Mitzi Wants a Cow for Christmas (And Other Gifting Trends) (E5)

Big Things Podcast

This week on Big Things: olive oil is the gift of the season, modern parenting is bad for your health and Instagram doubles down on group chats. We share a teaser about our upcoming holiday gift guide, a shocking stat about working moms and get annoyed about Snapchat (again).

More from us:

• Mitzi Payne @mmmitziP
• Mike Payne @mmmiiike

Timestamps:

• 01:00 – What we’ll be chatting about today.
• 01:40 – Thing 1: Olive oil is set to replace bottles of wine this holiday season.
• 05:00 – What gifts we will be giving this year.
• 8:50 – Mitzi develops an emotional connection with a chicken.
• 11:12 – The upcoming special addition of SCAN 👀 CLUB.
• 14:00 – A little teaser about our halloween costume (tune in next week on YouTube to see it).
• 18:20 – Thing 2: Modern parenting is so stressful that the U.S. Surgeon General released an advisory about it.
• 21:30 – A shocking stat about working moms.
• 29:20 – Thing 3: Instagram is adding a WhatsApp button that will allow brands and creators to link directly into group chats.
• 31:35 – Snapchat is adding advertising placements into the DMs.
• 35:30 – What we’d like to see from Instagram Broadcast channels.

Show notes:

• SCAN 👀 CLUB: https://scanclub.substack.com/p/what-digital-audiences-want-in-2024
• Snapchat is bringing ads to the Chat tab: https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/08/snapchat-is-bringing-ads-to-the-chat-tab/

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

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Production by Morgan Berna, editing by Oliver Banyard.

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1. Mitzi Wants a Cow for Christmas (And Other Gifting Trends) (E5) (00:00:00)

2. Trending Gifts (00:00:11)

3. Parenting Challenges in Modern Times (00:12:56)

4. Efficient Delivery Services for Moms (00:26:15)

5. WhatsApp Stickers in Online Communication (00:29:16)

6. YouTube Channel Interaction Tips (00:39:34)