This episode we bring you Mark Ehling’s searchlight to advertising, cola and anxiety.  The essay “An Introduction to Slamz,” creates a surreally timed conversation that follows the expected patterns of advertising speak, finding the pangs available in the capsule of a “business narrative.”  He takes on the form without abusing its excess of greed or tinheart stereotypes.  Instead, he finds a cold portrait of the whimsy of consumption, and the fog of its navigation.  It also explores why people smash cans on their heads.  Please enjoy Mark Ehling.

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