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Dec 13, 2007 DSC-487-2006-10-30

#487 Daily Source Code for Monday October 30th 2006

From Curry Cottage, Guildford, UK

What better way to start the week than with new music from Matthew Ebel and Cake or Death?
Enjoy this 309 minutes of your life you'l never get back :)

Relevant Links:
Earthlink AdChallenge
Buy a domain name from GoDaddy and use code DSC3 for a great discount!
Splenda - +1-206-600-4415, what's your flava?

Music in this episode:
Cake or Death - Whiplash
Matthew Ebel - Every Colour

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Episode Comments

AlexM

11/01/2006 12:43 am

I actually think it's healthy and brings kudos to an advertiser if they allow discussion. Besides which, Splenda doesn't seem to have anything to worry about being approved by the FDA, being used in a number of products and with usage determined by individual choice.

The last part is very important as people seem to forget in their rush to bring lawsuits (as with smoking and burgers) that no-one's forcing them to use a product.

Advertising works but it's not bloody hypnotism!
[ebarrera]

10/31/2006 06:00 pm

yes... the fact I went off the closet as a bi (Mac&Win) doesn't mean that you can use my comment to fill up your show.
Just kidding!
Adam

10/31/2006 11:21 am

This topic was expected and will most definitely be discussed on DSC, can't speak for other shows, but for me it was a condition for the promotion.
mspoke

10/31/2006 03:17 am

Alexm - you make a good point, a Google search on Splenda brings up some interesting reading material. As you say we can't get the flavoured version here in UK so doesn't really make much difference to us. I'm guessing Podshow shows will not discuss what both you, I and many others have read, as Splenda are one of their advertisers. It's not contraversial for Podshow not to talk about (although no doubt somebody will claim it is), it just makes business sense for them not to piss off their advertising partners.
AlexM

10/30/2006 03:58 pm

Sorry to blow the party but I'm curious to know how you'd tackle a situation where a listener might have an adverse view of a sponsor's product?

Splenda could be a case in point (http://www.truthaboutsplenda.com/index.html) although it's obviously not an impartial site.

I have no personal criticism on this since we can't get the Splenda range of flavours (sorry, flavors!) in the UK and am quite happy with sugar but would you (a) happily discuss or (b) suppress?
cuervo

10/30/2006 03:17 pm

http://www.tvunetworks.com/
tokeamada

10/30/2006 11:16 am

hey adam how about an actual link to tvyou
please

thanks Tokeamada
mspoke

10/30/2006 09:47 am

Adam - no, no you haven't missed Bonfire night - it's November 5th, but a bit like Xmas, people have decided to turn it into a 3 week operation.

Office in Shoreditch - are you Nathan Barley in disguise?!?!?
Comic Strip Blogger

10/30/2006 07:49 am

Christina goes to university? no kidding! What area? Cloathing in Topshop ? ;-)

Generally you recorded this podcast a bit in a too big hurry, Adam. Try to relax and record this podcast in a way that it would be soothing for people and not just "hush hush, very busy, can't talk, UK biz of pod busy, bye bye, snort snort"...

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