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Math & Magic: Stories from the Frontiers of Marketing with Bob Pittman — 117 episodes
Charlamagne Tha God Live at POSSIBLE: “Influencer means impact.”
Sherrie Westin: “As long as we’re true to our purpose, the brand is authentic.”
Mike Milken: “Science could not move fast enough.”
Lisa Coffey: “ Radio personalities are the original influencers."
Strauss Zelnick: “Doing something from scratch, that’s challenging.”
Mike Cessario: ”No investor was gonna write me a check for the concept.”
Math & Magic Returns March 19th
CEOs You Should Know: Chon Nguyen, CEO of Newgentek
CEOs You Should Know: Avani Desai, CEO of Schellman
Listen to Bob on Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin
Bonus Episode: Business Breakthroughs
Jonathan Adashek: “I’m going to do this job like I don’t need it.”
The Value of College
Bobby Bones: “Tenacity is a talent.”
Ron Howard: “Understand the entertainment value of an idea.”
Bonus Episode: Building Corporate Culture
Hugh Howey: “I write for myself.”
Norma Kamali: “Be creative, be original, be innovative.”
Tarang Amin: “Embrace what you think is risky.”
Damian Maldonado: “You can’t teach motivation.”
Jewel: “It’s a lot less painful to be honest.”
Stéphane Bancel: “The upside was changing humanity forever.”
Math & Magic Returns March 6th
Bonus Episode: Improbable Career Jumps
Bonus Episode: Secrets from the Marketing Masters
Martha Stewart Live at iHeart: “Living is a Limitless Subject Matter.”
Celebrating MTV’s Anniversary with the Real Story of MTV
Pitbull: “Anything you love you have to fight for.”
Ryan Seacrest: “I celebrate people, but I’m not the star.”
Andrew Jarecki: “People really do want to tell you their story.”
Rob Reilly: “Be a fountain of ideas.”
Scott Borchetta: “This is the future – we better figure this out.”
Kenneth Feld: “People make an organization.”
Kellyn Smith Kenny: “The working world is a team sport.”
Math & Magic Returns Thursday, February 29th
Ted Leonsis: “People want purpose.”
Howard Makler: “Your brand is a fingerprint of your behavior.”
Jacki Kelley: “Don’t be afraid to zig and zag.”
Jon Bon Jovi: “It comes down to truth.”
Angela Yee: “Every time I learn something, I want to bring it to people.”
Paris Hilton: “I love to be someone who is underestimated.”
Gwyneth Paltrow: “Transaction can actually be a service”
Allen Grubman: “I’m a businessman first and a lawyer second.”
Blake Scholl: “It doesn’t matter what you’ve already done. It’s what you can learn to do.”
Math & Magic Returns March 30th
Colin Cowherd: “I’m more interested in ‘the why’ than ‘the what.’”
Christian Juhl: "I have to predict the future just slightly better than everybody else."
Mike Meldman: "If the product is bad, no matter who is behind it, it won’t work.”
Byron Sharp: “Highly restrictive targets are a fantastic way to shrink brands.”
Stephanie Ruhle: “I want the world to get better and smarter.”
Tony Coles: “We are sourcing stories that mainstream newsrooms would never tell.”
Jeff Bewkes: “We didn’t care about the ratings.”
Steve Cooper: “You should never get too comfortable.”
Dr. David Eagleman: “The conscious mind is like a broom closet in the mansion of the brain.”
Suzy Deering: “We are at the moment where everything changes. And a big reason we’re at that moment, is the F-150 Lightning.”
Math & Magic Returns September 22nd
Bob Pittman on Minnie Questions with Minnie Driver
Ben Horowitz: “Let’s go make something. Let’s change the world.”
Celebrate MTV’s 40th Birthday with the Real Story of MTV
Remi Kent: “A small act can make a difference.”
Christian Navarro: “I've been at the bottom; and if I can use that energy to help people stay on top, then I win.”
Brad Gerstner: “If something's not a fast yes, then it's a quick no.”
Alec Baldwin: “You have to find a way to make it work.”
Gary Vaynerchuk: “Accountability's an incredible gateway to happiness.”
Sir Martin Sorrell: “Good people are by nature difficult”
Elizabeth Rutledge: “We call our employees colleagues.”
EJan Brandt: “We had to break a lot of glass”
Brad Hiranaga: “I’ve been in love with brands since I was 5 years old.”
The Real Story of MTV: Founder’s Edition
Marisa Thalberg: “Connect the dots that aren’t obvious”
Dave Cote: “I benefited from second chances. I always kept that in mind”
“Believe in your own greatness”: Advice from Tim Cook, David Chang, Abby Wambach and more
EHans Vestberg: “This country relies on connectivity. My job is to empower and energize my company in these times.”
Special Covid-19 Episode: "Market with humanity"
Philippe Krakowsky: “If you say you’re going to do something, do something.”
Shazi Visram “Finding solutions— that’s just a part of my DNA.”
Rich Lennox: “I came from a culture where I saw big ideas transform businesses.”
Fan Favorite: Judy McGrath: “I didn’t know anything about TV; I didn’t even like it!” (rebroadcast)
Bonus Episode—How They Made It
Ken Auletta: “My task is to understand them”
Raja Rajamannar: “Even the brightest ideas get killed if they're not emotionally embraced by your team.”
Bobbi Brown: “I started doing it my way... and it caught on!”
Marian Goodell: “In this day and age, we need more bridges.”
EPaul Tudor Jones: “All I had was a checkbook and a big heart.”
Charlamagne tha God: “You fail by trying to be the next anything. You should just be yourself.”
Marc Pritchard: “We serve all humanity. We need to reflect that.”
Gerry Laybourne: "Have you ever been slimed? It is wonderful!"
Norm de Greve: "You have to be facile; you have to teach creativity back into yourself"
Bill Koenigsberg: "I built a culture where business is personal"
EBonus: Our favorite Audio Stories
Bonus: Our favorite Marketing Stories!
Season 2 of Math & Magic Coming Soon!
Bertha González Nieves: "I've always been an entrepreneur."
EWalter Isaacson: "People want to hear ideas. There's a hunger for that."
EDavid Zaslav: “We’re betting for the long term.”
EMichael Kassan: “If you can find chaos, there’s going to be opportunity.”
EScott Hagedorn: “I like agencies to have some funk.”
Jeremy Zimmer: "I grew up loving stories."
EDavid Solomon: “I think the culture starts with leadership. And the leadership has to live it.”
ETom Freston: “I never wanted to be a mainstream businessman. I still don’t.”
ESteve Stoute: “Music Moves Culture”
EJohn Sykes: “I love to see if I can defy conventional wisdom.”
ETom Brokaw: “I’m not one who says we ought to go back to the old days.”
EWendy Clark: “Creativity is the biggest, most important lever you can pull.”
EFred Seibert: “When in doubt, count!”
EDaniel Glass: “A-minuses don’t sell. They don’t make it anymore.”
EGayle Troberman: “There’s an endless number of stories brands have the right to tell”
EOlivier Francois: "You need to recognize the brand without seeing the product"
EShaggy: "I'm a direct representative of Brand Jamaica"
EJarl Mohn: "The best ideas come from desperation"
EBen Lerer: “The Place We Win is Empathy”
EJudy McGrath: “I didn’t know anything about TV; I didn’t even like it!”
EJulie Rieger: "Storytellers run the World"
ETim Castree: “I’m trying to be 80% Australian”
EScooter Braun: “Burn the Ships”
EMaurice Lévy: “No Silos, No Solos, No Bozos”
EIntroducing: Math and Magic