Category: Season 1 – TOS
SEASON 1
Episode 14: Smartphone Marketing in a Galaxy of Apples and Blackberries
We check out the view from the top with Apple, bash the big guy with the aggressive marketers at Samsung, and contemplate the future for another fruit-named phone—the Blackberry.
Episode 13: Feeling the Burn with Famous Robots and the Williams Sisters
GE rounds up some familiar robot faces; Apple plays ping pong with Venus and Serena; and Planet Fitness sounds the alarm on lunks.
Episode 12: The Brutal Battle for Brand Supremacy on Super Bowl Sunday
We bust out the barbeque, beer barrels and body paint to cheer wildly as a band of vicious competitors vie for glory on Super Bowl Sunday.
Episode 11: Playing Monopoly in Space with the Cold Monster
Hasbro forces us to fight for the right to use the iron in Monopoly; Axe Body Spray sends us into space smelling really good; and Zicam makes us do battle with a boogery beast.
Episode 10: The Good, Bad and Ugly of Marketing in 2012
We look back on 365 days of viral videos, mobile mania, social strategy, content creation, tablet targeting, and other dangerous forms of marketing mayhem.
Episode 9: Holiday Marketing with the Griswolds
We flashback to the decade of alt rock, Topanga and Jumanji; exchange LOLs and OMGs with the Pope on Twitter; and celebrate the holidays with Clark Griswold and a pair of Old Navy pop pants.
Episode 8: Online Marketing Gangnam Style
We crown social media king of the porcelain palace, celebrate twenty years of finger-tapping talk, and get brand-brainwashed by the rhythm and motion of the most-watched YouTube video of all time.
Episode 7: Black Friday and the Marketing Apocalypse
In a last hurrah before the apocalypse, we watch in awe as Black Friday goes nuclear and swallows Thanksgiving whole.
Episode 6: The Branding Alliance of Star Wars and Disney
Our heads spin as we watch Target take product placement to a whole new level and our lightsabers dim as we discover the disturbing news that Luke Skywalker and Minnie Mouse are actually brother and sister!
Episode 5: Jumping Through Space on the Wings of Red Bull
We watch as Snoop Dogg hawks Hot Pockets, Goldblum grumbles about the glories of Paypal, and Felix Baumgartners’ extreme space jump burns up YouTube records on the wings of Red Bull.
Episode 4: The Mother of All Smartphone Map App Scandals
We tune you in to the increasing static at Dish Network, fill you in on how Facebook will help fulfill your future wants, and discretely delve into the mother of all scandalous smartphone map controversies: Mapplegate.
Episode 3: Terrifying Tales from the Tablet Boom
We catch a buzz from all the extra bucks handed out by Starbucks, diagnose some common mistakes companies should avoid like the plague on their websites, and take a shot at the latest contributions from Amazon and Toys R Us to the tablet BOOM.
Episode 2: AMC Wages Zombie War with Dish Network
We talk about the one-billion-dollar bite Apple just took out of Samsung, discuss the infectious Internet virus that is “Call Me Maybe”, and review the zombie marketing war AMC has waged against Dish Network.
Episode 1: Taking a Bite Out of Triscuit Marketing
We create incredibly unreal expectations for the future of this podcast and take a crunchy bite out of Triscuit’s new “Topper’s Tantrum” marketing campaign.