Podcast appearances and mentions of Crystal Pepsi

Starting 2025 with a bang, Brent rejoins the podcast for this latest episode of A-SIDES as we dive into one of the most enduring and polaring rock bands, Van Halen! We shared our favorite songs from both the Sammy and David Lee Roth-fronted eras, along with our thoughts on 1995's album Balance, replacement singers that also play guitar, even Crystal Pepsi gets a mention, and several hot takes on hip hop country artists. Nothing is sacred on Episode 183! Happy New Year and thank you for listening to this episode of A-Sides!

We chug back in time to revisit the marketing campaigns of two legendary beverage busts to see how they go down a few decades later.Get show notes for this episode and check out past episodes of the Speaking Human podcast by visiting speakinghuman.com.#Podcast #SpeakingHuman #VO #Branding #Marketing #Advertising #Business #Coke #Brands #Ads #simplify #popculture #PEPSI #Brands #CocaCola #SodaWars #Blunders

We chug back in time to revisit the marketing campaigns of two legendary beverage busts to see how they go down a few decades later.Get show notes for this episode and check out past episodes of the Speaking Human podcast by visiting speakinghuman.com.#Podcast #SpeakingHuman #VO #Branding #Marketing #Advertising #Business #Coke #Brands #Ads #simplify #popculture #PEPSI #Brands #CocaCola #SodaWars #Blunders #NewCokeBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/presented-by-speaking-human--5498350/support.

Send us a textA training video on how to sell Crystal Pepsi. The rise and fall of Tupperware. Some more weird old Thanksgiving recipes.Episode 171 will stuff you full of nostalgia and even provide some leftovers.It begins with the story of the rise and fall of the iconic brand Tupperware. For decades it has been synonymous with food storage. However today Tupperware is at a crossroads. Whether they survive or fade into the past we'll look at the impact of the brand this week.One product that came in with an explosion and quickly faded away was Crystal Pepsi. Once hailed as the soda of the future it ended up becoming a punchline for failure. We go back to the beginning though as we review an employee training video about selling and marketing Crystal Pepsi. This video will make you think of what might have been in between loud laughter.Hopefully, you will not see these foods on your table this year. A new Top 5 will showcase more weird old Thanksgiving recipes. These range from odd to unique to just plain gross. The first weird recipe countdown is in Episode 94.There will also be a brand new This Week In History and Time Capsule centered around the wreck of the Essex which inspired the classic novel Moby Dick.For more great content become a subscriber on Patreon!Helpful Links from this EpisodeThe Lady of the Dunes.comPurchase My New Book Cape Cod Beyond the Beach!In My Footsteps: A Cape Cod Travel Guide(2nd Edition)Hooked By Kiwi - Etsy.comDJ Williams MusicKeeKee's Cape Cod KitchenChristopher Setterlund.comCape Cod Living - Zazzle StoreSubscribe on YouTube!Initial Impressions 2.0 BlogUPDATE: Bonnie Bickwit and Mitchel Weiser Case - Rolling Stone.comWebcam Weekly Wrapup PodcastCrystal Pepsi Training VideoCape Cod 1929 PodcastListen to Episode 170 hereSupport the show

Welcome to Consumer Reports: Everyone is Wrong edition. On this episode, noted collegate Apple hater Daniel Ellis comes on the pod to defend one of tech's most notable product punchlines - the digital media player and failed iPod rival that was the Microsoft Zune. We dive into the Zune's design, musician-friendly features, Spotify before Spotify, Allen Iverson crossovers, and *//deep sigh* squirting (NO NOT THAT, GET YOUR MIND OUTTA THE GUTTER). Crack open a can of Crystal Pepsi or New Coke and enjoy listening while playing your Nintendo Virtual Boy.

An episode that scores!Here's the play-by-play for this episode: * In today's episode, Matt and Angela sit down with Rick Bryson, one half of the powerhouse team behind Movies with Balls: The Greatest Sports Films of All Time, Analyzed and Illustrated.* Movies with Balls combines fandom, analysis, and nostalgia, featuring unique illustrations of fantasy ticket stubs, memorabilia, and playmaps. It's perfect for fans who love revisiting classic sports films and uncovering hidden gems—get ready to “play ball” with a whole new perspective!* Movies with Balls was inspired by a simple question: what would the tickets from our favorite sports movies look like? From iconic matchups like Rocky vs. Drago to the 2004 Las Vegas Dodgeball Invitational, the book imagines physical, tangible tickets for legendary events we'd love to experience firsthand, beyond the movie theater or living room couch.* Rick discusses the nostalgic appeal of media artifacts from a bygone era and how this inspired him and co-author Kyle Bandujo to create fantasy tickets—and an entire book filled with them. From kerning and font choices to color design, every detail carries significance.* Much like how many autistic individuals find meaning in patterns, structure, and subtle details, Movies with Balls celebrates the joy of uncovering these small but important elements in the films we love. The attention to detail in the design of the fantasy tickets mirrors the way autistic people often experience the world—finding deep significance in things that others might overlook. Whether it's the choice of color, font, or layout, these elements become a way to connect with the media on a deeper, more personal level, just as many autistic people connect with the world through the nuances that make up their unique experiences.* Speaking of the little details, Rick shares the careful thought he put into designing each ticket stub, ensuring they had realistic crinkles, wrinkles, and stains—making them look as though they had truly been part of the experience.* Movies with Balls is available at Barnes & Noble and Amazon—get ready to score a copy!“I think a lot of people just watch the movie and then enjoy the movie and move on. And we [autistic folks] are like, my God, what were the tickets like? What were the chairs like? Were the chairs wider then? Was there more room in the seats? What kind of drinks did they have? Was that original Coke? Did they have Crystal Pepsi at that event? Like we want to know everything, okay. ” - Angela“These are the teams we love as much as real-life teams. Frankly, we probably love these sports movie teams even more than our real-life teams, because they don't let us down even postseason.” - Matt“When a sports movie is done right, nothing can top it. You know, it gives you that big chill moment, makes you want to jump up off the couch and cheer.” - Rick Bryson“There's this great line in Seinfeld where I think he's sitting on a plane and he's spewing out all this pop culture nonsense to the supermodel and he's hitting on her. And she's like, ‘you know a lot about nothing'. And I feel like that's me and Kyle. We have a database of just worthless stuff that helps us nowhere in the world. And then we found an outlet for it with this book.” - Rick Bryson Did you notice how Movies with Balls captures the spirit of classic sports films? In today's episode, we dive deep with co-author Rick Bryson! Thanks for tuning in! Share your thoughts on the conversation in the comments, and use #AutisticCultureCatch to connect with fellow listeners on social media. Which scenes or insights gave you that “sports ball” thrill?Resources:Movies with Balls: The Greatest Sports Films of All Time, Analyzed and IllustratedRelated Episodes:McEnroe Is AutisticReady for a paradigm shift that empowers Autistics? Help spread the news!Follow us on InstagramFind us on Apple Podcasts and SpotifyLearn more about Matt at Matt Lowry, LPPJoin Matt's Autistic Connections Facebook GroupLearn more about Angela at AngelaKingdon.com Angela's social media: Twitter and TikTokOur Autism-affirming merch shop This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.autisticculturepodcast.com/subscribe

David Novak, co-founder and former CEO of Yum! Brands, joins host Jeff Berman to share lessons from scaling one of the world's largest restaurant companies. Hear how his focus on listening, team recognition, and taking big swings helped grow a fast food empire to a $32 billion market cap. He also reveals lessons from the infamous Crystal Pepsi campaign, how he came up with Cool Ranch Doritos, and what fuels his mission to develop the next generation of leaders. His podcast and latest book are: “How Leaders Learn.” Read a transcript of this episode: https://mastersofscale.comSubscribe to the Masters of Scale weekly newsletter: https://mastersofscale.com/subscribeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Brandon and James discuss the short-lived '90s soda Crystal Pepsi! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the90stoday/support

#534: We sit down with David Novak, the co-founder and former CEO of Yum! Brands, the giant parent company behind KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and the Habit Burger Grill. David shares stories from his remarkable career, offering insights into leadership, decision-making, and personal growth. We dive into one of David's most memorable projects: the creation of Crystal Pepsi. David talks about how the idea was born out of a gut instinct when he noticed a trend toward clear beverages. The media buzz was massive, and he was convinced it was a winner. But the Pepsi bottlers pushed back, saying it didn't taste enough like traditional Pepsi. David pressed on anyway. The product launched to a lot of fanfare but ultimately flopped.  David reflects on this experience as a lesson in the importance of listening to feedback, even when you're sure you're right. The conversation then shifts to David's unique upbringing. He lived in 23 different states before high school. This taught David to adapt quickly, make friends fast, and assess people and situations—a skill set that became invaluable in his leadership roles. David then takes you through his early career, from being a mediocre student who found his passion in advertising, to making a pivotal move from marketing to operations at PepsiCo. This shift was crucial, setting him up to eventually lead Yum! Brands.  David's journey is filled with stories of hard decisions, like turning down a bigger job at Frito-Lay because it didn't align with what truly made him happy. He shares his philosophy on prioritizing joy and finding fulfillment in your work, a principle that guided his entire career. Leadership is a major theme in the discussion. David talks about the balance between confidence and humility, using Warren Buffett as an example of someone who embodies both. He also shares his thoughts on how to handle criticism and feedback.  According to David, the key is to listen carefully, avoid being defensive, and understand whether the feedback is valid before making decisions. David also offers practical advice on personal development. He talks about his “Three by Five” exercise, where he regularly assesses who he is today and what he needs to work on to become more effective. This habit of self-reflection has helped him stay grounded and continually improve as a leader. The episode wraps up with a discussion on company culture. David believes that creating an environment where everyone feels valued is essential for success. He emphasizes the importance of leaders modeling the behavior they want to see in their teams and being the first to extend trust and positivity. David's stories and insights provide a deep dive into what it takes to lead a major company, make tough decisions, and continually grow both personally and professionally. Timestamps Note: Timestamps will vary on individual devices due to dynamic advertising run times. 0:00 - Introduction to David Novak and his leadership background 6:17 - David's personal journey and learning framework 11:25 - Importance of listening to feedback in decision-making 17:31 - Impact of frequent childhood moves on David's adaptability 23:32 - Identifying and focusing on what brings joy in life and work 29:26 - Value of learning that leads to action 35:58 - Overcoming challenges by reframing your approach 42:20 - Learning from mentors who have succeeded in your field 48:35 - Criteria for board membership: contributing and learning. 54:47 - Building a high-performance culture at Yum! Brands 1:01:02 - Mapping out learning needs for project success 1:07:25 - Gaining confidence and skills for leadership 1:13:23 - Maintaining integrity and taking the high ground 1:19:03 - A mentor relationship that shaped David's leadership 1:26:02 - Evaluating what successful companies are doing right For more information, visit the show notes at https://affordanything.com/episode534 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's the dog days of summer, so cool off with our most bubbly and refreshing episode ever!! In this ediion of Snack Attack! we revisit four sodas that quenched our thirst in the 80s, 90s, and 00s: New Coke, Crystal Pepsi, Surge, and Pepsi Blue!

How can leaders continue to improve and maintain a commitment to lifelong learning? Come along with me in this episode as I dive into the world of leadership learning with David Novak, former CEO of Yum! Brands. David shares his unique idea collection system and dives deep into why maintaining focus is crucial for long-term success. We'll explore those moments when leaders hit a learning slump and uncover effective strategies to reignite that curiosity. You'll also discover the transformative power of recognition, gratitude, and having truth-tellers in leadership—all while hearing captivating stories like the journey of Crystal Pepsi and Cool Ranch Doritos!David's book listThe BibleGood to Great by Jim CollinsHow to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale CarnegieO Great One by David NovackGet more info at David's website! Follow David on Instagram and LinkedInSign up for my newsletter, Try This!Follow me on GoodReadsBook me to speak at your event or to your team!I'm also on Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook.My new book All It Takes Is a Goal is available! You can grab a copy from your favorite bookstore or at atgbook.com.Pick up your copy of the Finish Journal in Fox Red or Navy today!

Welcome to our '90s Soundtrack Flashback mini-season! We're ranking the soundtrack albums from four legendary 1990s movies, starting with grunge-adjacent rom-com Singles. We waded into the great plaid middle of this disc to talk about the insouciance of Cameron Crowe stories, when it's okay for grunge gods to laugh, the conversation between this genre and punk (and Zep), and "hard rock for the school bus." Grab a Crystal Pepsi and a flannel buttondown and join us! Intro and outro by David Gregory Byrne; interstitial music by Alice In Chains. For more information/to become a patron of the show, visit patreon.com/mastas. SHOW NOTES Where to watch Singles This one didn't make the Poppy-Fields Couch of Fame...but Almost Famous did Episode 239: The Replacements, "Alex Chilton" (with Taylor Cole) "The hell are cross tops?" MB and SDB talk Mark Yarm Mark Yarm talks Hozier for the New York Times N...ot the Melrose soundtrack MB meant

Fill that bag up with Crystal Pepsi. Subscribe, now. Listen, now. Comment, now. Like, now. LFG! https://suno.com/@one_graham_army One time donations of any amount available at https://ko-fi.com/onegrahamarmy Consider supporting the Global War On Coherency at   / onegrahamarmy   Google “One Graham Army” for socials and more Go shirt yourself with Shirt Caviar! https://shirtcaviar.com/ Tweet

FULL EP HERE: https://www.patreon.com/slopquest O'Neill finds out that Japan has a racoon problem and perhaps art imitates life. Then Andy phones O'Neill with a killer idea for the opening scene of Killer Kops. Then Andy tells O'Neill about the secret government Cheese Caves and O'Neill is dubious about it. Then they talk about Crystal Pepsi and come up with a business plan to get guaranteed HJs from a Yoga Instructor.

We. Are. BACK, baby! That's right, season 4 is here with a SPLASH. And what is that liquid splashing all over your crop tops and muumuus? It's none other than the one, the only, Crystal Pepsi. We do all this with the mastermind behind the Half-Assed Podcast Network, Drinks w/ Ron!Not only do we talk about the glories of Crystal, we follow the breadcrumb trail of the clear cola all the way to the siege of Stalingrad and of the man responsible for stopping the Nazis invasion of the USSR: Georgy Zhukov.Make sure you stay til the end where you'll hear Out of this World by Black Magic Noize. Links to the song and video below. And make sure you check out all the podcasts that Ron produces and co hosts, all available in the Half Assed Podcast Network feed. Links below as well.Black Magic Noize - Space BassOut of this World - Music VideoSomething About You - Araless (Vinyl Release)EtsyPatreonLinktreeInstagram:@ruining_your.childhood@feral_williams@aralessbmn@strangeloopanimation@celinafloresphotoFind us on twitter:@nostalgiapit@madshroommc@thehashtronaut@araless

Notice the unnoticeable! Weird facts about things that are clear and invisible. Learn about the secretive clear cola that came decades before Crystal Pepsi. We've all probably tried the ol' lemon juice invisible ink before, but can it help you outsmart and rob banks? "Before & After" hidden word game, and can you see right through Karen's crystal clear quiz? And yes, there is a real John Cena cameo in this episode. For advertising inquiries, please contact advertising@airwavemedia.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're Makin' It, we've got the chance and we're takin' it. Come on, come on!We rewind to Wine and Cheese at Lum's and Essex Funk Collective at Village Hall. We're looking forward to Django a Gogo, First Fridays at the Elks with Crystal Pepsi and the Zimas, River Day, Small Wonder Marketplace, Cinco de Mayo at Village Hall, Spring Birding Migration, Richie Furay at SOPAC, Hometown Movie Stars of CHS, Get Twisted in Meadowland Park, Maplewood Garden Club Plant Sale, and art opening at Green Door Studio. Plus a teaser for next week's interview with Jay Stevenson about Beethoven's Wrong Note. Phew, that's a lot!Three Things with a blood drive, Mychal Threets, Maplewood Pool Pals, Mother's Day gifts at General Store Shops and Cafe, Perla Oysters brick and mortar, Maplewoodstock (Thanks Danny Goldstein!), and Treelicious CSA at the Co-Lab.And if you know what happens to time when approaching a singularity, please let us know!If you like this sort of thing, give us a rating and a review on the podcast platform of your choice. Also, to hear all the juicy bloopers and other extra content, become a Patreon.LINKS:Makin' ItMychal Threets virtual eventMaplewood Pool Membership and Pool Pals SubsidyNo NJ City Is Doing Dining Better Than Maplewood Right NowMaplewoodstockTreelicious CSA

Open The Gate by No Doubt playsIt's our first ever music fandom episode! And like many others in the music fandom, we've decided to sort our music by decade. So welcome to 90s Music Gateleapers, pour yourself a Crystal Pepsi, try not to have a cow, and enjoy our leap into a fandom that's literally so last century.Cast member regulars Audra Stephenson and Aaron Randolph were joined by radio DJ Xanthus (aka CJ) and alternative rock artist Mexigun!In this episode players must guess the next lyric, complete 90s music themed tasks, unpack snarky reviews and know their state-sanctioned pop groups.Listen to Per Severance by MexigunListen to CJ on radio-airwavesRead ThaneListen to BFYTWWe are an ad and listener (mainly listener) supported podcast. Consider checking out patreon.com/gateleapers to sign up and support us. We release bonus monthly episodes, as well as fully captioned video versions of our episodes.Music: BoucheDag by Alexander Nakarada (serpentsoundstudios.com)Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Quench your podcast thirst by listening back to this Season 1 favorite all about the little soft drink that couldn't - Crystal Pepsi!~~~Right Now! You're reading a description for this week's episode, Crystal Pepsi. Right Now! This particular episode is a little different, let's be CLEAR. Right Now! Crystal Pepsi was a flash in the CAN (and bottle!) and we're going to teach you all about it! Right Now! They also ran a Super Bowl commercial for it that featured a Sammy Haggar lead Van Halen, singing their hit song, “Right Now!” Right Now!Crystal Pepsi was released to the public in 1992 and (SPOILER WARNING!) was off of store shelves by early 1994. It was part of the “Clear Craze” trend of the early 90's. Consumers were introduced to all sorts of products that you could see right through… Including Zima! Such innovation!This week Ray teaches Rob all about the history of Pepsi Cola, how rival Coca Cola tried answering back with Tab Clear, why they spent $40 million on the ad campaign, and how Pepsi wasn't happy with SNL's “Crystal Gravy” commercial parody.Crystal Pepsi – You've never seen a taste like this!If you like what we're doing, please support us on Patreon, or you can subscribe to our bonus content on Apple Podcasts. And we'd love to find even more listeners, so if you have time, please leave us a rating or review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. And if you have any other thoughts or feedback you'd like to share with us, we'd love to hear from you - feel free to email us or send us a message on social media.TEAMRay HebelRobert W SchneiderMark SchroederBilly RecceDaniel SchwartzbergGabe CrawfordNatalie DeSavia WEBSITESCrystal Pepsi Product Information ARTICLESABC NewsBloomberg

And now a word from our sponsor…It's BREAK TIME! – A micro-pod from The Saturday Morning Podcast. On this station break in the 90s, we look at CRYSTAL PEPSI!Buckle up, the pop culture is about to POP! Find all of our things here:Linktr.ee/SatMornPod

Tue, 23 Jan 2024 16:00:00 GMT http://relay.fm/ungeniused/204 http://relay.fm/ungeniused/204 Crystal Pepsi 204 Stephen Hackett and Myke Hurley It was like Pepsi, but clear. It was like Pepsi, but clear. clean 723 It was like Pepsi, but clear. This episode of Ungeniused is sponsored by: Hullo: A simple, natural pillow designed for comfort. Try it for 60 days. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Crystal Pepsi - Wikipedia Clear craze - Wikipedia The iMac G3 Project – 512 Pixels Clearly Canadian - Wikipedia Snapple - Wikipedia Ungeniused #203: OK Soda - Relay FM Tab Clear - Wikipedia Winging It - Fast Company (vi

Tue, 23 Jan 2024 16:00:00 GMT http://relay.fm/ungeniused/204 http://relay.fm/ungeniused/204 Stephen Hackett and Myke Hurley It was like Pepsi, but clear. It was like Pepsi, but clear. clean 723 It was like Pepsi, but clear. This episode of Ungeniused is sponsored by: Hullo: A simple, natural pillow designed for comfort. Try it for 60 days. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Crystal Pepsi - Wikipedia Clear craze - Wikipedia The iMac G3 Project – 512 Pixels Clearly Canadian - Wikipedia Snapple - Wikipedia Ungeniused #203: OK Soda - Relay FM Tab Clear - Wikipedia Winging It - Fast

Grab a water, coffee or bottle of Crystal Pepsi and join Boris Aguilar and Matt Ederer as they discuss: The no good, very bad, unfortunate Edmonton Oilers NFL Week 10, and the nerdy charm of Miami Dolphins' coach Mike McDaniel The NBA in-season tournament The 1990 coming-of-age tale Pump Up The Volume, starring Christian Slater & Samantha Mathis And IN THE MAIN EVENT aka ‘rasslin talk, the fellas chat Mariah May's AEW debut and character, and chat some NJPW Lone Star Shootout (airing Friday, Nov 10)

When you think of health and wellness, do you think…clear soda? One Pepsi executive in the 90s was determined to capitalize on the healthier soda trend by releasing Crystal Pepsi, a clear, caffeine-free, lower calorie soda with the same great taste of regular Pepsi. The only issue? It didn't taste anything like regular Pepsi. Dulcé Sloan (The Daily Show) joins Misha to digest one of the most infamous flops in pop culture history, AND to uncover Coca-Cola's secret shocking plan to sabotage the whole campaign.Follow The Big Flop on the Wondery app or wherever you get your podcasts. You can listen to The Big Flop early and ad-free on Wondery+. Join Wondery+ in the Wondery app or on Apple Podcasts.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Crystal Pepsi, anyone? What about Zima? In this episode, Jamie gets his hands on some Clearly Canadian samples, sparking a nostalgic trip back to the 90s and the clear beverage craze that once swept the nation. Don't miss out on this refreshing journey through the history of clear beverages from the 90s. For More from the 80s and 90s visit Web: the80sand90s.com    Instagram: @The80sand90sCom  YouTube: The 80s and 90s Overlooked If you enjoy this episode, don't keep it a secret, tell a friend and/or share it on social media so others can experience it as well.

  2:33:20 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Mr. Canoehead synchronicity, The Frantics, new album Hackney Diamonds by The Rolling Stones, Sonic Superstars, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Serendipity Interloper, chewing gum review – Grenades Gum (Super-Uber Mint, Wild Spearmint, Peppermint Bang), 1994 Cinetropolis article, Crystal Pepsi, PlayStation Home, Dr Pepper Ten, new […]

2:33:20 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Mr. Canoehead synchronicity, The Frantics, new album Hackney Diamonds by The Rolling Stones, Sonic Superstars, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Serendipity Interloper, chewing gum review – Grenades Gum (Super-Uber Mint, Wild Spearmint, Peppermint Bang), 1994 Cinetropolis article, Crystal Pepsi, PlayStation Home, Dr Pepper Ten, new Eddie […]

Episode 61 - MC Babycrusher discusses his visit to the museum of failure and guides us on the epicness that was contained within. Would you like a Crystal Pepsi with that Trump steak while you kick back and watch some laser discs and listen to your Zune?? Also, an Aversion X shirt found in the wild! Join us on pottymouthrecords.rocks on the insta @pottymouthrecords or on the facial at Potty Mouth Records

Its been over 30 years since Crystal Pepsi has hit the market.Its time to look back at an extremely thorough look at every single release, version and variation of this nostalgic, loved and hated Pepsi drink.You've never seen a taste like this!Industrial Industries World Radio Songs and Skits of Seasons 1 & 2 now available everywhere you download and stream music!Check it out today!Support the show

My friends Niskers and Danielle from No More Late Fees Podcast are my special guests, talking snacks and candy of the '90's! Pocky, Crystal Pepsi, Clearly Canadian, Handisnacks, Shark Bites, Stuffed Crust, Hostess, Lunchables, McPizza, Ecto-Cooler, Warheads, and SO many more! Share yourt favourite snacks and candies with us on our social media!

This week Bryan gets called out at the U.S. Open for having RBF. Erin talks about the Crystal Pepsi-style rebrand for the GOP trying to shake the label "pro-life" to win back alienated voters, and Bryan speaks in support of Dylan Kaercher aka Roxi Manacoochi who was banned from the Mower County Fair in Minnesota after years of calling Bingo due to conservative pushback. Join us on the Road to 3,000 Patreon subscribers! Once we hit our goal a new season of Groceries will begin and all our current tiers will be plussed with new content each month! www.patreon.com/attitudes Visit our Discord each Wednesday night at 6:30pm PT to watch our Columbo and Dateline viewing parties before our Recap episodes drop! https://discord.gg/ECgCxPhcx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the Numlock Sunday edition.This week, I spoke to Justin McElroy, who you might know from his work on the podcast My Brother, My Brother and Me or The Adventure Zone.Wednesday will mark a shocking milestone: As of September 13, the Chicken Sandwich Wars will have gone on longer than the armed conflict of the American Civil War. Yes, the conflict between quick-service restaurants over who has produced a desirable chicken sandwich offering began in August 2019, what feels like a lifetime ago, and nobody has covered this more persistently than McElroy on his Munch Squad podcast within a podcast.I'm a big fan of his work, and in addition to this devastating conflict we also chatted about increasingly unhinged limited time offerings, his multiple bestselling comic books, and the current “Steeplechase” season of The Adventure Zone.All this can be found at TheMcElroy.family.This interview has been condensed and edited.Justin McElroy, thank you so much for coming on.Thank you for having me in this important journalistic endeavor.This is a critical moment. We find ourselves at the week the Chicken Sandwich Wars will have gone on longer than the American Civil War. You have been on the ground covering this day by day, hour after hour.At what point do we just recognize that this is the second American Civil War? I mean it's all the bad blood, brother versus brother versus colonel. It's got everything.Why don't you take us back to the beginning? Munch Squad, a podcast within a podcast on My Brother, My Brother and Me, has been dedicated to covering the latest and greatest in food offerings, as you'll go on to explain. Chicken Sandwich Wars have been dominating this for years now at this point. How did this start?I have always been, and I think I got this from my dad, I've always been sort of a sucker for— I mean, I don't know how to say it other than just marketing. I'm like an absolute sucker. A lot of that is me being willing to just sort of go with it, and finding that I'm happier if I'm not fighting the thousands of advertising messages that are being sent to me on a daily basis. I just kind of go with it. I love to try new consumer products, and I know that's goofy, but whenever you would go to Columbus, Ohio, it's a popular test market for new products so you'll see drinks you hadn't heard of before, whatever. Dad would always do that when we were kids. Any new drink, he would come home with a 12-pack like, "All right, guys, this is the new Crystal Pepsi, they're calling it, so you guys have got to try this."Yeah, anytime I see new stuff like this, it comes from a genuine place. I genuinely think it's fascinating. What I love, though, is when I find out that these companies have to put out press releases for these dumb products. No matter how dumb the thing is, they've got to let people know about it and someone is tasked with the job of writing the press release for something that is a sentence.I mean it's always a sentence, right? "We now have a chicken sandwich." "We are Dunkin' and we put beer in coffee, and you can buy it at the store. Please go buy it." I did one a few weeks ago that was like, "Extra gum has a new pink lemonade flavor. Here's the press release." It's like, how would anybody know that's even a new product? If I saw that, I'd assume they've sold it for 20 years. It's just wild and I think that that's really funny.The first one I did was Taco Bell doing the naked chicken taco, which is when they made a taco shell out of a chicken breast, and it's so vulgar.Everything about it is vulgar! It makes me want to be a vegetarian. It's a vulgar exercise, and I was like, "This is too great. I've got to share this with people." That was back, I don't know, 2016, around there or something like that, and we just kept going with it because the press releases just kept getting wilder.It slows down sometimes. But there's always new stuff to make fun of, and I just think that it's great. It feels like when you're somebody who cares about doing comedy that doesn't specifically target people, especially marginalized groups or just anybody specific, anybody individually; we really try to be upbeat. I feel like making fun of not just corporations, but marketing for specific consumer products is as near to a victimless crime as you can get. Even the people writing these things know like, "Yeah, this isn't going to get me my Pulitzer. It's all in good fun." But yeah, that is the Munch Squad.Yeah. Limited time offerings, they've always existed, right? There's always been the McRib, there have always been things like that. They are increasingly unhinged and I don't think anybody's been following that quite like you.Yeah, I do. I have exposed myself to a wide variety. Sometimes, the product will be wild, but there's just nothing. They don't have the press release. I've got to have the press release. I've got to have the news. I have to have someone reporting it journalistically who is also paid by Pepsi or Taco Bell or whatever, and it was the same company, but you know what I mean. Yeah, I have followed the space very closely.Yeah, it's been just genuinely a pleasure to listen to. Again, you've developed this form of taste, I think, among these sorts of products. You've been able to clock if they're only in one restaurant for one hour in Anchorage, Alaska.I'm glad you're bringing that up. Thank you. That does make me very angry and that is something that has happened in later Munch Squad and almost kind of put me off of it, is you start to see these companies that are just doing it for the bit. If they're doing it for the bit, it's a lot harder for me to do jokes about it because they already know that it's dumb. Pepsi did Peeps-flavored Pepsis and you had to get them from a contest or whatever, and it drives me crazy.Just have the strength of your convictions to make your dumb soda and let the market sort it out.I don't even think this is on Munch Squad; it's something we talked about on my cereal podcast, the Empty Bowl, but Carvel, the ice cream cake people, they made a "cereal" that was just the crunchy chocolate bits that go in the middle of the ice cream cake with the fudge sauce. You know what I mean? They made a cereal out of that, but they're in little tiny boxes and they only sold them for one day at their stores.It's like, just make it or don't. You know what I mean? Cowards, everybody. I don't like that stuff. Make a product, put it out there for everybody. Don't do like the CurderBurger where you only do it for one day. I did talk about the CurderBurger because it was a burger with a loaf of cheese curd on it in Wisconsin. That was pretty good. But by and large, wide release or nothing. That's what I say.You can't not talk about a CurderBurger.Yeah, and people could go buy that. You could go buy it in the store. It's usually my cutoff. I prefer a wide release, but still.You've been covering this for a while. Again, I can't imagine the amount of time that you spend on QSR magazine.A lot.A lot?Paper and digital.Oh, you get the print? You get the dead tree edition?Some fun-time jokesters signed my P.O. box up for a subscription to that. I get lots of them. Someone signed us up for horse magazines. Thank you. That's great for recycling. Someone signed us up for the gas station mag — they have a publication for new gas station convenience offerings — so I try to track the sources wherever they are.That's incredible. Again, your history is journalism. You founded Polygon. I've always enjoyed that element of Munch Squad where it's like, "Clearly, this is something that's going on." And I'm glad that you alluded to, again, your father has roots of journalism as well, that this is a trade that you've been applying for quite some time.Yes, that was my first job outside of retail. It was in my mid-20s. I got hired to be the news editor at a small paper in Ohio, and I was desperately underqualified, but I just sort of kept scamming my way up and pivoted over to video game coverage, mainly. I know enough journalism to know how to pretend I'm doing journalism in the Munch Squad, so that's about where my skillset is at this moment.Do you have any favorites that come to mind? Any specific limited time offerings or press releases that just really kind of made a dent in you?Let me think. Taco Bell did a naked egg taco. You know when they did the chicken, but this was a gigantic fried egg that they folded up into a taco shell and made a breakfast offering? That's unacceptable. That's simply not a product that anybody should be consuming.Burger King, the Nightmare Burger where it was black for Halloween, remember that? It gave everybody black poops. That was a fun time to be in the business. Yeah, Burger King will dye their buns sometimes and it ruins people's bowel movements.Man, Chris Angel had a restaurant. Do you remember? I had to look up the acronym. Chris Angel made or opened a restaurant, it's spelled C-A-B-L-P. It's Cablp, and that is short for, of course, Chris Angel Breakfast, Lunch, and Pizza. They call it Cablp. I don't even know if that's still open. That was back in 2021, but Cablp. Oh, God, that still hits. Cablp.The Chicken Sandwich Wars were obviously launched into devastating effect in August of 2019. Where do you see that going? For a while, there was quite a bit of activity and now it's been, kind of they're in the long haul, I've got to say.From your view, where are the Chicken Sandwich Wars at?At this point, I feel like a lot of us have moved on from the war part of it. I feel like what we're seeing now is we're entering a phase where we're all sort of culturally accepting that every place has a chicken sandwich. This is what's weird about the Chicken Sandwich Wars, if I may.You may.These places all had chicken sandwiches.That's the thing that people forget, right? They had chicken sandwiches. They were bad.The only one people liked was Chick-fil-A, and they turned out to be a little bit questionable on some of the donations of groups they're giving to, a lot of anti-LGBTQ places, so people stopped eating the chicken sandwich.For me, that's the beginning of the chicken sandwich. That was the only good one you could get. They turned out to be some nasty dogs over there, maybe, and so nobody's going to eat that chicken sandwich anymore. Somebody had to step in.As long ago as 2005, McDonald's came at the crown. They came for true at Kathy's Kreations, which, they still insist that they made the first chicken sandwich, and that just seems wild to me. It's a fried breast between a bun. Come on, nobody can invent that. It just is. It just exists as these two products are created. As soon as we had bread and chicken, somebody was like, "Wait, I got it. Hold on. Step back." So I don't grant that to Kathy or Popeye's, to be fair, that both of them claim to have the first chicken sandwich.Anyway, so McDonald's in 2005, they had a Southern-style Chicken Sandwich, and that was it. That was straight up. We got a potato bun, we got two pickles, we got pickle-brining, let's go. It had a good run. I think it was a decade that it continued. Even they were in the game.Then when Popeye's decided like, "Hey, why don't we try? Why don't all of us other restaurants try to make a good one instead of making a forgettable option for your cousin that doesn't like hamburgers? We'll actually try,” then you started having more and more people come out.Walter, do you know — this is true — between the beginning of 2019 and the end of 2020, do you know how much sales of chicken sandwiches increased?I do not.It's really easy to remember this statistic because it is 420 percent.That's a memorable statistic.It's a memorable statistic. It's how I remember that my daughter was born at 4 p.m. and 20 minutes. 4:20 is when my kid was born. 420 percent. That is how much chicken sandwich sales increased.Everybody's just like, "Hey, restaurants are selling good chicken sandwiches now. We should probably go get them." But the wars, I don't know why it had to be a war.Everybody in the war, by the way, always shouts out all the other people in the war, which is wild because that doesn't seem to be a good marketing strategy to just be like, "Here are some other places that have done this and now we're doing it too." But I think it's also the Chicken Sandwich Wars, I think what that is is directly connected to Munch Squad.Because I think it is someone that had to do a press release about a chicken sandwich, and they're like, "It's got to have some kind of angle. I don't know what the first line of this press release is going to be. Maybe wars; I keep talking about the wars that are going on that everybody seems to be so hot on," and that was just like the angle. It's solved. If you have a chicken sandwich and you're writing a press release about it, you've got to mention the wars.And the more belabored it gets, the better for a lot of these. It's like, "We're finally strapping on our chicken rifles and wading into the trenches to blow the other sandwiches straight to hell. We're going to make some chicken sandwich widows out here. Let's go," and it's gross. Just say it's a good sandwich or bad.For years, we've maintained neutrality, but today, that is enough.Right, and neutrality, I have to be clear, is a bad chicken sandwich! It's not like no chicken sandwich. It's just, let's try to make a good one.Yeah. It is really funny that you can draw a fairly direct line between the success of the gay rights movement and a 420 percent increase in chicken sandwich sales.It's beautiful. It's a story of love and acceptance. I mean really, war is such a misnomer. It should be a cultural shift of people unwilling to accept lesser treatment by buying evil cursed chicken sandwiches.To show you how seriously these places took it, in Huntington, West Virginia, where I live, they opened up a Bojangles — which is like lower-tier Popeye's, it's a mid-tier Popeye's — but it was huge in Huntington, so much so that they had to reroute traffic on Route 60 around the line for Bojangles.It got so bad, KFC, there's another KFC down the road about a mile, and they put up a sign that just had a big picture of the Colonel and it said, "We make chicken around here." Outside the Bojangles, the KFC put up like a, "Hey, not in our town. This is a KFC town," and hey, hand to God, that Bojangles closed. I don't know what the Colonel was working over there, but it worked. They're back to the only chicken on Route 60 as far as I know.Listen, you start a battle? Send in the Colonel.Yeah, if you're going to come for the Colonel's crown, you best come for the bow tie. You've got to come correct. No way. Is it the bolo? What would you call that? It doesn't matter.I would call it a bolo.You get the idea. Bolo? Yeah.I want to talk a little bit about this current season of The Adventure Zone. You have been the game master for it. I've really, really enjoyed it. I've dug it a lot.Thank you.I really mean that. Yeah, it's a phenomenal season. I think the setting is excellent and I want to talk a little bit about that because it is very theme park, Disney inspired, I would say. I think that that ties in decently well with Munch Squad in the sense that there is a commentary about commercialization, but nevertheless identity-bound to American pop culture. I guess I'd love to ask you a little bit about where some of that season came from and where that setting came from.Yeah. Everybody else in my family had run the game. Oh my gosh, my Arby's big cheddar bowling shirt just got delivered. What a delight. Remind me when we're done, I'll make sure to grab it so you can see, it's going to be a wonder.I hadn't done the game master thing yet. It always seemed kind of overwhelming and I waited, and I put it off as long as they would let me, because I didn't think I'd be very good at it. I finally was kind of forced into it and we found this game, Blades in the Dark, that's about theft and heists, and I liked that kind of thing. I think that that kind of thing is cool and a nice change of pace from murdering your way through caves or whatever happens in others.I am a huge theme park nut, I always have been. I think that they are fascinating. I think I even like reading and understanding and learning about them more than I like actually being there. It's more like a hobby. No, I'm the most annoying person to walk around Disney World with. You do not want to look every f*****g four steps at some other dumb thing I've got to point out. I love that kind of stuff.So I was like, "Well, okay, if I were going to make a world that could incorporate all this junk in my brain, then I would make a giant park like that on a grander scale." So the theme worlds, in this park I called Steeplechase, the theme worlds are layers stacked on top of each other, and each layer is a completely immersive sim. I love immersive stuff like that, too, like Sleep No More, things like that where it's bringing you into the experience, so I thought this would be amazing.I kind of made my dream place to go to, and then the show, as we've gone on, has really been about me wrestling with these ideas of a society obsessed with entertainment and obsessed with distraction. I'm not coming out as a cultural critic, because I'm very much lumping myself in with that, this idea that you lose yourself so deeply in distraction and entertainment that you lose contact with the world around you or forget what you would consider your actual or real life.That has been the thing that I've been sort of exploring with it, is what is the impact of that? What kind of obligation do you have to the real world and the people around you versus losing yourself in it in a fiction? Very aware, the whole time, that we are making an escapist fiction at the same time as I'm talking about this, so it is a little bit of an ouroboros, but yeah, that's what it's been.Also, that's a very highfalutin way of describing it, and I'm terrible at describing stuff in ways where people would actually want to listen to it, but I swear it's a lot more fun than that. There's a layer that's like a noir crime kind of deal, so I watched a bajillion, every noir movie I could get my hands on to really tap into that aesthetic. There's a fantasy layer where we've incorporated elements from previous Adventure Zone shows. There's a reality show dating kind of thing.But that's the idea. Every layer is people pursuing their fantasies while these three creeps try to rob them blind, so it's been a lot of fun. We're heading toward the end, I think. The next few episodes, probably, it's finally wrapping up, it'll be somebody else's problem, but I feel really good about what I've been able to do.When I started, it seemed so overwhelming until I realized it's just like eating an airplane. You start, you've got to take it into really small chunks, and then eventually, you're halfway through the wings.It's a really fun listen.Thanks.Again, you have some really exciting ideas in there.I read no internet feedback at all. No Reddit, Twitter, nothing about it, so when someone does tell me that they like it, it is a genuine delight because I'm basically in a vacuum, and my wife won't listen, so I don't know.It's very fun on the ground, like you were saying. It is three interesting people stealing interesting stuff from a cool place. There is just something that you were talking about when it comes to escapism where it's just, escapism as a genre is a reflection of the society from which you're trying to escape, right?Right.I think that you're pulling out some interesting strings in the show when it comes to how creative work is valued, how it's not, how people engage with it, how it's not how people engage with creators. I'd love to hear a little bit more on how you feel about that.What specifically?I can't help but notice that at the time that AI is attempting to replicate a lot of the creative efforts of people who really try at making art, you have an element of the show that's talking a little bit, I think, or at least reflecting a little bit of some of that subtle change.It's weird, right? That was not a conversation when it started. It's moving very rapidly. The idea that a computer could do a reasonable facsimile of me, Justin McElroy? I'm not exactly like a once-in-a-generation talent. I'm like a bunch of SNICK and Pee-wee's Playhouse, and then I had an acting major, and you stir all those together. I'm not one of the A-listers there. I feel like a computer could get me pretty quickly, honestly, but seeing that start to take place, that's been tough, right? Because I didn't ever think that would happen to me. I still don't for me, specifically, but there's definitely a future where this stuff is algorithmically generated. It's scary. It freaks me out.I have AI characters in the story and a lot of those AI characters, we call them “hard light,” and it's basically a hologram that has feeling, that can feel things, tactile, and they're very much having conversations about sentience and what it is to be alive. We have a few different characters and classes of people who are trying to break out of that idea, that if you have been created by someone else, are you devoid of creative energy? Can creative energy exist being created by a computer? Again, there's a nice thing about this: I don't have any answers. I'm just doing a role-playing podcast. You can think about it all you want in your own time. I've just got to fill 60 minutes and then I'm out.A computer doing a reasonable facsimile, like animatronics, are a fundamental element of the history of theme parks.Yeah, and those have continued to improve. When you look at it, Lincoln was the first one, and that was very much a Walt Disney passion project, wanting to create a Lincoln that could be entertaining on its own.There was so much work that went into that, and such a big valley between the real and the fake, and that valley obviously has continued to shrink. Animatronics were a big part of what I was thinking about with Steeplechase. Specifically, the Carousel of Progress is an attraction at Disney World, and it is the only attraction at Disney World, as far as I know, that was directly worked on by Walt Disney, because it was created for the '64 World's Fair and then it was adapted to the form it finds itself now in Walt Disney World.It is the stage show that has had the most performances of any show in America. It's about a family through the generations, and basically the stage is split into a four-quadrant pie and the audience is in a big ring that moves around to the different quadrants, which is the same family in different eras.I started thinking about how these animatronics have done this show more times than anybody on earth. If you start to let your imagination go a little bit, especially with the AI stuff happening, you're like, "Well, what if they realize that?"You know what I mean? What happens when they're like, "Wow, I'm tired of doing this show over and over again"? And I find that a really interesting thing to think about.That's really fun. Again, it's definitely worth checking out. It's a good entrance point, I think, if folks are interested in checking out the podcast.Yeah, all of our arcs are sort of self-contained. “Steeplechase” is a fine place to start if you can deal with me shaking off the jitters for the first three episodes.It's great stuff. Last thing I wanted to throw on the table is that you've been doing graphic novel adaptations of the first The Adventure Zone arc, Balance. How's that been? You just have a new one out this year. I think there's a new one coming out next year.Usually, about one a year.How's that experience been?It's amazing. Honestly, it's a weird project where so much of me is in it from where we did The Adventure Zone, but it's such a team project. Obviously, Carey Pietsch, she's the artist for the series, she's bringing so much to it and creating so much of the visual language of that world. My dad, Clint McElroy, has been a comic book writer for many, many, many years, so he's really taken the lead on it, and I'm mainly tweaking the dialogue from my characters, putting in more boner jokes and stuff.It's funny because they were so wildly successful. I think the first two or three were number one New York Times bestsellers on a specific chart, like a pretty specific chart, which no one ever puts on the book jacket, right? New York Times bestseller in self-help paperback trade version number eight. No, but this is a number one, I could say; yes, I'm a number one New York Times bestselling author, and what I did was I told my dad to make these few jokes better.That is why in my freaking obituary, it'll say number one New York Times bestselling author, because I told my dad that "Kenny Chesney might be a funnier reference here than Jimmy Buffett. Why don't we do Kenny Chesney?" Okay, great. Here's your bestseller plaque. No, but they don't send you bestseller plaques. My dad made one for me for Christmas. It was beautiful. I have it hanging up and I can tell people like, "Yeah, I punched up my dad's jokes. No problem."Wow. Justin McElroy, New York Times bestselling author.Number one. Sorry.Number one.Sorry. Thank you. You don't want to be that guy, but...I apologize. Justin McElroy, number one New York Times bestselling author on a specific chart.Several-time number one. No.Five-time.Five-time.Where can folks find you? Where can they enjoy more of your work?My manager gets mad at me because I always give people the wrong address, but it's themcelroy.family. If you go there, you'll find all of our stuff. Tours are there. We got a few more shows this year. Videos, podcasts, whatever you like, it's all there waiting for you.Well, hey, thanks for coming on.Hey, thanks for having me, Walter.If you have anything you'd like to see in this Sunday special, shoot me an email. Comment below! Thanks for reading, and thanks so much for supporting Numlock.Thank you so much for becoming a paid subscriber!Send links to me on Twitter at @WaltHickey or email me with numbers, tips or feedback at walt@numlock.news.  Get full access to Numlock News at www.numlock.com/subscribe

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This episode is a part of our "When Marketing Fails" segment where we deep dive into the captivating world of marketing disasters and uncover the valuable lessons they have to offer. In this episode, we take a closer look at the saga of Crystal Pepsi, a product that seemed destined for greatness but ultimately ended up as a cautionary tale. Join us as we uncover why this clear cola experiment by Pepsi ended in failure. From the backdrop of the intense cola wars between Coca Cola and Pepsi to the elaborate marketing campaign that created immense hype, discover the reasons behind Crystal Pepsi's downfall. -=-=-=-=- BONUS RESOURCES + FREE DOWNLOADS If you're a fan of the podcast, here are some FREE online marketing resources from my blog, 99signals, to help you level up your marketing skills: ⁠⁠⁠The Ultimate Blogging Toolkit⁠⁠⁠ (⁠⁠⁠https://ebooks.99signals.com/blogging-toolkit⁠⁠⁠) - This eBook features 75+ marketing tools to help you blog better and boost your traffic! ⁠⁠⁠The Ultimate Guide to Link Building⁠⁠⁠ (⁠⁠⁠https://resources.99signals.com/link-building-ebook⁠⁠⁠) - Learn 25 powerful strategies to build high-quality backlinks, improve search engine rankings, and drive targeted traffic to your site. ⁠⁠⁠The Essential Guide to Link Building with Infographics⁠⁠⁠ (https://resources.99signals.com/infographic-backlinks-pdf) -  Did you know you could build high-quality, authoritative backlinks with well-designed infographics? This PDF guide will show you how you can easily design an infographic and quickly build high-quality backlinks to supercharge your SEO. ⁠⁠⁠Top-rated articles at 99signals⁠⁠⁠ (⁠⁠⁠https://www.99signals.com/best/⁠⁠⁠) -  This page contains a list of all the top-rated articles on my blog. It's a great place to get started if you're visiting 99signals for the first time. -=-=-=-=- Visit ⁠⁠⁠https://www.99signals.com⁠⁠⁠ for more insights on SEO, blogging, and marketing. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sandeep-mallya/message

I am joined once again by DANK DELEUZE aka Dorian Z Bell to discuss the the recent attempt to make Virtual Reality cool again. Topics include: My Bad Dreams. The Return of Virtual Boy & 'Cyber Sickness'. Virtual Reality as Social Control vs. Virtual Reality as Crystal Pepsi. The Dark Renaissance vs. Hegemonic Minecraft. VR's Last Stand/Last Rebrand. The SimLarping of TikTok & Our Undeniable Dystopia. Beach Bum Prophecy. Peak Dopamine. From VR to AppleHousing. Hypeobjects, etc. Join Dorian's Workshop: https://www.patreon.com/Truncata GET EVERY EPISODE EARLY + BONUS EPISODES BY BECOMING A PATRON

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Welcome to the second minisode of the month. Andy, Marty and Matt have a chat with a fun character! Come back every week for what the New York Times calls the best podcast in the universe...or that might have been Matt, it's hard to tell. Tell your friends Rate/review on iTunes Donate to our patreon, just search dumb fun Keep on Listening! Also, come to the Laugh Factory Chicago, first Sunday of Every month at 7pm for Character Assasination! Theme song by Brett Gretzky Logo by Chris R

Join your flesh creatures of the APDC plus special guest Sean Walsh as they review the season 3 episode “Only Human” from the 1986 classic animated series, The Transformers!Excitingly new fleshy-forms!!! Nerd room with meme-lord Serge Bomba!!! Rock n' Roll is NOT a B-list character!! Old Snake!!! Loosey Goosey!! Crystal Pepsi!! Re-review by Fats Rimble!! What's you poison?! Stolen valor!! Synthoids!! Rodimus and Michelle… sexy possibilities?!! It's so noir!! Iconic Moments! Script Deviations!! In the Real World!! Sometimes you eat the bear and sometimes the bear eats YOU!!!THE NO-GAME – 17:09SHOUTS OUT – 24:16COCKTAIL – 28:22REVIEW – 38:00REAL WORLD – 1:49:00SCRIPT DEVIATIONS – 1:55:23RATE THE SCHEME – 1:57:14ICONIC JOEMENT – 2:00:00

We chatted up Rich Perlberg about legislation allowing automatic traffic cameras and whether they invite a slippery slope of government intrusion. We got lippy about implants and were less than crystal clear about Crystal Pepsi.

We Finally Made It! Episode Sixty One. This week the guys talk about having a full blown stalker ... or one host thinks the other has one. What is a "hoe tattoo" for a guy? One host gets injured and stays flexing because of it. Sure the economy is crumbling but what the heck are the guys adding to the "Run It Back WFMI" playlist on Spotify? Contact wefinallymadeitpodcast@gmail.com with some good ish. Just sit back and listen like you're in a room with your two best friends as they try to find out what happened to Crystal Pepsi. Remember to donate unwanted clothes to your local shelters.  Rate and Review. Be gentle, we're vulnerable SHOW INFO: wefinallymadeitpodcast.com Merch: WFMI Store Follow Us On Instagram: We Finally Made It Podcast: @wefinallymadeitpodcast Mydas: @opusonethree Bairon: @baironm Spotify Playlist: Run It Back WFMI

Dr. Samuel West is back to teach us about history's greatest food failures, from Colgate's frozen meals to the time Gerber made food for grown-ups. Plus, Massimo Montanari helps us uncover the true history of spaghetti; J. Kenji López-Alt tells us how to make the most perfect scrambled eggs; and we bake Chocolate Olive Oil Cake. (Originally aired on April 22nd, 2022.)Get the recipe for Chocolate Olive Oil Cake here.We want to hear your culinary tips! Share your cooking hacks, secret ingredients or unexpected techniques with us for a chance to hear yourself on Milk Street Radio! Here's how: https://www.177milkstreet.com/radiotipsA caller this week asked about corn tortillas. Chris's favorite flour tortillas are from Caramelo. Listen to Milk Street Radio on: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Siblings Ashley Engle and Brandon Birdwell discuss life, exotic spices from around the world, Crystal Pepsi and the most epic orchestral performance of "Tequila" that has ever been..... Let's have fun....Don't be cheugy.....

This week on the show, we're talking about vegan breakfast at Gregory's Coffee, Incogmeato MorningStar Farms Chicken and Egg Waffle Sandwiches and trying three new kinds of vegan Oreos!SHOW NOTES:The To-Views movie that Dave talked about was Puss in Boots 2.News Item: The US price tag on plant-based eggs fell below that of chicken eggs at the end of last year.The bad egg replacer that you should definitely not buy is Simply Eggless. Here's the episode where we talked about it.Tab Clear is the soda Coca Cola released to kill Crystal Pepsi.Here's the episode on vegan breakfast sandwiches with Leigh Saluzzi.Thank you so much for listening. We record these episodes for you, and we'd love to hear from you. Got a favorite vegan treat that you think we should cover on the podcast? Send your suggestions to talkintofupod@gmail.com! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rich and the C&R crew have fun, as they continue 'OLD SCHOOL WHEN 50 HITS,' with a great discontinued items topic! Todd Fuhrman joins the show live from Vegas to help break down the NFL's Divisional Playoff Round & NBA players take IG models to Paris! Plus, what to make of the suddenly happy comments coming out of Baltimore's front office about Lamar Jackson spending his whole career with the Ravens!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, Jay rounds up this week's political headlines of the week, including the Senate election in Georgia, China's easing of Covid restrictions and the guilty verdict that was just handed down in the Trump Org trial. Then, Suzanne gets us ready for the debut of “Harry & Meghan”, their new doc on Netflix. Plus: The White Lotus, Butterfinger + The Simpsons, Crystal Pepsi, and The Rat Czar.Fibronostalgia:https://www.casestudyinc.com/pepsi-crystal-fiasco/https://www.mashed.com/207062/the-real-reason-butterfingers-dont-taste-the-same-anymore/Wait What:https://apnews.com/article/new-york-city-rats-rodents-climate-and-environment-2391acc1f42b5da272ecba59903a3aa3Politics:https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/06/trump-loses-again-georgia-runoff-results-00072685https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/07/herschel-walker-georgia-senate-campaign-flaws-00072692https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-scraps-most-testing-quarantine-requirements-in-covid-19-policy-pivot-11670398522?mod=hp_lead_pos1Pop Culture: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/royal-family/harry-meghan-markle-netflix-ripple-of-hope-award-2022-b2240372.htmlWant more Brand New Information? Connect with us on Instagram @brandnewinformationpod + on Twitter @brandnewinfopodPlus! Follow Jay on Instagram & Twitter, and Suzanne on Instagram! 

In town for a guest hosting gig, a young woman arrives at her Airbnb rental late at night only to find that the house has been mistakenly double-booked and Z-List men are already staying there. Against her better judgment, she decides to stay the night anyway, but soon discovers that there is much more to be afraid of in the house than the other house guests. On Episode 537 of Trick or Treat Radio we are joined by Rachel of The Zombie Grrlz Podcast to discuss Barbarian from director Zach Cregger! We also find out our latest OnlyFans ideas, the benefit of staying in a hotel vs an AirBnB, and we have a rare spoiler-filled discussion of the film. So grab your tape measure, don't lose the clench, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!Stuff we talk about: RIP Kevin O'Neill, Carlos Pacheco, milky beard, vats r us, parcheesi, SFW, Jake Busey, Reese Witherspoon, what is gear down?, Bobby Fister, Freddy's Dead, A-Lister, Rachel Talalay, Peter Jackson, elevated horror, Deadstream, Joseph & Vanessa Winter, Crystal Pepsi, Andor, how to make the Empire scary, Star Wars, Make The Empire Scary Again, describe a movie plot badly, James Hong, Henry Selick, Glass Onion, Rian Johnson, Clue, talking to your dog, being a gentleman and not breaking wind in the museum, losing the clench, Dr. Johnny Skype, David Prior, The Empty Man, 20th Century Fox, AirBnB, burning your clothes, Expendables 2, curling sweeping the nation, Gacy Rooms, the Devil's Advocast, Bill Skarsgard, Justin Long, True Romance, Promising Young Woman, Aziz Ansari, toxic masculinity, CHUN: Crazy Hairy Underground Nipples, Angst, home birth, the 80s were wild, objectifying others, Vinnie Barbarian, Bananafingaz, God of War: Ragnarok, from tip to base, “in a bun”, string cheese, the price of being a Z-Lister, V/H/S/99, the true meaning of GILF, The Vat of Your Mind, and trash bag foreplay.Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trickortreatradioJoin our Discord Community: discord.trickortreatradio.comSend Email/Voicemail: mailto:podcast@trickortreatradio.comVisit our website: http://trickortreatradio.comStart your own podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=386Use our Amazon link: http://amzn.to/2CTdZzKFB Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/trickortreatradioTwitter: http://twitter.com/TrickTreatRadioFacebook: http://facebook.com/TrickOrTreatRadioYouTube: http://youtube.com/TrickOrTreatRadioInstagram: http://instagram.com/TrickorTreatRadioSupport the show

Join us as our host, George Kamel, talks to David Novak. David is a co-founder and former chairman and CEO of Yum Brands Inc., a Fortune 500 company that owns KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell. David talks about his passion for purposeful team recognition and why it is a must-have leadership skill if you want to see results in your business. We also talk about Crystal Pepsi and Cool Ranch Doritos—and that alone is worth the listen! Later in the episode, George chats with Jason Williams, the vice president of EntreLeadership. Jason shares how you can create a culture of recognition and gives some simple ways to encourage your team to recognize each other. You'll learn: •      The story behind Crystal Pepsi and Cool Ranch Doritos •      The real reason people leave companies •      The must-have leadership skills that drive results •      How to fuel your team's success Support our sponsors: •      Hite Digital: https://bit.ly/HiteDigital •      Kyro Digital: https://bit.ly/KyroDigital •      NetSuite: https://bit.ly/NetSuiteEntre •      Trainual: https://bit.ly/TrainualEntre Links mentioned in this episode: •      The EntreLeadership Podcast: https://bit.ly/TheEntreLeadershipPodcast •      David Novak's website: https://bit.ly/3ADtxZd •      How Leaders Lead with David Novak: https://apple.co/3v2JViD •      Take Charge of You by David Novak and Jason Goldsmith: https://amzn.to/3PeKKfE •      O Great One! by David Novak and Christa Bourg: https://amzn.to/3RpboV2 •      Our recent episode with Marcus Buckingham: https://apple.co/3yWVrhL •      Download 43 Easy Ways to Recognize Your Team: https://bit.ly/3HDajDh Learn more about EntreLeadership Events: •      EntreLeadership Master Series: https://bit.ly/EntreLeadershipMasterSeries •      EntreLeadership Summit: https://bit.ly/EntreLeadershipSummit   Learn more about EntreLeadership Coaching: •      Elite: https://bit.ly/3tI2fN8 •      Advisory Groups: https://bit.ly/EntreLeadershipAdvisoryGroups •      Executive Coaching: https://bit.ly/EntreLeadershipExecutiveCoaching •      Workshops: https://bit.ly/EntreLeadershipWorkshops Listen to all the Ramsey Network podcasts anytime, anywhere in our app. Download the Ramsey Network app: https://apple.co/3eN8jNq

Dr. Samuel West is back to teach us about history's greatest food failures, from Colgate's frozen meals to the time Gerber made food for grown-ups. Plus, Massimo Montanari helps us uncover the true history of spaghetti; J. Kenji López-Alt tells us how to make the most perfect scrambled eggs; and we bake Chocolate Olive Oil Cake.Get this week's recipe, Chocolate Olive Oil Cake. A caller this week asked about corn tortillas. Chris's favorite flour tortillas are from Caramelo. Listen to Milk Street Radio on: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.