A Podcast with Receipts
Every slogan has an origin story and every jingle has a motive. Lies We Bought pulls apart the marketing myths and cultural conditioning behind what we eat, wear, buy, and believe, asking who actually benefited from all of it.
Hosted by marketer-turned-investigator Emily Rask, this is the show for everyone who grew up trusting the ads and is ready to finally read the fine print.
episode thirty-six:
As Seen on TV“But wait, there’s more” got its start with a blender salesman’s 1949 TV demo, and somehow that one broadcast grew into a “Japanese” knife with a very unexpected hometown and an infomercial empire that still sells you things you didn’t know you needed.
Watch on YouTube to the very end for Patreon shoutouts and some extra behind-the-scenes chaos.
