Your favorite restaurant with an always-broken ice cream machine. This week we’re taking a look at McDonald’s as part of our Brands & Culture Series!

Founded in 1940, McDonald’s is now one of the most recognizable and popular chains in the world. They’ve influenced culture across the map from food supply to employment, to advertising to franchising, to Western globalization. There’s no way to cover it all in a 30-minute episode but we go through broad strokes and hope that you learn something new- we sure did.

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