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Jan 2025
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Swamp Notes: Corporate America goes Maga

Financial Times
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Not long ago, American corporations were promoting racial justice initiatives and promising to combat climate change. That’s all changed in the months since Donald Trump’s election. The FT’s US financial editor Brooke Masters and tech correspondent Hannah Murphy join this week’s Swamp Notes to explain what’s behind this cultural shift. 


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Is corporate America going Maga?

The cravenness of Mark Zuckerberg

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Swamp Notes is produced by Ethan Plotkin, Sonja Hutson and Katya Kumkova. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. Special thanks to Pierre Nicholson. 


CREDIT: Joe Rogan Experience 


Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com



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