I'd been threatening this to myself for years, but today I pressed record and the result is episode #1 of 'The Advertising Hour'.

I'm mostly here to explore my own thoughts and it's a bonus if you find any light in the thoughts that I share. Part therapy, part meditation, part study. That's why I'm here.

I'm hoping to learn a little more about myself, my contemporaries and my obsessions through the study and discussion of all things advertising. 

Today I get into:

• The success of Travis Scott's 'Astronimical' collaboration with Fornite
• Why I'm enjoying more silence
• How I got into Murder House Flip
• Why hip-hop remains a pioneer for all things creative
• Joe Rogan's deal with Spotify
• Quarantine beats
• Building up my quads from my desk
• Why people need to stop seeing data as the enemy

...and much more.

Here are the links to items I talk about on today's show:

• Travis Scott's 'Astronimical' Fornite Event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYeFAlVC8qU
• Quibi: https://quibi.com/
• Lost & Founder by rand Fishkin: https://amzn.to/3gZCSi0
• Habits for Better Vision by Aileen Yi Fan: https://amzn.to/3cDX6Kz
• Why I'm No Longer Talking To White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge: https://amzn.to/2Ug9quh
• The Worst Book in the Entire World by Joe Acker: https://amzn.to/3h1Mclt
• Mafia from Audioboom: https://audioboom.com/channel/mafia
• DeskCycle: https://amzn.to/2UhuzUW
• Will Smith's chill beats to quarantine to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA56B4JyTgI&t=1s
• Chillhop YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/Chillhopdotcom
• Rogan to Spotify: https://newsroom.spotify.com/2020-05-19/the-joe-rogan-experience-launches-exclusive-partnership-with-spotify/
• Comedy Store Benefit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNdf3QOb3_E

On the podcast I couldn't remember exactly what Reni Eddo-Lodge had requested in addition to buying her book. She's asking that people match their purchase with a donation to the Minnesota Freedom Fund: https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/ (or if you borrow the book, donate the price of a purchase to the fund).

Though up until this point I always thought of myself as an ally of Black people, I have had the embarrassing realisation that I haven't been doing enough to support the Black community.

Just being white gives me (and you, if you're white and reading this!) a platform and I need to use mine.