Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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This week: McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski went viral for taking a very small bite of a very big burger. So, Emily dares to eat a Big Arch—the whole thing—and the hosts talk about how this kind of PR cannot be bought.

Podcast and Video production by Jessamine Molli and Cheyna Roth.

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