Thanks for tuning in! After this episode we will be taking a hiatus and will be back again in the late spring. Be sure to catch up on old episodes in the meantime! This week we’re talking about the Severance season finale, March Madness, Puma’s new running ad, Tower 28’s YouTube Shorts series, and more!

More from us:

• Mitzi Payne @mmmitzi
• Mike Payne @mmmiiike

Timestamps:

• 02:00 – Spoiler alert! Thoughts on the season finale of Severance.
• 10:00 – March Madness continues. Also, realizing we aren’t 20 anymore.
• 19:00 – Do we need a consolation bracket?
• 21:15 – Big Thing 1: Tower 28 launched a cool scripted series on YouTube Shorts.
• 28:00 – Mitzi is loving Puma’s running ad.
• 31:00 – Thing 2: Disney appoints Bobby Kim as VP of Creative. Is Downtown Disney about to be lit?
• 37:00 – Thing 3: TikTok has declared March 2025 as the start of The Great Meme Depression. What is going on? And why are we reporting on this?

Show notes:

• The SCAN 👀 CLUB 2025 Trend Report: https://scanclub.substack.com/p/what-digital-audiences-want-in-2025
• Shoutout to Carmen for your kind email!

Big Things with Mitzi (@mmmitzi) and Mike (@mmmiiike).

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Production by Morgan Berna, editing by Oliver Banyard.