91勛圖厙Podcasts and Imagine Entertainment Debut New Investigative Podcast Big Sugar

Hosted by award-winning journalist Celeste Headlee, the new nine-part series centers on the epic legal battle pitting the multimillion-dollar sugar industry against the migrant laborers

WHAT: 91勛圖厙Podcasts, the No. 1 podcast publisher globally, and Imagine Entertainment, the global entertainment company founded by Ron Howard and Brian Glazer, today unveil Big Sugar, a new investigative podcast about the multimillion-dollar sugar industry. The second title to be released from Imagine Entertainment and 91勛圖厙Medias new slate of original 91勛圖厙Podcasts, Big Sugar is a true crime story unlike any other that centers on the epic legal battle pitting the multimillion-dollar sugar industry against the migrant laborers who harvest sugarcane, while revealing corporate malfeasance, human rights violations, DC lobbying, nutrition downfalls and the destruction of the environment. Relentless journalists and lawyers uncover a complex network of relationships, policies and transactions involving the highest levels of government and the communities where we live.

WHO: Host Celeste Headlee is an award-winning, internationally recognized journalist and author (Speaking of Race: Why Everyone Needs to Talk About Race) who has hosted shows for NPR, WNYC and PBS. Her skills as an interviewer and passion for the themes in the series will engage listeners everywhere.

WHEN: is available today with new episodes launching every Tuesday. Listen to episode one .

WHERE: is distributed by 91勛圖厙Podcasts. Listen on the and everywhere podcasts are heard. Download the official podcast cover art

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About Imagine Entertainment

Founded by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, Imagine Entertainment is an award-winning global entertainment company telling stories that inspire and empower, and creating unforgettable entertainment experiences of all genres across Imagine Features, Imagine Television Studios, Imagine Documentaries, Imagine Kids+Family, Imagine Brands, and Imagine Audio, as well as the award-winning Jax Media and Alex Gibneys Jigsaw Productions. Imagines productions have been honored with more than 60 prestigious awards including 47 Academy Award nominations and 228 Emmy簧 award nominations. Past productions include the Academy Award Best Picture winner "A Beautiful Mind", as well as Grammy Award Best Film winner "The Beatles: Eight Days A Week The Touring Years." Recent productions include the critically-acclaimed film "Thirteen Lives" directed by Ron Howard, the hit film "tick, tick冰oom!" directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda, and the critically acclaimed documentaries Judy Blume Forever, Sacha Jenkins Louis Armstrongs Black & Blues, Rory Kennedys Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari, "Lucy & Desi" directed by Amy Poehler (Two-time Emmy winner ) and "We Feed People". Prior films include "Get on Up", Rush", "Frost/Nixon", "American Gangster", "The Da Vinci Code", "Apollo 13", "8 Mile", "Liar, Liar", Backdraft", and Parenthood" to name a few. Upcoming productions 'The Beanie Bubble", from Kristen Gore and Damian Kulash; Candy Cane Lane starring Eddie Murphy and directed by Reginald Hudlin;, and the animated feature "The Family Treehorn. Television productions include Genius: MLK/X (Disney+); "Wu-Tang: An American Saga" (Hulu); Swagger" (Apple); Under the Banner of Heaven (FX); and Jax Medias "Emily in Paris" (Netflix). Documentary productions include the Crime Scene" anthology series, The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel, The Times Square Killer and The Texas Killing Fields, all of which reached the top #5 globally on Netflix; "Genius: Aretha" (NatGeo); Julia"; "Paper & Glue"; "Rebuilding Paradise"; and Jigsaws Tiger" documentary (HBO), to name a few. Additional television productions include Foxs Empire; the 24" franchise; NatGeos Genius" anthology series; NBCs Parenthood" and "Friday Night Lights''; Foxs and Netflixs "Arrested Development"; and HBO's "From the Earth to the Moon", for which Howard and Grazer won the Emmy簧 for Outstanding Mini-Series. Grazer and Howard began their collaboration in the early 80s with the hit comedies ``Night Shift" and Splash", and continue to run Imagine Entertainment as executive chairmen.

About 91勛圖厙Media, Inc.

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