach, Florida and uncovers an even more devastating truth about the American sugar industry’s past. J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI and the movie The Godfather play a part in our story.Big Sugar is a Weekday Fun Production in association with Imagine Audio. To connect with the team and gain access to behind the scenes content, join our community at joincampside.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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39:24

Big Sugar I Episode 4 - Without Sugar, There is No...

Campside Presents: Big Sugar ·

2025/07/01

There is a saying in Cuba: “Without sugar there is no country.” We travel to 1950’s Cuba to meet the Fanjul family, sugar barons whose experiences with sugar, Castro and the Tropicana nightclub shine a light on where this story really begins.Big Sugar is a Weekday Fun Production in association with Imagine Audio. To connect with the team and gain access to behind the scenes content, join our community at joincampside.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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39:53

Big Sugar I Episode 3 - The Case that Consumed Them

Campside Presents: Big Sugar ·

2025/06/24

The lawyers gather evidence as they prepare to take on the biggest players in the sugar industry. Tens of millions of dollars are at stake, but who are they really up against?Big Sugar is a Weekday Fun Production in association with Imagine Audio. To connect with the team and gain access to behind the scenes content, join our community at joincampside.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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44:07

Big Sugar I Episode 2 - The Grass is Always Greener

Campside Presents: Big Sugar ·

2025/06/17

Crusading lawyer Edward Tuddenham hears about the sugarcane workers - the conditions, the injuries and unpaid wages. With Harley-riding, former intelligence officer Dave Gorman as co-counsel, he takes on the powerful sugar industry on behalf of the workers, suing five enormous farms.Big Sugar is a Weekday Fun Production in association with Imagine Audio. To connect with the team and gain access to behind the scenes content, join our community at joincampside.com Hosted on Acast. See

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49:49

Big Sugar I Episode 1 - Welcome to Blood, Sweat and...

Campside Presents: Big Sugar ·

2025/06/10

Meet Victor and Selvin, who initially feel lucky to travel from Jamaica to Florida to cut sugarcane. The experiences of cane cutters like them lead two ambitious journalists to try and uncover the devastating truth about the labor supporting the American sugar industry.Hosted by Celeste Headlee. Big Sugar is a Weekday Fun Production in association with Imagine Audio. To connect with the team and gain access to behind the scenes content, join our community at joincampside.com Hosted on Acast. See

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Campside Presents: Big Sugar

Campside Presents: Big Sugar ·

2025/06/03

Campside is proud to present 12 part series from our friends at Weekday Fun Production in association with Imagine Audio and hosted by Celeste Headlee. Big Sugar takes you deep inside the secretive, multi-billion dollar sugar industry and the epic court battle that exposes how one of the world's most valuable and addictive substances is grown, cultivated and sold. Hear firsthand from the workers, lawyers and journalists exposing the lies, the exploitation — and ultimately the truth.Join us every

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3:06

Listen to Infamous: From Conned to Cupid

Campside Presents: Big Sugar ·

2025/05/02

Infamous: From Conned to Cupid tells the story of Kami Verne, a woman who thought she’d married the man of her dreams—an entrepreneur with a big heart and even bigger personality. But when investors start asking questions about his latest business ventures, Kami comes to realize that their life together might be built on lies.A story about love, betrayal, and starting over. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:42

Listen to Infamous: From Conned to Cupid

Campside Presents: Big Sugar ·

2025/05/02

Infamous: From Conned to Cupid tells the story of Kami Verne, a woman who thought she’d married the man of her dreams—an entrepreneur with a big heart and even bigger personality. But when investors start asking questions about his latest business ventures, Kami comes to realize that their life together might be built on lies.A story about love, betrayal, and starting over. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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47:09

Episode 13 - Bonus: Catching Up With Jasmine Hartin

Campside Presents: Big Sugar ·

2025/03/04

It's been many months since our show wrapped, but Jasmine Hartin's story obviously continues — now in Turks and Caicos. Host Josh Dean checks in to see if her tumultuous life has settled down at all, and especially to find out if there's been any progress in the battle for custody of her kids. To connect with White Devil's creative team, access behind the scenes content, and more! Join the community at Campsidemedia.com/join Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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44:15

Episode 13 - Bonus: Catching Up With Jasmine Hartin

Campside Presents: Big Sugar ·

2025/03/04

It's been many months since our show wrapped, but Jasmine Hartin's story obviously continues — now in Turks and Caicos. Host Josh Dean checks in to see if her tumultuous life has settled down at all, and especially to find out if there's been any progress in the battle for custody of her kids. To connect with White Devil's creative team, access behind the scenes content, and more! Join the community at Campsidemedia.com/join Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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7:28

Introducing: We Came to the Forest

Campside Presents: Big Sugar ·

2025/02/03

Vienna is working a delivery job when she hears about Cop City, a massive police training facility being built in Atlanta. She decides to join a group of activists attempting to stop construction. When Vienna arrives in the South River Forest, she quickly finds a community, a cause –- and a love unlike any other. But the events of one morning shatters everything. Vienna and everyone connected to the forest begin asking themselves a question: what are you willing to die for?From Wondery, Campside

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