Episodes

"If you got one foot in tomorrow and one foot in yesterday, then you're squattin' on today." - Brian's grandma Our favorite stories: 3x author, professor, and agency chief turned clinical therapist Over 20 years in China lead...

Our favorite stories: "I started Bakery when I was 27... I didn't know how to do anything but I thought I knew how to do everything better than everyone else." "If you're from a place like the Dominican Republic, you're …

Theo Gibson, ECD of Joan Creative and visual artist Bank Moody , joins us from Joan's NYC office to share his Jedi-like wisdom around authentic artistic creation, and how it has served him during an award-winning advertising ...

This episode, we sit down with Lameya Chaudhury, the driving force behind social impact at Lucky Generals, the UK-based advertising agency known for work that doesn't just resonate—it challenges perceptions and drives meaning...

Multi-hyphenate creative legend JoRoan Lazaro, ECD of Experience.Monks joins us to talk all things emerging technology, career lifecycles, and getting his start AOL in a time when UX design was still a nascent discipline. Our...

Suzie Bao, IW Group's new VP Account Director for McDonald's stopped by the Bad Pod to talk about... Joy work; engaging career growth and creativity with a focus on multicultural representation Lessons on finding mentorship e...

You'll be glad you caught this one. Matt Johnson has paved his ad career as a strategist and now agency founder with determination, humility, and of, course, a heaping helping of creativity. He cut his teeth at some of the …

Introducing our guest all the way from Lincoln, Nebraska… Clint Runge , CEO & Founder of Archrival! Turns out, advertising was a second chapter for Clint, who actually started out in architecture and design. Archrival is a yo...

After 3 years and over 60 guest interviews, The Bad Pod co-founder, Amelia is leaving the podcast. AND Eric L. Hu, Head of Strategy FinTech at Walmart and our episode 37 guest from August '22, is taking over as co-host! …

Look no further than this episode's thumbnail image to see that Ryan Mack likes doing things differently. And it's that ability to go with his gut, even and especially when unconventional, that has ushered him through a truly...

It's the Happiest of New Years here at The Bad Pod because we finally got to sit down with the co-founders of our long-time sponsors, Book 180! Sarah Latz & Francesca Piancone were PR & Agency professionals who moonlighted as...

In episode 65 of The Bad Pod, An Ad Pod, we delve into the mind of Ian Baer, an advertising maven with a storied 35-year career at the helm of industry giants like Publicis and TBWA. Ian recounts how the …

Allie LeFevere and her co-founder/best friend, Lyndsay Sanders, have been using clever concepts and witty wordplay to grow a wide range of brands, like Blue Bunny ice cream, Native cosmetics, the LA Rams, CMT, and a slew of o...

Rodney Johnson jumped into the deep end on production with his start at Tube Creative, an independent production studio in Atlanta, which gave him his 10,000 of hours of experience and then some. Since then he's only added to...

Sebastián is one of our favorite people and fellow VMLYR Commerce employee. Unfortunately for this pod's hosts, that's where the comparison stops, because Sebastián has separated himself from many in the advertising world by ...

Episode 61 welcomes back Joshua Womack to talk about his new book about his days as a Cleveland comedian. He tells us what he's learned about book publishing between his debut Copywriting manifesto, "I'm Not a Copywriter But....

Extra thanks to our episode 60 (!!) guest Ellie Lloyd, Executive Creative Director at Glow, who joined us amidst a tropical storm that was falling on top of her Los Angeles home. But the connection holds out and we get …

His friends call him "Mundo." Mundo Sando if they're being proper. Edmund Sandoval is a Chicago-based Senior Copywriter for R/GA and a writer writer in his time outside of agency life. He brings us yet another completely uniq...

Episode Summary: "Spark of Creativity: Philip Khosid's Journey with Battery LA" In this episode of "The Bad Pod, Advertising Podcast," we interview Philip Khosid, the co-founder of Battery LA. With a background in Grey Worldw...

These young creatives gamified the Cannes Lion experience with The Loudest Roar, a virtual juror experience for anyone with an eye for advertising to see how their taste stacks up against the real Cannes jury selections. Chi...

Long-time creative team and co-founders of Major Agency, Andrew Fatato & Dave Haller join us for episode 56 to talk about their new pocket-portfolio school, Handbook for Hacks. It's a concise and thorough breakdown of the job...

In this episode of TBP, Brian sits down with Mark Robinson, a senior marketing and strategy executive and author of the new book, "Black on Madison Avenue" (available everywhere July 1st). The lack of diversity in advertisin...

On The Bad Pod Episode 53, Brian reunites with his former mentor, Dan Balser, Director of The Academy at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners., a free tuition advertising portfolio program based at the historical agency. They discu...

We're joined by Pete Sena, Co-Founder of Digital Surgeons, a forward-thinking design consultancy of makers marketers and entrepreneurs. Pete shares his journey as a design-led entrepreneur and his passion for unlocking new po...