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Ad Age Insider — 218 episodes
AI is all over earnings calls. AI ROI isn't, with Garett Sloane
Weekly Report: PepsiCo's AI agency review signals a shift from experiments to infrastructure
Weekly Report: Dollar Tree shifts to emotional branding as it eyes $1 billion in untapped sales
The consumer trends marketers can't ignore this fall, with Erika Wheless
Weekly Report: McDonald's admits its promotional calendar backfired
Weekly Report: Creators are betting on equity over paid partnerships
Small Agencies are Winning Business with these 2026 Moves, with Judy Pollack, Brian Bonilla and Ewan Larkin
Weekly Report: Taco Bell's trust test during cyclosporiasis crisis
Weekly Report: Starbucks' Culture Play, Predictive AI Targeting, Emmy-Nominated Ads
2026 ad budget check-in: where media money's moving, with Brandon Doerrer
Weekly Report: How 2 indie shops beat larger rivals for a $550M account
Weekly Report: Alex Cooper says ad agencies are the problem
Cannes Lions takeaways: Lessons for marketers to carry through 2026
Cannes Lions pre-brief: indies and creators surge plus key topics, with Brian Bonilla and Ewan Larkin
CMOs on CMOs: Hippo and Solo Stove on AI and grassroots marketing tactics
Best World Cup campaigns and the new sports marketing playbook, with Tim Nudd and Jon Springer
Publicis-LiveRamp deal: what to know and how to react, with Garett Sloane
AI marketing brief: trust, creativity and careers—ICYMI
CMO Lessons: Brand trust, creative strategy and agency audits—ICYMI
Winning Gen Z brand loyalty—quality, service and community, with Erika Wheless
Inside the TV upfronts—winners and losers, measurement and AI, with Brandon Doerrer
Agency hiring in the AI era: What grads need now, with Lindsay Rittenhouse
What's driving marketing impact: lessons from award-winning campaigns, with Tim Nudd
Testing ChatGPT ads—what brands need to know about AI strategy, with Asa Hiken
Brand community strategy: turning reach into participation, with Mark Fischer and Sabrina Sanchez
'Fruit Love Island' brand lessons: skip this viral trend, with Gillian Follett
Identity marketing and how beverage brands are winning Gen Z, with Jon Springer
NewFronts 2026 survival guide, with Garett Sloane, Brandon Doerrer and Gillian Follett
How to win the Ad Age A-List, with Judann Pollack
How to win new business in 2026, with Brian Bonilla
What are media rebates? Agency transparency in the hot seat, with Ewan Larkin
Your AI ad playbook: red flags, hard lessons and brand wins, with Asa Hiken
Your 2027 Super Bowl strategy starts here: Big Game takeaways from Ad Age reporters
The Super Bowl ad formula and Olympics marketing trends, with Tim Nudd and Jon Springer
Going viral in 2026: strategy, subcultures and engagement, with Gillian Follett
Microdramas and ad strategy: Lessons from long-form brand storytelling, with Brandon Doerrer
Decoding 2026 hype vs. reality for marketers, with E.J. Schultz and Adrianne Pasquarelli
2026 marketing predictions: Ad Age reporters on industry trends and pivots
Laid off from an agency? What to do now and next, with Lindsay Rittenhouse
How to win Marketer of the Year, with E.J. Schultz and Adrianne Pasquarelli
Omnicom-IPG deal: industry ripple effects, with Brian Bonilla and Ewan Larkin
AI in 2026: What's hype vs. what's real, with Garett Sloane
Starbucks' Bearista cup and viral drop strategy, with Gillian Follett
AI and entry-level ad roles—how marketers, educators and junior talent are adapting, with Lindsay Rittenhouse
Can RFK Jr. ban pharma ads? What it means for marketers, with Jack Neff
Best Halloween ads 2025, with Tim Nudd
Social bots and brand crises—how to fight fake accounts, with Erika Wheless
Bad Bunny and brands: Hispanic engagement lessons, with Adrianne Pasquarelli
Agencies under pressure—who survives, who shifts: Ad Age Future of Advertising 2030
Loyalty, influencers and consumers: Ad Age Future of Advertising 2030
Future-proof your marketing career: Ad Age Future of Advertising 2030
How tech will reshape marketing: Ad Age Future of Advertising 2030
How tech will reshape marketing: Ad Age Future of Advertising 2030
AI search ads 101—everything marketers need to know, with Asa Hiken
Inside agency hold co power dynamics, with Ewan Larkin
Firing your ad agency? Try marriage counseling first, with Lindsay Rittenhouse
Cracker Barrel, American Eagle and surviving social uproar, with Erika Wheless and Gillian Follett
Marketing Trends of 2025 so far, with Tim Nudd
Introducing Ad Age Insider
Why Rick Astley is never gonna give up snacks or drums
How The Lincoln Project's endless stream of viral ads were actually made (in record time)
Behind Hendrick's Gin's quirky ad approach
Behind Calm's unexpected Election Night win
How Activision Blizzard found success amid a global pandemic
How streaming news channels made their mark in the 2020 election
How to not miss the mark in multicultural marketing
The state of the CMO
How a microbe from Yellowstone could shake up the food industry
LinkedIn's head of global sales on the early pandemic ad panic
Omnicom Media Group CEO on how covid has changed the ad landscape
Marketing a Mexican import
Main Street One CEO Curtis Hougland on the launch of a senior political influencer network
Defeating D.C. Council's ad and personal information tax
Moving from CMO to CEO
Marketing the (delayed) Olympics
The latest ad law news
Mark Robinson
Taking Latin-inspired creative to the mainstream
Publicis CMO Justin Billingsley on the Power of One and what his client-side past brings to his new role
Behind the AP's new marketing push
There's no mistaking Leeann Leahy
Auto marketing during the pandemic
The pandemic paradox
Marketing cannabis during the pandemic
Finding creative inspiration in a pandemic
Behind the e-commerce surge
Brian Braiker, former editor, Ad Age
Jason DeLand, founding partner, Anomaly
Nick Kokonas, author and restaurateur
Mira Kaddoura, founder and ECD, Red &. Co.
Debra Lee, former Chairman and CEO, BET
Taylor Lorenz, New York Times reporter
Bill Koenigsberg, founder and CEO, Horizon Media
Louisa Wong, COO, Carat
Martin Sorrell, S4 Capital
Jeff Goodby and Rich Silverstein, founders of Goodby Silverstein & Partners
Amy Astley, editor-in-chief, Architectural Digest
Mark Read, CEO/executive director, WPP
Wyclef Jean
David Droga (Repeat)
Andrew Robertson, CEO, BBDO Worldwide
Terence Kawaja, CEO, Luma Partners
David-Michel Davies, CEO, the Webby Awards
Live from Ad Age: Next
David Angelo, co-founder, David & Goliath
Jarrod Dicker, vp commercial technology and development, Washington Post
Paul Woolmington, CEO, Canvas
Jessica Pels, editor-in-chief, Cosmopolitan
Barak Moffit, Universal Music Group
Morgan Spurlock, filmmaker, and David Littlejohn, founder of Humanaut
Mark Penn, chairman and CEO of MDC Partners
Jen Wong, COO, reddit
Andrew Essex, co-founder and CEO, Plan A
Ad lawyer Jeffrey Greenbaum, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz
Why Ryan Kutscher joined the circus
Kai Devereaux Lawson, advocate, agitator and associate operations director at Essence
David Droga, founder & creative chairman, Droga5
Lindsey Slaby, founder, Sunday Dinner
Laurent Ezekiel, chief marketing and growth officer, WPP
David Fischer, CEO and publisher, Highsnobiety
Rob Reilly, Global Creative Chairman, McCann Worldgroup
Richard Edelman, president and CEO, Edelman
Bradley Johnson, director of data analytics, Ad Age Datacenter
Nick Kelly, Anheuser-Busch
Avi Dan, CEO, Avidan Strategies
Linda Yaccarino & Josh Feldman, NBCUniversal
Bhavana Smith, chief client officer
Rishad Tobaccoawala, chief growth officer, Publicis
DDB's Keith Reinhard: 'Betty Crocker was my first pin-up girl'
Peter McGuinness, CMO of Chobani
Alex Magnin, Giphy head of revenue
Shelly Lazarus, chairman emeritus, Ogilvy
Jeff Goodby, Chairman and co-founder, Goodby, Silverstein & Partners
Ad Block: Tiffany R. Warren, chief diversity officer and SVP at Omnicom, founder and president of the diversity advocacy organization AdColor
Alicia Hatch, CMO, Deloitte Digital
Ad Block: Deutsch North American CCO Pete Favat on woodworking
Nicolas Bidon, CEO, Xaxis
Ad Block: Joan CCO Jaime Robinson on knitting
Bryan Yasko, president, Johannes Leonardo
Marketer's Brief
Sebastian Tomich, global head of advertising, New York Times
Marketer's Brief
Ryan Ford, Chief Creative Officer and EVP, Cashmere
Marketer's Brief
Ben Lerer, CEO, Group Nine Media
Bob Pittman, CEO, iHeartMedia
Tim Cadogan, CEO, OpenX
Marla Kaplowitz, president and CEO, 4A's
Laura Hutfless, FlyteVu Agency
Azania Andrews, Michelob Ultra
Erika Nardini, CEO, Barstool Sports
Keith Grossman, Bloomberg Media global chief revenue officer
Meg Goldthwaite, CMO, NPR
Shannon Simpson Jones and Yadira Harrison, co-founders, Verb
Ben Wiener, CEO, Wongdoody
Edward Felsenthal, CEO and Editor-in-Chief, Time magazine
Julio Bruno, CEO of Time Out Group
Karina Wilsher, Anomaly's next global CEO
Aaron Walton, co-founder, Walton Isaacson
Lizzie Widhelm, Pandora svp of ad innovation
Rich Antoniello, CEO of Complex Media
Troy Ruhanen, president and CEO, TBWA Worldwide
Frances Webster, co-founder and CEO, Walrus
Andrew McKechnie, chief creative officer at Verizon
Jon Steinberg, Cheddar founder
Refinery29's Philippe von Borries and Piera Gelardi
Nick Brien, CEO Americas of Dentsu Aegis Network
Studio 71 co-founder Reza Izad
Wondery founder and CEO Hernan Lopez
Sub Rosa founder Michael Ventura gets empathic
How Terry Young, CEO of Sparks & Honey, is mapping culture
USA Today Network CRO Kevin Gentzel
Arnold Worldwide CEO Kiran Smith
Carla Serrano, CEO of Publicis New York and Chief Strategy Officer of PublicisCommunications
Bill Holiber, President & CEO of US News
Maria Bartiromo, Fox Business
Mark DiMassimo, CEO of DiMassimo Goldstein
The Trade Desk's Brian Stempeck
Michael Wolff
Shingy, digital prophet, Oath
Havas Creative North American Chairman and CEO, Paul Marobella
Mastercard CMO Raja Rajamannar
Ken Auletta, 'Frenemies' author
Andrew Swinand, Leo Burnett North America CEO
Terri & Sandy's Terri and Sandy
Upfront and personal: The week's big TV takeaways
Ogilvy Worldwide CEO John Seifert
Tim Leake, RPA
Bonnie Kintzer, Trusted Media Brands
Hanya Yanagihara, novelist and T Magazine editor
Intermarkets' Erik Requidan
Intel's Alyson Griffin
Patch CEO Warren St. John
Forbes' Randall Lane
Bleacher Report CEO Dave Finoccio
Hearst's Troy Young
360i's Sarah Hofstetter
Po.et CEO Jarrod Dicker
Pop-Up Magazine's Chas Edwards
Aardman's Heather Wright
HP's Antonio Lucio
Hungry Man Productions, Bryan Buckley
Avocados From Mexico's Kevin Hamilton
Capitol Music Group's Brian Nolan
Havas' Harry Bernstein
Fresh Digital Group's Doug Robinson
Quartz's Jay Lauf
Rafat Ali
Dave Morgan
Wendy Clark and Ari Weiss
Adam Moss
Michael Rothman
Michael Kuntz
Kay Hsu
Neil Vogel
Jonah Disend
Where Creativity Meets Strategy
Pop Vox