The Pencil Factory

German and his family are stuck behind the walls of a rusty old pencil factory in the jungle. When a Youtuber stumbles onto the scene with a camera, he may be their only hope.

Thank you, to German, Eva, and Sasha. Thanks also to Julia Neusner.

You can see more of Caya’s documentaries about tech and society on his Youtube channel “Slide Bean.”

This story will be featured on Today Explained on 12.23.25, tune in!

The Banished By Bargain project is a great resource to learn more about the Trump administration’s third-country deportations.

Produced by John Fecile and Caya, edited by Nancy Lopez, original music by Renzo Gorrio.

Season 16 - Episode 59

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