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| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRIPLE BOOM! | 28 Aug 2024 | 00:34:45 | |
BA BA BA BA BRAIN ROT! Alex and Kevin update the listeners about the Rizzler and the Costco Guys, Oasis Live 25 reunion tour, Ludacris drinking glacier water in Alaska, McDonald's Big Arch, Hot Wheels x MSCHF Not Weels, Brand x Sority rush videos, Gap Get Loose, and Angel Reese x Reese’s. | |||
| A Demure Episode | 21 Aug 2024 | 00:44:17 | |
Alex and Kevin are reunited for a solo, in-studio episode! Alex explains demure to Kevin and they catch up on some of the stuff they missed. They discuss Zuck’s sculpture of his wife, parfum de mayonnaise, Coke x Oreo, Saint West designs a bottle for Prime, Kin Picklesecco, Mario Lopez Wipes for Men, and more! | |||
| THE BRAND NEW BRAND NEW with: Armin Vit | 21 May 2024 | 01:10:39 | |
Born and raised in Mexico City, Armin Vit is a graphic designer and writer now living in Bloomington, IN. He is co-founder of UnderConsideration, a graphic design firm generating its own projects, initiatives, and content while taking on limited client work. Although he has written for most well-known design publications he is most recognized for his writing on the blogs that make up the UnderConsideration online network—particularly Brand New, the popular blog that for nearly 20 years has provided opinions on corporate and brand identity work. | |||
| What Does a Pixel Taste Like? | 13 Apr 2022 | 00:52:02 | |
Alex and Kevin talk about Pro Wrestling, the first Pixel flavored beverage, two MSCHF drops, the Baskin Robins rebrand, Cracker Jill and more! | |||
| April Cools Day! | 06 Apr 2022 | 01:02:18 | |
Alex and Kevin talk about brands being brands on April Fools day and recap some of the highlights and lowlights from the internet that day. Duo Lingo | |||
| OUR FISH IS GONNA TIP THAT SCALE | 29 Mar 2022 | 00:59:53 | |
Alex and Kevin try the Coors Chillollipop and discuss the Spicy Fish Diss, Burger King Poop Ice Cream, Pepsi's maple syrup flavored cola, Ryan Reynolds' new commercial for one password, and more. RYAN REYNOLDS - ONE PASSWORD | |||
| Through the Limewire | 23 Mar 2022 | 00:55:39 | |
Alex and Kevin discuss Mike Tyson’s Mike Bites ear-shaped cannabis edibles, Coors Chillolipops, Bored and Hungry an NFT based restaurant, Limewire is back as an NFT marketplace, MSCHF shoes, and more! | |||
| Everybody Loves ZZ with: Zipeng Zhu | 16 Mar 2022 | 01:11:23 | |
ZIPENG ZHU joins Alex and Kevin for this weeks episode! ZZ is a Chinese-born designer, art director, illustrator and animator based in New York City who owns and operates the Dazzle Studio! | |||
| Let it Rock! | 09 Mar 2022 | 00:45:53 | |
Alex and Kevin discuss the HERforSHE International Women's Day campaign by Hershey's and HP, Kraft Singles song "Square It" by Kelis, Vizzy's new Mimosa Hard Seltzer, Dollar Shave Club's Brown Noise Machine, and more! | |||
| TOP TIER PODCAST | 02 Mar 2022 | 00:54:47 | |
Alex and Kevin talk about how Alex actively watching 12 shows at this moment, Natural Light’s new Mullet-centric promotion, Coors “Almighty” Light blessed beer, Liquid Death (2021 Fronty Brand of the Year) gets ripped off, Amazon’s new logo for NFL Thursday Night Football, and more! | |||
| Boomshakalaka | 23 Feb 2022 | 01:07:50 | |
Alex and Kevin discuss Coca Cola Starlight, GLONUTS, Leinenkugel's Shandy Shorts, Heinz being 150 years late with pasta sauce, Peloton tanking, Michelob’s NBA jam cans, and more. Glonuts Heinz Pasta Sauce Peloton | |||
| Super Bowl Special | 16 Feb 2022 | 01:20:21 | |
Alex and Kevin discuss the Super Bowl. Kevin is sad and spicy. | |||
| Front and Center After Dark with: Jackie DeJesu Center | 09 Feb 2022 | 01:17:09 | |
Alex, Kevin, and Jackie DeJesu Center discuss the hottest Valentines Day drops. Lush's Sustainable Valentines Day Collection, Bronx Zoo Name a Roach, DoorDash x Shake Shack Chicken Sandwich Dating App, Build-A-Bear's After Dark Collection, Little Caesars Breadstick Bouquet, and more! <3 | |||
| FIRST ROUND | 07 May 2024 | 00:40:56 | |
The Knicks advance out of the first round and Alex will be speaking at First Round this Friday! Come hang! On this episode, Alex and Kevin talk KNICKS BASKETBALL, rap beef, the Roast of Tom Brady, Piss Stained Jeans, Picklespritz, Bettergoods, the Bigger Mac, KFC Dispensary, and more! | |||
| I'M ON ONE | 02 Feb 2022 | 00:51:09 | |
Alex and Kevin discuss Liquid Death's Super Bowl bet and their new flavors, Franks ENFT and Bonecoin, Bud Light Next, and more! | |||
| It Ain't Easy Being Green | 26 Jan 2022 | 01:13:02 | |
We talk about THE GREEN M&M and the M&M rebrand. B O L O G N A F A C E M A S K. KFC Beyond Fried Chicken taste test. | |||
| Episode so nice we recorded it twice | 19 Jan 2022 | 01:02:35 | |
Alex and Kevin discuss The Natty Light trapper hat, Logan Paul and KSI's new hydration drink, Tom Brady's new clothing line, ESPN's Post Seasoning, and more. | |||
| Is This Thing On? | 12 Jan 2022 | 00:50:20 | |
| The Fronty's | 29 Dec 2021 | 01:03:48 | |
The first annual Fronty Awards, highlighting the best of the best and the worst of the worst in the branding universe. | |||
| Leave it to Chance | 22 Dec 2021 | 00:47:19 | |
Alex and Kevin discuss Lays Vodka, Philadelphia Cream Cheese combating the cream cheese shortage, This week in NFTs, Chance the Raper x Ben and Jerry's, the BIRDS AREN'T REAL conspiracy theory, and more? | |||
| Number 1 Podcast on the Naughty List | 15 Dec 2021 | 00:57:23 | |
Alex and Kevin discuss Miller Lite’s Beernament, the Pantone color of the year, Terry's Orange Chocolate X Heinz Chocolate Orange Mayo, Truly’s double barrel can topper, Oreo x Barefoot wine, Instagram bring back chronological order, and more. | |||
| Wrapped and Slapped | 07 Dec 2021 | 01:04:33 | |
Alex tries the Illegal Chips while Kevin watches and listens. The two discuss Holiday SZN, Spotify 2021 Wrapped, Square going to Block, Cardi B becoming Playboy’s first-ever Creative Director In Residence, and more! | |||
| Papa Shaq's | 01 Dec 2021 | 01:04:04 | |
Alex and Kevin discuss Holiday SZN, the Papa Johns Rebrand, the Staples Center changing its name to Crypto.com Arena, Corona Island, and more.
Kellogg's Elf on the Shelf Cereal Ugly Christmas Sweaters Papa Johns Crypto.com Arena Corona Island | |||
| Back with Snax: with Andrea Hernández | 24 Nov 2021 | 01:06:12 | |
Alex, Kevin, and Andrea discuss the Holiday SZN, the correct pronunciation of Jacquemus, and their new CBD beverage, MSCHF's Illegal Chips, Gal Gadot's Goodles, and more. | |||
| Don’t Make it Weird with: Jordan Pories and Esteban Cardona Jiménez | 29 Apr 2024 | 01:02:23 | |
This week we welcome Jordan Pories and Esteban Cardona Jiménez to the show! Jordan and Esteban are Associate Creative Directors at Coinbase and previously spent 5+ years at Apple where they won Apple's very first Film Grand Prix at Cannes, as well as several Cannes Lions, D&AD Pencils, and AICP Awards. The two are extremely talented creatives who have grown together since pairing themselves in Apples first Orchard residency program. They are still going strong after all of these years! Listen to learn the secrets of a fruitful creative partnership, get the low down on crypto, hear Jordan's BARS, and more! | |||
| Something is Fishy | 17 Nov 2021 | 00:58:34 | |
Alex and Kevin discuss Holiday SZN, Heinz on Mars, Arby’s Fry Vodka, Grey Poupon Wine, the latest update in the Subway tuna saga, and more. KFC Finger Lickin' Chicken Mittens | |||
| Macaroni in a Pot | 10 Nov 2021 | 00:56:01 | |
Alex and Kevin discuss the Tiffany's x Supreme collab, the new Velveeta rebrand, the return of the McRib, Reses Puffs x KAWS, the teacher uploading math lessons to pornhub, and more. | |||
| Is Meta Really Betta? | 03 Nov 2021 | 00:59:57 | |
Alex and Kevin discuss their Halloweens, end of Spooky SZN and the beginning of Holiday SZN (again), Zuck going Meta, Body Armor selling to Coke, and more. Liquid Death Vegan Cannibal Restaurant The Article Alex's mom sent him MTN DEW Gingerbread Snap'd Meta another one another one | |||
| My Heart Will Go On | 27 Oct 2021 | 00:43:24 | |
Alex and Kevin discuss the final week of Spooky SZN and the start of Holiday SZN, Tropicana toothpaste, Megan Thee Stallion's Hottie sauce, Facebooks upcoming name change, and more. | |||
| Maxxxed Out | 20 Oct 2021 | 00:49:10 | |
Alex and Kevin discuss the newest Spooky SZN drops from Heinz, Dunkin, and Krispy Cream. They also talk about Megan Thee Stallion's new Popeyes collab, The Hot Pockets rebrand, and debut a new segment called Stop It. | |||
| We're Back | 13 Oct 2021 | 00:53:51 | |
Alex and Kevin discuss their recent vacations and what they missed while gone, the start of spooky szn, the SNL seltzer skit, the Pringles Rebrand, and Samsung's new sustainability campaign featuring Vanilla Ice, and more. Reduce your Ice Ice Baby | |||
| The One Finger Clap | 29 Sep 2021 | 00:55:14 | |
Alex and Kevin discuss Megan Thee Stallion's Nike partnership, TikTok's best designer Emily Zugay, Kylie Jenner's new brand Kylie Baby, Jones Soda re-launching their Turkey and Gravy soda, Grimes and Elon breaking up, Alter Ego, the Lulu Rich documentary, and more. | |||
| Quick Math | 22 Sep 2021 | 01:00:24 | |
Alex and Kevin discuss Lil Nas X's album Montero, the New Apple Keynote, the Heinz Ketchup Roller, Taco Bell's taco subscription service, Niki Manaj's cousin's friend's balls, and more. | |||
| We Live in Hell | 15 Sep 2021 | 00:47:21 | |
Alex and Kevin discuss CBS's new show The Activist, Fox's new show Alter Ego, Facebook x Ray Ban Story glasses, the decline of our current society, and more! | |||
| Donda vs. Certified Lover Boy | 09 Sep 2021 | 00:48:21 | |
Alex and Kevin discuss Donda vs. Certified Lover Boy | |||
| BALL IS LIFE | 24 Apr 2024 | 00:57:54 | |
On this Basketball heavy podcast, Alex and Kevin talk about the NEW YORK KNICKS, Nikola Jokić x Minions, Wemby's Logo, Brickin for Chicken, 6 inches for 6 bucks, the Better Bun, Schweppes, Not Beer, David Chang backs down, and more! | |||
| The R is for Resplendent: with Adam R. Garcia | 01 Sep 2021 | 01:20:00 | |
Alex, Kevin, and Adam R. Garcia discuss Tiffany's new campaign with Beyonce and Jay Z, Only Fans banning sexually explicit content then going back on that, Flaming Hot Cheetos Mountain Dew, and more. | |||
| The Church of Snaxshot: with Andrea Hernández | 25 Aug 2021 | 01:17:36 | |
Alex, Kevin, and Andrea Hernández talk about the current state of snax, the boom of D2C CPG, and much more. | |||
| NFTea Time: with Shane Griffin | 17 Aug 2021 | 01:39:24 | |
Alex, Kevin, and Shane Griffin (@grif) discuss NFTs, the Tribeca Film Festival case study, the Keymaster rebrand, Mountain Dew Seltzer, and more. | |||
| Tu Hot Tu Handle: with Rich Tu | 11 Aug 2021 | 01:25:02 | |
Alex, Kevin and Rich Tu discuss the Yelp rebrand, Bud Light Seltzer's new fall flavors, Kyrie Irving's new shoe, and so much more! | |||
| INVESTIGATE SUBWAY'S TUNA | 04 Aug 2021 | 00:55:01 | |
Alex and Kevin discuss the current state of content, the Campbell’s Soup rebrand, Safely home products, Joe’s Exotics, Joe Exotic’s new Delta 8 THC brand, Subway’s Tuna, and the Eat Fresh Refresh. | |||
| Peter's Heater | 28 Jul 2021 | 01:05:07 | |
Alex, Kevin, and 1st time guest host Pete Freeman discuss Jeff Bezos going to the moon, the Miller Knoll union, the Seat Geek Rebrand, the Clubhouse rebrand, and the Cleveland Guardians. | |||
| An Instant Hit | 21 Jul 2021 | 00:52:18 | |
Alex and Kevin discuss the Better Bagel aftermath, The Huggies Rebrand, Naomi Osaka's New Logo, Van Leeuwen x Kraft, the new Emojis, MSCHF's Dead Startup Toys, and Lil Nas X. | |||
| Big Drink Energy | 14 Jul 2021 | 01:03:54 | |
Alex and Kevin taste the Better Bagel and discuss Nathans Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest, Pete Davidson as the new face of Vitamin Water, ZUCK, The NBA Finals logo, and Heinz's new campaign. | |||
| Deezy Season | 07 Jul 2021 | 01:05:24 | |
Alex and Kevin discuss Kanye vs. Walmart, Monster Energy vs. Toronto Raptors, Pabst Blue Ribbon 1776 Pack, The Many Saints of Newark, and a bad White House tweet. | |||
| Death, Taxes, and The Smell of Subway | 30 Jun 2021 | 00:46:13 | |
Alex and Kevin discuss the Colt 45 rebrand, Coors Orange Cream Pop Seltzer, Subway's Tuna, and The Better Bagel. | |||
| THE MOON WINS | 10 Apr 2024 | 01:00:34 | |
THIS WEEK WE ARE ECLIPSE MAXXING you know the brands were doing stuff! David Chang’s Chili Crunch drama, Matheson Food Company, The Oat Milkers, and more! | |||
| Together but Apart | 23 Jun 2021 | 00:48:05 | |
Alex and Kevin remotely discuss the Coolhaus rebrand, MSCHF's At All Costs, and Burger King's Ch'King chicken sandwich. | |||
| Difficulty with the Technicals | 16 Jun 2021 | 00:43:26 | |
Alex and Kevin discuss the new YZY x gap jacket, Chris Angel's new restaurant, and Gen Z Water, and more. | |||
| It's a Thin Line Between Meme and Marketing | 09 Jun 2021 | 00:56:58 | |
Alex and Kevin talk about the new Sweetgreen rebrand, Carl's Jr. on Only Fans, Duncan Donuts x Backdrop, and New Balance x Miller Lite aka the Shoozie. | |||