It’s a cocktail of razor-sharp wit, business savvy, and unfiltered friendship.
For 16 years, The Focus Group has kept listeners hooked with the unique bond between hosts Tim Bennett and John Nash—high school buddies turned LGBTQ marketing trailblazers, best known for their groundbreaking Subaru campaigns. Tim and John blend corporate and entrepreneurial insights for discussions that seamlessly shift from professional to personal. Tune in for their trademark humor, industry insights, and the kind of chemistry you can’t buy off the shelf.
THIS WEEKS SHOW
Aunt Barbara Cleans Up Tupperware Rumors
10.23.24 | Shop Talk this week features Tupperware Maven, Aunt Barbara. She joins us to clear up any rumors about the demise of Tupperware post-bankruptcy. Good news is you can still buy products from Aunt Barbara! And Tupperware lives! Caught My Eye looks at an article that predicts less chocolate this year for Halloween due to a cocoa shortage out of West Africa. Also, a book about Holy Land USA in Waterbury, CT brings the kitschy attraction to life 40 years later with some newfound photos. William A. Mitchell, the inventor of Tang, Pop Rocks, Cool Whip, and powdered egg whites is our Business Birthday.
TFG Unbuttoned: Stupidity Incorporated
10.29.24 | Sex, drugs, and flip flops finally catch-up to former Abercrombie CEO Mike Jeffries. He and two others are charged with sex trafficking of young men while they ran the cool clothing brand. Then, an Australian woman is trapped in a crevice for 7 hours upside down, while trying to retrieve her phone. Did she ever get her phone after the rescue? Finally, Dante Colle, a “fluid” adult performer, shoots-up his $100K Cybertruck to see if it is bulletproof as advertised by Elon Musk.
PAST SHOWS
TFG Unbuttoned: The Pentagon Rights a Wrong for LGB Service Members
10.22.24 | More than 800 LGB service members who were discharged under DADT—“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”—will now receive honorable discharges, the Department of Defense announced last week. (Trans individuals were not included as they were banned until recently from military service.) Then, Outfest, the long running Los Angeles LGBTQ film festival, is in financial free fall with finger pointing by the board and former top exec. It looks like the courts will call the fate of the event and personnel involved. Finally, the Dunedin Airport in New Zealand has erected signs limiting good-bye hugs to 3 minutes.
Getting Nothing but Static from Generation Z
10.16.24 | Shop Talk this week comes from Inc. Magazine. An article, based on a survey of almost 1,000 companies, finds that Gen Z is having some issues breaking into the workforce or staying on the job once hired. Caught My Eye reports on a hacked foul talking Ecovac. Also, a woman in Washington State gets overwhelmed by a gang of raccoons. Marion Donovan, the inventor of the disposable diaper, is our Business Birthday.
TFG Unbuttoned: Delta Airlines Does Not Want to See Your Undies
10.15.24 | The Human Rights Campaign is spending $2million in key states to get out the vote for Harris-Walz. Then, a study out of Finland finds that having a rough night’s sleep can affect you for up to a week. Finally, Delta Airlines has sent out a two-page memo to current and future flight attendants that underwear must be worn but not seen.
