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During episode 369, BL and David discuss a social justice t-shirt campaign; LinkedIn’s streaming social audio feature; The Gap’s $500 NFT hoodie; a superb real estate influencer example; Apple AirTag’s stalking abilities; FTC Investigates Facebook Meta for anti-competitive behavior; Google and Facebook under fire for cookie policies; North Korea hacks crypto to fund WMDs; and much, much more.

During episode 368, BL and David discuss the top ten best marketing stories they covered in 2021 as well as the top ten worst marketing stories. Those stories included Alien Oreos, a handgun unboxing PSA, 2020 hooks up with Satan in Match.com Commercials, Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs Launch, Weinermobile Lyft Rides, New York Times’ interactive historical reporting of the Tulsa Race Masacre, Snapchat Millionaires, Sleep Number’s advertorial TV commercials, Nerf Hires Fan As Chief Tik Tok Otticer, an Italian Mafia Fugitive Cooked By YouTube, Facebook’s January 6 Fail, a working gun disguised as a Lego toy, LinkedIn Knocks TikTok, the Milk Crate Challenge, Facebook renames, Twitter disses Alan Page, Mars Bar’s pesterbot, Nike’s Satan Shoes, Fired By Bot At Amazon, and Dancing Middle Aged Guys.

During episode 367, BL and David discuss Twitter’s new bot certification program; Prime Video’s awesome anamorphic billboards for the Wheel Of Time premier; the launch of The Atlantic’s new newsletters; Nicole Wallace conducts a master class on how to interview a politician with follow-up questions for Chris Christie; Apple allows self-repair of their devices; the World Wildlife Foundation’s brilliant climate change advocacy video; Spotify to allow video podcasts; TikTok’s mediocre safety center; Big Oil’s decades-long disinformation campaign; a media bias chart misses the mark; and much, much more.

During episode 366, BL and David discuss Iceland’s hilarious tourism video mocking Mark Zuckerberg’s launch of Meta; the Twitter Blue rollout; TikTok’s Creative Exchange; Is traditional SEO enough for voice?; email engagements that boost inbox visibility; content marketing tactics for recruiting talent; Arby’s french fried vodka; Apple’s secret advertising arbitrage; Instagram poaching TikTokers; the wild west of disinformation on podcasts; the state of email marketing; and much, much more.