Ep. 54 - Scraping The Barrel
15 Sep 2025
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Ep. 54 - Scraping The Barrel Southern Branding on The Skids. The Cracker Barrel rebrand. Cracker Ba...
Ep. 53 - Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy ride.
31 Jul 2025
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The anxiety of the white-collar worker. Ezra Klein - Kyla Scanlon Podcast "Bullshit Jobs" by David...
Ep. 52 - Bye Buy American Pie
02 May 2025
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Ep. 52 - Bye Buy American Pie. Took our Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry. Fast Company He...
Ep. 51 - Super Markets
31 Mar 2025
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Ep. 51 - Super Markets Brands in the age of backlash. Recent Target and Costco Customer Numbers Wa...
Ep. 50 - STFU
19 Feb 2025
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Ep. 50 - STFU Brand speech swings to "the other side." NYTimes Op-Ed "Corporate Leaders Need To Ke...
Ep. 49 - Fan-tasies
31 Aug 2024
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Ep. 49 - Fan-tasies The contributions of fandom to life. Swifties Why are Beyoncé's fans called B...
Ep. 48 - Artifice and Intelligence Part 2
10 Jun 2024
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Ep. 48 - Artifice and Intelligence - Part 2 Part 2 of a two-part conversation on the wonder of AI an...
Episode 47 - Artifice and Intelligence - Part 1
29 May 2024
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Part 1 of a two-part conversation on the wonder of AI and its impact on brands and agencies. Show No...
Ep. 46 - You're Not Crazy!
16 Jan 2024
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Episode 46 - You’re Not Crazy Everything seems to be up in the air at this point… Show Notes Eve...
Ep. 45 - That New Book Smell
13 Nov 2023
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Episode 45 - That New Book Smell Show Notes We give Mark's new book the sniff test! "Universal Princ...
Ep. 44 - Persona Non Grata
01 Sep 2023
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Episode 44 - Persona Non Grata Show Notes Looking at the face that launched a thousand memes. The “...
Ep. 43 - Post-Office
25 Aug 2023
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Ep. 43 - Post-Office Even Zoom Is Making People Return to the Office. Goldman Sachs is frustrated ...
Ep. 42 - Brandmines
04 May 2023
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Episode 42 - Brandmines Show Notes Social commentary is getting even more dangerous for brands. Bra...
Ep. 41 - It's Not TV
28 Apr 2023
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Episode 41 - It’s Not TV Show Notes HBO Max’s restructuring touches a nerve. HBO Max/Discovery ...
Ep. 40 - This Bud's For You, But Not For You!
13 Apr 2023
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Episode 40 - This Bud’s For You…But Not For You! Show Notes The culture wars take a beer break. ...
Ep. 39 - Tool Time!
13 Mar 2023
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Episode 39 - Tool Time! Show Notes We shape tools, then tools shape us. Adobe drops Pantone 2:35 ...
Ep. 38 - Cleverness
01 Mar 2023
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Episode 38 - Cleverness Show Notes Don’t we all want to be clever? Sianne Ngai - Our Aesthetic Ca...
Ep. 37 - Rage Within The Machine
23 Dec 2022
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Episode 37 - Rage In The Machine Show Notes Why are we all so f*****g angry? "The Year We Lost It"...
Ep. - 36 - Elon Rorschach
15 Dec 2022
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Episode 36 - Elon Rorschach Show Notes What happens next in Elon’s Twitter experiment? Matt Levi...
Ep. 35 - What About This?
12 May 2022
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Episode 35 - What About This? Show Notes Why don’t brands take a stand on abortion rights? Justi...
Ep. 34 - Vibe Shift
02 Apr 2022
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Episode 34 - Vibe Shift Show Notes Why is everything so strange? "Vibe Shift" "A Vibe Shift Is Com...
Ep. 33 - Red Friday
08 Mar 2022
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Episode 33 - Red Friday Show Notes Brand War One: Beginning In Ukraine. Recorded 3/6/22. Derek Thom...
Ep. 32 - Our Sporting Life
05 Feb 2022
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Episode 32 - Our Sporting Life Show Notes Melinda, Mark, and Tom get ready for "the big game" by dis...
Ep. 31 - OK Pop
11 Jan 2022
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Episode 31 - OK Pop Show Notes Melinda, Mark, and Tom discuss the growing influence of Korean cultur...
Ep. 30 - The Meta Mall
17 Nov 2021
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Episode 30 - The Meta Mall Show Notes Season 2 debuts with a discussion of some implications of Meta...
Ep. 29 - Pick-A-Doodle
23 Jun 2021
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Episode 29 - Pick-A-Doodle Show Notes Lessons from David Hockney's "worst" work. Introduction Davi...
Ep. 28 - No Kidding
02 Jun 2021
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Episode 28 - No Kidding Show Notes How will falling birthrates in the West and China change the worl...
Ep. 27 - Repairing For The Future
12 May 2021
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Episode 27 - Repairing For The Future Show Notes It’s “infrastructure week” here on BrandBox! ...
Ep. 26 - Voting For Voting
19 Apr 2021
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Episode 26 - Voting For Voting Show Notes Should brands stand for democracy? New York Times Ad Sig...
Ep. 25 - Everyone Gets An Award
22 Mar 2021
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Episode 25 - Everyone Gets An Award Show Notes Why do we need awards? Grammy Awards Oscar Awards Ca...
Ep. 24 - A Firm Goodbye
14 Mar 2021
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Episode 24 - A Firm Goodbye Show Notes Melinda Welch joins for reactions to the royal exit interview...
Ep. 23 - NFTs? WTF? LOL!
07 Mar 2021
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Episode 23 - NFTs? WTF? LOL! Show Notes How real are my sneakers? Non Fungible Token or NFT Chris...
Ep. 22 - Jump Cut
18 Feb 2021
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Episode 22 - Jump Cuts Show Notes What the impeachment videos teach us about brands. Second Trump ...
Ep. 21 - Fit For Use
06 Feb 2021
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Episode 21 - Fit For Use Show Notes If people can fit in, can they also fit out? Wikipedia entry, “...
Ep. 20 - Away
31 Jan 2021
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Episode 20 - Away Show Notes Cartesian geometry and modern thinking. WSJ Article: Maersk Ship Lose...
Ep. 19 - Promises, Promises
25 Jan 2021
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Episode 19 - Promises, Promises Show Notes It’s judgment time for the political and brand promises...
Ep. 18 - Teamz
23 Dec 2020
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Episode 18 - Teamz Show Notes New metaphors for working together. "Team of Rivals" by Doris Kearns...
Ep. 17 - Emotional Rescue
06 Dec 2020
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Episode 17 - Emotional Rescue Show Notes The political realm of emotions. Hans Selye on stress Cogn...
Ep. 16 - We Need To Talk About Donald
17 Nov 2020
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Episode 16 - We Need To Talk About Donald Show Notes What made us think Trump was a master brand bui...
Ep. 15 - Responsible Citizens
31 Oct 2020
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Episode 15 - Responsible Citizens Show Notes Why does it feel strange when brands speak ethically? ...
Ep. 14 - Flagging Attention
26 Oct 2020
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Episode 14 - Flagging Attention Show Notes Flags in a fractured world. Trump Pence Flag Trump 202...
Ep. 13 - Cargo Cult
17 Oct 2020
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Episode 13 - Cargo Cult Show Notes The ritualized practice of sympathetic magic in agencies and econ...
Ep. 12 - Rituals
11 Oct 2020
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Episode 12 - Rituals Show Notes The role and functions of ritual in life and brands. Religious aff...
Ep. 11 - QAnon: Brand Audit
02 Oct 2020
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Episode 11 - QAnon: Brand Audit Show Notes The origins and properties of an influential political fo...
Ep. 10 - A Sound Persona
16 Sep 2020
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Episode 10 - A Sound Persona Show Notes Exploring sound in brands and culture. Alex Friedman - Come...
Ep. 9 - Meritocracy?
05 Sep 2020
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Ep. 9 - Meritocracy? Show Notes As the world struggles with inequality, how do we re-think the meani...
Ep. 8 - Vinyl/Virtual
22 Aug 2020
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Ep. 8 - Vinyl/Virtual Show Notes Cleverness, clothes, and fashion. Independent Article on £500 "D...
Ep. 7 - PlayTime
14 Aug 2020
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Ep. 7 - PlayTime Play is a primary condition for culture and creativity, and key to personal develop...
Ep. 6 - Standards
09 Aug 2020
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Ep. 6 - Standards Brand standards in a dynamic world. Show Notes Don Pullen Tone Cluster Example L...
Ep. 5 - Runaway American Dream
30 Jul 2020
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Ep. 5 - Runaway American Dream Tracing the American myths of open space, freedom, and control. Show ...
Ep. 4 - Sashiko
24 Jul 2020
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What the traditional Japanese practice of “shashiko” reveals about our relationship to products ...
Ep. 3 - Be Here Now
17 Jul 2020
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Ep. 3 - Be Here Now Show Notes Thoughts on time, gravity and space in COVID-era presentations. Appl...
Ep. 2 - Plywood
10 Jul 2020
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Show Notes Tom and Mark discuss how brands have responded to recent social protests in response to t...
Ep. 1 - Welcome To BrandBox
08 Jul 2020
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The BrandBox - Ep. 1 - Introductions Show Notes Kendall Jenner for Pepsi Walter Landor Wikipedia pa...