Broken
Influencer hype and marketing create conditions where counterfeit makeup thrives, teens become addicted to vaping, disposable furniture kills, and corporations use of single use plastics are the stories told in this 4 part series.
Genre: Documentary
Cast:Jenise Morgan , Bella Carroll , Ted Siegler , Janet McGee , Lexy Lebsack , Pete Myers , Fran Thompson , John Nelson , Jeremy McGee , Laura Nelson , Matthew Myers , John B. Bassett III , Steve Wong , Marlena Stell , Kimberly Scheibly , Nitasha Tiku , Doug Bassett , Martin Bourque
S1.E1 ∙ Makeup Mayhem
Influencer hype and scarcity marketing create conditions where counterfeit makeup thrives, tainted with bacteria, lead, arsenic - and worse.
S1.E2 ∙ Big Vape
Initially designed for adult use, vaping has addicted teens to nicotine, thanks to hipster ads by startups like Juul. Now Big Tobacco's cashing in.
S1.E3 ∙ Deadly Dressers
Disposable-furniture makers like Ikea use eco-friendly images to hide their true costs: fatally flimsy construction, environmental ruin and more.
S1.E4 ∙ Recycling Sham
Corporations market single-use plastic products as recyclable. In fact, much plastic recycling ends up as landfill - or on beaches in Southeast Asia.
