The Mad Men Pre-Game Show Podcast
1) The Mad Men Finale We Needed, But Didn’t Deserve
by host Ellen Horne In the wake of the Mad Men finale, there was some debate over what it all meant and how strange it was that one Coca-Cola ad should have such a prominent moment on the sunny Big Su...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.2) Don't Do it, Don! Suicides, Rebirths and the Art of the Finale
Don confronts his life deceptions in Kansas, Pete is wooed by the prospect of a simpler life—maybe including Trudy—and Betty gets a devastating diagnosis. Then, Ellen calls up Battlestar Galactica sho...Show More
3) The Don Draper of Cats
Don goes on the run, Joan battles egregious sexism at McCann and Roger and Peggy send off the SC+P offices in proper fashion. Then, Ellen talks with video producer Amy Pearl. She makes videos about Ne...Show More
4) Dawn vs. Don: Mad Men’s Missed Opportunities
Peggy finally talks about the baby she gave up for adoption, and the team gets back together for one last pitch to save their agency. It was an episode people have been waiting for a long time, so wh...Show More
5) Ad Men Talk 'Badvertising'
Don hits on a 17 year old! A grown-up Glen propositions Betty! And Sally sells herself on the idea of a one-way bus ticket. There's a whole lot of persuading going on. This is a show about advertising...Show More
6) Meeting the Real Sally Draper
Megan got her divorce, Don got dumped by the diner waitress and Harry Crane's true pervy nature was revealed. But whither Sally Draper? We miss that kid. This week, we talk to On the Media's Brooke G...Show More
7) Mad Men Goes to Therapy
As we learned on last week's episode, the partners at the agency are now filthy, stinking rich. So why are they all still so unhappy? While we saw some glimmers of hope for Don, Peggy and Ken in the f...Show More
8) Welcome Back to the '60s
At its best, Mad Men brilliantly deconstructs things like family dynamics, corporate influence, and the gigantic cultural shift that took us from Eisenhower's '50s to the louche '70s. It paints a vivi...Show More