SPEAKING HUMAN THE ORIGINAL PODCAST SERIES
Episode 192: Tagline Throwdown
We think different by testing our tagline knowledge in a death match to see who can just do it to prove they’re not just finger lickin’ good, they’re grrreat!
Episode 191: Hellmann’s Hoodwinks Harry
We slather our sentiments on Hellman’s “When Harry Met Sally” reunion and sink our teeth into other overlooked content ripe for the commercial requel treatment.
Episode 190: Rise of the Malls
We stroll through the ascension, decline, and revival of the shopping mall to see if these once-mighty retail giants can regain their former glory.
Episode 189: The Banana Effect
We peel open the $6 million banana to explore how brands have leveraged this provocative piece of art for their own content creation.
Episode 188: New Coke Versus Crystal Pepsi
We chug back in time to revisit the marketing campaigns of two legendary beverage busts to see how they go down a few decades later.
Episode 187: Brands In Space
We venture into deep space to explore how today’s brands are bringing their products, services, and marketing into the cosmos.
Episode 186: Feel the Vibrations
We sense the power of Mastercard’s new haptic logo and explore how other brands can engage touch, smell, and taste to create more immersive experiences.
Episode 185: Linguistic Lurkers and Outliers
We promulgate and elucidate ten arcane, recondite, and enigmatic lexemes we believe warrant greater attention in the marketing realm.
Episode 184: Bizarre Brand Collabs
We bring together the most unusual, unexpected, and unnatural brand bedfellows of the 2020s. Slap some caviar on your Pringles because worlds are about to collide!
Episode 183: Commercial Court
We convene in the courtroom to adjudicate the cases of two recent commercials from big tech brands that stirred up controversy and got yanked from the airwaves.
Episode 182: Oatly’s Outrage
We fight back against the powers of “big podcasting” by pouring out our thoughts about Oatly’s guerrilla marketing maneuver to protest the misleading mind control of big dairy.
Episode 181: Toasting 60 Years of Pop-Tarts
We salute six decades of America’s preeminent toaster pastry by serving up some notable pieces of Pop-Tarts marketing and ranking the most iconic Pop-Tarts flavors.
Episode 180: Renner Runs for Brooks
We unlace ideas about the new Brooks “Let’s Run There” campaign featuring Jeremy Renner and jog through our rankings of the buzziest running shoe brands of the current moment.
Episode 179: Has Prime’s Day Come and Gone?
We poke the potential bursting bubble of Logan Paul’s Prime drink brand to see if it pops and share a couple other products that consumers guzzled down in mass quantities then tossed aside.
Episode 178: People Who Hate Mayonnaise Love This Episode
We discourage everyone from listening to this episode and hearing our thoughts on the new ad for NotMayo. Just rip out your earbuds now, because you do not want to know what we have to say.
Episode 177: 40 Years of Lost Beef
We turn our TV dials back four decades to analyze an iconic fast-food commercial featuring big fluffy buns and a spunky senior citizen asking one of the most important questions of our time.
Episode 176: Punctuating Brands
We exclaim our questions about companies adding punctuation marks like apostrophes, periods, and exclamation points to their names and logos.
Episode 175: Super Bowl Celebrity Ad Fatigue
We head into overtime to huddle up on Schwarzenegger, Walken, and whether throwing famous faces into Super Bowl commercials still scores with viewers.
Episode 174: The Solo-Snoop Smoke Storm
We apply heat to Solo Stove’s decision to ax their CEO after a viral campaign failed to ignite sales and ask the essential question “what is successful marketing?”
Episode 173: The Timelessness of Tetris
We drop the pieces in place to unlock how the best-selling video game of all time continues to obsess players 40 years after its creation.
Episode 172: Wrangling the Marlboro Man
We smoke out the rough and rugged legacy of the iconic Marlboro Man marketing campaign that rode the trails of pop culture for over 40 years leaving many blackened lungs behind.
Episode 171: Best TV Title Sequences
We tune in to the TV show opening intros that keep our thumbs off the fast forward button and our eyeballs glued to the screen.
Episode 170: Famous Brand Voiceovers
We vocalize our picks for the most memorable, effective, and iconic uses of celebrity voices in commercials and marketing.
Episode 169: Best of Barbenheimer
We detonate our thoughts on the atomic pink meme machine that swallowed summer 2023 and share candidates for potential future Barbenheimers.
Episode 168: Liquid Death
We assassinate assumptions of what bottled water should be by spotlighting a darker, canned brand disrupting the industry with some killer marketing efforts.
Episode 167: Where Have All the Wieners Gone?
We think long and hard about Oscar Meyers’ decision to change the name of the Wienermobile and shake out a few other meat-based mobile marketing ideas.
Episode 166: To The Max
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Episode 165: Shamrock Shakin’
We go green and toast the top o’ the morning by dipping into our pot of marketing gold to share a notable St. Paddy’s Day creative concoction.
Episode 164: Kia Logo Chaos
We rack our brains trying to google the “KN car” before turning our attention to Kia’s controversial logo redesign.
Human Interview: Caitlyn Gow
We talk with Caitlyn Gow, a student at the University of Akron, about her social media marketing class assignment and the choice to write about Discord.
Episode 163: Burning Holiday Questions (Fireplace Edition)
We roast more than chestnuts as we answer a sackful of burning holiday questions about time-honored traditions, classic Christmas characters, and merry memorable marketing campaigns.
Episode 162: The Passion of the Pickleball
We whack around a few ideas on why pickleball has become the fastest growing sport in America and if it has what it takes to make it as a major league.
Episode 161: Twitter’s New Musk
We get a whiff of what the Twitterverse will look like under Elon Musk, and weigh in on whether that’s a good or bad thing for the social network’s future.
Episode 160: Patagonia Goes Purpose
We take stock of Patagonia’s bold move for future ownership and ponder if other corporations might start to consider similar unorthodox succession plans.
Episode 159: Brand Resurrections
We reanimate a selection of brands, startups, platforms, and apps that have gone belly up over the past 10 years.
Episode 158: Craziest Car Commercials
We hazard a second look at the AutoTrader spot that put the Duke boys back behind the wheel and burn rubber with our picks for the wildest auto ads ever to hit the airwaves.
Episode 157: A Decade of Brand Debacles
We navigate back to the year 2012 to re-examine the Mapplegate scandal and map out the most memorable brand controversies of the past 10 years.
Episode 156: Top 5 Commercial Catchphrases
We release our personal picks for the most memorable and repeatable catchphrases in modern advertising history.
Episode 155: Undead Advertising
We rise from the grave to relive the long-forgotten marketing war between DISH network and AMC, and feast on the flesh of other notable zombie-themed ads.
Episode 154: Ride and Fall of Peloton
We peddle our thoughts on Peloton’s fork-in-the-road moment, and share a list of past fitness trends we’ve left in the dust.
Episode 153: Snack to the Future
We take another bite out of the campaign that we talked 10 years ago on the very first episode of this podcast and munch on a couple other more recent snack-related marketing morsels.
Episode 152: 2021 Awesome Awards
We salute the bold, creative, and amusing marketing efforts that awed us with their awesomeness this year and made us think about something other than viruses… if only for a few sweet fleeting moments.
Episode 151: It’s the End of Facebook as We Know It
We metabolize our thoughts on the metamorphosis of Facebook by answering a series of metaphorical questions about the life and times of the world’s largest social network.
Episode 150: Man Eating Plants
We harvest our thoughts on the wild growth of plant-based foods and grill up some marketing efforts aimed at selling people on meatless meats.
Episode 149: The Best Audio Logos in the Entire Universe
We sound off on some pitch-perfect examples of “sonic branding” that are sure to be stuck inside your head long after this episode goes quiet.
Episode 148: I Want My MTV!
We tune in to the iconic marketing campaign and subsequent promo spots that helped make MTV a pop-culture juggernaut in the 80s and 90s.
Episode 147: We All Scream For…
We cool down by scooping out marketing musings on current trends, classic slogans, and captivating flavors from the ice cream world.
Episode 146: Guardians of the Pro Sports Rebranding Galaxy
We field some big questions about the brand changeup coming to Cleveland and rank the recent history of pro sports teams that changed their names without switching cities.
Episode 145: Mystery Box
We unwrap the enigma behind a puzzling new trend more brands are adopting—but we can’t tell you what it is, you have to listen to unlock the secret.
Episode 144: Are Buy Buttons a Lie?
We buy into the idea that maybe “buy” is the wrong word for digital items like movies, TV shows, and music that customers may not actually own.
Episode 143: Brutally Honest Brand Slogans
We consider what an alternative universe would look like if brands advertised what people really think about their products.
Episode 142: Selling this Podcast as an NFT
We invest everything we’ve got in non-fungible tokens and then try to figure out if what we own actually has any real value.
Episode 141: Mind Thundering the Future of Social
We storm our brains for ideas on what the next phase of social media might look (and sound) like.
Episode 140: Clubhouse Crashers
We crash the Clubhouse to share our thoughts on the new invitation-only, voice-based social network.
Episode 139: Smoking Fetus Ad
We cough through a cloud of cigarette smoke as we revisit one of the most memorable anti-smoking campaigns ever made.
Episode 138: Paramount Plus
We scale the epic marketing campaign around the release of another major streaming service looking to join the ranks of Netflix, Hulu, and Disney Plus at the top of the mountain.
Episode 137: A-List Advertising
We assemble an all-star cast of top-level talent including Bruce Willis, Hugh Jackman, and Brie Larson to talk about the increasing appeal of ad campaigns for big-name actors.
Episode 136: Best Board Game Commercials
We do not pass GO as we spin, roll, and pop our thoughts on the best board game advertising of all time.
Episode 135: Highest Scoring Video Game Covers
We pick players in the burgeoning marketing battle between Series X and PS5 consoles, and unlock our personal picks for the best game covers of the Xbox/Playstation era.
Episode 134: Would You Buy or Sell These Brand Efforts
We riff on a range of recent marketing and branding efforts—from the unleashing of the Seattle Kraken to breakfast Mac & Cheese to Planters’ rapidly aging Baby Nut.
Episode 133: Questions About Quibi
We quibble over whether all the quacks and quips about the failure of Quibi are well-deserved, and provide some quick reviews of the streaming platform’s bite-size content offerings.
Episode 132: Worst Sneakers Ever
We kick around some thoughts on Nike’s new Ben & Jerry’s-inspired footwear and share our personal picks for the ugliest sneaker designs of all time.
Episode 131: Rebranding Aunt Jemima & Uncle Ben’s
We reflect on recent brand announcements from Aunt Jemima & Uncle Ben’s in light of widespread protests against racism and calls for change across the USA.
Episode 130: WFH Forever
We spitball—with face masks, of course—some creative ideas to take working from home to the next level now that it could be the forever future for many employees.
Episode 129: Quarantine-Themed Ads
We zoom in on the different ways brands have incorporated social distancing and quarantine life into their advertising.
Episode 128: Brands Making Quarantine Better
We isolate some of the brands and products rising up to make life a little easier during this strange stretch living in lockdown.
Episode 127: Going Viral
We pull down our protective masks to spread a few thoughts on how brands are responding to the coronavirus and the massive impact COVID-19 is having on marketing and events.
Episode 126: TikTok Bytes Social
We sound off on the current state of old-school social media and loop our thoughts on a pair of modern social apps looking to make some noise.
Episode 125: Killing Mr. Peanut
We focus our monocles on the untimely death of Mr. Peanut and tip our top hats to the ads that made us laugh, cry, and want to buy during Super Bowl 54.
Episode 124: Visions of the Future
We recall how brands from the past envisioned the future, and share a couple of our own marketing visions for the 2020s.
Episode 123: Jingle All the Way
We deck the halls with our thoughts on the enduring appeal of Christmas music and chime in on this year’s crop of holiday ads.
Episode 122: Mighty Mustaches of Modern Marketing
We let our follicles run wild as we discuss the growth and evolution of Movember and brush up on some of the most memorable mustaches in ad history.
Episode 121: The Peacock Effect
We fan out our thoughts on the name of NBC Universal’s new streaming platform and strut out our official ranking of streaming service names.
Episode 120: When Magazines Ruled the World
We leaf through our memories to dog-ear our favorite magazines and talk about the future of the medium moving forward.
Episode 119: Brand of the Year
We travel to the galaxy’s edge to shine a mouse-eared spotlight on our endgame pick for brand of the year.
Episode 118: Decoding Social Slang
We decode the meaning behind a handful of slang terms currently making the rounds in pop culture and social media.
Episode 117: Brands Branching Out
We expand our horizons by talking about brands branching out from their core business or philosophy by launching unexpected products, services or media efforts—and discuss if that’s ever a good idea.
Episode 116: Sports Commercial Champions Bracket
We reveal the sports-based commercials that emerge victorious in our highly selective tournament to crown the ultimate athletic ad of the past three decades.
Episode 115: Outstanding Celebrity Spokespeople
We endorse our favorite brand-celebrity pairings and explain what makes them masterful marriages of marketing, audience, and influence.
Episode 114: Great Brand Song Selections
We sing the praises of a band of brands whose powerful use of popular songs in their marketing and advertising plays like sweet music to our collective ears.
Episode 113: ABCs of Super Bowl Ads
We boil this year’s crop of Super Bowl commercials down to the ABCs—animals, bevs, and celebs—and tell you which brands won the big game in each of these key categories.
Episode 112: Flashback to 2009
We leap back in time to the age of Obama, netbooks, and The Black Eyed Peas to revisit some of the most notable brands, marketing, and pop culture of 2009.
Episode 111: Buzziest Brands of the Year
We hum with excitement as we share the 10 brands that captured our eyes, brains, hearts, tongues, and screens in 2018.
Episode 110: Best Toys Ever
We come to play… with suggestions on the hottest gifts for kids this holiday season and share our picks for the greatest toys of all time.
Episode 109: Fall Maple Mania
We tap into the seasonal flavor that could be the next pumpkin spice and answer three burning questions about the past, present, and future of fall marketing.
Episode 108: Best Candy Wrappers
We creep into the deadly deliciousness of the Halloween season by sharing our killer picks for favorite candy packaging design.
Episode 107: Advertising Trivia Challenge
We test our knowledge of classic advertising campaigns by answering trivia questions about memorable commercials, slogans and brands that have permeated pop culture over the past several decades.
Episode 106: NFL Improvement Ideas
We tackle the brand status of the national football league and audible some wild ideas to rush the NFL into the future.
Episode 105: 2018 Summer Movie Awards
We unveil the winner of our summer box office challenge and honor some incredible & impossible movies that defined the blockbuster season.
Episode 104: Wittiest Twitter Brands
We laugh, chuckle and guffaw through a stream of countless brand tweets in an effort to crown the Twitter kings of comedy.
Episode 103: Creative Product Upgrades
We rack our brains coming up with creative ways to upgrade products that haven’t taken a significant step forward in far too long.
Episode 102: Brands of Summer
We sweat out the dog days of summer by shouting out a few key brands we strongly associate with the hot and sunny season.
Episode 101: Top 3 Album Covers
We spin our thoughts on the marketing power of cover art and hit play on our favorite album covers of all time.
Episode 100: The Century Mark
We look back on 100 podcast episodes and share some of our favorite centenarian brands.
Episode 99: Yanny Vs. Laurel
We ask and answer the most important social media question of 2018—Yanny or Laurel?
Episode 98: Google Duplex
We make you wonder whether you’re listening to real people or artificial intelligence as we discuss Google’s latest innovation.
Episode 97: Summer Movie Box Office Predictions III
We premiere our predictions for the movies that will burn up the box office in summer 2018.
Episode 96: Winning NBA Team Names & Logos
We lob up our picks for top NBA team names and slam down our winners for sweetest league logos.
Episode 95: Best Brand Slogans
We snap, crackle and pop through decades of brand slogans from “Got milk?” to “Taste the rainbow” to determine which ones are the best of the best.
Episode 94: New Diet Coke
We guzzle down four new flavors of Diet Coke to tell you if they can beat the real thing and share our picks for favorite Coke can designs.
Episode 93: Classic Holiday Commercial Showdown
We unwrap six classic holiday commercials and force them to face off in a showdown to see which ones yield more Yuletide power.
Episode 92: Brands We’re Thankful For
We give thanks for a basketful of brands that have delivered us a bounty of delicious flavors to feast on in 2017.
Episode 91: iPhone X & iPhone App Recommendations
We phone in our thoughts on the new iPhone X and share our recommendations for some must-have iPhone apps.
Episode 90: Grading Pumpkin Spice Products
We spice things up by talking about the tsunami of pumpkin spice products hitting store shelves this fall.
Episode 89: Top 3 Fall Movie Trailers
We gaze in wonder at the winner of our game of summer box office predictions, and share our picks for favorite fall movie trailers. This episode is like a great trailer—all of the best parts with none of the crap in between!
Episode 88: Santander Bank “Beyond Money” / Best Brand Short Films
We rack our brains trying to remember whether Santander Bank’s short film “Beyond Money” is marketing or entertainment, and share our picks for a few other pieces of fantastic brand filmmaking.
Episode 87: Home Assistant Marketing Wars
We order Google, Alexa, and Siri into our podcast gladiator arena to see who emerges victorious in the battle for best voice assistant marketing.
Episode 86: Facebook’s New Mission / Magnificent Mission Statements
We venture on a quest to determine the impact of Facebook’s new mission, and uncover examples of other brands with magnificent mission statements.
Episode 85: Cookie Coated Chicken / Fast Food Funk Awards
We chomp into Popeye’s new cookie coated chicken to determine its marketing tenderness, and share our award winners for funkiest fast food menu items.
Episode 84: Brand Comebacks / eBay Takes Aim at Amazon
We auction off our thoughts on eBay’s new brand campaign taking aim at Amazon, and share our bids for some of the best brand comebacks in recent memory.
Episode 83: Top 5 LeBron James Commercials
We zoom past two defenders, pump fake, and fire off our list of the top five LeBron James commercials.
Episode 82: Marble Food Delivery Robot / More Brand Robot Ideas
We prepare for the rise of the machines by discussing Marble the food delivery robot.
Episode 81: Best Movie Posters of All Time
We forecast the five summer movies that will deliver the biggest returns at the box office, and share our picks for best movie posters of all time.
Episode 80: Jingle Champion / Brand Meltdown of the Month
What was the brand meltdown of the month?
Episode 79: Bracket Results & Best Forgotten 90s Brands
We reveal our top 10 forgotten 90s brands
Episode 78: Most Memorable Brand Jingle Bracket
There are a lot of great brand jingles out there… but find out our picks for the most memorable.
Episode 77: Nintendo Switch / Terrible Tech Product Names
From Chumby or Qriocity, there’s a lot of bad tech product names out there.
Episode 76: The Last Jedi / Exceptional Company Names
We name our thoughts on the much-buzzed-about title of the new Star Wars movie and identify what makes the force strong with a company name.
Episode 75: All-Time Best & Worst Super Bowl Commercials
Find out which brand earn the title for best of the best and worst of the worst.
Episode 74: Amazon Go / 5 Burning Brand Questions
We talk all things Amazon on this episode of the pod.
Episode 73: The Cool List
We unearth the year’s coolest cultural artifacts.
Episode 72: 2016 Awesome Awards
We applaud the most spectacular marketing efforts and trends of the year.
Episode 71: Snapchat Spectacles / Creative Social Integration Ideas
We slap on a pair of Spectacles to get a glimpse at the future of social sharing.
Episode 70: NES Classic Edition / Top 5 Nintendo Games
We plug in to the marketing power of Nintendo’s “new” retro gaming system, the NES Classic Edition, and then push start on our favorite NES Classic games.
Episode 69: Finding The Noid / Favorite Animated Brand Characters
We catch up with the elusive creature that tried to destroy our fresh, hot Domino’s pizzas back in the late 80s and share our picks for most memorable animated brand characters.
Episode 68: Samsung Galaxy Note 7 / Biggest Brand Disasters
We explode with thoughts on the early extinction of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 and share our picks for the all-time biggest product blunders.
Episode 67: Nike HyperAdapt / Top 3 Product Innovations
We run into the future Marty McFly promised us by lacing up Nike’s new HyperAdapt sneakers.
Episode 66: Summer Movie Marketing III
We reel from a disappointing cinematic summer by picking our top five movie posters of summer 2016.
Episode 65: Unofficial Olympic Marketing
We hand out medals for the best “non-Olympic” Olympic marketing.
Episode 64: Online Reviews
Is it fair or foul for brands to pay for positive internet mentions?
Episode 63: Best Nike Commercials
We “just do it”… and by “just do it” we mean share our picks for the best Nike commercials of all time.
Episode 62: Pokémon Go
How in the name of Pikachu did Pokémon Go become a global craze?
Episode 61: Tesla Brand Spotlight
We drive into the future of bold and electric branding by looking at the rapid acceleration of Tesla Motors.
Episode 60: Chewbacca Mom
We howl like Wookiees as we watch a woman in a Chewbacca mask go viral and give Kohl’s enough free marketing to fill a Star Destroyer.
Episode 59: Squatty Potty
We squat with a mystical unicorn who teaches us about proper pooping technique as well as a few lessons for marketing around taboo topics.
Episode 58: Box Office Predictions
From Bourne and Bad Moms to Star Trek and Suicide Squad, we predict the five movies that will bank the most money at the box office this summer.
Human Interview: Jacob Farrar
We talk with Jacob Farrar, Director of the Taylor Institute for Direct Marketing at the University of Akron, about the education, interests and influence of the next generation of marketers.
Episode 57: A Decade on Twitter
We flap through ten years of tweets to pinpoint the past, present and future impact of a little bird called Twitter.
Episode 56: Dos Equis Most Interesting Man
We stay thirsty with the “most interesting man in the world” as we revisit one of the past decade’s most successful marketing campaigns.
Human Interview: Kelley Buttrick
We talk with voiceover artist Kelley Buttrick about the diverse work she does and the unique approach she has taken to market her services.
Episode 55: More Emoji Marketing Madness
We announce the champion of our Emoji Marketing Madness Bracket and reward them with a trophy, a crown, and a gold medal… in beautiful emoji format!
Episode 54: Emoji Marketing Madness
We march through faces crying tears of joy, pizza slices, and piles of poo to crown the champion of our Emoji Marketing Madness Bracket.
Episode 53: Jeep Brand Spotlight
We hop in the Wrangler and head off road to shine a spotlight on Jeep as the brand celebrates its 75th anniversary.
Episode 52: Pre-Game Super Bowl Advertising
We tackle the big game to tell you which brands dominated the digital playing field when it came to building early buzz for their ads.
Episode 51: Periscope Marketing
We peer into Periscope to give you a glimpse of the popular new social platform and explore the value of live streaming as a marketing tool.
Episode 50½: The Year in Cool
What's in Episode 50½? We freeze, chill and serve our thoughts on the coolest things to come out of 2015. In the iconic words of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Mr. Freeze from Batman & Robin… "Let’s kick some ice!" Need some reference material when listening to this...
Episode 50: 2015 Awesome Awards
We recap the amazing, astonishing and awe-inspiring marketing feats of 2015 by presenting the winners of our second annual Awesome Awards.
Episode 49: Cutting the Cable Cord
What's in Episode 49? We sharpen our scissors, grab our cable boxes, cut off all the cords, and stare at our screens to get a picture of the future outlook for cable companies and TV advertising. Don’t touch that dial because Speaking Human starts now! Need some...
Episode 48: Star Wars Overload?
We use the force to force our bodies to sit through an endless array of new marketing efforts incorporating a Star Wars theme while pondering the epic question: Is it ever a good idea to jump on the marketing bandwagon?
Episode 47: Google Cardboard
We get googly-eyed over a cardboard contraption that allows us to take a peak into a different reality.
Episode 46: Mr. Robot Giveaway
We hack our way through USA Network’s clever giveaway to promote the show “Mr. Robot”.
Episode 45½: Cannes Lions Winners
On this special bonus episode, we share our scattered thoughts on this year’s Cannes Lions award winners. Get ready to hear our roar because this podcast cannot be tamed!
Episode 45: Best Summer Movie Marketing
We project our thoughts on the biggest marketing blockbusters of the summer movie season.
Episode 44: Cornetto Two Sides
We experience young love from two different points of view via an interactive video from a frozen dessert maker. Get ready for a sweet podcast treat that may leave you with brain freeze!
Episode 43: Brand Mascot Reboots
We drop our drumsticks in disbelief as Colonel Sanders and The Hamburglar return from the marketing graveyard to win back our brand loyalty.
Episode 42: #LowesFixInSix
We consume clever home improvement tips in easily digestible six-second chunks and then regurgitate our thoughts on choosing the right social networks for your brand.
Episode 41: Greatest YouTube Ad
What's in Episode 41? We YouTube twenty of the greatest brand moments from the past decade to tell you what video earns the title of YouTube’s all-time best ad. Crank up your bandwidth and get ready for some serious YouTubin’! Need some reference material when...
Episode 40: Talking Podcasting
We podcast our thoughts on the trials, travails, and triumphs of a topic very near and dear to our hearts: podcasting.
Episode 39: Kill Me Three Times
We witness a murder and get stalked by a hitman via phone, text, email, Twitter, and online video.
Episode 38: Disney Logo Evolution
We flicker through 30 years of film intros to watch the evolution of the Disney logo from static to CGI to fully customized.
Episode 37: Fast Food Marketing Madness
We pit four fast food chains against each other in a bracket to determine whose weird marketing effort won the month of March.
Episode 36: SNL Anniversary App
We swipe, tap and laugh through four decades of Saturday nights spanning from Belushi to Murphy to Carvey to Sandler to Ferrell to Fey to Samberg to Wiig.
Episode 35: Dreaming With Jeff
We nod off to the intriguing sounds, noises and grumblings of Jeff Bridges as he shows us how to bring our wildest dreams to life on the World Wide Web.
Episode 34: Bringing Billboards Back
We veer off the road while gazing at outdoor ads covered in diamonds, human hair, and cans of snot.
Episode 33: Super Bowl Special
We blitz the big game to find out which brands got the most out of their million-dollar investment on Super Bowl Sunday.
Episode 32: The 2014 Awesome Awards
We rewind through the labyrinth of 2014, dodging soccer balls, ice buckets and Ebola to uncover all that was awesome in marketing this year.
Episode 31: The Force of Teaser Marketing Awakens
We pilot our X-wings into the Star Wars universe for 90 mouth-watering seconds of mysterious wonder to explore the power of teaser marketing.
Episode 30: A Glorious Feast of Marketing Goldblum
We give thanks for the elaborate feast of Goldblum that GE serves up in their latest commercial. Oh, and did we mention it also comes with an extra side of Goldblum
Episode 29: Android Tagline Ties Humans Together
We compute the new tagline that has Android aiming to unite all the unique people of the world by plugging them into the same mobile operating system.
Episode 28: Halloween Horror from Bloodthirsty Brands
We terrify our listeners with blood-curdling reactions to the latest gruesome collection of horrifying Halloween commercials from ravenous brands who want to rip out your eyeballs, hold your beating heart in their hands and devour the dollars in your wallet.
Episode 27: Endless Fun With Fiat GIFS
We ride in a Fiat through a magical and twitchy world of crazy beats, horse heads and angry robots, all in hot pursuit of endless fun. My brain is melting!!!
Episode 26: iHeart Brand Name Changes?
We behold the amazing transformation that takes place when a caterpillar called Clear Channel creates a cocoon and emerges as the butterfly known as iHeartMedia.
Episode 25: Apple and the Annual Announcement Event
We take a bite out of the latest Apple event to find out if the products and presentation from Tim Cook and co. live up to the mammoth media buzz. Mmmmm, apples…
Episode 24: Arnold Flexes for Australian Real Estate
We grunt with everyone’s favorite Austrian bodybuilder, former governor and 80s action star as he flexes his comic muscle in a new marketing campaign for Realestate.com Australia.
Episode 23: Airbnb Logo Social Hijacking
We stare endlessly at the recently redesigned Airbnb logo in hopes of seeing all the strange interpretations that have surfaced on social media.
Episode 22½: World Cup Winning Brands
We declare our brand winners of the bloody, sweaty and hard-fought marketing battle that was the 2014 World Cup. Victory!
Episode 22: Marvel-ous Marketing and the Female Thor
We marvel at the magnificent Marvel marketing machine by thoroughly examining Thor’s new anatomy, gauging audience expectations for Guardians of the Galaxy, and getting amped up early for the ultimate superhero sequel.
Episode 21: The Dukes of AutoTrader
We toast our 21st episode by taking 21 shots, jumping in a Dodge Charger with the Duke boys, and watching them outrun the law while surfing Autotrader.com. Yee-haw!!!
Episode 20: Banned Beats at the World Cup
We crash the World Cup to explore how Beats by Dre managed to become the world’s coolest brand by getting banned from the world’s biggest marketing stage.
Episode 19: Want S’more Summer Marketing?
On this episode of the Speaking Human marketing podcast, we celebrate the arrival of summer by sitting around the campfire, singing along to the S’more Song, and discussing DQ’s new marketing campaign.
Episode 18: Product Packaging That Compels You To Chug
We imbibe the latest packaging innovations from top beverage brands. We verify the icy-coldness of Coca-Cola; warm up to the holiday season with Starbucks; and get drunk on originality with Absolut vodka.
Episode 17: Does Christopher Walken Make You Want To Buy Pants?
We celebrate and denigrate the latest bizarre celebrity-brand pairings. We ride in a Dodge Durango with Ron Burgundy; watch Jean Claude Van Damme make a double impact for Volvo; and try on clothes made from cool by Christopher Walken.
Episode 16: Movie Marketing Winners and Losers from Summer 2013
We discuss the high-stakes game of summer movie marketing. We’ll tell you what blockbuster marketing drove our butts to cinema seats and what films flopped at inspiring us to leave our air-conditioning and HDTVs.
Episode 15: Watching Oreo Videos and Lexus Movies with Google Glasses
What's in Episode 15? We peep into the marketing future and catch a glimpse of Oreo dipping its cookies into robotics, Lexus driving the red carpet at the Oscars, and Google converting us into a culture of cross-eyed nerds. Need some reference material when listening...
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.
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