Attack Ads! The Podcast

Context is everything. Sadly, context is often lost in the transition to digital communications. We need to remember that, especially when the context is not happy, cheery, with nary a care in the world. Hence, Episode 189: Memento Mori, Motherfacer. Find the Show Notes at: https://attackadspodcast.blogspot.com/2021/12/episode-189-memento-mori-motherfacer.html

Of course, not all we learn in commercial media can be trusted. It's always good to remember, though, how tenacious some efforts at mis- and disinformation become, swirling to form something described by the title of Episode 188: The Hyporeality Vortex. Find the Show Notes at: https://attackadspodcast.blogspot.com/2021/11/episode-188-hyporeality-vortex.html  

I'm sometimes embarrassed to admit that I might produce this show even without an audience; it's therapeutic. It's good to know people do listen, and often share their provocative thoughts, which prompt this Episode 187: Sharing A Little Mulled Whine. Find the Show Notes, Pim, at: https://attackadspodcast.blogspot.com/2021/11/episode-187-sharing-little-mulled-whine.html

Jerry Mander's 1978 book still packs rhetorical punch, enough that reviewing the notes I took on it lead me to realize a cause, perhaps, of today’s extreme political sectarianism. I'll dive into that in Episode 186: An Internal Scarcity of Contentment. Find the Show Notes at: https://attackadspodcast.blogspot.com/2021/11/episode-186-internal-scarcity-of.html

I’m worried. To me, America may be suffering enough social anger—technically called "political sectarianism"—to lead to upcoming upheaval, perhaps in the near future. I'll discuss this in today's Episode 185: Destabilizing Our Collective Understanding. Find the Show Notes at: https://attackadspodcast.blogspot.com/2021/10/episode-185-destabilizing-our.html

Henry Ford wrote in 1926, “The machine is a symbol of man's mastery of his environment.” He also wrote other things of “public service” and the “wage motive” you should hear. I'll share these concepts in this Episode 184: His Tomorrow Is Our Today. Find the Show Notes at: https://attackadspodcast.blogspot.com/2021/09/episode-184-his-tomorrow-is-our-today.html

We all have preferences for products, habits that sometimes last most of our lives. We should, though, be aware of what product makers can do to get us hooked… before we’re even born. With apologies to Ricky Martin, Episode 183 ¡D'Liv'rin' In Vivo, Boca! Show Notes can be found at: https://attackadspodcast.blogspot.com/2021/09/episode-183-dlivrin-in-vivo-boca.html

I've shown how the Kellogg's six-hour day became just one form of work sharing during the Great Depression. I haven't shown you yet why this schedule option was all but abandoned. Consider the title of this Episode 182: The Fight To Guide The Plodders. Find the Show Notes at: https://attackadspodcast.blogspot.com/2021/08/episode-182-ksd-fight-to-guide-plodders.html

Under standard business practice, any company action needs to be cleared by its owner and manager. Therefore, when a company does a thing, look to those people. I look at Kellogg's ultimate authorities in this Episode 181: Kellogg, Brown, and Roots. Find the Show Notes at: https://attackadspodcast.blogspot.com/2021/08/episode-181-kellogg-brown-and-roots.html

Something fascinating happened 90 years ago; but today, almost no one knows about it. Knowing it was amazing requires, though, knowing what happened… before. I try to correct that historical loss in this Episode 180: The Calvinistic Worship of Toil. Find the Show Notes at:  https://attackadspodcast.blogspot.com/2021/08/episode-180-ksd-calvinistic-worship-of.html