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PODCAST

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

tv & film

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01:02:57

#204 A Total Shed Show

After These Messages Podcast ·

2019/10/02

Andrew and Vieves spend some time with the latest commercials to earn their adcollades while trying to crack the The Case Of The New Listeners. Also, Andrew isn't ready to let this whole Shed Conspiracy go.

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00:58:22

#203 The Truth About Cats And Dog Food

After These Messages Podcast ·

2019/09/25

A quiz by Andrew reveals just how little daylight there is between pet food and human food commercials. Also, a commercial wish comes true, and the "shed" debate rages on.

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01:08:13

#202 The Lost Commercials Of Atlanta

After These Messages Podcast ·

2019/09/18

Genevieve and Andrew review a treasure trove of commercials that aired during a local Atlanta broadcast in 1980. They also get into a fight about the word "shed."

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00:55:31

#201 An Embarrassment Of Renners

After These Messages Podcast ·

2019/09/11

Andrew and Genevieve discuss Jeremy Renner's attempt to set a new land-speed record for tanking his own public image through marketing. Plus, is State Farm the insurance company for unhappily married people? And a member of the Ad Council demands a recount.

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00:56:46

#200 Do The Wrong Thing

After These Messages Podcast ·

2019/09/03

Does the sight of someone doing something the absolute wrong way ever stop being funny? Not according to the advertisers who have used the premise to sell everything from cheap beer to prestige television. This week, Genevieve tries to explore this advertising concept with mixed results.

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00:57:15

#199 Bits And Bob Doles

After These Messages Podcast ·

2019/08/28

The Ad Councilors really delivered this week, surfacing a smorgasbord of commercial content from former Soviet premiers for Pizza Hut to a jingle that reminds Andrew and Genevieve how to rock. Plus, why DID Bob Dole insist on holding a carrot all the time?

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00:46:02

#198 The Crack Of The Bat, The Groan Of The Crowd

After These Messages Podcast ·

2019/08/21

In what is becoming an annual tradition, Andrew is once again being driven slowly crazy by the poor quality of the radio commercials he hears day in and day out. Sadly for him, Vieves doesn't exactly have his back on a few of his most hated examples.

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01:06:53

#197 If You Can't Sell It, Sing It

After These Messages Podcast ·

2019/08/14

Genevieve quizzes Andrew on the punchlines to commercials that star famous musicians. Plus, they make Nicholas Cage an honorary member of the Ad Council and have to disappoint some other Ad Councilors who are just looking for a little validation.

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00:58:55

#196 The Golden Age Of TV (Movies)

After These Messages Podcast ·

2019/08/07

Tonight, two podcasters delve into TV movie promos from the 1980s...but only one of them knows fact from fiction. Can their relationship survive? Tune in to find out!

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01:07:05

#195 You Eat What You Are

After These Messages Podcast ·

2019/07/31

Cannibalism, as it turns out, is not as taboo as one might think when it comes to marketing delicious snacks and binge-able breakfast cereals. Andrew and Genevieve look at spokescritters that aren't afraid to chomp on their brethren. Plus, they revisit a decade-old controversy over a very risque spec ad.

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01:02:38

#194 What The Spec?

After These Messages Podcast ·

2019/07/24

What happens when filmmakers decide to make a commercial for A-list clients like Coca-Cola and Adidas, unfettered by mundane concerns like whether the client actually likes the idea? Andrew and Genevieve look at the weird world of spec commercials and take a deep dive into the seven habits of highly effective vanilla beans.

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00:49:56

#193 Live From ACE Comic Con

After These Messages Podcast ·

2019/07/16

Genevieve and Andrew team up with their friends at the NW Nerd Podcast for a live taping at the ACE Comic Con in Seattle! They look at commercials rooted in nerd culture, from Spiderman pasta to a Star Trek telephone party.

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01:10:02

#192 This Episode Is OK

After These Messages Podcast ·

2019/07/10

As if this show wasn't pretentious enough, Andrew and Vieves spend this week exploring the influence of postmodernism on advertising, from a defunct 90s cola to the entire island of Australia. They don't even, like, care if you listen, man. Plus, a listener reveals her brief 1980s star turn.

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01:12:20

#191 Sales Fourth

After These Messages Podcast ·

2019/07/03

In celebration of America's independence, Vieves and Andrew look at some of the most jacked up 4th of July-related content that the internet has to offer. Plus, Andrew tries to guess the mystery commercial that has everyone talking.

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01:08:40

#190 Get Busy Livin' Or Get Busy Buyin'

After These Messages Podcast ·

2019/06/26

Death is inevitable, and like every universal human experience, there are plenty of marketers out to make a buck off it. Andrew and Genevieve look at commercials driven by the the funeral-industrial complex, plus a retro-themed Popsicle ad proves divisive.

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01:02:30

#189 Adcollades, Admonishments & Adstonishment

After These Messages Podcast ·

2019/06/19

It's a bit of a grab bag this week thanks to Vieves' prodigious volume of TV watching. Plus, Andrew dives into the voicemails and comes up with a spectacular coincidence.

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01:18:43

#188 The Slow Boat To Slogan Town

After These Messages Podcast ·

2019/06/12

What does it take to create a truly great slogan that stands the test of time? Andrew quizzes Vieves on classic slogans, which leads to a taste test and visit with one of 2006's top memes. Plus some submissions from the Ad Council that have surprising punchlines.

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00:57:51

#187 You call that a PSA?

After These Messages Podcast ·

2019/06/05

Andrew is back from Australia and brings with him some very grim PSAs and all the cultural confidence of a college kid after a year abroad. But a beat-the-buzzer quiz from Genevieve may cut him back down to size.

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00:36:17

#186 A Song Of Fire

After These Messages Podcast ·

2019/05/28

It's part two in the series as Genevieve and Andrew turn from ice to fire for a look at commercials that are en fuego. The takes are truly hot this week on ATM.

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00:43:00

#185 A Song Of Ice

After These Messages Podcast ·

2019/05/22

In part one of a two-part series, Genevieve and Andrew look at the coldest, iciest, and -- in some cases, the most Germanic -- commercials possible. (Stay tuned next week for some straight fire, y'all.)

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