Media People Podcast

Episode 158 of the Media People Podcast is LIVE with Caroline Breton, Involved Media Canada Managing Director. We chat: 🎯 Fixing and building agency account teams 🎯 Appying for a copywriting job and landing media planning role 🎯 How agency life differs between Toronto and Montreal 🎯 Receiving a life-changing diagnosis in February of 2019 🎯 American muscle cars and the Subaru WRX **Subscribe t...

Episode 157 of the Media People Podcast is LIVE with Leigh Baker, Six+One Managing Director. We chat: 🎯 The Champions League of Advertising 🎯 Leaving London for Madison Avenue 🎯 How agency life differs between London and New York City 🎯 Growing up in Sidmouth, England 🎯 Trying to make it as a musician **Subscribe to the Media People Newsletter** mediapeople.beehiiv.com/subscribe **Listen & Su...

Episode 156 of the Media People Podcast is LIVE with Deborah Gurofsky, SVP & Managing Director of Media Pulse. We chat: 🎯 Co-founding Media Pulse during the pandemic 🎯 Picking up commercial rushes at 3:00AM 🎯 Why Barbie is a positive influence 🎯 Why she moved from production to media 🎯 Scaling a sales pipeline while everyone worked from home **Subscribe to the Media People Newsletter** mediap...

Episode 155 of the Media People Podcast is LIVE with Kendall Breitman, Riverside’s Head of Community. We chat: 🎯 Leading Riverside’s global creator community 🎯 Working the breaking news desk 🎯 Leaving home for a girl 🎯 Covering Clinton vs Trump 🎯 Growing up in West-Philadelphia **Subscribe to the Media People Newsletter** mediapeople.beehiiv.com/subscribe **Listen & Subscribe** www.mediapeopl...

Episode 154 of the Media People Podcast is LIVE with Amy Grove, aimforsuccess.ca Executive Coach. We chat: 🎯 Why it was the right time to go all in 🎯 Why courage creates momentum 🎯 The one skill all leaders MUST master 🎯 How COVID changed employees and the workplace **Subscribe to the Media People Newsletter** mediapeople.beehiiv.com/subscribe **Listen & Subscribe** www.mediapeople.ca www.yout...

Episode 153 of the Media People Podcast is LIVE with Zack Stern, Founder of ZS Media Consulting. We chat: 🎯 How leaders sharpen their skills 🎯 The many hats an entrepreneur must wear 🎯 Why he started ZS Media Consulting 🎯 His agency career 🎯 The difference between consultants and traditional media people 🎯 Growing up in Toronto **Subscribe to the Media People Newsletter** mediapeople.beehiiv...

Episode 152 of the Media People Podcast is LIVE with Karen Howe, President of The Township Group. We chat: 🎯 Why writing for radio has no safety net 🎯 Pivoting into copywriting from art directing 🎯 Terry O’Reilly’s influence on her career 🎯 The importance of the Cannes Lions 🎯 Why silver is a badge of honour 🎯 Co-founding a brewery with her family **Subscribe to the Media People Newsletter**...

Episode 151 of the Media People Podcast is LIVE with Clare Ravenstreet, Zenith SVP Digital & Data Strategy. We chat: 🎯 Growing up in England 🎯 Learning your agency is closing down 🎯 Rebounding from losing your agency job 🎯 How studying geography leads to success in advertising 🎯 A Publicis career spanning 16+ years and two countries 🎯 The Ravenstreet Dynasty origin story **Subscribe to the M...

Episode 150 of the Media People Podcast is LIVE with Basil Hatto, NP Digital’s SVP, Product. We chat: 🎯 Is curiosity a superpower? 🎯 Why triathlons are life-changing 🎯 Why he knows less about marketing now than 10 years ago 🎯 Splitting his childhood between Jordan and Cyprus 🎯 Launching a social media platform while in university 🎯 His passion for aviation **Subscribe to the Media People New...

Episode 149 of the Media People Podcast is LIVE with Nikki Stone, Founder & Business Futures Architect at YQ. We chat: 🎯 "Chaos of Scaling" with the YQ Equation 🎯 Nikki’s upcoming book 🎯 Holding agency leadership positions at Active International, Publicis, and GroupM 🎯 Leading revenue strategy at CanadaStays–before Airbnb was a thing 🎯 Studying in Sydney, Australia 🎯 Growing up in Ontario’s...

Episode 148 of the Media People Podcast is LIVE Jennifer Lewis–Founder & Leadership Coach at CREATE with Jennifergel. We chat: 🎯 Pulling an all-nighter to complete the SARSStock media plan 🎯 Relocating to Starcom’s Los Angeles office 🎯 Pivoting from media agency life into coaching 🎯 How managerial styles differ between Los Angeles and Toronto 🎯 Studying advertising at St. Clair College 🎯 Gro...

Episode 147 of the Media People Podcast is LIVE Christi Geary–Head, AMP Agency and EVP, Advantage Solutions. Christi and I chat: 🎯 How a Tide sample turned into a career at P&G 🎯 What competitive swimming teaches you about sales 🎯 Why a sense of humour is key to success 🎯 Selling fireworks by the highway 🎯 Crossing the floor into agency life 🎯 Growing up in St. Louis **Subscribe to the Media...

Episode 146 of the Media People Podcast is LIVE with Lander Career Co. Founder, Head of Talent & Engagement, Heidi McLeod. Heidi and I chat: 🎯 Launching Lander Career Co. 🎯 Booking bands before the internet 🎯 Getting her first break in media sales 🎯 Why great sales people don’t necessarily make strong sales leaders 🎯 Taking a break from the media industry 🎯 Pivoting into recruitment **Subscr...

Episode 145 of the Media People Podcast is LIVE with Canadian Football League AVP, Global Partnerships, Justin Vandenberg. Justin and I chat: 🎯 Emailing TSN’s James Duthie 30 times in 30 days 🎯 Why storytelling is the best form of selling 🎯 Grabertising 🎯 Life at TheScore and Twitter 🎯 Leading global partnerships for the Canadian Football League 🎯 Being born in a car **Subscribe to the Media...

Episode 144 of the Media People Podcast is LIVE with Samsung Electronics Canada Senior Legal Counsel, Sahil Razdan. Sahil and I chat: 🎯 Growing up in Markham, Canada 🎯 Why her pursued law over investment banking 🎯 Learning that a past employer was going under on his first day of work 🎯 Attending law school in the US 🎯 The professional challenges foreign trained lawyers face 🎯 Why he doesn’t...

Episode 143 of the Media People Podcast is LIVE with Avvivi Managing Director, Wade Kuiken-Rogers. Wade and I chat: 🎯 Calling in sick for a job interview 🎯 Why sport is an important part of life 🎯 Finding his way into adtech while looking for a finance job 🎯 How Avvivi is disrupting the digital video landscape 🎯 Growing up in Rockwood, Ontario 🎯 His connection to Ryan Gosling and Jim Carrey...

Episode 142 of the Media People Podcast is LIVE with Boris Cho, author of I am Here to Fulfill My Destiny. Boris and I chat: 🎯 His memoir, I am Here to Fulfill My Destiny 🎯 Why kids are the most important direct reports 🎯 The four values guiding his book 🎯 The message for his daughter 🎯 Journaling as therapy 🎯 Would President Cho declassify secret UFO documents? Hit the subscribe button for...

Nancy D’Onofrio is Randstad's VP of Strategic Accounts & Social Selling. She stops by Media People Podcast to chat: 🎯 Moving from fashion to sales 🎯 How personal branding puts you ahead for a promotion 🎯 Why working at smaller companies can sharpen your skills 🎯 Monday Girl mentorship 🎯 Fashion Television & Electric Circus Hit the subscribe button for channel updates. The audio edition is ava...

One year into shaking up the US media agency world, Obsessed Media Co-Founder Danny Weisman returns for episode 140 of the Media People Podcast. We chat: 🎯 Obsessed Media: One year later 🎯 What Netflix got right 🎯 Growth through entrepreneurship 🎯 2026: Another year of Hollywood reboots and remakes? 🎯 Rethinking the NFL’s Pro Bowl Hit the subscribe button for channel updates. The audio editio...

Episode 139 of the Media People Podcast is LIVE with Girl Gone Wild Author, Courtney Kocak. We chat: 🎯 Her memoir, Girl Gone Wild 🎯 Why writing is therapy 🎯 Why she makes her own art 🎯 Growing up in rural Minnesota 🎯 Her podcast, Private Parts Unknown Hit the subscribe button for channel updates. The audio edition is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. **S...

Episode 138 of the Media People Podcast is LIVE with The Local Collective Founder & President, Kaitlin Doherty. We chat: 🎯 Why Cossette was her ‘big break’ 🎯 Founding The Local Collective 🎯 What goes into developing a Super Bowl commercial 🎯 Growing up in Saint John, New Brunswick 🎯 How entrepreneurship runs in the family **Subscribe to the Media People Newsletter** mediapeople.beehiiv.com/su...

Episode 137 of the Media People Podcast is LIVE with MotoVitesse Racing, Inc., Founder, Jim Bowie. We chat: 🎯 Motorsports marketing 🎯 Winning the 1997 Indy 500 with Arie Luyendyk 🎯 Life lessons from working on a farm 🎯 Why customization is the future of sports media 🎯 What Jim’s cooking with MotoVitesse and Brandrenaline **Subscribe to the Media People Newsletter** mediapeople.beehiiv.com/sub...

Building a multicultural podcast network? Life lessons learned working at McDonald’s? Episode 136 of the Media People Podcast is LIVE with Pod Digital Media Founder, Gary Coichy. We chat: 🎯 Emigrating from Haiti to New York City 🎯 How working at McDonald’s shaped both his English and EQ 🎯 Why Eddie Murphy’s ‘Marcus Graham’ is an influence 🎯 Why he founded Pod Digital Media 🎯 Why tennis might...

Matt LeBlanc and Steven Spielberg? Episode 135 of the Media People Podcast is LIVE with MOCEAN Chief Creative Officer, Greg Harrison. We chat: 🎯 Growing up in suburban Detroit 🎯 Editing for Steven Spielberg 🎯 Cutting Matt LeBlanc’s demo reel for his Friends audition 🎯 The intense work and secrecy behind movie trailer production 🎯 Why everyone should consider “AI Exposure Therapy” **Subscribe...

Episode 134 of the Media People Podcast is LIVE with Other.™ Founding Partner, Matt Jenkins. We chat: 🎯 Growing up in Mount Albert, Ontario 🎯 The impact hockey had on his youth and career 🎯 How a reluctant first job led to a new passion 🎯 The principles Other.™ was founded on 🎯 Two-stroke and four-stroke motorcycle engines **Subscribe to the Media People Newsletter** mediapeople.beehiiv.com/s...