We're back today after a one-week hiatus.
Ben Nadaff-Hafrey is also back, this time as our Scramble SuperGuest.
We start today with a conversation about the embrace of U2 by Apple, and end with a chat about embraces in general.
So, leading off earlier this month, Apple had one of its special events. When people stop what they're doing to watch a big company roll out a new product, in this case the iPhone 6, Don Draper would be drooling in envy, right?
I mean, why buy advertising when you can get people to watch an enormous live commercial. Part of the rollout was the dropping of a new U2 album which dropped into everybody's iTunes accounts whether they asked for it or not.
We also talk about the original "War of the Worlds" broadcast, which crystallized the perception of radio as a tool for mental manipulation. People were more easily duped than social scientists and radio broadcasters believed citizens of a strong nation would be, resulting in a mass panic propagated by Orson Welles's dramatic warning of alien invasion.
Next, we talk about money in Connecticut, in particular, the upcoming gubernatorial campaign that's raking in a lot of money despite Connecticut's almost ten-year-old campaign finance law that serves as a model for the country.
Last, Henry Alford joins us to talk about the invasion of bro hugs.
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GUESTS:
- Ben Nadaff-Hafrey is the music editor for Mic. (used to be PolicyMic) and freelance writer on media and technology. He’s also a folk rock musician in the band Stonewall
- Cheri Quickmireis Executive Director of Common Cause Connecticut
- Henry Alford is a humorist and journalist and the author of several books including a book about manners,Would It Kill You To Stop Doing That? and a book about the wisdom of people over 70, How To Live: A Search for Wisdom from Old People (While They Are Still on This Earth). He also writes for the New York Times and Vanity Fair
