Corporate Overlord Saviors? COVID Mascots! 3.26.21

In episode 845, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian Blake Wexler to discuss Facebook testing an app to help people transition from prison back to society, corporations being boycotted over voting rights, the national guard transferring vaccines being held at gunpoint, the container ship stuck in the Suez Canal, Ja Rule selling a Fire Festival NFT, vaccine mascots, Justin Long moving to PC, and more!

FOOTNOTES:

1. Facebook testing app to help people transition from prison back to society
2. Coca-Cola threatened with boycott for not opposing Georgia voting bills
3. The Georgia legislators pushing voter suppression bills are backed by millions in corporate cash
4. Man held 11 National Guard Soldiers at Gunpoint near Idalou, police said
5. Suez Canal Blocked After Giant Container Ship Gets Stuck
6. JA RULE SELLS FYRE FESTIVAL PAINTING FOR $122K ... Thanks to NFT Craze!!!
7. Brazil wonders about whereabouts of vaccine mascot
8. The weird and wacky mascots promoting coronavirus vaccines around the world
9. Japan has a new anti-coronavirus mascot and it’s handing out free masks in Tokyo
10. Cartoon dog pitches COVID vaccines to sceptical Japanese public
11. Joe Camel Advertising Campaign Violates Federal Law, FTC Says
12. Wellbee, the 'health educator's friend'
13. Polling suggests vaccinating kids for COVID isn't very popular
14. Why the "Can you hear me now?" guy sprinted to another brand
15. Justin Long, Once the Face of Mac, Is Now a PC Guy in Intel’s New Ad Campaign
16. WATCH: George Maple - Talk Talk - Ta-ku Remix

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