# Labor in sugar cane Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-chocolate-conservatory-7712281/labor-in-sugar-cane Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-chocolate-conservatory-7712281/labor-in-sugar-cane.md Podcast: [The Chocolate Conservatory](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-chocolate-conservatory-7712281) Published: 2026-05-15T14:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://choco-conservatory.captivate.fm Audio file: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/b9597d65-d382-4e5d-a2f4-62a679e2930a.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-chocolate-conservatory-7712281/episodes/labor-in-sugar-cane Duration seconds: 3625 ## Resource Cornell University Professor Alex M. Nading, a medical anthropologist, joins host Carla Martin to discuss the epidemic of chronic kidney disease of nontraditional causes (CKDnt) among Nicaragua's sugarcane plantation workers. Find Dr. Nading's book via Duke University Press: https://www.dukeupress.edu/the-kidney-and-the-cane ; or in a library near you: https://search.worldcat.org/ ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-chocolate-conservatory-7712281/episodes/labor-in-sugar-cane/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-chocolate-conservatory-7712281/labor-in-sugar-cane.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.