AdMission

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AdMission episodes

September 15, 2025 Bumble, Apple & John Lewis
Russ & Freddie dissect Bumble's new campaign, explain why a new John Lewis ad hits the spot and decide Apple's new product launch is lackluster.
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50 min
September 09, 2025 Nike's new spot, smutty micro-dramas & beta blockers
Russ & Freddie discuss workplace productivity, viral micro-dramas & Nike’s new campaign talking to the 'hesitant generation'.

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53 min
September 01, 2025 'This is the funniest ad of the last 35 years'
Russ and Freddie introduce their favourite charts of the week, look at the ‘unbelievably funny’ new Cadbury ad, a campaign tackling micro-plastics, productivity theatre and answer some listener questions.
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58 min
August 26, 2025 The crypto commercial everyone should see
Russ & Freddie talk about Irn-Bru & the greatest nonsense taglines, the Coinbase ad banned from UK TV and the Cracker Barrel re-brand outrage.
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43 min
August 18, 2025 AI is Autocorrect AND Timothee Chalamet, pretentious or not? Hot or Not?
Russ & Freddie discuss a new venture for Timothee Chalamet, how an industry based off communication is horrible at it and the use and misuse of AI tools.

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47 min
August 11, 2025 ‘More creative is more effective’; With Telstra's CMO Brent Smart
Russ & Freddie chat to Brent Smart, CMO at Telstra, one of the most important creative leaders in marketing today.

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1 hr 2 min
August 04, 2025 That Sydney Sweeney ad
Russ & Freddie discuss the American Eagle ft. Sydney Sweeney campaign, why Gen Z is not actually the sober generation & the 'deeply concerning' thing about biometric surveillance in the UK.

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36 min
July 28, 2025 Qantas & the ultimate brand betrayal; With Joe Aston
Russ & Freddie chat to Joe Aston, founder of Rampart news & author of 'The Chairman's Lounge; The inside story of how Qantas sold us out'.

We talk about what happens to a brand when you betray people’s trust.

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1 hr 7 min
July 22, 2025 Oasis, Adidas & CommBank's new campaign
Russ & Freddie discuss the Oasis x Adidas collaboration, ConmBank's new 'Doubt Never Did' campaign & Russ gets a few things off his chest.
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47 min
June 30, 2025 'The most beautiful ad I've seen in years'; Wes Anderson & Montblanc reunite
We discuss how Zohran Mamdani used social media to fuel his upset win, Montblanc & Wes Anderson reunite with a 'beautiful' new spot and Freddie has a pitch to fix inflated Western wedding costs.

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52 min

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Every week, advertising gurus Russel Howcroft and Freddie Young offer a glimpse behind the curtain of the world’s most talked about marketing campaigns, brands, ideas, advertising news and industry…