Overly Friendly Emails and other marketing pet peeves
Mar 31, 2025•9 min
Episode description
Brands trying to be your best bud. Generational labels. Gendered double standards.
Today on the show: three advertising experts bring their three pet peeves in advertisements.
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Today on the show: three advertising experts bring their three pet peeves in advertisements.
Related episodes:
How to make an ad memorable (Apple / Spotify)
J. Screwed
The Gender Gap Series: The Problem With The Pink Tax
For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.
Fact-checking by Sierra Juarez. Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter.
Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices
NPR Privacy Policy
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