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After These Messages Podcast

Andrew Walsh & Genevieve Haas

Hosts Andrew and Vieves talk TV commercials with their listeners, the Ad Council, in this weekly podcast. As the slogan says, they"ve got "hot takes on commercial breaks." Find them at afterthesemessagesshow@gmail.com

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00:56:35

#264 The Liquor Picker-Upper

After These Messages Podcast ·

2020/11/25

With quarantine dragging on through the holidays, America turns its lonely eyes to boozing it up solo, a fact that hasn't been lost on advertisers. Plus, one listener shines a light on an uplifting ad and another has beef with a laundry machine seller.

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01:27:14

#263 - Trek Mate

After These Messages Podcast ·

2020/11/18

Andrew and Vieves are joined by friend and Star Trek Supernerd Ben Harrison who, as the host of not one but TWO Trek-themed podcasts, is happy to school them on the subtle intricacies of ads that boldly go where no ad has gone before. Plus, Ben reveals just how badly Andrew stepped in it by critiquing an advertising bigwig.

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01:12:48

#262 Pod People

After These Messages Podcast ·

2020/11/11

There is a special breed of podcasters who have also found work pitching everything from laptops to denim. Andrew and Vieves look at podcasters in commercials this week, and a listener discovers the world's worst thing.

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01:07:47

#261 American Ninja Worrier

After These Messages Podcast ·

2020/11/03

Among the grab bag of adcolades and admonishments this week, Andrew and Vieves look at a new bid for sonic branding by HBO, a Progressive campaign with questionable writing, and a FedEx campaign that has Genevieve concerned for the intellectual property of her favorite sport. Plus, it's parody songs and jingles galore from the Ad Council.

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01:05:34

#260 Inside Jobs

After These Messages Podcast ·

2020/10/28

A Bud Light ad in heavy rotation sends Andrew on a quixotic hunt for commercials that take place *inside* appliances. Plus, a fan favorite from Progressive Insurance turns out to have real acting chops.

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01:14:16

#259 Word On The Tweet

After These Messages Podcast ·

2020/10/21

Usually, Andrew and Vieves have to muster up their own hot takes on the commercials they cover, but it turns on that on Twitter, they're just giving them away for free! It's a twitter takeover this week, plus, a diet shake ad makes everyone nostalgic.

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01:09:17

#258 Nightmare on Ad Street

After These Messages Podcast ·

2020/10/14

With the season of spookiness upon us, Andrew and Vieves spend this week's show looking at ads that embrace the horror. Plus, a confused fast food chain leaves an equally confusing musical legacy.

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01:13:15

#257 Phoning With Pleasure

After These Messages Podcast ·

2020/10/07

With Snoop Dogg talking to Bad Bunny on a "shell phone", an office worker talking to someone on a coconut phone, and sports fans calling their moms on football phones, Andrew and Genevieve try to answer the biggest question of our day: What even IS a phone anymore? They also cop to a Very Big Whiff (TM).

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01:01:20

#256 Big Name Hunters

After These Messages Podcast ·

2020/09/30

Like a dog that chases a car, but wouldn't know what to do if he caught one, advertisers sometimes find themselves with a celebrity spokesperson that they can't make good use of. Andrew and Vieves look at commercials that are wasting some high-dollar stars. Plus, the universe is trying to tell Andrew something about an old friend via an ad for a shingles vaccine.

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01:01:39

#255 The Hunger Shames

After These Messages Podcast ·

2020/09/22

Fast food purveyors across the land are making the case for calorie bombs with extreme close-up shots and lots of slow-mo. It's food porn for the great unwashed. Plus, it's Jingle Time....almost.

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00:50:16

#254 Who Freaked The Dogs Out?

After These Messages Podcast ·

2020/09/16

Dogs may be the species most affected by the various dings, squeaks and buzzes emanating from commercials, but this week Andrew and Vieves look at all kinds of ads that manage to intrude on our real lives in all sorts of ways. Plus, a pickle jingle for the ages.

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01:00:19

#253 Stress Is More

After These Messages Podcast ·

2020/09/09

If commercials are any guide, literally NO ONE is #TooBlessedToBeStressed. This week, Andrew and Vieves (with an assist from the New York Times) look at ads that claim to offer a solution to the madness. Plus, listeners confess to the gross games lurking in their toy chests.

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01:02:01

#252 The Bowl's In Your Court

After These Messages Podcast ·

2020/09/02

Andrew and Vieves are having a bowl this week -- from the cheeky new ads by Dole to the bewildering campaign for America's grimiest pastime. Plus, Mercedes Benz gives us all a valuable lesson in women's history.

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00:49:20

#251 Gross Domestic Products

After These Messages Podcast ·

2020/08/26

Kids have always loved disgusting stuff, but Andrew and Vieves wonder if adults haven't taken it too far by marketing games that have kids getting sprayed by toilet water and scrambling after loose turds. Plus, in what can only be one more sign of the apocalypse, Pitbull has a cruise ship.

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01:02:27

#250 After These Mixed Messages

After These Messages Podcast ·

2020/08/18

The continuing uncertainty of quarantine requirements have marketers taking wild swings and sending mixed messages about how people can safely consume their products. Plus, Andrew and Vieves are relieved to discover that bullying remains one of nature's most effective tactics.

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01:14:13

#249 Menutaur and Feather

After These Messages Podcast ·

2020/08/12

Jack in the Box's new "Menutaur" mascot gets dragged this week, while comedians Fred Armisen and Amy Shumer surprise and delight. Also, the Mandy Patinkin story just gets weirder and weirder.

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01:00:51

#248 If You've Got It, Haunt It!

After These Messages Podcast ·

2020/08/05

If the spirit does live on after we shuffle off our mortal coil, how grim to imagine that one could spend eternity shilling for Diet Coke and Ikea! Andrew and Vieves look at commercials that rely on the shades of the departed to make the sale. Plus, Diet Coke has another swing and a miss.

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01:03:44

#247 The Horn Identity

After These Messages Podcast ·

2020/07/29

It's a real jinglepalooza this week! With the help of a musical listener stuck in quarantine, Vieves quizzes Andrew on some classic commercial jingles. Plus the Ad Council sings the classics of their childhoods.

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01:19:09

#246 Won't somebody PLEASE think of the children

After These Messages Podcast ·

2020/07/22

Special guests Gus (who's ten and a half years old)and his mom Phyllis (we didn't ask her age)join Andrew and Vieves for a look at commercials through the eyes of a child. It turns out, the kids are alright...with some SUPER weird commercials. The darkness is real, ya'll.

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01:04:13

#245 Faulty Breaks

After These Messages Podcast ·

2020/07/15

Andrew and Vieves consider commercials built on flawed premises, failed leaps of logic, and shaky foundations. Or is it all just a lot of smoke and mirrors to disguise a rant about Gordon Ramsay? Plus, a cereal commercial featuring implied bestiality proves the 90s were a weird time to be alive.

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