Tag: failuretocommunicate
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Amateur sportspeople take it all off, corporate life imitates art, and feeling sorry for Mark Zuckerberg and weather forecasters
In which we discuss the relationship between college athletics and OnlyFans, how TikTok is changing the entire social media landscape and over-reactions to wrong weather forecasts. Meanwhile, Ray digs up a long-forgotten comedy routine that pre-dates the carbon footprint debate. The Good, The Bad and The Hilarious links Gorgeous gymnast who became millionaire aged 18…
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TikTok envy, nation brands at war, random not-so-kind acts and partying PMs
In which we decry Big Tech’s most viral activity – copying each other – as well as examining Ukraine’s nation branding efforts, a kind/not kind viral trend and ageism and sexism on the international stage. The Good, The Bad and The Hilarious links Thousands of users, including Kylie Jenner, say they are sick of the…
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‘Psychological antibodies’ and clear as mud messages on COVID vaccinations
We talk to Professor Julie Leask, the person who coined the term ‘vaccine hesitancy’ about what governments got right – and wrong – about COVID messaging. Spoiler alert: Humour often works best, even when talking about a global pandemic! Links from the interview Julie Leask Should we do battle with anti-vaccination activists? (Leask 2015) How…
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Episode 2 – How we learned to love influencers, laughing at death and advertising saves democracy
In which Ray and Lawrence examine how a late-night TV advertising campaign toppled the Pinochet government, why the Australian government thinks it can stop Facebook from running fake celebrity endorsement scam ads and how dancing jellybeans made death likeable. We also speak with influencer scholar (is that a contradiction in terms?) Nataly Levesque to discover…