
The Bad Pod, An Advertising Podcast
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?
Podcasting since 2020 • 86 episodes
The Bad Pod, An Advertising Podcast
Latest Episodes
"Brand as a Rorschach Test" with Tom Suharto, Global Strategy Lead at Forsman & Bodenfors
In this episode of The Bad Podcast, An Advertising Podcast, we get inside the mind of Tom Suharto, Global Strategy Lead at Forsman & Bodenfors. From cutting his teeth in research to leading strategy on a global scale, Tom's career ...
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Episode 84
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56:52

"Think Local, Act Global" with Erin Williams, Global XD at McDonald's
Our Favorite StoriesErin’s unconventional path to advertising—starting with an English and film degree, moving to Chicago, and launching a scrappy startup before breaking into UX.The “hot cake” corporate training at ...
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Episode 83
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58:58

Todd Kolm, Frameworks for Finding the Right Problem
Our Favorite Stories:Hotboxing the next blockbuster idea: starting a career at the tail end of the "Mad Men" era in digital healthcare advertising. Working with Rich Norman, Todd learned how Allegra got its name. "An articula...
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Episode 82
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1:14:05

"Playing with Platforms" with Chuck Monn, CCO at R&R Partners
Happy New Year, we hope you've had a fantastic holiday filled with much deserved rest, good food, and even better company. We're starting 2025 with strong with TBWA veteran-turned-indy CCO Chuck Monn. Among many things, he takes...
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Episode 81
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1:11:56

An Infinite Canvas: The Future of Collaborative Storytelling with AI ft. Alec Pollak, EVP at NEON, an IPG Health Company
Our Favorite StoriesAlec's journey as the "Photoshop kid" at Grey Entertainment, helping build the Batman movie's first website.His reflections on surviving the Web 1.0 era and the exciting chaos of startups...
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Episode 80
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