mr. daisey goes to the apple factory in china–from this american life
January 17th, 2012 § 2 Comments
Recently the radio show This American Life (TAL) aired episode #454 titled “Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory”. It’s a story about Mike Daisey, a self-professed Apple fan who became very curious about where the iPhone 4S was made. Daisey found out that the phone was made by Foxconn, a Taiwanese electronic components manufacturer with multiple factories in China. The iPhone 4S, specifically, was made by the Shenzhen factory in China’s Guangdong Province, reputedly the largest Foxconn factory anywhere. So intrigued was Daisey that he took a flight to Shenzhen to see the factory first hand. Without asking permission from Foxconn. The story gives a fascinating glimpse into an electronics factory in China, and how it operates. I only listened to bits and pieces, but the story is gathering a whole lot of attention worldwide, even the attention of Apple Inc.
I tried to embed the audio player from TAL, but it’s not compatible with WordPress yet. Below is the link to the podcast; it’s about an hour long, just so you know.
This American Life, Episode 454: Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory
For those of you who don’t want to sit through the segment, here’s the link to the transcript.
Transcript for Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory
Enjoy.
Factories usually don’t gain “a lot of attention” unless there’s something screwy (no pun intended) going on.
Perhaps you could enlighten our august readership with what specifically is screwy at the factory?
why, you gotta listen to the podcast, my good man. or read the transcript. :D