The Bad Pod, An Advertising Podcast

May 20 2024
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We're here to talk about the bad, the ugly, and what good advertising actually is with insight from the industry’s top creative minds. 

Hosts Amelia and Brian are ad agency creatives on a mission to talk to every capable creative director, copywriter extraordinaire, art directing dynamo, swiss army social strategist, ECD, CCO, PFD, and SOS about what the f&$k a good ad—and ad industry—even looks like.  

The Bad Podcast seeks to answer the question that echoes through every corner of the creative world: is this good? 

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"Not everyone can eat a creative idea" with Matt Johnson, Co-Founder of HAYMAKER

May 20 2024 76 mins  
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 most iconic names in LA advertising; Goodby, 72&Sunny, 180LA, and now HaymakerMatt tells us about sharing an alma mater with Dan Weiden and “growing up”

Episode 69 - Clint Runge, Founder at Archrival - Youth Culture Agency

Apr 07 2024 61 mins  
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 youth culture agency setting out to reinvent how brands with the hearts and minds of young adults, teens to twenty-somethings. Clint and his team of 65 have

Episode 68 - Amelia's Farewell!

Mar 10 2024 66 mins  
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! Eric & Brian talk with Amelia about the pod past, our futures, what makes the work "worth it," and what is most important in our professional lives. Please join

Episode 67 — The Next Evolution of the Creator Economy with Ryan J. Mack, CCO at Made In Network

Jan 14 2024 77 mins  
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 inspiring career. In his words, Ryan Mack's special talent is making small things medium. As the former President of Virtue Worldwide, he did just that, build

Episode 66 - Making Advertising More Accessible with Sarah Latz & Francesca Piancone of Book180 Portfolio School

Dec 31 2023 68 mins  
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 instructors at Chicago Portfolio School. And it's there where they first began to get the idea for another way to do this whole portfolio school thing,

Episode 65 - Brand Strategy with Ian Baer: Insights from a 35-Year Veteran

Dec 17 2023 81 mins  
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 classic sitcom "Bewitched" sparked his initial fascination with advertising, setting him on a path to become a strategic powerhouse in the field.From his early inspirations to his

Episode 64 - Allie LeFevere, Co-founder of Obedient, the world's first Humor Branding Agency

Dec 10 2023 58 mins  
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 other organizations across myriad industries. We talk about why humor works, why brands are scared of it, the sweet spot that comes with knowing your niche, and

Episode 63 - Rodney Johnson, Freelance Motion Designer, Editor & Shooter

Nov 13 2023 56 mins  
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 his resumé, working on productions in the ad world, for music videos, and beyond. He and Brian met when Rodney was moonlighting as the Creative Circus' video

Episode 62 - Sebastián Cuevas, ACD @ VMLY&R Commerce

Oct 22 2023 57 mins  
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 having more Lions than sub-Saharan Africa. He joins us off the heals of his most recent win, a Grand Prix for his work on Oreo Codes. Tune in for a world of

Episode 61 - Joshua Womack, Copywriter & Author of "You Are Not That Funny: Stories from Cleveland Stand-Up"

Oct 08 2023 60 mins  
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...". He tells us about the importance of a good editor and why he loves the morning time best for his creative pursuits. Buy his new book at the link below!Epi