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Gruen

7/10
Release Date 2024-07-10
Runtime 60 minutes
Genres Talk, Comedy
Stars Wil Anderson, Russel Howcroft, Todd Sampson
Directors

Join host Wil Anderson, stalwarts Todd Sampson and Russel Howcroft and other advertising industry experts to unpick the ways we're all bought and sold.

1. Episode 1

2018-05-02

How are the big banks selling themselves during the royal commission? Will Coke No Sugar reverse sliding soft drink sales? Ads that murder our favourite songs, and a Pitch to make Australia the USA's 51st State.

2. Episode 2

2018-05-09

Wil Anderson, Russel Howcroft and Todd Sampson analyse Facebook's new ad campaign, a company in crisis and the evolution of Brand Zuckerberg. Plus selling Australia to the USA and a pitch to shut down the internet.

3. Episode 3

2018-05-16

Gruen looks at the changing face of pharmacies - how the humble chemist became a $16 billion industry? Why are so many celebrities flogging fragrances? A Pitch to boycott the Royal Wedding; David Warner's redemption tour.

4. Episode 4

2018-05-23

The race to trace your saliva - the booming business of DNA testing. Selling gossip magazines in the aftermath of the Royal Wedding and Rebel Wilson. Plus, a Pitch for a compulsory parental payback scheme.

5. Episode 5

2018-05-30

This week on Gruen, we pull back the covers on mattresses and find out how sleep is being sold and disrupted. A confronting animal rights campaign. Plus a Pitch to reposition the art of cheating.

6. Episode 6

2018-06-06

How do you sell something a quarter of a million Australians have ditched in the past year: health insurance. An IKEA ad that's almost as baffling as its store layouts and a Pitch to save the humble bee. Joining Wil, Todd and Russel are Dee Madigan and Lauren Fried.

7. Episode 7

2018-06-13

How the big hair loss brands target male insecurities. Amazon Australia, eBay and the online shopping wars. Plus a Pitch to pay teachers as much as politicians. Joining Wil, Todd & Russel are Camey O'Keefe and Emily Taylor.

8. Episode 8

2018-06-20

Eating in and the new way to take-out, we dish up on how Uber Eats, Deliveroo, Menulog and Foodora are changing food delivery; Raising awareness for a cancer no one talks about; a Pitch to take the World Cup across the ditch.

9. Episode 9

2018-06-27

How confectionery is marketing itself without any TV ads; the flood of End of Financial Year Sales - do they work or do consumers have discount fatigue? Plus a Pitch to convince Millennials to move where the grass is greener.

10. Episode 10

2018-07-04

On the final Gruen for 2018, the supermarket bag ban - was it a big PR win or a spectacular fail? Unpacking ASMR - an online trend with big brands riding on its coattails. Plus a Pitch to persuade us to abandon banks forever.

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