Podcasts by Disruptor Series

Cameron Day is Disrupting Creative Leadership - EP 91 from 2021-11-23T13:35:25

"I think in a funny way, my dad programmed me to be a slacker with a work ethic"

Imagine your parents not only knew what your job in ad...

The Next Decade of Disruption: Ashton Womack is Disrupting The News, Comedy&”Truth” from 2021-10-31T17:07:14

The Next Decade of Disruption is a 3 episode series we've created in partnership with the 2021 3% Conference.  

"I think people dim their l...

The Next Decade of Disruption: Jean Grow is Disrupting DEI IRL from 2021-10-31T17:06:50

The Next Decade of Disruption is a 3 episode series we've created in partnership with the 2021 3% Conference.  

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The Next Decade of Disruption: Nancy Reyes&Katrien DeBauw are Disrupting Leadership from 2021-10-31T17:06:16

The Next Decade of Disruption is a 3 episode series we've created in partnership with the 2021 3% Conference.  

"To be a 'legend' is to lea...

Jason Sperling is Disrupting Creative Leadership - EP 87 from 2021-10-20T15:22:45

“You get better training at a fast food restaurant than you do at an agency.”

Being a "creative" can be simultaneously fulfilling and exhausting.  For many of those fortunate eno...

Sara Rosinsky is Disrupting Your Grammar - EP 86 from 2021-08-17T15:03:10

"I would actually caution people about 'trying' to sound smart"

With the proliferation of texting, shorthand, and autocorrect, one could argue that grammatical-correctness is at ...

Brian Dolan is Disrupting The Workforce - Ep 85 from 2021-07-28T09:34:11

"At a senior executive level, the talent pipeline has been starved for decades of diverse talent."

There's no denying that the 'way we work' has forever changed due to the pandem...

Will Burns Is Disrupting Idea Generation - Ep 84 from 2021-06-29T12:20:30

Let’s face it, creativity requires a lot of stupid ideas in order to get to the good ones

Getting t...

Mark Pollard is Disrupting Strategy - Ep 83 from 2021-06-16T08:00

An insight is different than an idea, because an insight gets us

to change how we behave. 

In one of our most insig...

Bill Tsapalas is Disrupting NYC's Curbsides - Ep 82 from 2021-06-03T11:47:52

If you are selfless in your intentions, selfless in your full engagement,

selfless in your expectations, things will eventually unfo...

Dan Greenberg&Sharethrough are Disrupting Native Advertising - Ep.81 from 2021-05-18T10:09:31

"If you believe you need to earn attention as a brand,

it completely changes the creative process"

In an era that wi...

Joy Altimare and EHE Health are Disrupting Healthcare Through Prevention - ep 80 from 2021-05-18T08:29:28

“I kept telling people we’re like the Ben & Jerry’s of Healthcare”

Imagine a world where your healt...

Joy Altimare and EHE Health are Disrupting Healthcare Through Prevention - ep 80 from 2021-05-18T08:29:28

“I kept telling people we’re like the Ben & Jerry’s of Healthcare”

Imagine a world where your hea...

Kristina Paider is Disrupting How We View Hollywood Storytelling - Ep. 79 from 2021-04-20T08:34:37

"When you tell a story the right way, all 7 parts of the brain light up." 

When you think of Hollywood storytelling, you pro...

Bill Oakley is Disrupting The Drive Thru - Ep 78 from 2021-04-06T18:44:38

I suspect a lot of the people who are writing these ads have never even tried these items.

Bill Oakley - former show-runner for The Simpsons - sheds li...

Allyson Witherspoon and Nissan are Disrupting Automotive Marketing - Ep 77 from 2021-03-26T09:26:37

"We had to immediately shift out of selling vehicles and into how we can help take care of our customers"

In this candid yet in depth interview, Nissan...

Suzi Watford is Disrupting the News Business - Ep 76 from 2021-03-16T08:18:10

“Does the Wall Street Journal reflect business or can The Wall Street Journal change the future face of business?"

In what turned out to be quite an enlightening conversation, Su...

Caroline Martin is Disrupting Sketch Comedy - Ep 75 from 2021-03-02T11:01:10

“I think the pandemic has made us all creative in a different way”

Comedy, particularly live sketch and improv comedy has been one of the hardest hit entertainment genres since t...

Roxy Young&Reddit are Disrupting Wall Street, Washington&The Super Bowl - Ep 74 from 2021-02-23T07:22:43

"As a marketer, it’s my responsibility to seize moments...and use them as a springboard to help more people understand the value our product is bringing"

In this insightful, yet ...

Syndee Winters is Disrupting Broadway - Episode 73 from 2021-02-16T11:26:08

“We should continue leaving room for magic in the creative workplace”

Broadway star Syndee Winters (Nala in The Lion King, Hamilton, and much much more) gives Asha & Rob a candid...

Special Episode: Tim Staples is Disrupting Noise - Episode 72 from 2021-02-05T09:58:19

"If you start with the dollars, you’ll never get to the relationship. If you start with the relationship, you’ll definitely get to the dollars”

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Marah&Naomi are Disrupting Self Care - Episode 71 from 2021-02-02T10:44:10

"Know Your Power" Often, when we think of 'Self Care' the first image that comes to mind is a slender white woman in LuluLemon pants doing a one-legged yoga pose.  Trust us, it's much,...

Eitan Chitayat is Disrupting Entrepreneurship from 2020-12-08T08:03:16

"...There's a buzz especially in Tel Aviv, there’s a real entrepreneurial and innovative spirit there”

Listen as Tedx speaker & International agency founder (Natie) Eitan Chitayat has a c...

Deanna Deacon is Disrupting Societal Norms from 2020-11-24T10:54:52

In the first ever 'all-female' Disruptor Series episode, Asha Davis has a candid conversation with Author, Empowerment Coach, Motivational Speaker and Intuitive Healer -...

The Tuskegee Airmen are Disrupting History from 2020-11-10T07:21:46

In a very special episode to commemorate Veteran's Day 2020, Doug Melville interviews Brigadier General Leon Johnson, president of Tuskegee Airmen inc. to gain further insight into the legendary...

Ilana Glazer is Disrupting Politics from 2020-10-21T18:15:34

In a special episode recorded in partnership with Advertising Week in New York City, Doug Melville interviews Ilana Glazer from the Generator Collective and learns how both everyday people and c...

Disruptor Series Special: “Mini-sode” featuring Dog Lovers For Joe. from 2020-10-21T06:00

Introducing our new format: the “Mini-sode.”Here we give you a quick conversation with people who are disrupting business, culture and life. Today’s “mini-sode” features the founder of Dog Lover...

Dave Merheje of ”Ramy” is Disrupting The Sit-Com from 2020-09-01T09:30

Imagine the trials and tribulations of a Muslim-American family featuring an all Middle-Eastern cast. Oh, by the way, it’s a comedy. If that’s not a disruption on the American sit-com landscape,...

Bennett D. Bennett Is Disrupting Madison Avenue from 2020-07-22T14:42:56

Days after the death of George Floyd, Madison Avenue was put on notice by Bennett D. Bennett and his partners. In a well-crafted, impassioned letter, Bennett and his team laid out a 12-step plan...

Derek Walker is Disrupting the Ad Business with his Passion, his Persistence and his Kumite from 2020-06-23T10:54:26

Derek Walker is the founder of ad agency Brown and Browner. As he says, "It's not a Black agency. It's an agency owned by Black people." Derek has been fighting to do the best work for clients t...

Geren Lockhart is Disrupting the COVID19 Crisis with Underwear from 2020-06-16T09:30

People make statements with t-shirts, tote bags and face masks. Well, now to disrupt all of that — underpants. That’s right, designer and entrepreneur Geren Lockhart is celebrating the political he...

Elaine Welteroth is Disrupting Self Worth from 2020-05-26T08:00

Before she was a New York Times best-selling author, and before she was editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue, Elaine Welteroth was in Advertising. Listen in as Elaine sits down with host Doug Melville ...

From The Vault: Gabrielle Hamilton at TBWA\Chiat\Day NY LIVE from 2020-05-19T08:00

Before Covid-19 hit, we had the brilliant chef, restaurateur and author Gabrielle Hamilton at a Disruptor Series live event. And while the virus and lockdown has forced her to shut down her belo...

Jordan Goldstein is Disrupting Your Post-COVID Work Life from 2020-05-11T11:27:14

Jordan Goldstein is an award-winning architect at Gensler. After decades of thinking about all manner of architecture and design, he’s been laser-focused on what life will be like as we emerge f...

Giles Edwards is Disrupting your COVID19 Isolation from 2020-05-04T10:05:07

Feeling alone and anxious during this crisis? Giles Edwards has an idea to provide you with some company -- and importantly -- some inspiration and knowledge. You see, Giles and his collaborator...

Tito Melega is Disrupting The Coronavirus from 2020-04-27T11:03:29

While the government and scientists can't agree when we can open the economy back up, one thing everyone agrees upon is that covering your nose and mouth with a mask helps keep you and others he...

David Burn is Disrupting The Ad Trades from 2020-04-20T09:00:30

David Burn is the founder of AdPulp -- an advertising publication with a difference: it’s for practitioners, by practitioners. For 15 years, AdPulp has been providing news and perspective from the ...

Tiffany R. Warren is Disrupting Diversity from 2020-04-15T16:26:14

When did you realize there were differences amongst people based on their race or ethnicity? For Tiffany R. Warren, it happened when she was very young. But the differences she experienced inspi...

Disruptor Series LIVE! Katherine Schwarzenegger is Disrupting the World with Forgiveness from 2020-03-30T10:36:06

If a drunk driver killed someone in your family, could you ever forgive them? That’s the kind of deep question Katherine Schwarzenegger takes on in her new book, “The Gift of Forgiveness.” Kathe...

COVID-19 is Disrupting Everything from 2020-03-25T15:00:28

Welcome to the Disruptor Series Podcast’s first “PFH.” That’s right, a Pod From Home. COVID-19 is affecting everything from how we live, how we work, how we eat, invest and  interact (or don’t i...

Douglas Davis is Disrupting Design from 2020-03-17T10:16:24

Douglas Davis is a designer, author, filmmaker, digital marketer and an educator. His book, “Creative Strategy and the Business of Design” helps readers truly understand design’s place in busine...

Ryan Wallman is Disrupting the advertising business with a very funny book from 2020-02-25T16:44:58

The advertising business is crazy. And lately, things have gotten even crazier. It’s more complex. With more platforms. More jargon. More acronyms. And more opportunities to poke fun at all of i...

Matt Rotondo is Disrupting Brand Content from 2020-02-18T12:47:28

Matt Rotondo thinks brand content should be bigger and more focused. Bigger in that he prefers to guide his clients to the IMAX movie experience. More focused in that he believes there s a secre...

Maria Ross is Disrupting business with a super power called, empathy from 2020-02-11T11:03:27

Maria Ross is the author of a new book called, “The Empathy Edge.” In it she lays out the case for empathy in business and life. And on this episode of the Disruptor Series Podcast Maria unpacks...

Disruptor Series Special_LIVE at the 3% Conference with Mackenzie Thomas of Google from 2019-12-20T10:20:17

Mackenzie Thomas is a product specialist at Google looking to create a more representational internet. She’s focused on showcasing content and advertising with more diversity and inclusion. Usin...

Disruptor Series Special_LIVE at the 3@ Conference with Amanda Enayati. Author, columnist, strategist and Head of Culture Innovation of the 3% Movement from 2019-12-11T14:07:36

Amanda Enayati’s life sounds like a Hollywood movie. She was a refugee of the Iranian Revolution. Orphaned briefly she emigrated to the US in the 1980's. She worked hard to become a corporate la...

Disruptor Series Special_Live at the 3% Conference with Brittany Johnson, Creative Strategist, Instagram Specialist at Facebook's Creative Shop from 2019-12-10T10:53:10

Brittany Johnson is a rising creative star. She's written rap songs for Coca-Cola and earned Cannes Lions for it. She's also disrupted her own career as an art director and jumped client side to...

Disruptor Series Special_Live at the 3% Conference with Mara Lecocq, Brand and Community Director of Fishbowl from 2019-12-03T10:15:22

Mara Lecocq is disrupting the advertising industry (and a few others) through honest conversations. These conversations happen anonymously. Online. Every day. Through a chat app called Fishbowl....

Disruptor Series Special: Live at the 2019 3% Conference - Meet The Disruptors from 2019-11-20T16:21:36

Here is your overview pod featuring some of the most disruptive people at the incredibly inspiring 3% Conference in Chicago. Listen and learn from:

• Ronnie Dickerson Stewart, SVP Care...
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Disruptor Series Podcast LIVE@The 3% Conference_Thas Naseemuddeen, CEO Omelet from 2019-11-18T13:59:14

Thas Naseemuddeen is the CEO of independent creative agency Omelet. Thas disrupts the conventional image of an Ivy League Chief Executive named “Jim.” She’s a Sri Lankan by birth, a strategist b...

Jonathan Elias is Disrupting Your Ears With Sonic Branding from 2019-10-08T11:00

We are at the beginning of a revolution in sound — for brands. Jonathan Elias has seen this coming for 25+ years. He’s the “Mozart of Madison Avenue.” And on this episode of the Disruptor Series Po...

Michael Fanuele is Disrupting What It Takes To Be Inspiring from 2019-09-24T11:00:43

If you think only special people can be “inspiring,” Michael Fanuele will inspire you to think again. On this episode of the Disruptor Series Podcast, the former General Mills marketer and ad ag...

Rich Siegel is Disrupting Washington from 2019-08-29T09:00:23

Rich Siegel is a legendary copywriter/creative director and the author of a new book, "Mr. Siegel Writes to Washington." His book is a collection of letters he's written to over 50 GOP Senators ...

Tim Leake is Disrupting Advertising Craft from 2019-07-10T12:28:41

One of the most powerful ideas at the 2019 Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity was a presentation. A presentation called, “Ugly Sells.” Created and curated by RPA’s Chief Marketing and Innovation O...

Maria Shriver is Disrupting Your Fourth of July Weekend from 2019-07-02T10:26:28

Maria Shriver is not only one of the greatest women of our time — she is one of the greatest women of all time. From award-winning journalist to former First Lady of California, to mother, siste...

Disruptor Series Podcast Special: LIVE with the "Father of Disruption," Jean-Marie Dru from 2019-06-10T14:04:44

Jean-Marie Dru invented the idea of "Disruption" in a business context. Today it is not only one of the most powerful forces for brands, it is the theory and methodology that powers us and our c...

Jeron Smith is Disrupting Athlete Marketing from 2019-05-31T14:53:05

Jeron Smith is the CEO of Unanimous Media, a company he cofounded with business partner and NBA superstar, Stephen Curry. 

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George Tannenbaum is Disrupting The Youth from 2019-05-17T15:39:31

George Tannenbaum is a true Disruptor. In a business where the average age is 31, George, at twice that age, is thriving as a working ECD and creative leader. You can read about his experiences ...

Charlamagne tha God is Disrupting How You Think About Mental Health from 2019-05-16T15:40:22

To recognize Mental Health Awareness Month, we sat down with popular radio and TV personality Charlamagne tha God to discuss his new book Shook One: Anxiety Playing Tricks on Me. Recorded live a...

Eaon Pritchard Is Disrupting All That Has Gone Wrong With Advertising from 2019-04-29T10:58:49

Eaon Pritchard is a writer and a practicing advertising strategist. He's written a wonderful book called, Where Did It All Go Wrong? Adventures at the Dunning Kruger Peak of Advertising. In it, ...

Abhi Nangia is Disrupting How Our Kids Learn from 2019-03-12T14:46:16

Abhi Nangia is a social entrepreneur on a mission: he wants to help young people love learning. Even more nobly, he wants to "co-create a more peaceful, compassionate, beautiful world that we kn...

Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson are Disrupting Hollywood and Points Beyond on this Disruptor Series LIVE Special from 2019-01-28T11:54:24

On this special episode, you can here award-winning comedians, show-runners and writers Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson live at TBWAChiatDay in New York. Here the hilarious duo sits down with Dis...

Disruptor Series Podcast Special: Live at Advertising Week with author Sam Conniff-Allende from 2018-11-01T13:30:14

 Sam Conniff-Allende will disrupt your perception of pirates and what they can teach us about 21st Century business. In fact, Sam argues that the Golden Age of Piracy pirates were the "Millennia...

Disruptor Series Special: Andrew Loog Oldham from 2018-09-26T10:34:13

A funny thing happened on Rob's way to doing legendary music producer and genius impresario Andrew Loog Oldham’s new podcast, “Sound + Vision.” We wound up creating a Disruptor Series Podcast at th...

Allison Kluger is "Disrupting Your Favorite Brand: You" from 2018-08-06T18:57:30

Allison Kluger teaches at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. She's also creator and Lecturer of “Project You: Building and Extending Your Personal Brand,” a course she teaches with...

Kerry Z Feuerman is Going to “Disrupt Your Next Presentation” from 2018-07-23T10:19:53

How’d your last presentation go? Did you sell the creative? Did you get a client to buy whatever you were selling? If not, listen in. On this episode of the Disruptor Series Podcast we hear from Ke...

Adam Pierno and Rob Schwartz are “Disrupting Podcasts.” from 2018-06-28T10:19:48

This is the first Pod2Pod. On a single day, in the same studio, Adam Pierno, author of the new marketing strategy book “Under Think It,” appeared on the Disruptor Series with Rob Schwartz. And i...

Todd Pasternack is "Disrupting Business Books" from 2018-06-07T19:19:42

Conventional business books dispense wisdom from the likes of GE’s Jack Welch or Twitter’s Jack Dorsey. But writer Todd Pasternack sees a Disruption. He believes there is wisdom from the likes of m...

Joan Baker and Rudy Gaskins are “Disrupting our Ears” from 2018-03-14T10:07:32

From Siri to Alexa to the proliferation of animated shows and podcasts, the human voice is having a moment. And no one is relishing this moment more than the Society of Voice Arts and Sciences. Fou...

Michael Farmer is "Chronicling the Disruptions of the Advertising Business” from 2018-02-26T10:20:04

Michael Farmer, the author of the best-selling book “Madison Avenue Manslaughter,” is deeply well-versed in the crisis that agencies and brands face today. It’s a crisis of growth. Trust. And money...

Ryan Fey is "Disrupting His Advertising Career” from 2018-02-20T19:39:30

  Ryan Fey is the star of the Food Network’s latest, delicious offering, “The Grill Dads.” Yet before he was on his way to becoming a culinary TV superstar, Ryan was building brands and running Ome...

Nancy Koehn is “Disrupting History” from 2018-01-22T21:23:01

Nancy Koehn is an historian and a professor at the Harvard Business School. She’s just written an incredible book on leadership called, “Forged In Crisis.” The book tells the story of five great le...

Alan Yang is "Disrupting Hollywood” from 2017-12-20T14:14:20

Alan Yang is disrupting the writer’s room. He’s an Asian-American writing for TV, movies and videos in a mostly white, Jewish and African-American industry.  On this episode of the Disruptor Series...

Kat Gordon is “Disrupting the Patriarchy.” from 2017-11-07T21:20:44

Kat Gordon is the founder of the 3% Conference which has now become the 3% Movement. The number, 3%, comes from her original calculation that showed that 97% of creative directors in the advertisin...

Snoop is “Disrupting Pop Culture” from 2017-10-23T12:55:07

  If you think Snoop Dogg is just a rapper then you’re in for a surprise. Snoop is creating music and so much more. He’s curating and producing award-winning shows like “Get Out” and “Atlanta.” He’...

Advertising Week Special: Meet The Disruptors from 2017-10-05T13:16:18

We're thrilled to share some terrific LIVE conversations we had with 6 Disruptors: Jon Bond of Tomorro, Abigail Posner of Google, Thomas Kolster, writer of Goodvertising, Professor Anthony Kalamut ...

The Moth is "Disrupting Storytelling" from 2017-09-19T17:40:29

  Imagine a sultry summer evening. A couple of friends are gathered around when someone pipes up and says, "Did I ever tell you the story about..." And then a great yarn is unfurled. Well, that mom...

Delmonico's is "Disrupting Fine Dining" from 2017-09-12T11:23:58

America's first restaurant is also one of the world's most disruptive. And in a world where 70% of restaurants fail, this year, Delmonico's is celebrating its 180th anniversary. Their key ingredien...

Nancy Tag is "Disrupting Madison Avenue" from 2017-09-07T10:13:27

Professor Nancy Tag is injecting new life and new blood into Madison Avenue from the heart of Harlem. From her modern classrooms at fabled City College of New York, she is spearheading the BIC (Bra...

Shingy is "Disrupting Prophecy" from 2017-08-30T14:23:05

There's Cher, there's Madonna and there is Shingy. David Shing, known to all far and wide as "Shingy," is the Digital Prophet for the newly formed media holding company, Oath. And by the way, th...

Eboni K. Williams is "Disrupting the News" from 2017-08-23T17:36:09

 It's rare when someone who reports the news, makes the news. But that's exactly what happened this week when Fox News' Eboni K. Williams delivered her incisive and impassioned critique of Presiden...

Jayanta is "Disrupting the Landscape" from 2017-08-01T11:29:06

Jayanta Jenkins is the Global Group Creative Director of Twitter. Coming off his Cannes Lion Grand Prix-winning campaign, Jayanta sits down to discuss new media, old media, brand-agency relation...

Rosie and Faris Yakob are "Disrupting Brands" from 2017-07-17T10:31:04

If you combined gypsies, intellectuals and a dash of a rock 'n' roll band on tour, you just might come up with Rosie and Faris Yakob. They are the disruptive masterminds of the itinerant pop cultur...

Iman Oubou is "Disrupting Media" from 2017-07-05T12:41:59

More than just a pretty face, former Miss New York, Iman Oubou, is building a media empire. As the CEO of Swaay Media, Iman is taking on the conventions of male-leaning business publications and...

Vanessa Gould is "Disrupting Death" from 2017-06-14T13:59:10

Here's a Disruption: What if the most life-affirming film you will see this year is a film about death? That's the case with a wonderful new documentary called "Obit." On this podcast, Rob Schwartz...

Tom Goodwin is "Disrupting Disruption" from 2017-05-23T15:26:46

You'd be hard-pressed to find anyone who is as prolific, as prescient, and as downright funny on social media as Tom Goodwin. The head of innovation for Zenith media, Tom is also a social media ...

Debbie Millman is "Disrupting Design" from 2017-05-02T10:53:11

Want to know about the past, present, and future of design? Look no further than this episode of the Disruptor Series Podcast. Rob Schwartz sits down with Debbie Millman -- writer, educator, artist...

Viv Rosenthal is "Disrupting the Future" from 2017-04-09T20:41:51

 When I first met Designer, Entrepreneur and Futurist, Viv Rosenthal in 2009, she seemed like she was already living in 2014. And when I chatted with her for this recent Disruptor Series Podcast...

Peter Himmelman is "Disrupting Fear" from 2017-03-31T09:14:05

Ever have a great idea but you were too afraid to say it out loud or even write it down? It's not your fault. Your internal MARV was holding you back. That's his job. Singer/Songwriter Peter Him...

Bryan Thomson is "Disrupting Design" from 2017-03-21T08:19:07

If you've ever seen a Nissan truck or van or watched a certain Katy Perry video, you've seen Bryan Thomson's work. Listen in as he sits down with Rob Schwartz to talk about disruptive design thinki...

Chris Lindland is "Disrupting Fashion" from 2017-03-08T15:46:09

What if you created a clothing brand based on internet rules. Not fashion rules. That's the premise of the wildly innovative clothing brand, Betabrand. Rob sits down with Betabrand Founder and C...

Ferne Pearlstein is "Disrupting Taboos" from 2017-03-06T17:46

Have you ever heard a joke about the Holocaust? Wait, what? Exactly. Sounds utterly offensive, right? Well, that's the Disruption. Listen in as Rob talks to filmmaker Ferne Pearlstein, director ...