Possibly our dumbest episode yet.
Joe and Robert go deep into the dumbery to try to make sense of an incredibly weird (and dumb) week.
TikTok is for sale. No it's not. Maybe it is. Will we know this week?
Elon Musk merges his two companies into one, creating the dumbest valuation in the history of corporate mergers.
And META's AI steals a bunch of copyrighted books. Heck, they've probably already stolen this podcast.
Marketing losers include vibe marketing and Hooters.
Raves and commentary include Gartner and Chris Ross and how the tariffs will affect marketing spending.
This week's links:
Ghibli Effect Takes Over ChatGPT
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