Synopsis
Simplifying the Marketing World for Humans. Speaking Human is hosted by Patrick Jebber and Shad Connelly from MONSTERS Unlimited, a Creative Agency with a Business Brain. Learn more at speakinghuman.com
Episodes
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#197: Work from Work Forever?
05/09/2025 Duration: 31minWe clock in to explore the great office exodus reversal, where companies are trading Zoom backgrounds for actual backgrounds and Gen Z is surprisingly leading the charge back to cubicle life.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 #SmallBiz #Brands #Ads #simplify #popculture #art #Brands #logos #minorleague #baseball #family
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#196: Minor League Heavy Hitters
09/08/2025 Duration: 31minWe take a road trip through the wild world of minor league baseball branding—uncovering team names and logos that knock it out of the park.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 #SmallBiz #Brands #Ads #simplify #popculture #art #Brands #logos #minorleague #baseball #family
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#195: Return of the (HBO) Max
13/07/2025 Duration: 26minWe cue the dramatic music and rewind the tape as Warner Bros brings HBO back into the Max mix. Was the name change a bold move—or a branding blunder?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 #SmallBiz #Brands #Ads #simplify #popculture #art #Brands #Taglines #hbo #hbomax #max #streaming
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#194: Reddit Roulette
03/06/2025 Duration: 24minWe spin the wheel of internet randomness to dissect the role of Reddit today and share wildcard Reddit threads to get you lost in the rabbit hole.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 #SmallBiz #Brands #Ads #simplify #popculture #art #Brands #Taglines #reddit #rickroll #bestreddit #Forum
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#193: OK Still Going
21/04/2025 Duration: 21minWe dance over treadmills and hop across phone screens to discuss two decades of mind-blowing music videos from the creative maniacs of OK Go.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 #SmallBiz #Brands #Ads #simplify #popculture #art #Brands #Taglines #OKGO #Movies #Trivia #Band
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#192: Tagline Throwdown
19/03/2025 Duration: 37minWe think different by testing our tagline knowledge in a death match to see who can just do it to prove they're not just finger lickin’ good, they’re grrreat!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 #SmallBiz #Brands #Ads #simplify #popculture #art #Brands #Taglines #Slogans #Movies #Trivia
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#191: Hellman’s Hoodwinks Harry
11/02/2025 Duration: 26minWe slather our sentiments on Hellman’s “When Harry Met Sally” reunion and sink our teeth into other overlooked content ripe for the commercial requel treatment.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 #SmallBiz #Brands #Ads #simplify #popculture #art #Brands #Mayo #HarryMetSally #Movies #Hellmanns
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#190: Rise of the Malls
23/01/2025 Duration: 26minWe stroll through the ascension, decline, and revival of the shopping mall to see if these once-mighty retail giants can regain their former glory.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 #SmallBiz #Brands #Ads #simplify #popculture #art #Brands #Malls #ShoppingCenters #History #shopping
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#189: The Banana Effect
17/01/2025 Duration: 22minWe peel open the $6 million banana to explore how brands have leveraged this provocative piece of art for their own content creation.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 #conceptual #Brands #Ads #simplify #popculture #art #Brands #CocaCola #banana #Comedian #MaurizioCattelan
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New Coke vs. Crystal Pepsi
08/12/2024 Duration: 29minWe 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
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#187: Brands in Space
25/11/2024 Duration: 23minWe venture into deep space to explore how today’s brands are bringing their products, services, and marketing into the cosmos.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 #SPACE #Brands #Ads #simplify #popculture #Samsonite #Brands #UnderArmour #Columbia
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#186: Feel the Vibrations
08/11/2024 Duration: 26minWe sense the power of Mastercard’s new haptic logo and explore how other brands can engage touch, smell, and taste to create more immersive experiences.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 #Vibrations #Brands #Ads #simplify #popculture #HapticLogo #Brands #Senses
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#185: Linguistic Lurkers and Outliers
05/10/2024 Duration: 24minWe promulgate and elucidate ten arcane, recondite, and enigmatic lexemes we believe warrant greater attention in the marketing realm.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 #Bizarre #Brands #Ads #simplify #popculture #WordOfTheDay #Brands #Words #Definitions
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#184: Bizarre Brand Collabs
24/09/2024 Duration: 27minWe bring together the most unusual, unexpected, and unnatural brand bedfellows of the 2020s. Slap some caviar on your Pringles because worlds are about to collide!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 #Bizarre #Brands #Ads #simplify #popculture #Collaborations #Brands #Collabs
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#183: Commercial Court
06/09/2024 Duration: 27minWe convene in the courtroom to adjudicate the cases of two recent commercials from big tech brands that stirred up controversy and got yanked from the airwaves.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 #Google #Brands #Ads #simplify #popculture #Gemini #Apple #Underdogs #Thailand #Controversial
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#182: Oatly’s Outrage
09/08/2024 Duration: 19minWe fight back against the powers of “big podcasting” by pouring out our thoughts about Oatly’s guerrilla marketing maneuver to protest the misleading mind control of big dairy.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 #BigDairy #Brands #Ads #simplify #popculture #Oatly #Milk #Dairy
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#181: Toasting 60 Years of Pop-Tarts
12/07/2024 Duration: 23minWe salute six decades of America’s preeminent toaster pastry by serving up some notable pieces of Pop-Tarts marketing and ranking the most iconic Pop-Tarts flavors. 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 #PopTarts #Brands #Ads #simplify #popculture #Kellanova #Strawberry #Kelloggs
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#180: Renner Runs for Brooks
07/06/2024 Duration: 23minWe unlace ideas about the new Brooks “Let’s Run There” campaign featuring Jeremy Renner and jog through our rankings of the buzziest running shoe brands of the current moment. 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 #Brooks #Brands #Ads #simplify #popculture #JeremyRenner #Running #RunningShoes
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#179: Has Prime's Day Come and Gone?
03/05/2024 Duration: 27minWe poke the potential bursting bubble of Logan Paul’s Prime drink brand to see if it pops and share a couple other products that consumers guzzled down in mass quantities then tossed aside.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 #Prime #Brands #Ads #simplify #popculture #LoganPaul #Snapple #PrimeEnergy #PrimeHydration
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#178: People Who Hate Mayonnaise Love This Episode
18/04/2024 Duration: 26minWe discourage everyone from listening to this episode and hearing our thoughts on the new ad for NotMayo. Just rip out your earbuds now, because you do not want to know what we have to say.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 #Mayonnaise #Brands #Ads #simplify #popculture #MayoHaters #Dove #RealBeauty #Reactance