Today’s episode is loud, fast and very DIY. We jump in to talk about two of our favorite logos from two iconic bands, The Dead Kennedys and The Ramones.

In this episode we explain the circumstances that led up to two iconic images: Bigfoot walking across a dry creek bed and a group of American soldiers raising a flag halfway around the world from the United States.

Today we jump into a collection of front pages from The Onion entitled Our Dumb Century and then turn the page to highlight designer and author Chip Kidd’s incredible book Batman Collected.

Today we’re talking sports mascots. First we drop into Milwaukee to visit The Famous Racing Sausages and then swing by upstate New York to spend time with the Syracuse Orange.

Flags are one of the most well-known symbols for countries, cities and movements. Today we discuss a couple of our favorites from Switzerland and Panama.

With this episode, it’s Saturday morning. And for decades for kids of all ages that meant morning cartoons. Today we discuss a couple of our favorites from The Pink Panther and The Three Little Bops.

Nothing brings the world together every couple of years like the Olympic Games. In this episode we discuss what did (or didn’t) happen in Denver in 1976 and the Technicolor vibrancy of Los Angeles in 1984.

In this episode we discuss two movies where a couple of designed props—one small, one big—set everything in motion.

Today we tell the stories of a couple of big product failures from giants Coca-Cola (OK Soda) and Google (Google Glass).

Today we’re back with even more sound bites from our first season. This is your six foot party sub of an episode, so grab a speaker and bring a healthy appetite.

Today we’re providing some hot and ready sound bites from our first season. This is your Everything sheet pizza to satisfy a larger appetite, so pack earbuds and bring a bib.

Hey, Vern. In this episode we discuss how artwork advertising cigars became a cornerstone for kitsch and a character promoting local businesses became a movie star.

In this episode, we talk product parody with the trading card collections Wacky Packages and Garbage Pail Kids.

In this episode we talk about iconic roadside signs from Union 76, Holiday Inn, and where they can be found today.

Learn the origin stories of Goodyear’s blimps, Pixar’s lovable Luxo lamp, and how these adopted objects transcended their initial utility to become known around the world.

Hooray for Hollywood(land)! In our first bonus episode (there was simply too much goodness to pack into our movie logo stories), we talk about the most iconic of movie icons: The Hollywood Sign.

Today we’re telling the stories of the logos for the movies Ghostbusters and The Rocketeer. Proton pack, rocket pack... Doesn’t matter to us as long as your gear includes quality headphones.

Today we’re talking about a couple of sweet typefaces — Hobo and Cooper Black — and why you see them everywhere on pop culture touchstones.

Today we talk logos from lesser-known companies we’ve stumbled upon that include a coffee drinking lion, a few black cats, a grasshopper, a penguin and a voodoo priest.

For this episode, we’re talking illustration and rebellion: Ed “Big Daddy” Roth and his famous creation Rat Fink and Jim Phillips and his equally famous Screaming Hand.