Stay ConnectedUnder the Influence gives listeners a rare backstage pass into the hallways, boardrooms and recording studios of the ad industry.Join host and adman Terry O’Reilly for fascinating (and humorous) stories that connect the dots between pop culture, marketing and human nature.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Copyright: © Apostrophe Podcast Network
This week, I ask my advertising colleagues for their most outrageous ad stories. The advertising business is a big money, high stress industry. And so much can go sideways. Sometimes film shoots go horribly wrong, sometimes clients make the most ridiculous demands, sometimes celebrities refuse to say their lines and sometimes even a James Bond campaign can go up in flames.
We know you want to listen to all the ads in this show. On the off-chance you don’t, subscribe ad-free here.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week on Under The Influence, we tell the surprising origin stories of some famous products and brands. Because sometimes, backstories have backstories.
We’ll tell a surprising tale about Coca Cola and the Civil War. We’ll delve into the bootlegger background of NASCAR.
And we’ll tell the story of how the Lamborghini supercar began with a tractor… and an insult.
We know you want to listen to all the ads in this show. On the off-chance you don’t, subscribe ad-free here.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, we look at cities and towns that are actually named after companies. We’ll talk about one town named after a shoe company, one named for a chocolate bar and another town that’s even named after a dish soap.
We know you want to listen to all the ads in this show. On the off-chance you don’t, subscribe ad-free here.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
To celebrate Canada Reads on CBC this week, here is the first chapter of Terry's latest book, "My Best Mistake". Enjoy!
We know you want to listen to all the ads in this show. On the off-chance you don’t, subscribe ad-free here.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, we look at the most outrageous Hollywood Publicity Stunts. The crazier the stunt, the better. From sneaking a full-grown lion into a hotel room, to convincing women to throw panties at Tom Jones to spending $8 million dollars on a single stunt for a movie - wild publicity stunts were catnip to the press.
We know you want to listen to all the ads in this show. On the off-chance you don’t, subscribe ad-free here.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, it’s Part Two of our “Don’t Do It Advertising” episode. Last week we looked at ads that asked you NOT to do something. This week, it’s ads that ask you NOT to do something, but really want you to DO something. It’s reverse-psychology at work.
We know you want to listen to all the ads in this show. On the off-chance you don’t, subscribe ad-free here.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, we look at a category of advertising that doesn’t try to sell you something. As a matter of fact, tries to get you to STOP doing something.
Like littering. And smoking. And drinking & driving.
And spilling secrets.
We know you want to listen to all the ads in this show. On the off-chance you don’t, subscribe ad-free here.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, we look at the reasons why successful companies suddenly change their names. Sometimes those name changes are for legal reasons, sometimes it’s because the old name has too much negative baggage, sometimes it’s to boost a stock price and sometimes a name changes because of a tornado.
We know you want to listen to all the ads in this show. On the off-chance you don’t, subscribe ad-free here.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, we look at powerful hospital marketing. Hospitals need marketing to generate much-needed donations. We’ll look at how one hospital uses celebrities, how another uses riveting patient stories and how one hospital threw away the rulebook and created advertising that looks like Nike commercials.
We know you want to listen to all the ads in this show. On the off-chance you don’t, subscribe ad-free here.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this episode, we dive into the Super Bowl. The broadcast not only attracts the biggest viewing audience of the year, it is one of the biggest marketing machines. It affects beer companies and supermarkets and even record sales of the halftime performers. And we’ll also revisit some of the most outrageous Super Bowl moments.
We know you want to listen to all the ads in this show. On the off-chance you don’t, subscribe ad-free here.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Our TOPPODCAST Picks 
