Record

Armon Owlia

Record is a reported show about what happens when powerful systems decide, “This is true enough to act on,” long before the evidence actually supports it. Each season pulls one rule or standard off the page—a wage law, a “best practice,” a risk score—and follows it through the documents, agencies, and lives on the other end of the decision. recorddesk.substack.com

Episodes

  1. Season 1 Trailer

    BELOW MINIMUM: Season 1 Trailer

    There is one paragraph in the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 that still allows some disabled workers to be paid less than the federal minimum wage—sometimes pennies per hour. It is called Section 14(c). In Season One of RECORD, ARMON OWLIA follows the fight over that exception: the workers whose pay it shaped, the institutions that used it, the advocates who fought to end it, and the difficult question of what happens when states eliminate it without tracking where workers go next. The official story is that Section 14(c) protects access to work. Its critics say it institutionalizes exploitation. The record is more complicated—and the people living inside that gap are often the least visible. BELOW MINIMUM premieres September 15. Reporting notes and transcripts: recorddesk.substack.com Follow for documents and updates: @recorddesk on Instagram Subscribe to RECORD wherever you get your podcasts. Get full access to Record at recorddesk.substack.com/subscribe

    BELOW MINIMUM: Season 1 Trailer

  2. Episode 1 Trailer

    This Is RECORD: Official Series Trailer

    Most of what shapes your life runs on rules you were never taught to read. RECORD is an investigative journalism series about how institutions decide what becomes official, what gets ignored, and who pays the price. Each season follows a single public system — a wage law, the points in your wallet — through the records, timelines, and documented outcomes between what the institution claims and what the evidence shows. * Reporting notes and transcripts: recorddesk.substack.com * Follow for documents and updates: @recorddesk on Instagram * Subscribe to RECORD wherever you get your podcasts Get full access to Record at recorddesk.substack.com/subscribe

    This Is RECORD: Official Series Trailer

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Record is a reported show about what happens when powerful systems decide, “This is true enough to act on,” long before the evidence actually supports it. Each season pulls one rule or standard off the page—a wage law, a “best practice,” a risk score—and follows it through the documents, agencies, and lives on the other end of the decision. recorddesk.substack.com

Information

  • Creator
    Armon Owlia
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    2
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Armon Owlia
  • Show Website
    Record