Howard Gossage: 20th Century Master of Propaganda with Justin Oberman
San Francisco ad man Howard Gossage (1917–1969) is a bit more under the radar than his Madison Avenue contemporaries, but his work in both consumer marketing and advocacy messaging was brilliant. His ...
19 Feb 202527min
Abortion Messaging in Post-Dobbs America with Amelia Bonow
Liberal “pro choice” messaging has historically conceded the moral high ground (“safe, legal and rare”). Amelia Bonow helped change that as the leader of the Shout Your Abortion movement. In this epis...
20 Jan 202523min
Luigi Mangione, Trump and the Art of Cultural Disruption with David Shields
David Shields (best-selling author / filmmaker) joins us to dissect the brutal reality of politics as performance. We dive into Trump’s media mastery, Luigi Mangione’s provocative symbolism, and why t...
20 Dec 202433min
Nuance has a PR Problem
Unpacking how the Culture War feeds on emotional shortcuts, why complexity and nuance is so hard to embrace, and what it means to navigate a society driven by flattened ideas and radicalized identitie...
20 Nov 202425min
The Art / Propaganda Spectrum
Is art propaganda? Is propaganda art? A free flowing conversation about a spectrum that exists between the two and how modern consumer propaganda might benefit from leaning heavier into art. This is ...
5 Nov 202422min
Narratives of the US Election
In this first episode of DoubleThink, Malcolm and Josh revisit the “vibe shift” of the US election when President Biden dropped and the world got coconut-pilled by Kamala Harris, along with prediction...
19 Okt 202432min
S1E5: Everything Is Propaganda, Even You
Social media creates an environment where propaganda becomes our default mode of expression. Because everyone is a brand. — BRINK media group is re-imagining how brands, causes and artists compete in ...
3 Jan 202419min
S1E4: You Have My Permission to Believe What I Say
Our discomfort with propaganda puts us on a quest for authenticity, but do we even know what that means anymore? — BRINK media group is re-imagining how brands, causes and artists compete in the overs...
18 Dec 202320min
