The billionaire founder of Patagonia is giving away his company to fight climate change. He’s also getting a giant tax break.

This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and edited by Sean Rameswaram, who also hosted.

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