Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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00:00 Introduction
02:25 THE CHOCOLATE KING COMES TO CUBA
03:55 BUILDING THE MODEL TOWN "HERSHEY"
05:30 SWEET BOOM, BITTER BUST
07:19 LIFE IN AN AMERICAN ENCLAVE
09:33 AN EMPIRE'S TURNING POINT
11:07 REVOLUTION RENAMES THE TOWN
13:27 REVOLUTION AT HUMAN SCALE
15:48 THE TRAIN KEEPS RUNNING
17:32 SWEET FACTORY GOES SILENT
19:38 BITTERSWEET MEMORIES
21:25 THE NAME ON THE STATION
21:51HOPES OF A SECOND LIFE