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WORDS ON A WIRE: Tobacco Readers Then and Now

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  Hosts Daniel Chacón and Tim Hernandez talk about the tradition of Tobacco Readers, men who were hired to read to workers at tobacco rolling factories in Cuba in the 1800s.  What if that tradition was carried on today?  What types of workers would readers read to, and what material would they read?

Aired April 3, 2016

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