I want to thank every Amazon employee and every Amazon customer because you guys paid progress. You guys paid prods. This is Megacorp, an investigative podcast exposing some of the world's most unethical corporations. This series is about Amazon. I'm Jake Hanrahan, journalists and documentary filmmaker. Mega Corp is produced by H eleven for Cool Zone Media. Megacorps Episode zero This is a sort of prologue if you like. Why well, because I wanted to explain a bit about what megacorp
is and isn't before we get stuck into it. I feel the need to do this because of the nature of the work involved in this series, that is reporting on the dishonorable treatment of workers and consumers by some of the wealthiest corporations on Earth. Now, due to the last few years of political and cultural turmoil, it feels like everyone sees everything now only from one point of view, their own. I find that lack of nuance very boring.
So let me just be clear that Megacorp is not made to pander to any one specific political ideology or cultural identity. You do you, I'll do me. That's fine. Yes, we will be digging into the unethical acts of multimillion dollar and sometimes billion dollar corporations. But that doesn't mean we've made this specific fically just for antique capitalists. It doesn't mean it's not for them either. What I'm trying
to say is Megacorp is for everyone. If you pay tax, if you work, if you consume, if you spend money anywhere. At the very least, I think you should be made aware of the scandalous behavior of some of the most lucrative companies out there. Then you can do with that information what you want. That's up to you. I'm not calling for a boycott. I'm not saying you're a bad person for earning money, and I'm certainly not trying to
destroy anyone's business. What I am doing with Megacorp is trying to show that there must be some sort of accountability for corporations that get away with treating people like dirt just because they have a stranglehold on any given industry. Now, I guess if Megacorp had to be for anyone's specific, it would be for the mistreated workers everywhere. But like I said, this is for anyone who wants to hear it. Lastly, a bit about me. My name is Jake Hanrahan. I'm
a journalist, producer and documentary filmmaker from Britain. My work is largely focused on conflict, crime and politics. The last seven years, I've been reporting mostly from frontlines in Syria, Iraq, Ukraine, Kurdistan, palest Iroan all over the place. You might have seen my work. I also run a grassroots conflict journalism outlet called Popular Front. You can look that up. I think you like it. If you want, you can find my
work at Jake Hanrahan dot com. That's h A N A A h A M. Now enjoy a megacord