Megacorp is an investigative podcast series exposing some of the world's most unethical corporations.
Latest episodes
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Introducing: SAD OLIGARCH Season 2
Hello, Megacorp Listeners! We want to share a new show you might enjoy, SAD OLIGARCH Season 2! About the show: Since January 2022, dozens of Russia's wealthiest oligarchs and power…
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32 min
The Siberian Heart Attack
Deep in the Siberian peninsula, a corrupt politician falls out of the window of his home and hits the ground hard. Eyewitnesses describe the scene, explaining how he plummeted to t…
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Introducing: Away Days Podcast
Hi, Megacorp Fans! We want to share a new show, Away Days: Reporting from the Underbelly. About the show: Away Days Podcast is an episodic documentary series focused on unreported…
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32 min
A Family Annihilation in Moscow
On March 23rd 2022, affluent Russian businessman Vasily Melnikov was found dead alongside his family in their upscale Moscow apartment. They’d all been stabbed to death: Vasily, hi…
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21 min
11: Everything We’ve Learned About Amazon’s Bad Practice
In this final episode of Megacorp we take a look back at all the scandal at the heart of Amazon that we’ve learned about through this series. For anyone not in the know, this can b…
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18 min
10: Amazon’s Flex Driver Pyramid Scheme
In the penultimate Megacorp episode we look into how Amazon got fined $60million for stealing money from the tips of their freelance delivery drivers. Learn more about your ad-choi…
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39 min
09: Who Built Amazon’s Empire?
In this episode we take a look at the man who built Amazon in his own image—Jeff Bezos, the richest man on earth. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwo…
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23 min
08: Amazon’s Scandal Collection
In this episode we take a look at various Amazon scandals that don’t fit in anywhere else, but within their own collection of shame. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www…
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24 min
07: Bezos and His Unsafe Rockets
Today we look at how Amazon went into space. Bezos frames his Blue Origin commercial space project as a mission to help the human race, but is it just a dangerous billionaire fare…
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23 min
06: Amazon's Deals with Global Intelligence Agencies
Today we take a look at the hundred million dollars deals Amazon has done with both the CIA and MI6. Not only is Amazon spying on customers through home security technology, they'r…
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30 min
05: Is Amazon Spying on You?
In this episode we take a look at several different Amazon company products to see if they’re running surveillance on your home or not. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://…
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24 min
04: Amazon's Billion Dollar Tax Avoidance
In this episode we take a look at how Amazon is able to legally get away with avoiding paying billions in taxes, and how they refuse to funnel the money they saved back into the wo…
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27 min
03: Amazon’s Dangerous Working Conditions
Today we take a close look at how dangerous it is to work at the Amazon Warehouse (hint: it’s 80% more dangerous than working at any other warehouse in their industry). We also dis…
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30 min
02: Amazon’s Illegal Union Busting
In this episode we delve into the illegal and Orwellian methods used by Amazon to try and stop its warehouse workers unionizing. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.ihe…
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27 min
01: Ground Floor at the Amazon Warehouse
In this first episode we’ll be starting at the ground floor, with the most important employees holding everything together—the warehouse workers. We’ll hear what it’s like to work…
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4 min
00: What is Megacorp?
A short introduction explaining exactly what Megacorp is and isn’t. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
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2 min
Introducing: Megacorp
Megacorp is a series by Jake Hanrahan that exposes some of the world's most unethical corporations. First up, we’re investigating Amazon. Learn more about your ad-choices at https:…