Great Minds

Today’s guest on Great Minds is Elizabeth Herbst-Brady, VP and Head of North American Revenue & Global Client Solutions at Yahoo. Elizabeth takes us on a journey across her extraordinary career, including stops at Viacom, Snap, CBS, and many more, and to her present role at Yahoo!

Recorded live at Advertising Week New York 2021, legendary director, producer and cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld shares stories from his life and career.

This week, Great Minds welcomes John Partilla, CEO of Screenvision Media, a premier cinema, video, and media organization.  Prior to joining Screenvision Media, Mr. Partilla served as CEO of Olson Group, and EVP, Digital Practice Lead, of ICF International.  Under his leadership, Olson Group achieved double digit growth annually becoming the third-largest independent digital agency in the U.S befo...

Recorded at Advertising Week New York 2021, rock-and-roll icon and three-time bestselling author Nikki Sixx tells his origin story: how Frank Feranna became Nikki Sixx, chronicling his fascinating journey from irrepressible Idaho farmboy to the man who formed the revolutionary rock group Mötley Crüe.

Recorded at Advertising Week New York 2021, the incredible story of Peter Frampton’s positively resilient life and career told in his own words for the first time.

Fresh off his Advertising Week New York appearance, Kargo’s Founder and CEO Harry Kargman joins this episode of Great Minds to discuss his company’s new adtech acquisition, the return to (almost) normal work, and the road ahead for Kargo.

After a one-week break for AWNewYork, we’re back with an excellent interview with Ryan Olohan, Managing Direct of Food, Beverage & Restaurants at Google. Ryan discusses his role at Google and has the distinction of being the only guest of Great Minds thus far that owns his own ice cream shop.

Following up on a great conversation with our partners from LiveRamp last year, this week we speak with Daniella Harkins, LiveRamp’s SVP of Commercial Strategy and Excellence, on her work empowering agency executives to leverage the power of identity across the ecosystem, as well as the experience she’s cultivated along the way from her previous executive roles.

This week, Great Minds welcomes Audacy’s Chief Digital Officer, J.D. Crowley, to the show to discuss not only his career, but the continued rise of audio and podcasts in the content marketplace. If you’re even remotely interested in the wide and varied world of podcasts and music, you won’t want to miss this episode.

Great Minds extends a long-overdue welcome to Jason Harris, President and CEO of Mekanism, author of The Soulful Art of Persuasion, and longtime friend of Advertising Week. Harris describes his career and creative journey from his early years at TBWA\Chiat\Day to the present.

A true friend of Advertising Week, Horizon Media’s Founder, CEO, and President, Bill Koenigsberg discusses his career path from the early days to present, helming Horizon Media, the world’s largest independent media agency.

In part two of four of our ongoing Great Minds series with Google, today we sit down with Mike Henry, Managing Director, Financial Services at Google. Mike takes us on an interesting journey through his role at the company, where he started, and where he and Google are headed in the years to come.

As President of Live Nation, Russell Wallach, and his team of over 400 oversee the world’s largest live entertainment company. On this episode of Great Minds, Russell dives into the inner workings of operating a live entertainment business and takes us through the career path he took to get here.

Vevo’s President of Sales and Distribution, Kevin McGurn, joins us for this episode of Great Minds to discuss the past, present, and future of Vevo, the world’s leading music video network.

Today on Great Minds, we’re pleased to welcome actor, comedian, and podcasting trailblazer Matt Gourley of the Superego and Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend Podcasts. Matt discusses his career path from the early days to present, with a stop as Volkswagen spokesperson along the way.

A single episode of Great Minds is not nearly enough to cover the extraordinary career path of Mastercard’s Raja Rajamannar. Raja covers his early career path to his most recent endeavor, his best-selling book Quantum Marketing in this part one of an inevitable two-part Great Minds profile of one of marketing’s truly greatest minds.

As lead singer of the rock band The Zombies, Colin Blunstone’s voice has been featured on many of rock ‘n’ roll’s greatest recordings. In this special episode of Great Minds, Blunstone, a Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame inductee, takes us through his career, from the early days to present.

On this episode of Great Minds, Alex Schultz of Facebook discusses how he brought his nearly two decades of direct response marketing experience to his CMO role, and what it’s like to be responsible for the global consumer marketing organization, promoting Facebook’s brands, products and services.

“King of the Keys,” New York City native Dave Keyes is a music veteran with as many accolades as he has stories. On this episode of Great Minds, Dave shares many of those stories from his incredible career.

This episode of Great Minds takes a rare dive into the world of politics, featuring Zak Malamed, Cofounder and Executive Director of The Next 50, and Abby Finkenauer, The Next 50’s Senior Advisor (as well as former and possibly future member of the House of Representatives). Topics include midterm elections, the state of our country, and much more.

This episode was previously published on June 15, 2021. We’re republishing in memory of Ed Asner, who passed on August 29, 2021 at age 91. Legendary film and television actor Ed Asner joins Great Minds to discuss his phenomenal career. From his early days working in film with the likes of Elvis Presley and John Wayne, to his two award-winning television shows, Mary Tyler Moore and Lou Grant, and o...

Part 1 of our 4-part Great Minds podcast mini-series with Google kicks off with this interview with Michelle Bandler, Managing Director of Tech B2B at Google. In this special episode, Michelle takes us through her career from the very beginning to the present day and her 15+ years at Google.

Seminar rock keyboardist Jimmy Waldo joins this episode of Great Minds to discuss his decades long career in such bands as Alcatrazz, New England, and Blackthorne, as well as the many amazing musicians he’s collaborated with over the years.

This episode of Great Minds features Norman Guadagno, CMO at Acoustic, where he is helping reimagine marketing technology. Over the past two decades, he has held a number of marketing and strategy roles with a deep focus on business transformation, marketing acceleration, and brand building.

Progressive guitar legend Robert Berry joins Great Minds to discuss his extraordinary career with other American musical legends, like Keith Emerson and Carl Palmer, The Greg Kihn Band, Alliance, and more, as well as discuss his impressive body of solo work.