Attack Ads! The Podcast

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

Not knowing how a system works, one seeks answers when that system fails. Sadly, if the sought answers are wrong, one may extrapolate between similar systems, perhaps disastrously. I share my market bubble theory in Episode 179: How to Blow a Bubble. Find the show notes at: https://attackadspodcast.blogspot.com/2021/07/episode-179-how-to-blow-bubble.html

Time to update you with some new, and some merely clarifying information on topics I have already covered. Why? There's magic in advertising, dark magic; but the more you know about it, the less it works on you. Hence, Episode 178: Knowing the Trick. See the Show Notes at: https://attackadspodcast.blogspot.com/2021/06/episode-178-knowing-trick.html

People often seem stupid. Sometimes, though, they simply don't have better choices. Their reactions are guided by innate morality, even if others vehemently deny what the people are collectively reacting against. Hence, Episode 177: WTN …and Disgust. Find the Show Notes at: https://attackadspodcast.blogspot.com/2021/06/episode-177-wtn-and-disgust.html

Having only two viable presidential candidates to choose often leaves voters confused, especially when it later becomes clear that lately the two parties are not very different at all… when judged by their actions. Hence, Episode 176: WTN …and Betrayal…. Show notes for this episode can be found at: https://attackadspodcast.blogspot.com/2021/06/episode-177-and-betrayal.html