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On Brand with Donny Deutsch

Brand Trends This Week: Gen Z, Starbucks, Super Mario & What's Shaping Consumer Culture

On Brand with Donny Deutsch

Donny Deutsch Podcast Admin

Entertainment News, News, Arts, News Commentary

4.6896 Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

This week on On Brand, we're diving into the biggest brand trends, pop culture moments, and marketing news that prove — once again — that everything is a brand. From Trump social media controversy to Gen Z financial trends showing young people moving back in with mom and dad, we unpack what it all means for how we connect, consume, and believe. We explore why Gen Z and religion are becoming inseparable as young people turn to faith for meaning, how economic uncertainty is making radio contests cool again, and why seniors on social media are one of the fastest-growing digital demographics. Plus: did you know the average age of U.S. homes is 44 years — and what that means for real estate branding? We also get into antisemitism in modern art, Starbucks tipping culture and what it means for the future of retail customer experience, and why the Super Mario Brothers movie is the brand marketing success story of the decade. If you're into branding strategy, consumer behavior, marketing trends, and cultural commentary, this is your episode. 🎙️ Subscribe, rate & review On Brand wherever you listen to podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Now, are all the traitors present? Let's get started, shall we? From rags to riches. I'm so sick of this. Working like a dog and being treated worse. Yorkshire to New York. Poor climbers, you and me. A life dedicated to revenge. Let's make this an occasion to remember. A Woman of Substance on Channel 4, stream now.

0:30.1

Welcome to our brand with Donnie Deutsch.

0:33.1

I am Donny Deutsch, and this is the podcast dedicated to a simple premise.

0:34.5

That everything is a brand.

0:37.5

Every athlete, every celebrity, every entertainer, every politician,

0:38.6

everything is a brand.

0:39.6

We do two things on the show.

0:43.5

On Thursdays, we drop a big personality interview,

0:46.4

and on Tuesdays today, we drop what we call our brands of the week.

0:48.9

These are the brands of the shaping the zeit guys who's up, who's down.

0:50.1

Let's get right into it.

0:58.9

First off, big brand down for Donald Trump. Look, I'm somebody that was very supportive of going into Iran. And I still stand behind. We can't live with jihadists having a nuclear weapon. We need to

1:07.1

degrade their military assets. I'm all for that. But the tweet he sent out this morning saying a whole civilization will die tonight, never be brought back again. I don't want that to happen. And it goes on to talk about, you know, how basically threatening Armageddon against the entire 92 million people of Iran. And that's just, that's nuts. I mean, I don't know how to put it any other way and you know you

1:28.4

can play hardball but threatening to wipe out an entire civilization is just obviously

1:32.8

it's not gonna happen but to even put it on put it out on a truth social thing is

1:38.5

just is is is unhinged and as I said I'm somebody who's been supporting the

1:42.7

efforts there and I'm a hawk.

1:44.4

And I don't think you can live with Iran having a nuclear weapon.

1:48.3

I don't think that's an option.

1:50.0

And to degrade their military and to degrade their drone capabilities and their ballistic missile capabilities, I'm all for it.

1:56.6

But I'm not all for taking out 92 million civilians.

1:59.5

So we're going to have to just leave it at that.

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