Lauren Zonfrillo

The panel take a look at the real estate industry, examining if selling the great Australian dream is an advertising nightmare; a look at whether can sport give offside brands a clean sheet.

This week on Gruen, Wil is joined by Russel Howcroft, Todd Sampson, Lauren Fried from Pulse Collective and campaign strategist Tanya Jones. The team pick over the bones of the communications disaster that was Census Fail, and look at why there hasn't been an Australian organ donation ad in a year. Also on the show, clichés and repetition in Olympic advertising, and a Pitch to convince us that bronze medals are better than gold.

Gruen examines the ad breaks in the footy grand finals. Who exactly is being sold to and what's the value of being a major sponsor? Plus ad agency DDB takes the competition in house in a pitch challenge to ban divorce.

The Gruen team talk about when sledging meets marketing, ads that go negative, and what to do when your brand is in the news for the wrong reasons. Toyota, ISIS, and a Pitch to convince multi national companies to pay tax.

This week on Gruen: how brands are hijacking the same-sex postal vote. We ask if you can fix racism with comedy and find out what happens when marketing collides with science. Plus, a Pitch campaign to prevent multiple home ownership and more ads you couldn't, shouldn't, and hopefully wouldn't make in 2017.

This week on Gruen: the changing face of pharmacies- how the humble chemist became a $16 billion industry. Dollars and scents- why are so many celebrities flogging fragrances? A Pitch to boycott the Royal wedding and David Warner's redemption tour.