After These Messages Podcast

For decades, we've been told that video phones are the future of communication, and this holiday season, it looks like the future is finally here. But which technology provider will dominate the market? Andrew and Genevieve judge the various campaigns, plus they announce a new listener contest.

Sometimes commercial makers want to use the perfect song for their product, but they can't get the rights. What do they do? They hire people to create soundalikes. Andrew and Genevieve look at what happens when they're called out on the carpet.

It's the ghost of commercials past this week as Genevieve tests Andrew's knowledge of some classic Super Bowl ads. Plus a special dispatch from the Mad Men era and more evidence that Jean and Gene may end their road trip in divorce court.

It's a crossover episode this week! Hanna Brooks Olsen of the Spotless podcast joins Andrew and Genevieve to talk about cleaning commercials. They also rank all the iterations of Mr. Clean throughout the decades from least creepy to most creepy.

Andrew and Genevieve look at commercials that go full soap opera in their storytelling ambitions, including a coffee-based love story for the ages. Plus, we regret the error. Ooohh, do we regret the error.

It's a good old fashioned Chees and Jees this week - from the medieval stylings of Bud Light and Nespresso to the questionable hook that Ford has chosen to hang its hat on, Andrew and Genevieve take on the good ones and the bad ones.

Andrew and Genevieve look at ads for colleges and universities that are more sizzle than steak this week. Plus, Samsung once again savages Apple, and we have very special Jingle Time.

It's election season, so products from burgers to beer are hopping on the campaign bandwagon with politics-themed ads. Find out who gets Andrew and Genevieve's votes.

Genevieve and Andrew catch wind of an After These Messages conspiracy...and it goes all the way to the top! Plus, the man behind some of the most iconic advertising characters of the 1980s has passed away.

In South America, Coca-Cola does a nice thing. Back in the States, Andrew unleashes his superpower of voice recognition against Genevieve's diabolical voiceover quiz.

Genevieve and Andrew look at four commercials they love, and one commercial they don't. Plus everybody is rebranding these days - with mixed results. And the Ad Council comes roaring back for Jingle Time.

What's the saddest thing you ever heard? Andrew and Genevieve review commercials that inadvertently humiliate the very customers they're trying to woo. Plus, Coca-Cola has had a LOT of slogans over the years.

Insurance, fast food, financial services... Is there anything old ladies CAN'T sell? This week, Andrew and Genevieve consider commercials that go to the wacky old lady well. Plus IKEA makes a sequel.

A show that started out as a little of this and a little of that rapidly descends into a litany of Jees as Genevieve and Andrew unbottle some complaints this week.

Andrew and Genevieve come up with TV shows based on TV commercials, with a little help from Twitter. But all the Ad Councilors are wondering - will Genevieve sing her long-awaited jingle?

A new, controversial ad campaign has Andrew and Genevieve considering commercials that use suggestive word play to sell their products. (Pearls. Will. Be. Clutched.) Plus, Method cleaning products go viral, and Pepsi hits the big screen.

It's back to school time, so Genevieve and Andrew take a look at back to school commercials. Plus, Andrew makes good on his threat to give a quiz to differentiate sound-alikes John Hamm and Armie Hammer.

Since insurance ad campaigns dominate the airwaves, Andrew and Genevieve decided the least they can do is rank them, which is what they do this week.

Before he took the police procedural world by storm as Commissioner Reagan on the Donnie Wahlberg-vehicle "Blue Bloods," noted mustache-haver and shorty-shorts wearer Tom Selleck did his time in commercial acting. But what if he wasn't ALWAYS the man behind the stache? This week we answer the question: if a Tom Selleck is clean shaven, is he still a Tom Selleck?

Andrew endeavors to make good on his promise to produce the best After These Messages ever. So of course, there's a quiz involved. Plus, Thomas Middleditch's alter ego issues a cry for help about those damn Verizon ads.