Media Montage Podcast 115: This is a Public Service Announcement

Knowing is half the battle, your brain on drugs and we learned it from watching you Dad! This week Larry and Bruce visit the strange world of Public Service Announcements.  

Are they Education or Propaganda? Maybe a bit of both?  We discuss some classics PSA's, PSA's and children's programming, and the shocking world of Canadian Safety Education in Episode 115 of the Media Montage Podcast!

The Stairway to Heaven of PSA's

...and the Blitzkrieg Bop:

Canadian Safety PSAs

Canadian Domestic Violence Spots (Course/NSFW Language):

Don't Drive High/Colorado Pot PSA

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Media Montage Podcast 8: Predictive Programming

This week Larry and Bruce discuss the conspiracy theory concept of predictive programming in media. Is it happening or is it just coincidence? Does the illuminati 'reveal the method' before unleashing their sinister plots? Or do artists just explore so many possible eventualities in TV, Film and comics that some of them are bound to come true? Join us as we try to figure it out.

 Here is an fascinating article about GI Joe and predictive programming.

Blog post I did from 2011 about predictive programming and the Twin Towers/Mega Powers.

 Here is an e-book featuring TONS of pre 9/11 media imagery and synchronicities called Imagining 9/11:

Imagining 9/11 by whatdidyousee

The Media Montage Podcast Ep. 2: Our Formative Years Part Two - TV

This week Larry and Bruce discuss their early TV experiences, and the television they grew up with and how TV grew up with them. Syndication, afternoon cartoons, and prime time adventures.