Gruen Planet

8:30pm – Wednesday, October 24 on ABC1

Gruen Planet runs an x-ray across the world, unpicking the stories that affect us all. Each week, host Wil Anderson is joined by regulars Todd Sampson and Russel Howcroft, along with some of Australia’s smartest communications experts, old faces and new. They will take us inside the persuasion business and explain why the world appears, not as it really is, but as others want us to see it why everything is spin, branding, advertising and image control. In a time when the media landscape is changing before our eyes, it’s more important than ever to ask what’s behind the stories. Gruen Planet. The Earth spins. We don’t.

8:30pm – Wednesday, October 17 on ABC1

Most of us can be bought or sold. And that sometimes, it actually feels good. We’re all coerced and serenaded by advertising, an industry devoted to changing our minds and our behaviour. But advertising is not the only industry that wants to get inside our heads and move the furniture around which brings us to spin, branding, and image control. Along with advertising, they form the nervous system of 21st century life.

They’re the levers pulled behind most news stories, the silent partners in public debates. Gruen Planet looks at these arts as well: because everyone is on the sell. Tyrants. Sports stars. Actors. Criminals. Politicians.

Deities. Charities. Entire nations. They’re all trying to persuade us to think, buy or do things that we weren’t thinking, buying or doing yesterday. Gruen Planet. The Earth spins. We don’t.

8:30pm – Wednesday, October 10 on ABC1

Gruen Planet runs an x-ray across the world, unpicking the stories that affect us all. Each week, host Wil Anderson is joined by regulars Todd Sampson and Russel Howcroft, along with some of Australia’s smartest communications experts, old faces and new. They will take us inside the persuasion business and explain why the world appears, not as it really is, but as others want us to see it. Why everything is spin, branding, advertising and image control. In a time when the media landscape is changing before our eyes, it’s more important than ever to ask what’s behind the stories. Gruen Planet. The Earth spins. We don’t.

8:30pm – Wednesday, October 3 on ABC1

Most of us can be bought or sold. And that sometimes actually feels good. We’re all coerced and serenaded by advertising, an industry devoted to changing our minds and our behaviour. But advertising is not the only industry that wants to get inside our heads and move the furniture around. Which brings us to spin, branding, and image control. Along with advertising, they form the nervous system of 21st century life.

They’re the levers pulled behind most news stories, the silent partners in public debates. Gruen Planet looks at these arts as well. Because everyone is on the sell – tyrants, sports stars, actors, criminals, politicians, deities, charities, entire nations. They’re all trying to persuade us to think about, buy or do things that we weren’t thinking of, buying or doing yesterday. Gruen Planet. The Earth spins. We don’t.

8:30pm – Wednesday, September 26 on ABC1

Gruen Planet runs an x-ray across the world, unpicking the stories that affect us all. Each week, host Wil Anderson is joined by regulars Todd Sampson and Russel Howcroft, along with some of Australia’s smartest communications experts, old faces and new. They will take us inside the persuasion business and explain why the world appears, not as it really is, but as others want us to see it – why everything is spin, branding, advertising and image control. In a time when the media landscape is changing before our eyes, it’s more important than ever to ask what’s behind the stories. Gruen Planet. The Earth spins. We don’t.

8:30pm – Wednesday, September 19 on ABC1

Most of us can be bought or sold. And that sometimes actually feels good. We’re all coerced and serenaded by advertising, an industry devoted to changing our minds and our behaviour. But advertising is not the only industry that wants to get inside our heads and move the furniture around. Which brings us to spin, branding, and image control. Along with advertising, they form the nervous system of 21st century life.

They’re the levers pulled behind most news stories, the silent partners in public debates. Gruen Planet looks at these arts because everyone is on the sell. Tyrants. Sports stars. Actors. Criminals. Politicians. Deities.

Charities. Entire nations. They’re all trying to persuade us to think, buy or do things that we weren’t thinking, buying or doing yesterday. Gruen Planet. The Earth spins. We don’t.

8:30pm – Wednesday, September 12 on ABC1

Gruen Planet runs the scanner across the biggest news stories of the week, at home and abroad, pinpointing exactly where the truth stops and the spin, branding and image control begin. 2012 guest panellists will include familiar Planet faces as well as returning Transfer favourites. In a year that has already given us Craig Thomson versus the tabloid media, Peter Slipper’s fall from grace, Obama’s same sex marriage conversion, #Kony2012, the Royal Jubilee and the slow motion car crash that is Gina Rinehart’s family, can this show return soon enough? Gruen Planet. The Earth spins. We don’t.

8:30pm – Wednesday, September 5 on ABC1

Gruen Planet runs an x-ray across the world, unpicking the stories that affect us all. Each week, host Wil Anderson is joined by regulars Todd Sampson and Russel Howcroft, along with some of Australia’s smartest communications experts, old faces and new. They will take us inside the persuasion business and explain why the world appears, not as it really is, but as others want us to see it. Why everything is spin, branding, advertising and image control. In a time when the media landscape is changing before our eyes, it’s more important than ever to ask what’s behind the stories. Gruen Planet. The Earth spins. We don’t.

8:30pm – Wednesday, August 29 on ABC1

Most of us can be bought or sold. And sometimes, that actually feels good. We’re all coerced and serenaded by advertising, an industry devoted to changing our minds and our behaviour. But advertising is not the only industry that wants to get inside our heads and move the furniture around which brings us to spin, branding, and image control. Along with advertising, they form the nervous system of 21st century life. They’re the levers pulled behind most news stories, the silent partners in public debates. Gruen Planet looks at these arts as well… because everyone is on the sell. Tyrants. Sports stars. Actors. Criminals. Politicians. Deities.

Charities. Entire nations. They’re all trying to persuade us to think, buy or do things that we weren’t thinking, buying or doing yesterday. Gruen Planet. The Earth spins. We don’t.

8:30pm – Wednesday, August 22 on ABC1

After four weeks of Gruen Sweat (motto: ‘Let the Gains Begin!’), the team now roll straight into the highly anticipated second season of Gruen Planet. Picking up where they left off last year, Wil, Todd and Russel will run the Gruen scanner across the biggest news stories of the week, at home and abroad, pinpointing exactly where the truth stops and the spin, branding and image control begin.

Guest panellists will include familiar Planet faces as well as returning Transfer favourites. In a year that has already given us Craig Thomson versus the tabloid media, Peter Slipper’s fall from grace, Obama’s same sex marriage conversion, #Kony2012, the Royal Jubilee and the slow motion car crash that is Gina Rinehart’s family, can this show return soon enough? Gruen Planet.

The Earth spins. We don’t.