After These Messages Podcast

With news of recent anti-immigration policy top of mind, Andrew and look at immigrants in commercials, past and present. Plus, the NFL changes an ad policy that we didn't know it had, and "Golden Arches" has a whole new meaning.

Phyllis "Fletch" Fletcher joins the show to reminisce about the commercials she grew up with as a kid in Seattle, most of which she recreated on the school bus.

It's a tale of two Ad Councils this week: Our Ad Council (that's you guys) provide us with some of your favorite ads. And we look at the history and origins of the original Ad Council. Oh, and we make a criminal confession or two.

Andrew indulges Genevieve's increasingly weird fascination with birds as they look at products that rely on various birds to make their pitch. The bird puns are, mercifully, kept to a minimum.

Genevieve and Andrew look at commercials that have a definite sense of place. Plus, a Proctor & Gamble ad has people talking (including some really dumb people.) And the Ad Council weighs in on commercials that only a parent could love

Andrew and Genevieve look at some recent campaigns that are catching their eye, which somehow devolves into mostly yogurt talk. Plus they debut a new segment: "AS A WOMAN!" And the ATM Ad Council offers some alternative takes on a much-mocked commercial.

Are the creative director gigs awarded to celebrities anything more than meaningless vanity titles? Does bourbon really need Matthew McConaughey's creative direction? Or is he just annoying the real ad wizards? Plus, Shark Week claims yet another victim.

Very special, very unplanned guest Ron Upshaw of the Ron and Don Show joins Andrew and Genevieve to talk about the commercials that are catching his eye. He also does some pretty impressive live reads and weighs in on a potentially problematic cookbook commercial.

Andrew and Genevieve consider commercials they hate for the products they love. Then they look a gift horse in the mouth. Right in the mouth!

Andrew and Genevieve bring their moldy debating skills to the question of whether or not the American dream is dead, using TV commercials as their guide. And the AM/PM Toomgis ad gets further medical treatment.

This week, it's all twist endings as Andrew and Genevieve look at commercials that have a big reveal at the end. Plus, Andrew puts on his scrubs to do some ad doctorin'. And as always, we check in with the Ad Council.

Andrew and Genevieve are handing out gold stars and demerits this week for another round of Chees and Jees. From unlikely praise for a pregnancy test ad to Andrew's obscure hatred of the Allstate lip syncing campaign, it's reckoning time for everyone.

Andrew and Genevieve are off mission yet again as they unpack the sports radio commercials that are consuming Andrew. It's jingles all the way down, folks.

This week, Andrew and Genevieve disregard their prime directive and venture into the world of corporate training videos, plus a "cloche" call from Dairy Queen and the world's lil'est dictaphone makes an appearance.

Andrew and Genevieve look at food commercials that got too close to the fancy flames, and they consider the strange world of frozen pizza marketing. Plus, Genevieve has a new favorite child actor to champion.

Genevieve and Andrew get a way-behind-the-scenes look at the infamous Chevy "focus group" commercials, and we learn once and for all if they star "real people" or "actors." Plus: This. Wendy's. Training. Video. Is. EVERYTHING

Nick Ahlers of Grapes of Rad fame joins the show to discuss commercials that just don't make sense. Or they do make sense, and we're just not smart enough to understand them.

Once again, the spokes-critters of America get ready to rumble as Andrew and Genevieve make them face off critter a critter. Who will have the edge? Snuggle the bear, the creepy Burger King? Plus, the lengthy disquisition about sound file compression that the Ad Council has been clamoring for.

Andrew and Genevieve go DEEP on Heineken's foray into social consciousness, but then then they over-correct with some pretty gross poop jokes.

Genevieve and Andrew investigate commercials that ask viewersto fantasize about their products (with mixed results). Plus one listener has a very special story to share, and Ferris Bueller graduates to modern classic status.