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Media Roundtable — 265 episodes

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Podcast’s Next $1B Starts with Better Data - Dan Misener Unveils the Bumper Score

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Introducing AMP: What's a Podcast, What's an Impression, and Did the Ad Work?

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Mental Health, a Bill of Rights, Fair Labor: How Shira Lazar is Helping to Organize the Creator Economy

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Ad Infinitum S4E02: Guaranteed Human with Rahul Sabnis on AI, Trust & the Future of Audio

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Mosheh Oinounou’s Best Move: Leaving Legacy Media to Restore Trust in News

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Authenticity Tops AI: Predicting Podcasting’s Future with Jason Calacanis

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The Guaranteed Human In An Artificial World: How Leaders from Whole Foods, and GoodRX, Libsyn, and iHeartPodcasts Collaborate with AI

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Less Noise, More Life: The Science of Thriving in an Artificial World

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The Power of Independence: Why Brands Are Betting on Independent Creators

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Without a Net: Hala Taha (Young & Profiting) and the Meiselas Brothers (MeidasTouch) Share the Real Costs and Rewards of Independence

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Killer Mike on Independent Rap, Leadership, and Podcasting with Love

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Ad Infinitum S4E01 - Two Circles : Dallas Taylor on Podcasting, YouTube, and Creative Identity

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Giving Indie Voices a Bigger Megaphone

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B2B: Balancing Brand & ROI

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The Indie PaC Awards: Killer Mike, SXSW, and the Future of Independent Media

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The Medium is Still the Message: Audio, AI, and the Future

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Ad Infinitum Season 3 Finale - The Ruler and The Regent

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A Search for the Truth: Multichannel Rankings, PodScribe Report, and ChatGPT Ads

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No Algorithm, No Problem: Inside the Top Performing Self-Improvement Podcast That Didn't Chase Growth

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The Podcast Princess Diaries: Inside Hala Taha’s Performance Playbook

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Our Best Podcast Pick, PodFraud, and Is It The End of Ads?

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Keys to 2026: Navigating a Seller’s Market, Standardized Measurement, and Going Vertical

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The Rise of Faith-Based Podcasts with the Hosts of Girls Gone Bible

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Rethinking Youtube Podcasts: Does video beat audio for ROI?

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2025 in Review: Video Won, Measurement Broke, and 210 Million People Are Listening

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Ad Infinitum S3E15 - Human Hacks

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Protecting Human Connection: Audio’s ROI, AI Slop, & Netflix Moves

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Ad Infinitum S3E14 - This is My Real Voice

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Bye, YouTube: Why Spotify's Moving Hit Shows to Netflix

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Ad Infinitum S3E12 - Infinite Prompts

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Why Brands Aren't Spending That Extra $1B on Podcasts (Yet)

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We Analyzed $1.6 Billion in Podcast Ads. Here's What Actually Drives ROI

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The Good, The Bad & The Unexpected: How Two Rival Agencies Merged to Reshape Podcasting

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"Stop Apologizing": Lex Friedman on Why Podcasting Will Always Evolve and Why That's a Good Thing

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Inside the 2025 Podcast Ad Playbook from Leading Brands: Whole Foods, Chime, Indeed, and Tecovas

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Ad Infinitum S3E11 - When the Helmets Come Off: Kraig T. Kitchin at CAO Summit 2025

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“Radio is a Cucaracha”: How Brands are Making the Most of Tried-and-True Reach — From the CAO Summit

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Ashley Flowers, Nick Viall, and Kim Komando Flip the Script: Host Insights from the 2025 CAO Summit

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Steven Bartlett and Ben Shapiro on the Power of Independent Media: CAO Summit 2025 Fireside Chat

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Podcast Movement 2025 and Beyond: Bryan Barletta Tells Our Team What Comes Next

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The State of Audio Advertising 2025: Finding Our Frequency at the CAO Summit

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Our Industry-First Breakthrough on YouTube Podcast Attribution (CAO Summit Exclusive)

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How We Built This: Guy Raz on Intimacy, Independence, and What's Worth Preserving in Podcasting

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Sunset Vibes and Strategy Deep Dives: Highlights from the Third Annual CAO Summit

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Test Everything: FlightStory's Christiana Brenton on Building The World's Fastest-Growing Podcast

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Podcast to Primetime: How Evan Shapiro Turned Audio into TV and What’s Next

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"Kill the Word 'Podcast'": The Roost's AJ Feliciano on How Video Blew Up the Medium in Every Sense

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Joe Rogan Isn't a Podcast: Steve Pratt Puts Podcasting's Definition to the Test

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Star Trek in the Basement: Why Podcasting Still Needs its Indie Creators with John McDermott

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Sounds Definitive - The State of Podcasting with Bryan Barletta

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The Podcaster’s Blueprint: How Ira Glass Made Podcasting a Cultural Phenomenon

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London Calling, Global Response: Highlights from The Podcast Show 2025

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Podcasting: Why Have We Been Undervaluing a $7.3B Industry? - with Hernan Lopez

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Follow the Audience & Win: Responding to Listener Behavior with Steven Goldstein (Amplifi Media) & Jay Nachlis (Coleman Insights)

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"Little Masterpieces for Your Ears" - Understanding Podcasting’s Past, Ensuring its Future

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Audio Gold - Charting the Rise of the MeidasTouch Network with the Meiselas Brothers

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Redefining Podcasts: Audio, Video, and the Future of the Channel with Larry Rosin (Edison Research)

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Charting Podcasting’s Pirate Ship Past with Adam Carolla

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All Ears: Everything We Learned at Podcast Movement Evolutions 2025

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What's a Podcast? Episode 3: The Crossroads – Identity Crisis & the Future

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What's a Podcast? Episode 2: The Explosion – Mainstream & the Pod-demic

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What's a Podcast? Episode 1: The Genesis – The Accidental Revolution

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Ad Infinitum S3E2 - Stay Safe in Sound

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The State of Audio Ads: Podcasthon, Wondery Goes FAST, YouTube Premium Lite, and Untouchable Ad Budgets

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Ad Infinitum S3E1 - Audio is for the Children

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Follow the Money: Spotify’s Payouts, The True Crime Cruise, and Indie Podcasters

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Ad Infinitum S2E14 - The State of Sonic Branding

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Betting on Podcasts – Fox, Netflix, and YouTube Want a Piece of Podcasting’s Power

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Ad Infinitum S2E13 - One Amazon to Rule Them All

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Funny Business with Paul Scheer

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Ad Infinitum S2E12 - A.I. Loves Everybody

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Open Debate: Ben Shapiro Talks Civility in Podcasting

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Ad Infinitum S2E11 - The Authors of Audio Branding

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The Sound of Growth: How Audio Fuels Branded Search

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A Look Forward to 2025 - Trends That Will Shape Audio

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A Look Back at 2024 - AI, Video’s Rise, the Podcast Election & More

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Measurement: Untangling the Knot

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Video, Audio, or Both? - Shaping the Future of Podcast with James Cridland

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Ad Infinitum S2E10 - Congruent Cues with Chelsea Campbell

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MMMs, Advanced Radio, & Pixels - Lessons from the CAO Attribution Forum

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Lessons from the "Podcast Election" – Audio’s Role in Politics

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Permission to Laugh with Dana Carvey, David Spade, & Jenna Weiss-Berman

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From Competitors to Partners: The Story Behind the Industry's Biggest Union–with Dan Granger, Conor Doyle, and Bryan Barletta

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What Brands Want: New Report Highlights from 50 CAOs

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Questioning Everything with Journalist Brian Reed (S-Town, This American Life)

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Make Creative Your Unfair Advantage - Secrets from the CAO Summit

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Audio’s Role in the Marketing Mix - Live from the CAO Summit

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Ad Infinitum: S2E09 - Simulacrum Ex Machina with Oskar Serrander

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Ad Infinitum: S2E08 - Sonic Truths with JJ Healan

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The State of Audio Advertising Report: Insights and Trends from the CAO Summit

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Research, True Crime, & What Brands Want - Recapping Podcast Movement 2024

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Using Audio for Good with Ashley Flowers and Brittany Clevenger

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The Danger of Rising PodLoad: How Increasing Clutter Erodes Podcast Advertising Value

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Ad Infinitum: S2E7 - Audio Affects with Kraig Kitchin

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Engaged, not Enraged - Kellyanne Conway and David Plouffe on Podcasting Across the Aisle

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Camp CAO - Chief Audio Officer Summit ‘24 Highlights

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Audio’s Rule of Thirds with Rhapsody Voices’s Mike Jensen

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Halfway to History: Oxford Road's 11-Year Journey

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The Podfather: Adam Curry Reflects on 20 Years of Podcasting

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Live from Cannes: The State of Digital Media with LUMA’s Conor McKenna

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Ad Infinitum: S2E5 - Sound Business is Sound Business with Hala Taha

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Then and Now - From Past Elections to our AI present with History Podcaster Lindsay Graham

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What Brands Want From Audio with Robbie Giles of MasterClass and Kezia Koo of Indeed

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The International Podcast Show Recap - Lessons from London with James Cridland and Amelia Coomber

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Ad Infinitum: S2E4 - Scary Ads with Nathalie Chicha and Ray Harkins

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Sounds of the Future - Radio in 2026, Podcaster Emmys, the Clone Voice Army

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CAO Messaging Forum Recap - Zero-to-One Sonic Branding, Mastering Message Design & Getting the Most from the Host

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The Role of Audio in the Mix of Communications with Andrea Stillacci and Chris Binns

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Sounds like a Big Deal - Spotify, IAB, Branded Podcasts, and Audacy’s Sports Play

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Ad Infinitum: S2E3 - Branding with your Eyes Closed with Joel Beckerman

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B2B and Spoken Word Media - The Special Relationship

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The Age of Efficiency and What’s Next with Jason Calacanis

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FOMO NOMO’ - Recapping Podcast Movement Evolutions 2024

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GoLocalise Uses AI to Translate Your Favorite Podcast for YOUR PETS

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Finding New Hits - Celebrity Overload, Minding the Game, and The British Podcast Invasion

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Ad Infinitum S2:E2 - "Hosts Are People Too" featuring Jordy Meiselas of MeidasTouch

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Ears Wide Open: Oscar’s Audio Ad, Spotify’s Dominance, & Rooster Teeth’s Downfall

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Joy, Fandom, and Writing Ads That Hosts Love with Joanna Robinson

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Now Do This – Breaking Down Podscribe’s Benchmark Report with Pete Birsinger

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Ad Infinitum: S2E1 - "Sound Strategy" with Mark Pollard

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Can We Save The Media? Evan Shapiro and a New Fairness Doctrine

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Talent Drives Everything - Oxford Road lands Nathan Aminian, Rogan stays with Spotify(ish)

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AI in Audio – Stretching What’s Possible

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Ad Infinitum Ep. 7 "It's All in the Execution" featuring Steve Keller and Bjorn Thorleifsson

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Keeping Audio Weird: The Pitfalls to Programmatic

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We nailed 9 of 10 of our 2023 predictions. What’s next for 2024?

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RIP Audio Opportunists: Brands Seek Serious Solutions in 2024: with Steven Goldstein, Founder/CEO at Amplifi Media & Adjunct Professor at NYU

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2024 Audio Predictions from the Fourth Estate

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Ad Infinitum Ep. 6 "Why Now" featuring Amanda DiMarco

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Podcrash! A 2023 Retrospective on Audio's Wild Ride

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The Crucible of Sound: Navigating 2023's Tumultuous Audio Landscape with Steve Goldstein

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Ad Infinitum Ep. 5 "Substantiation" with Special Guest Richard Shotton

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Media Roundtable: Industry Edition - November 22nd

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Media Roundtable: Industry Edition - November 15th

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"Media Roundtable: What is a Download?"

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"Media Roundtable: How Leading Marketers Are Solving the Measurement Problem"

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Media Roundtable: Industry Edition - October 25th

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Media Roundtable: Industry Edition - October 18

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Live from Podcast Movement: The Decade of Defiance

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Ad Infinitum Episode 4 "Demonstrated = Persuaded" with Special Guest Panel Focuses on Audiolytics™ Key Component #4 Demonstration

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Media Roundtable: Industry Edition - October 4th

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Measuring Success: Chief Audio Officer Summit Live Panel on Navigating Audio Attribution

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Voicing Trust: Chief Audio Officer Summit Live Panel on Creative

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Media Roundtable: Industry Edition - September 13th

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Media Roundtable: Why Digital Audio Deserves More Attention with Larry Rosin of Edison Research

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Media Roundtable: Unpacking Podcast Movement & A Fireside Chat with Allan Jones

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Media Roundtable: Industry Edition - August 23rd

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Mastering Audio: The Chief Audio Officer Buying Guide & Industry News with James Cridland

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Ad Infinitum Episode 3 "Sirius Listening" with Special Guest Lucinda, Founder of Moink focuses on Audiolytics™ Key Component #3 Positioning

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Media Roundtable: Industry Edition - August 2nd

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Media Roundtable: The Rise of the Chief Audio Officer

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Media Roundtable: Influence Responsibly – Introducing Seekr's Civility Score

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Ad Infinitum Episode 2 "Audio Nudges" Focuses on Audiolytics™ Key Component #2, "Value Prop: What is it?" with Special Guest Phill Agnew, host of Nudge

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10-Years in the Audio Arena: Original OXFORd Team Looks Back

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Media Roundtable: Special Edition - Battle of the KPIs: ROAS vs. CPA

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Media Roundtable: Industry Edition - June 14

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Media Roundtable Presents: Starting Right - Ad Infinitum Episode 1 w/ special guest Dallas Taylor, Host and Creator of Twenty Thousand Hertz

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The Double Panel Episode w/ Podnews’ Editor James Cridland & Oxford Road’s International Task Force

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Media Roundtable’s 2023 IAB Upfronts Recap with Director of Digital Audio & Video for the IAB, Matt Shapo

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Decoding Radio's Past, Present, and Future with Industry Titan, Kraig Kitchin

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Media Roundtable: Industry Edition - May 3

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Joseph Jaffe is Not Famous, But He Is On Our Podcast

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MRT Industry Edition Returns with First-Time Super-Host Kristen Duenas

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Sound Success: Simple Secrets to High-Impact Audio Advertising

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Cracking The Attribution Code - Part 2: Featuring Oxford Roadies, Giles Martin & Kyle Jelinek

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Oxford Road’s “Podcast Movement” Special

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Media Roundtable: Cracking The Attribution Code - Part 1: Featuring Marketing Legend Allan Jones of Bambee and ZipRecruiter

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How a Pro-Democracy Focus Transformed The Meiselas Brothers' Lives To Gold

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Media Roundtable: Super Bowl Edition - February 15

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The Media Roundtable: Industry Edition - February 1

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Bloomberg’s Audio Journalist Ashley Carman Joins the Media Roundtable

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The Media Roundtable Dusts Off The Crystal Ball to Look Into 2023

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Media Roundtable: 2022 In The Rearview Mirror

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Media Roundtable: Industry Edition - December 13

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Media Roundtable: Honoring a Podcast Legend - December 7

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Media Roundtable: Industry Edition - November 30

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Media Roundtable: Industry Edition - November 16

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Media Roundtable: Industry Edition - November 2

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Media Roundtable: Industry Edition - October 19

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The Media Roundtable - October 5

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Media Roundtable: Industry Edition - September 21

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The Media Roundtable: Industry Edition - September 7

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Media Roundtable: Industry Edition - August 24

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Media Roundtable: Industry Edition - August 10

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Media Roundtable: Industry Edition — July 27

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Media Roundtable’s First Ever Insider Edition

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Twenty Thousand Hertz Host Nerds Out on All Things Audio With Oxford Road’s VP of Creative Services

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Podcasters Gillie da King & Wallo267 Are Redefining The Game While Remaining Unabashedly Authentic

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It’s The End of the Internet as We Know it

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Live from SXSW Part III: Balancing Brand Values and Business Objectives

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Live from AudioHouse at SXSW: Panel on Ad Tech, Podcast, and Real World Implications

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Become Smarter In 5 Minutes - Jason Schulweis Empowers Professional Growth with The Morning Brew

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From Douchebag to Media Innovator: Joey Dumont Launches True Thirty based on the theory of Slow Journalism

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How to Citizen; Baratunde Thurston On Why You are the Future of Tech, Media and Government

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Lisa Carmen Wang on Becoming… A Bad Bitch

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Responsible Media and Our Culture — Mansueto Ventures and former Editor-in-Chief, Inc. Eric Shurenberg,Bloomberg Senior Software Engineer Kevin Kells, Oxford Road founder and CEO Dan Granger and Barometer founder, and CEO Tamara Zubatiy

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Hosts of Add to Cart Show What Blending Comedy & Purpose Looks Like

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Veteran Journalist Mosheh Oinounou Shares the Power of Curation as Answer to Declining Trust in Media

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What is Fact? What is Fiction? Media Critic Virginia Heffernan Reframes the Digital Argument

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Super Bowl Ads Join Media Roundtable: Who Scored, Who Fumbled, and Who Should’ve Stayed Home

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The State of the Podcast Business with Bryan Barletta

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Culturati Host, Kierna Mayo Gives Us the Path to an Anti-Racist World

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Dear Media CEO, Michael Bosstick Knows How to Make Podcasts Work For Advertisers

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Who is Bari Weiss? Honestly Host Speaks on State of Journalism, Faith, and the Future of America

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Media Roundtable Season 4 Highlights

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The Path to World Peace through Metta Brand Safety

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Breaking the Cultural Barrier with Julio Ricardo Varela

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Left, Right, and Phetasy: Walk-ins Welcome Host Shows Gives Us an Entertaining Third Option

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Building A Community From Scratch: Hip-Hop Revolutionary Dave Mays Joins The Media Roundtable to Announce Launch of Breakbeat Media Podcast Network

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From Covering the Story to Becoming the Story, Megyn Kelly Puts All Her Cards on The Media Roundtable

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Marketing with Manners: Nick Leighton and Leah Bonnema from Were You Raised by Wolves Join The Media Roundtable

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FOMO Responsibly: Podcaster and Creator of the Term “FOMO”, Patrick McGinnis Joins The Media Roundtable

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Climate Journalism - Critical Frequency Network Founder Joins The Media Roundtable

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The Podcast History Tellers; Lindsay Graham Joins The Media Roundtable

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America’s Mayor Joins The Media Roundtable

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The Media Roundtable Returns with an Unboxing Twist

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In Case You Missed It - The Media Roundtable Greatest Hits- Part 2

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In Case You Missed It - The Media Roundtable Greatest Hits- Part 1

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No Spin Meets the Media Roundtable: A Conversation with Bill O’Reilly

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Buy Local! The Case to Save Local News from Will Phipps of Protect Our Press

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The State of the Fourth Estate Part III: NYT’s Ben Smith

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Hint Inc’ Founder, Kara Goldin’s Journey to Creating Values-Driven Brand

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The Unwinnable Culture War: A Conversation with Radio Host Steve Deace

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Using Conflict to Bring Peace; How One Marketer Leans Into Conflicts to Bring People Closer Together

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T-Pain Takes a Seat at The Media Roundtable and Buys Us a Drank

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Brad Berens PhD., IAB Editor-In-Chief Takes Us to School on the Impact of News on Brand Sponsors, And Everything Else

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Emmy Award-Winning Journalists Crack The Code To Reporting The News Without the Venom

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How The World’s Largest Brands and Agencies are Taking on Brand Safety

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Hugh Hewitt, A Republican You Should Sponsor

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The World’s First 100% Brand Safe Podcast Episode

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Harder Than Sending a Rocket to Pluto, Former NASA Space Engineer and current CEO of Ground News Addresses Challenge of Media Bias

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Much more than an “Idiot Box.” NPR’s Media Critic, Eric Deggans Joins The Media Roundtable to Discuss TV.

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Great Minds Don’t Always Think Alike - Bipodisan Shows How Media Can Help Us Heal with Jean Card and Robert Schlesinger

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What Makes Endorsements Work? A Radio Legend and Advertising Oracle Show Us The Way

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The State of the Fourth Estate is a Mess; Questions are The Answer

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Episode 4: State of the Fourth Estate, Part I: Carl Cameron, 20 Year Fox News Veteran, Chief White House Correspondent

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Episode 3: David French(ism) takes a seat at the Media Roundtable

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Episode 2: State of the Union Panel with Knights of the Media Roundtable

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Episode 1: What is Media Roundtable?

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Special Bonus Episode! Civility in podcasting and broadcasting is good business for clients, customers and talent.

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On The Media's Bob Garfield on Election Results, Media Bias, and the Culpability of Brands

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Newt Gingrich on Sponsorship, Polarization and Achieving Unity, “After the War” - This Week on The Divided States of Media

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The Power of Marketers To Shape Media Products - With Vox Co-Founder Matthew Yglesias.

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Mainlining Controversy: Carly Fiorina talks us through media’s contribution to the polarized state of our nation and how leaders can turn things around by taking the long view.

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Addicted to Hate: A Conversation with Director, David Smick about his New Film, “Stars and Strife” with a Call to Arms for Media and Brands

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Drinking from a firehose with Jason Calacanis: polarization, racism, capitalism and how we can find a better future.

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How Biased is a Media Outlet? Are you getting facts or opinion? We chat with Vanesa Otero from Ad Fontes Media to find out just that.

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According to Katie Herzog, getting to know your neighbors is the key to a more unified country and we agree with her.

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After time at CNN & Fox News, Steve Krakauer shares how to recognize truth and find middle ground.

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Jordan Harbinger on who's Hijacking Media, Fifth State Journalism and The Importance of Education

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Neal Simon speaks to balancing Business, Politics and the "Hidden Majority" of America

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Our Collaboration with the National Institute for Civil Discourse

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Season 2: Sneak Peak

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Repost: The Roth Effect with Carol Roth

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Episode 10: Ben Nazarian, CEO of Therabody

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Episode 9: Karen Hunter, Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist, Professor, co-author of eight NYT Bestsellers, and Sirius XM Radio Show Host

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Episode 8: Nick Quah, Founder of Hot Pod News

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Episode 7: Adam Carolla, an American comedian, radio personality, television host, actor, podcaster, and director.

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Episode 6: Allan Jones, Founder and CEO of Bambee

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Episode 5: Dave Zohrob, Co-Founder and CEO of Chartable

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Episode 4: Norm Pattiz, Chairman and CEO of PodcastOne & founder of Westwood One.

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Episode 3: Andy Lipset, CEO Spoken Layer

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Episode 2: David Field, Chairman, President and CEO of Entercom Communications Corp.

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Episode 1: Hernan Lopez, Founder & CEO of Wondery

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Oxford Road Presents: Media's New Deal