Media Roundtable

This week’s guest, Steve Deace, is not exactly the poster boy for the Media Roundtable values. Particularly our values of Tolerance, Respect, and De-escalation. As Host of the Steve Deace Show through Blaze Media, he is an energetic, committed conservative that knows what he believes, why he believes it, and seeks to serve his audience with both entertainment and truth to the best of his understan...

This week on The Media Roundtable, we are joined by Ciaran O’Connor, Chief Marketing Officer at Braver Angels, an organization founded after the 2016 election in order to bridge our divided country by engaging with communities directly. O’Connor knows we have deep disagreements in this country, but believes that's the way it's supposed to be; it’s how we interact with whom we disagree that needs t...

The Media Roundtable has played host to multiple Emmy Award-Winning Journalists, Media Titans, Podcast Personalities, and a former Speaker of the House. Still, we’ve never had a guest like T-Pain. This Rapper turned Singer turned Entrepreneur has won two Grammys, has collaborated with everyone from Lil Wayne to Taylor Swift, and disrupted the music industry with his innovative use of Autotune. The...

This week on The Media Roundtable, we are joined by Brad Berens, Editor in Chief at the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) , who’s membership accounts for 86% of online advertising in the US, including podcasts.   Brad is not only one of the best informed minds in our industry, he also brings keen insights to bear. Among them, he describes a future where many corporations do not survive. This an...

This week, on The Media Roundtable, we are joined by Emmy award-winning journalists Jill Wagner and Carlo Versano. Jill is an anchor for Financial News Network, at Cheddar, where Carlo is a Senior Producer. Together they Co-host Need2Know, a daily consumer-focused newsletter, and podcast. Jill and Carlo seem to have found a formula for reporting the news, sharing perspectives, but removing the vit...

This week, Dan sits down with; Marla Kaplowitz ( 4A’s ) and Rob Rakowitz ( GARM ). Between these two masters of media, they support over 90% of global marketing spend including every brand you can think of. Tasked with addressing the largest problems facing marketers, brand safety is a primary focus. If you want a view from the top, this episode provides specific advice for brands and agencies and...

This week on The Media Roundtable, Dan sits down with nationally syndicated radio host Hugh Hewitt. In the world of political talk, Hugh is an enigma. On one hand Hugh is a Pro-Trumper, President of the Richard Nixon Foundation, and unabashed conservative. Yet he’s applauded by leaders on the “other side” like Al Sharpton, Joy Reid, and Dr. Fauci. How does it all work? Whether it’s behind the mic...

Two weeks ago, we announced the launch of the first ever Media Bias Chart for Podcasts. This week, we demonstrate what a 100% brand safe podcast sounds like. That’s right, a real content example that any creator can follow to unite our polarized nation while allowing zero chance of giving offense. We’re calling it, The Sound of Safety and we think you’ll be quite entertained. So sit back, and enjo...

This week on Media Roundtable, Dan interviews former NASA space engineer, youngest and first female Vice President for Rolls Royce, and current CEO and co-founder of the news comparison website Ground News, Harleen Kaur to discuss her solution to bias in the media. Kaur shares how she used her engineering mind to solve the problem of identifying media bias and evaluating news stories from a more d...

This week on The Media Roundtable, Dan sits down with NPR’s media critic, Eric Deggans. Much more than an “idiot box,” Deggans argues that TV is not just important, it is the “heartbeat of society”. Deggans shares why believes the medium “ultimately tells us things about society and the conversations we're having about family, romance, employment, race, and gender." See Privacy Policy at https://a...

Dan interviews two guests who personify what we’re trying to achieve on this podcast. Jean Card worked as a top Republican communicator, including cabinet-level speechwriting in the George W. Bush administration, while Robert Schlesinger built a career as a journalist and Managing Editor for Opinion at U.S. News & World Report. On paper, their political views are miles apart, yet Jean and Robe...

This week on Media Roundtable , we shift to a more traditional “roundtable format”, with Dan interviewing two veteran media practitioners; Radio Host Bill Handel and Marketing Guru Scott MacDonell who share the inside scoop on how to make radio endorsements work. The three also discuss how the respective approaches to their craft have changed over the years amidst shifting political climates and s...

Building on last week’s episode with Carl Cameron from Fox News, part two offers a behind-the-scenes look at journalism’s devolution on Media Roundtable, with Frank Sesno, the Emmy Award-Winning, CNN Washington Bureau Chief, and Director at George Washington University. Frank IS journalistic integrity in human form, and bemoans the current state of media, declaring, “It’s a Mess.” but suggests que...

In this week’s edition of The Media Roundtable, Dan sits down with “Campaign Carl,” Chief White House Correspondent and 20 Year Fox News Veteran, Carl Cameron. Cameron takes us behind the scenes from 1996 when he started at Fox News and the change from an honest pursuit of “fair and balanced” to the present self-proclaimed, approach to “Standing up for what’s right”. Carl has interviewed every US...

This week Dan Granger sits down with David French, who in his eponymous movement: David Frenchism, has been vocal in criticizing his party and has suffered the consequences publically. In this episode, he opens up about threats he and his family received in the wake of being a Republican who publically denounced Trump, shows us how increased cultural fragmentation has ignited a sense of real threa...

In episode two, Knights of the Media Roundtable, we assemble our Media Roundtable Founding Partners for a panel discussion about the divided state of our union, sharing our vision and plans to make positive change. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

How can we live up to the American ideal of unity? Following the inauguration of Joe Biden, Dan lays out his plan to bring the country together by mobilizing marketers to support truth and civility in journalism. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We wanted to share one last episode before the end of the year. In this bonus episode, Dan Granger, Founder & CEO of Oxford Road, sits down with John Batchelor from The John Batchelor Show to make a special announcement. Today we are pleased to introduce to you our plan to create positive change in our culture through the formation of the Media Roundtable. Media Roundtable's purpose is to empower...

Less than 24 hours from the polls closing, legendary NPR host and decorated journalist Bob Garfield joins us in a state he describes as "filterless and at my wits' end". Beyond being an award winning Radio Host, Podcaster, six time book Author, Bob is also the founder of the Purple Project for Democracy - a non-partisan coalition, campaign and movement to rediscover and recommit to our democratic...

Pro Tip: When speaking about polarization with Newt Gingrich within seven days from a Presidential Election, prepare for a wild ride. Our thirty-five minutes together is all at once the shortest, most dense, and perhaps most consequential discussion we've had on this series. At 77, Newt is at once the storied Republican Warrior, fighting an existential threat where through this election, the fate...

Matthew joins us on The Divided States of Media to discuss how we can engage our differences across the political divide and find common points of agreement — which he has successfully achieved in the marketing of his book. He also describes the influence that advertisers have on the media products our nation has gone from devouring to choking on: "The advertising business fundamentally decides wh...

We've gotten "high on conflict" according to Carly Fiorina. The former CEO of HP, first woman to run a Fortune 50 Company, and 2016 Presidential contender joins us on The Divided States of Media to discuss the threat of polarization and hate. She explains, "We are mainlining controversy like a drug... the media is amplifying it."  During her time with HP, Carly was pushing Stakeholder Capitalism b...

This week on The Divided States of Media, Dan sits down with David Smick, Director of Stars and Strife, a new film that should be required viewing for all Americans as an antidote to the hate and divisions that plague us. The film was co-produced by Barry Levinson (Think Rain Man, Good Morning Vietnam, The Natural) and includes interviews with Rahm Emmanual, James Baker, Leon Panetta, Alan Greensp...

Our spiciest episode so far. This week on The Divided States of Media, Dan sits down with Podcaster, Angel Investor (He turned a $100k investment into over $100M), and philanthropist Jason Calacanis. Jason gives us a tech mogul's view into the causes and solutions around today's polarized state and gives a refreshing cause for optimism. He makes a sound argument for why podcasts are the answer to...

This one's for the data geeks. Marketers — wouldn't it be great if you had a simple chart that could show how fair and objective the media you're sponsoring truly is? This week on The Divided States of Media, Dan sits down with Vanessa Otero, founder and CEO of Ad Fontes Media. Using a weighting algorithm, her company's Interactive Media Bias Chart®, objectively rates media outlets based on bias a...