Pop Up - Teaser

We're back! Sorry about missing the last release. We're back on track now. This week, we're looking at a 2018 commercial from Sprint, which first premiered during the Super Bowl. Join us as we blow u...

17 Juli 20188min

Oh, friends. Dear friends. This week we meet Toomgis, the junk food mascot of AM/PM markets. Twizzler hair, hamburger nose, Cheetos beard. This episode is buck wild. On this show, Dillon (film indust...

18 Juni 20187min

This week, Daniel and Dillon watch a commercial for Stelara, a pharmaceutical that supposedly combats the symptoms of Crohn's disease. Join us as we talk about the manipulative effects of music and ci...

4 Juni 201812min

This week, Daniel and Dillon watch a Terminix commercial, and discuss the complicated relationship humans have with pests. And we swap some gnarly bug stories. Join us! Watch the Terminix commercial...

21 Maj 20189min

Pop Up is your new favorite podcast about commercials. Each episode, a film industry producer (Dillon Wall) and a cultural studies scholar (Daniel Rivers) watch ads and break down the techniques, cult...

7 Maj 201811min

Pop Up is your new favorite podcast about commercials. Each episode, a film industry producer (Dillon Wall) and a cultural studies scholar (Daniel Rivers) watch ads and break down the techniques, cult...

23 Apr 20189min

Join us this week as we watch a PSA promoting recycling. It creates a Pixar-esque story of a lovable character's long journey, and somehow, even though the character is an old plastic bottle (literall...

9 Apr 201811min

This week, we're solving a mystery! Dillon has been seeing this commercial series for months now, and while the ads are beautiful - with great cinematography and interesting music - somehow the plot s...

26 Mars 201811min