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Bryce Covert on Empty Promises From McDonald’s

On this episode of The Nation Podcast, Bryce Covert discusses her investigative reporting on the fast food giant.

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On this episode of The Nation Podcast, D.D. Guttenplan is joined by Bryce Covert to discuss her investigation in the May 2025 issue of The Nation, “McDonald’s Still Has a Real Sexual Harassment Problem That’s Not Going Away.”

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On this episode of The Nation Podcast, Bryce Covert discusses her investigation in the May 2025 issue, “McDonald’s Still Has a Real Sexual Harassment Problem That’s Not Going Away.”

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Bryce Covert on Empty Promises From McDonald’s | The Nation Podcast
byThe Nation Magazine

On this episode of The Nation Podcast, D.D. Guttenplan is joined by Bryce Covert to discuss her investigation in the May 2025 issue of The Nation, “McDonald’s Still Has a Real Sexual Harassment Problem That’s Not Going Away.”

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D.D. Guttenplan

D.D. Guttenplan is a special correspondent for The Nation and the former host of The Nation Podcast. He served as editor of the magazine from 2019 to 2025 and, prior to that, as an editor at large and London correspondent. His books include American Radical: The Life and Times of I.F. Stone, The Nation: A Biography, and The Next Republic: The Rise of a New Radical Majority.

Bryce Covert

Bryce Covert is a contributing writer at The Nation and was a 2023 Reporter in Residence at Omidyar Network.

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