Hi, Megacorp Fans! Take a listen to the trailer for Sad Oligarch - an investigative podcast series that looks into the many Russian oligarch deaths of 2022.About the show: Since January 2022, more than a dozen of Russia's wealthiest businessme

A Family Annihilation in Moscow

Jun 14th, 2023 31m 46s

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, his wife, and their two sons aged 4 and 10 years old. The killings

11: Everything We’ve Learned About Amazon’s Bad Practice

Mar 9th, 2022 21m 13s

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 be their “too long didn’t read” introduction to everything we’ve

10: Amazon’s Flex Driver Pyramid Scheme

Mar 2nd, 2022 17m 41s

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-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/l

09: Who Built Amazon’s Empire?

Feb 16th, 2022 38m 40s

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.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

08: Amazon’s Scandal Collection

Feb 9th, 2022 23m 4s

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.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privac

07: Bezos and His Unsafe Rockets

Feb 2nd, 2022 23m 32s

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 ground ride? Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.ih

06: Amazon's Deals with Global Intelligence Agencies

Jan 19th, 2022 23m 14s

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're making cloud technology so spy agencies can better keep tabs o

05: Is Amazon Spying on You?

Jan 12th, 2022 30m 29s

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://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for pri

04: Amazon's Billion Dollar Tax Avoidance

Dec 22nd, 2021 24m

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 workforce they've made it off of. Learn more about your ad-choice

03: Amazon’s Dangerous Working Conditions

Dec 15th, 2021 27m 16s

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 discuss the tragedy in Illinois, where a tornado hit an Amazon Ware

02: Amazon’s Illegal Union Busting

Dec 8th, 2021 30m 11s

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.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy in

01: Ground Floor at the Amazon Warehouse

Dec 1st, 2021 27m 4s

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 long shifts whilst being constantly monitored and timed in the t

00: What is Megacorp?

Dec 1st, 2021 4m 21s

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 information.

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Introducing: Megacorp

Nov 22nd, 2021 2m 9s

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://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for p