All Episodes

Why No One Knows Who You Are (And How to Fix It) | Joe Zappa, Sharp Pen Media

Ads Rule Everything: We're All Marketing, How to be a Real Problem Solver, and Prediction Market Hedging

The Most Capital Intensive Week in Tech: SpaceX, Cursor, and Agentic Banking

Alphabet's $80B Raise, the App Distribution Crisis, and Why Substack Is a Landlord

Why B2B Advertising Is Broken and How Newsletters are the Next Frontier | ft. Adam Ryan

Chat Apps Are the New Newsfeeds, AI Isn't Public Opinion, and Kuzma Goes Deep

Why Marketing, Product, and Measurement are Collapsing ft. Brian Quinn, AppsFlyer

Zuck’s Leaked Audio on Training AI, DraftKings CEO Goes Off & Why Your Feed Is Fake

Why Everyone in Ads Is Wrong About OpenAI, Shopify, and Gen Z

GameStop Wants to Buy eBay, Parker Card Dies Overnight & Every Platform Goes API-First | ADSN Ep. 18

Elon's $60B Lego Set and How PE Firms Are Using Claude Code to Kill Deals

The Death of SaaS, OpenAI's Ad Problem, and Tim Cook Steps Down

She Rebuilt Her Entire Agency with AI in 3 Weeks ft. Julia Knight

The Masters vs. AI, Meta Muse is Everywhere, Why Diplo Thinks You Can’t Beat AI (And How You Can Use It)

OpenAI's $100M Grab, Elon Forces Grok on Wall Street & Ads for AI Agents

Snapchat's $8M Turnaround Plan: Can This 6-Point Strategy Actually Save Snap?

Token Spend Is the New Salary & AI Is Choosing Your Stack

Ads, AI, and the Internet Meltdown

The New Marketing Playbook That's Leaving Most Brands Behind (ft. Olivia Kory, Haus)

Travis Kalanick’s Founder Pump-up Speech, and Why 40 Is Not the Deadline, It’s the Starting Line

How this founder is taking Cheetos head on w/ AI and Grass Fed Beef

Meta's AI crackdown faces advertiser backlash, Visa gives cards to agents, and a new definition of SaaS

Block Cuts 40%, Data Centers vs Offices, and Bots on Bots on Bots | Ft. Bock Exec Dante DiCicco

a16z's Bryan Kim on why adtech is investable again, plus the energy space race, AI monetizing, and web 4.0

The Agent Era: OpenAI Scoops OpenClaw, Manus Meets Ads Manager & Ben Putley on AI-Crypto Convergence

From Moltbook to Mars, ADSN Heading to the Olympics, Netflix Meets the Senate

Sam Khoury on B2B Creator Businesses, Netflix+WB4EVA, the $1B Digital Twin, and Meta the Energy Company

AI ad wars with Eric Seufert, Netflix (social) media battle, and OpenAI’s ecomm money grab.

ADSN is back! Agentic Commerce, Converging Media, and Mike Khristo on going from idea to launch with AI

ADSN | Ari Paparo on Google's path to ad tech dominance and stories along the way

ASDSN | 1000s of new marketers are about to come online and the MCP effect

ASDSN | Andrew Covato on the latest on ad measurement and takeaways from Possible

ADSN | Payments are the new cookies, ads in AI, and more AI ads.

ADSN | Alex Heath reports on the Google & Meta legal sagas

ADSN | Guest Commentators: Eric Seufert & Taylor Holiday

ADSN | Tariffs, AI, more AI, and M&A

Taking Inventory is now ADSN: The Ads Network

Rebuilding LA #2: Housing & Zoning with Cover's Alexis Rivas

Rebuilding LA: EP1 Fire Insurance

MAJOR UPDATE from James & Daniel + Conor McKenna, Partner at LUMA, on the state of M&A markets and what to watch for heading into 2025

Snap Mafia: David Shim, founder of Read AI, on building a better future of work with AI and the story of his $175M acquisition by Snap

The rise of self-service and what it means for advertisers, publishers, and markets with Jeffrey Mayer, Managing Director, US at DanAds

Gokul Rajaram on one of the biggest mistakes startups and founders make, the role of board members, and leadership qualities from some of the greats

What any company can do to can improve ad measurement today, and the top measurement trends to know, with Andrew Covato

Brendan McCarthy, CMO of Criteo, on marketing during periods of transformation and how to maintain customer trust

What startups get wrong about lawyers and how to use legal for growth, with Adam Greenberg, former GC / head of legal at Warby Parker, Ro, and Blank Street

Gabriel Ornelas, host and creator of “On The Pass” podcast, talks the rise of chef influencers and the intersection of media, food, and hospitality,

Nik Milanović, founder of “This Week in Fintech” and The Fintech Fund, on current trends and the future of Fintech

Turner Novak, founder of Banana Capital, talks VC investing and the power of meme accounts

Snap’s President of Americas, Patrick Harris, from Meta to Snap and the changes driving its breakout

Snap Mafia: Rajan Vaish, founder of Easel, on building at the intersection of social and Gen AI and what he learned doing research at Stanford and Snap

Mike Dupree, CRO of Teads, gives us an insider's look at the Twitter to X transition and why he made the move from walled garden to open web

The State of the Podcast Industry with with Bryan Barletta, founder of Sounds Profitable

Why the app economy is booming w/ the President of AppsFlyer, Brian Quinn

Amazon’s $50B ads business still hasn’t scratched the surface, and why non-endemic and social partnerships are the future, with Amazon expert Daniel Tejada

Snap Mafia Edition: Garrett Rothstein, founder of Queue, the modern day TV guide, on partnering with Zillow’s founder and getting on Chamath's radar

Selling Undertone, setting up a family office, and reinventing retail ads with M3’s Michael Cassidy

AI & Big Tech w/ Big Technology’s Alex Kantrowitz

The WTF is Roblox and how brands play in the metaverse episode w/ F84’s Geoffrey Reed

Sunil Rayan, CBO of Moloco and former President of Disney+ Hotstar, on growing to 50M+ subscriber, the convergence of media & digital, and why it all comes down to LTV

Alex Collmer, the co-founder of VidMob (and Def Jam Rapstar!) talks creative in an AI world and how marketers can adapt

Snap Mafia Edition: Ellis Hamburger, founder of Meaning, storyteller at The Browser Co, and the voice of Snap for 7 years

Spotify’s Per Sandell on the business of audio, building a $2B+ ads business, and embracing the hedged garden model

Eric Seufert returns to discuss the state of the digital economy

The Checkmate founders on hustling their way to the top of the App Store, how Gen Z thinks, and what the future of retail looks like

Meta Reality Labs’ VP of Marketing, Shachar Scott, on how Meta is building the future in front of our eyes and redefining AR & VR

The Bitcoin Episode w/ @dotkrueger: why it’s up and why he thinks it’s going to change the world

Snap Mafia Edition: Dante DiCicco, founder of Zitti AI, and Snap user #10

46: The future of digital privacy with former Google & Meta executive and privacy expert, Rob Leathern

45: Nick Bell, CEO of Fanatics Live, on Rupert Murdoch, building Snap, leading Google Search, and why the future of media is all about the attention economy

44: Building an ads business around faith with Pray.com's Steve Gatena

43: Inside Amazon’s $50B ads biz w/ Adam Epstein

42: Morning Brew’s 2nd employee and Beehiiv CEO dives into the BIG business of newsletters, the truth about building in public, and some surprising data on the power of newsletters

41: Alex Heath, Deputy Editor for The Verge, on interviewing the biggest names in tech, debating the AI wars, what sets the best leaders apart, and more

40: CES takeaways & how Shipt went from same-day delivery to building a massive retail media network, and what RMNs can learn from Meta

39: Breaking down the biggest media company you’ve never heard of, the new age of growth marketing, and all things Mansion Group with John Sutton

38: Looking back at 2023 with guest highlights and industry changes, and predictions for 2024

EP: 37 A Taking Inventory Classic: Eric Seufert on the future of ads, ecom, the walled gardens, and more

36: How investment banks evaluate tech companies, a bull market for ads, and 2024 market outlook with ROTH MKM’s Rohit Kulkarni

35 - James Borow & Daniel Druger, get interviewed on the Marketecture podcast

34: Building a business with TikTok and the power of UGC with Sapphire Studio’s Anish Dalal

33: Ali Manning, Co-Founder of Chalice, on the future of AI and advertising across the open web

32: James Avery & Andrew Covato on $AMZN playing nice w $SHOP/$META/$SNAP, where $TTD goes next, and how ad platforms are ignoring the measurement realities of 2023.

31 Ray Ghanbari, the CTO of Index Exchange, talks building for massive scale and how ad tech, fintech and healthcare tech are more similar than you would think.

30: Steven Rosenblatt on going from operator to VC, transforming Foursquare, and launching iAd during the Steve Jobs era

29 - Ali Kashani on why self-driving delivery robots and advertising are going to lower the cost of commerce

28: Jessica Yellin tells us why people are turning to news influencers and away from cable news, how political ads really work, and what to expect this election cycle

27: Oren Schauble on the power shift in the creator economy, creating brand content, building brands the right way, and more

26: Pt 3 of the Creators Strike Back series: Jesse Pujji, founder & CEO of Gateway X on bootstrapping an 8-figure business, his biggest lessons for entrepreneurs, building a following, and more

25: Meta’s Sr. Global Marketing Director, Jackie Pimentel, tells us about the lead up to launching Threads, why creator authenticity is the key to success, when to start monetizing, and so much more.

24: An interview with @AdTechGod, the anonymous account that’s taking ad tech and marketing by storm. Listen as we get into the origin of the account, its purpose, and its prophecies.

23: From Pencils to Pixels: Transitioning TV measurement to a CTV led world as linear continues to fade, with Matan Bik, Nielsen’s SVP Strategy of TV & Digital

22: Peter Hamilton, Sr. Director of Ad Innovation at Roku on what CTV can learn from mobile, Roku as the OS and what that means for advertisers, streaming as a performance channel, and more

21: Marketing Cannabis and other regulated products, how to advertise without Meta and Google, the future of cannabis holding companies, and more with Alex Becker, co-founder and CMO of Amuse

20: Alex Reynolds, CEO and Co-founder of Vendelux, on the role of events for stronger business results, how measuring event ROI is not only possible but essential, and ways AI will be incorporated

19: Pt 2 of the Creators Strike Back series: Grant Cohen, co-founder of Fan Controlled Sports on the business of sports 2.0, the new role of athletes as creators, TikTok-ification of sports, and more

18: Eric Seufert on the commerce platform revolution, reverberating effects of Apple’s changing policies, and global data regulation

17: Part 1 of the Creators Strike Back series: Anthony Vennare, founder and CEO of Fitt Insider, on building a media business without paid media or the walled gardens, responsible data usage, and more

16: Evan Prodromou, co-author of ActivityPub breaks down decentralized social networks and the Fediverse, how this affects monetization for walled gardens, and why users need data portability

15: Conor McKenna, Partner at LUMA Partners on how LUMA’s narrow focus has created outsized value, the corp dev and product team relationship, and threats to incumbents with the shift in data

14: The how to save X (aka Twitter) episode - James, Daniel and guest co-host James Avery (CEO of Kevel) on how to drive more revenue, rebuild trust, use payments as a lever, and combat Meta.

EP13: Eric Franchi, GP of AperiamVentures, on selling his business for $180M to a public company, Why there’s a massive opportunity investing in ad/martechs, and his take on Musk vs. Zuckerberg

EP12 (GUEST) – This week James Avery, the founder and CEO of Kevel, talks about writing books, building APIs to power a new generation of walled gardens

EP11 (GUEST) – Jenna Menking & Erin Kemp, the founders of Crosswalk, explain why Ariana Grande is both a musical and marketing genius, the problems with traditional market research, and how...

EP10 (GUEST) – Jon Morgenstern, EVP Head of Investment at VaynerMedia, Why agencies have more opportunity than ever, Netflix’s disappointing ads decision, How creators will win in the next 5 years

EP9 (GUEST) – Kenan Saleh, GM of Lyft Media, on growing his startup from just 1 customer, why the future of commerce media is bright, and building a new revenue stream within a complex organization

EP8 – Dictators, Democracies, and Anarchists, oh my! The ins and outs of Mark Zuckerberg’s AI future, EU regulation, and the Reddit mob.

EP7 – Apple reshapes the ads industry again, The Trade Desk makes a walled garden-esque announcement, shifting power dynamics between platforms and their communities

EP6 (GUEST) – Founder of AI Whiteboard and Retina AI, Emad Hasan, shares what CEOs need to know about AI, predicts what search ads may look like in the future, and the top 3 trends in AI

EP5 (GUEST) – Twitter’s former Global Head of Partnerships, Greg Lieber, breaks down the evolving ad tech partner ecosystem and talks about areas of opportunity

EP4 – What you need to know from LUMA’s Digital Media Summit, AI is everywhere in marketing, supply constrained platforms race for 1st party data to build an ads business

EP3 (GUEST) – Snap’s Former Head of Measurement, Andrew Covato, explains how the advertising industry can turn dumb measurement into smart measurement

EP2 – Are the rich getting richer in ad tech? Amazon and Pinterest team up, Facebook forces checkout, and more big tech partnerships.

EP1 – AI + ads, Slinging content to LLMs, Economically rational advertisers, The Elon ad tax, Kroger and Disney? and is Amazon eating the RMNs.