Today on the 5: Despite the justified doubt in the initial announcements about Microsoft and Qualcomm's new line of ARM laptops, it appears the new machines are actually pretty good! If nothing else, that's great news for anyone who values having options.By Joe Esposito

Today on the 5: I am currently almost through another rewatch of one of the greatest shows that ever graced the television landscape, MTV's Liquid Television. While this series deserves a much better quality release than it officially has, at least there are ways for people to enjoy this series either online or via bootleg collections.…

Today on the 5: The CTO of OpenAI recently made some comments on the necessity of some creative jobs that got a lot of people upset. While I remain fairly neutral on AI as a tool, statements like these reinforce the reality that it is the people who control these tools that are the real threat to creative individuals.…

Today on the 5: I've been hearing good things about I Saw The TV Glow for a while now, so when it became avaialble to rent on VOD i jumped on it. As I've come to expect from anything attached to A24, I found it to be a powerful and well made film that's stuck with me since I finished it.By Joe Esposito

Timestamps 00:00 - Start 09:44 - Ad of the week 12:20 - Name that brand 16:55 - Break from the commercials 20:34 - MerchBy Jon Evans, Orlando Wood

This week we're talking about Middle English, Agenda 21, Watchmen animated, and Delta Space Mission. Show music by HeartBeatHero and OGRE. Support the show! Get up to 2 months free podcasting service with our Libsyn code OZONEBy Joe Esposito & Orlando Bru

Today on the 5: Adobe recently got an earful from creatives after a badly updated terms of service appeared to allow the company access to anything created on their products. While that update may have been the result of lawyer language bypassing basic public relations review, it does highlight a larger issue with Adobe.…

Today on the 5: There are reports floating around that Apple is reassessing their plans on the Vision Pro headset. While the obvious reasoning would be the relatively lukewarm reception of the device, I wonder if Apple isn't taking advantage of the AI hype mania to deaden the impact of revising what seems to be their only exciting idea.…

Today on the 5: Lando pointed out that the Criterion Channel has added a new collection called "Synth Soundtracks". I decided to find something in that list I hadn't seen already, and I ended up watching a wonderful Romanian animated film tiled Delta Space Mission.By Joe Esposito

In this episode Orlando talks about the launch of his new course, Advertising Principles Explained, and Jon shares his upcoming Cannes Lions talk "The Cost of Dull". Jon also recounts more stories from his time at Mateus Rose and meets his idol in the phone a friend segment.By Jon Evans, Orlando Wood

Today on the 5: I came across this news story about a human generated image winning a photography award in an AI category late last week. I was a bit confused by the point of the stunt, so I read a few different articles about it as well as the logic behind it presented by the photographer. I'm still confused.…

This week we're talking about Alien: Romulus, The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare, genealogy, and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. Show music by HeartBeatHero and OGRE. Support the show! Get up to 2 months free podcasting service with our Libsyn code OZONEBy Joe Esposito & Orlando Bru

Today on the 5: Jabra's parent company has announced that they are getting our of the consumer earbuds and headset business. While their reasons certainly make sense, I have to admit I'll miss one of the more reliable product lines I've ever used.By Joe Esposito

Today on the 5: Apple kicked off the annual WWDC event with a keynote unveiling Apple Intelligence. This AI integration effort was seen by many as a competitive necessity, so it wasn't much of a bombshell. What did surprise me was how little Apple seemed to care about it.By Joe Esposito

Today on the 5: The most recent Monsterverse film Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire recently hit digital release, but I somehow missed it up until this weekend. I jumped on it as soon as I realized I could, and it ended up being exactly what I wanted out of an American Godzilla movie.By Joe Esposito

Today on the 5: You may have seen some news items about a possible mass exodus by creatives from Instagram to the relatively new Cara platform. Whether that number is real or not, I'm not sure these kind of moves actually accomplish anything in the end.By Joe Esposito

Orlando Wood and Jon Evans are back discussing the most important news in advertising this week. From the best ads for the upcoming Euro 2024 tournament to Rory Sutherland suggesting podcasting might be more effective than performance marketing... Timestamps 00:00 - Start 00:28 - Grand fromage clarification 02:05 - The news 07:20 - Ad of the week -…

This week we're talking about Cara.app, Glaze, Agent Cormac, The Evitable Conflict, BIRDKING, and Oblivion 2: Backlash, and Synth Soundtracks. Show music by HeartBeatHero and OGRE. Support the show! Get up to 2 months free podcasting service with our Libsyn code OZONEBy Joe Esposito & Orlando Bru

Today on the 5: Only a day after I talked about Zoom's plan for virtual meeting attendees, Vox posted an article talking about an artist named FKA Twigs working on her own deepfake avatar. Those two things got me thinking about what type of world it will be when everyone just uses artifical versions of themselves for every interaction.…

1200Today on the 5: Spotify CEO Daniel Ek recently made some statements that angered a lot of musicians. While nothing that was sauid really surprises me coming fronm a company that is not exactly beloved by the creative community, it does highlight another aspect of creativity that is misunderstood.…

Today on the 5: The CEO of Zoom thinks in the next few years we'll all be able to skip meetings by sending a "personal LLM" to attend for us. While I'm certainly pleased a major CEO is tacitly acknowledging how pointless most meetings are, I'm not sure he's thought this concept all the way through.By Joe Esposito

Today on the 5: I came across a movie that looked like something from a slice of time that no longer exists. The video is called Oblivion 2 Backlash, and it's an adorably fun example of what you'd see in the early morning hours during the early days of the Sci-Fi channel.By Joe Esposito

This week we're talking about How Digital Technology Shapes Us, Ranks Of Bronze, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Mars Express, and Love Lies Bleeding. Show music by HeartBeatHero and OGRE. Support the show! Get up to 2 months free podcasting service with our Libsyn code OZONEBy Joe Esposito & Orlando Bru

Today on the 5: Between terrible internally created ads and wonderful externally crafted creations, I've had a real desire to see the old Apple come back in some way. Remember when their products had color and took chances? They've got the hardware design pretty much locked in, so why not start letting loose in the design department?…

The reviews are in for the first episode of Never Mind the Adverts, including "two more grizzled old ad men" and "the ClassicFM of podcasts" on the way to knocking Uncensored CMO down the charts. In this episode, we talk about the new Ehrenberg-Bass report on attention in advertising, what a cookie-less world could look like and how Cheetos made su…

Today on the 5: Microsoft recently held a Surface and Windows event where they made a bunch of hardware and software accnoiuncments. One of the most highly discussed news items from that event is Recall, a sort of system wide overseer that constantly captures virtually everything you do on your computer. A lot of people are losing their minds over …

Today on the 5: I've been waiting for Love Lies Bleeding to hit VOD and it finally did, so I watched it over the weekend. I had seen comparisons of the film to Bound, which makes a lot of sense but shouldn't be read as meaning it's anything other than a unique and fantastic film.By Joe Esposito