Get ready for the early-20th-century version of blowing up a scandal on social media—except the hashtags were newspaper exposés and the "viral moment" involved millions of Americans suddenly realizing what was actually in their meat. In this episode, we meet the Progressive reformers who set out to fix everything from corrupt politics to child labor, along with the fearless muckrakers who dug up the dirt (sometimes literally) to make sure the nation couldn't look away. From tenement photographers to trust-busting presidents, it's a whirlwind tour of the activists and journalists who believed sunlight really was the best disinfectant—and weren't afraid to aim the spotlight everywhere.
