All Episodes

26. Artificial intelligence is STILL as clear as mud!

25. Artificial intelligence is clear as mud!

The Internet's 'Sliding Doors' moment

23. The metaverse: A bright future, or clear as mud?

21. The enduring power of storytelling

20. Movie stars, ad tech, algorithms and politicians all behaving badly

19. Donald Trump and the inexplicable power of demagoguery

18. Amateur sportspeople take it all off, corporate life imitates art, and feeling sorry for Mark Zuckerberg and weather forecasters

17. TikTok envy, nation brands at war, random not-so-kind acts and partying PMs

16. Who's to blame when the public rejects the facts?

15. Crikey! It's Murdoch vs Streisand, news for the un-newsed, Go Ask Beatrice and going viral on LinkedIn

14. 'Psychological antibodies' and clear as mud messages on COVID vaccinations

That '70s episode: Elvis, Watergate, ice cream metaphors and nyet to Macca's

12. Don't want a personal brand? Too bad, it's the 21st century

11. The slow death of journalism, virtual singers, shrinking chocolate and former politicians' shrinking brains

Episode 10 - Pre-loved clothing, energy-efficient TV ads and the most annoying thing about reality TV

Episode 9 - Virtual influencers, murder and the mystery of the missing bite

Episode 8 - How to fight newspeak, gambling's election gateway drug, karaoke for profit and Trivago's muddy algorithms

Episode 7 - Is 'badvertising' a tautology, Trump and newspeak, tasteless burger and beauty ads and Musk invents Twitter

Episode 6 - Election special: Politicians being clear as mud on the campaign trail

Episode 5 - Celebrities and influencers behaving badly, beet as beef, connected commerce cock-up and a Super Bowl steal

Episode 4 - The writer, his lover and the returned Pulitzer

Episode 3 - Why reality shows conquered TV, how foreign cars conquered the US market, and how hamburgers helped Russian women conquer the World Cup

Episode 2 - How we learned to love influencers, laughing at death and advertising saves democracy

Episode 1 - Putin, Big Brother, deepfakes and (shock horror) lying politicians