Confronting the Dark Reality of the Chocolate Industry | JHS Ep. 754

Miki Mistrati is the award-winning director of three international documentaries exposing brutal trafficking and illegal child labor in the multi-billion dollar chocolate industry: The Chocolate War, The Shady Chocolate Business, and The Dark Side of Chocolate.

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What We Discuss with Miki:
0:00 - Why Miki cares about chocolate so much
3:15 - Using children for labor
22:12 - Reporter vanishes
31:27 - Cocoa bean to chocolate processing
36:30 - Turning a blind eye
43:40 - Nestle
47:55 - When companies say they're building "schools"
59:10 - Enforcing child labor laws is too hard
1:01:50 - Escape child lawsuit
1:07:54 - Forced labor reform

Served hot or cold, as a liquid or solid, chocolate is a beloved treat consumed worldwide at a rate of about three million tons — to the tune of about $50 billion — per year, and the appetite for this delicacy continues to grow. If only it were as easily sourced as a dip in Willy Wonka’s chocolate river, this could be a heartwarming episode to share with you, our gentle listeners, just in time for the holidays.

Alas, if you’re a long-time listener, you’ve probably sensed a sinister twist lurking just around the corner — and we wish we could disappoint you just this once. On this episode, we’re joined by Miki Mistrati, the award-winning director of three international documentaries exposing brutal trafficking, illegal child labor, and inhumane conditions that keep this multi-billion dollar chocolate industry in business: The Chocolate War, The Shady Chocolate Business, and The Dark Side of Chocolate. Here, Miki details how cocoa continues to be harvested by child slaves on a massive scale in spite of decades-old promises by the biggest names in the industry to put a stop to the practice, who these big names are, ways we can hold these deep-pocketed behemoths accountable, what we can do to help the people being exploited, how we can ensure the chocolate we enjoy comes from ethically sourced alternatives.

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