Podcast Episodes

Food Mascots with Kirk + Kurtts

Season 10 Episode 100

What do Betty Crocker, Charlie Tuna, Tony the Tiger and the oddball characters from Off Limits Cereal have in common? Along with fellow creatives Kirk Visola and Andy Kurtts of the “Kirk and Kurtts” …

Published on 9 months, 1 week ago

Cat Posters with Paul Hennessey

Season 10 Episode 99

Cats. You may love 'em, hate 'em or feel indifferent, but there's no escaping their power, especially if you spend any time online.

Cats have a long history in the world of advertising. In our latest …

Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago

Goodyear’s Blimp, Pixar’s Luxo Lamp and How Objects Become Company Icons (Classic)

Season 9 Episode 98

The Goodyear Blimp is turning 100 years old, so we’re revisiting one of our classic episodes.

Ever wonder why a tire company is most known for a blimp? Or why an animation studio has a desk lamp as it…

Published on 10 months ago

The ‘80s: New Wave Gets Fashionable (Classic)

Season 9 Episode 97

We’re revisiting one of our classic episodes.

Video may have killed the radio star, but it poured gasoline on the spark of New Wave. As MTV exploded, youth culture moved to center stage and companies …

Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago

Elliot and MTV's The Real World

Season 9 Episode 96

Today we’re bringing you an example of the bonus content you can find on our Patreon page.

In the summer of 1994, the television show The Real World was filming in San Francisco. That same summer Elli…

Published on 11 months ago

Return to the Mailbag

Season 9 Episode 95

In this episode we take a step back from our typical subject matter to dig into our mailbag once again as we answer questions submitted by you, our listeners. Topics include record album art, April F…

Published on 11 months, 2 weeks ago

Iconic Music Videos - Part 2

Season 9 Episode 94

We’re bringing some video tapes with us into the bar — or at least some trusty YouTube links. Why? We’re talking music videos! And we have so much to share, we’ve broken this subject into two episode…

Published on 11 months, 4 weeks ago

Rural Electrification, Hope for Obama and Posters for Good (Classic)

Season 9 Episode 93

We’re revisiting one of our classic episodes.

With Election Day happening in the United States, we wanted to mark the occasion with two amazing poster designs. We examine bringing electricity to rural…

Published on 1 year ago

Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman, Tarantula and the Amazing Art of Reynold Brown (Classic)

Season 9 Episode 92

We’re revisiting one of our classic episodes.

For our special Halloween episode, and because of our love of B movies, we wanted to pay homage to one of the best horror poster artists of all time, Reyn…

Published on 1 year ago

Iconic Music Videos - Part 1

Season 9 Episode 91

We're bringing some video tapes with us into the bar -- or at least some trusty YouTube links. Why? We're talking music videos! And we have so much to share, we've broken this subject into two episod…

Published on 1 year ago