Episodes

  • The billion dollar grey area: Why Rick Rubin partnered with a gambling giant
    Jul 8 2026

    Polymarket’s Rick Rubin World Cup ad tries to reframe prediction markets from gambling to shared knowledge, & KFC Australia launches new “Go Full Chicken” platform.

    We watch:

    • Polymarket ad
    • KFC

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    33 mins
  • A very average billboard; & selling driverless cars
    Jun 23 2026

    Waymo launches its first national campaign, Liquid Death’s parenting sponsorship, AI coming for prestigious fonts, UFC at the White House & a very 'average' billboard.

    We watch:

    • Waymo
    • Liquid Death

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    38 mins
  • Why soccer is the hardest sport in the world to monetise
    Jun 15 2026

    How Levi Dockers’ invented Casual Friday, Apple’s big bet on privacy and why principal media is back under scrutiny.

    We watch:

    • Apple

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    38 mins
  • 'Make it stand out like dogs balls'; Building businesses with Charlie Gearside
    Jun 10 2026

    Russ chats to Charlie Gearside about Eucalyptus, the economies of scale, getting the media mix right at Koala and his new campaign to 'Build Australia'.

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    40 mins
  • 'Its not that good, is it?' Ferrari's EV backlash
    Jun 1 2026

    Ferrari’s new electric Luce, designed with Jony Ive’s firm, has made the internet angry, Oura is back with the Ring 5 and a campaign to boot & Uber Eats’ Grand Effie-winning “Football Is For Food” campaign shows how a simple media insight became one of advertising’s most effective creative platforms.

    We watch:

    • Oura Ring 5
    • Uber Eats

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    40 mins
  • Big Pharma & 'The Enhanced Games'
    May 26 2026

    Eli Lilly teams up with Caitlin Clark for a campaign about 'starting how you can'; The Enhanced Games launch in Las Vegas, reframing doping from 'cheating' to optimisation; Build Australia launches as an optimistic, pro-growth national movement and new research suggests we’re speaking dramatically less than we used to.

    We watch:

    • Build Australia
    • Eli Lilly

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    40 mins
  • We speak to Sir Martin Sorrell
    May 20 2026

    We sit down with Sir Martin Sorrell, former CEO of WPP, founder and Executive Chairman of S4 Capital and quite literally the most significant figure in advertising and marketing, in the world, of the past 50 years.

    We discuss:

    • The AI revolution

    • The 'vandalism' of legacy brands
    • The global power shift

    • The future of media

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • 'If it's legal, you should be able to advertise it'
    May 18 2026

    Amsterdam becomes the first capital city to ban meat and fossil fuel advertising, PETA wants men to go vegan and Microsoft & Droga5 use 25 sets of twins in a practical-effects-heavy Windows campaign.

    We watch:

    • Austex
    • PETA
    • Windows

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    32 mins