"Coca-Cola, FedEx, and Tesla Walk Into a Bar (And the World Booed)"

Since Trump strutted back into the White House in 2025 like a rejected Bond villain, global sentiment toward U.S. brands has spiraled faster than Elon’s PR team can issue corrections.

Lisa decodes the carnage: FedEx down -37%, Warner Bros -31%, Coca-Cola -28%, and Tesla — poor, meme-mangled Tesla — gets slapped with -23%. Meanwhile, McDonald's inexplicably thrives with +32% sentiment like a Big Mac in a dystopia.

Max? He’s on a roast rampage. Thinks Nvidia’s -18% drop is just karma for overcharging for GPUs and under-delivering on humanity. As for Amazon and Starbucks? “They got the latte they deserved.”

Meanwhile, Meta, OpenAI, and Apple pull off a PR miracle, rising slightly in global favor — probably because Zuckerberg finally blinked or ChatGPT didn’t hallucinate your bank account.

This episode is a satirical masterclass in brand trauma, geopolitical tantrums, and why chicken nuggets now count as soft power.

Note: This project explores the new creative potential unlocked by generative AI, showcasing how a single person, in just two hours, can curate (not create, but curate) a polished podcast series. I recognize the critiques around AI-generated content and the potential for digital clutter but invite you to take a listen on your next walk or drive and see what you think. Audio is AI-generated by Google's NotebookLM. Images by Grok-3 and Magic Studio.