NAKED VOICE

As 2024, draws to an end, some of the NAKEDHEALTH team were joined by Steve, Ram and Lindi from WE ARE THE HEALTHTRIBE to discuss: 1. Personal and company highlights of 2024 2. Predictions for 2025 This end of year chat covered, of course, AI as well as the current challenges within our industry. We'd like to wish everyone a very happy Christmas and 2025! Thanks for listening Hosted on Acast. See...

We’re honoured to host Dr. Bhawani ‘Bu’ O’Brien, a compassionate leader in voluntary assisted dying (VAD) based in Australia, for an inspiring and thought-provoking conversation. Dr. O’Brien shares stories about her journey, the profound privilege of helping patients in their final moments, and the emotional and ethical complexities of this work.   As the future of VAD is hotly debated at the poli...

Following on from our Mental Health Unlayered campaign on LinkedIn, in this episode we talk to Dr Yumna Dhansay, a leading psychiatrist based in Sydney, Australia. Dr Dhansay specialises in child, adolescent and family psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, perinatal and infant psychiatry. Dr Dhansay offered us a fascinating insight into this highly topical subject and gave us her thoughts on how to bes...

A couple of weeks ago, some of the NAKEDHEALTH team went to the Creative Floor Awards in London. Not only were we pleased to pick up an award, a great time was had by one and all! In this episode, we discuss: - Are more independent awards the future? - How we developed our award-winning podcast entry: Living and breathing brand values - What we thought of the awards itself - Our highlights of the...

This week we chat with Julia Keller about aging - and how to best mitigate its effects.    Julia is a founder of Youthfuller you - a clinic that provides a holistic approach to combat the effects of aging on the body, mind and skin.  In this episode, we cover: - How much is aging nature over nurture? - How important is diet and what diet is best? - The 3 ways most people jeopardise the healthy agi...

The last year or so has seen unprecedented times in the advertising and marketing world – very tough times to say the least! With many consolidations within the large networks, resulting in lots of job losses; independents struggling or even going out of business and clients facing the same challenges, the NAKEDHEALTH team chat about their views and experiences, including: - Is this the worse it&#...

We had the great pleasure of being joined by Dr Sunita Chelva to talk all things menopause! Dr Sunita Chelva runs a specialised menopause clinic in Perth, Australia - Hera clinic - and is deeply involved in menopause advocacy and policy. During our 60 minutes we covered a spectrum of topics: - The basics of menopause, symptoms and common myths - How the decades old Women's Health Initiative (W...

In this episode we chat to WE ARE THE HEALTHTRIBE partner Stephen Handisides of V-UNITE about his unique company. V-UNITE is leading the field in virtual even experiences - empowering the user with the ability to set up, schedule and organise their own virtual experiences, including corporate events and conferences. Stephen chats about this virtual offering, as well as his thoughts on the big topi...

In this episode we talk to Renate Hahn about her vast experience in the Pharma Industry – not just about her roles leading global commercial and cross-functional teams but her fascinating journey from growing up on asmall farm in South Africa and studying pharmacy. From here, Renate moved to Europe – to Paris and to Switzerland where she and her family now call home. Listen to Renate talk about th...

Following on from our Diabetes Unlayered social campaign, the NAKED team chat about their experience of diabetes - from any personal perspectives but also their views on managing or even preventing diabetes. The team also talk about their vast experience working on many high-profile diabetes brands and comms projects. Topics included: Will diabetes ever be cured? Is poor diet a big cause of T2D? C...

The benefit of the NAKED crews' experience (aka age) is it allows us to look back and reflect on a few decades of healthcare creativity. Do we think it's got more creative over recent times or less? Any campaigns and agencies from 'back then' really stand out - and what about now in recent times? Will AI make the future more or less creative? We chat about all these things and more...

In this week’s episode, we talk to Vinny Mesolella, Associate Director, HCP and Digital Marketing for Mayne Pharma, based in North Carolina. We chat to Vinny about his fascinating journey from graduating in journalism and being interested in pursuing a career in creative writing to leaving journalism after an internship at The Boston Global and joining a small independent advertising agency, worki...

In this week’s episode, the NKD crew chat candidly about the things they do to switch off from what can be quite a stressful day-job, or things they do that helps flex the creative muscles and help with the day-job. Extracurricular activities include reading up on history and politics, music, men’s health and comedy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amazed at how the right piece of music can enhance or even transform a piece of film? Ever wondered about the process? What comes first? Do the composers sit in front of the storyboard or the early film rushes? How long does the process take? About a year ago, NAKEDHEALTH was asked to develop a film for one of our clients - to show their commitment to late-stage blood cancer. After excellent colla...

As a global agency the NKD crew spend - and have spent over their long careers - a lot of time travelling.   So, bit of a different episode this week. We talk about some of the best and worst places we have visited with work - and some of the most memorable experiencestoo.   If this episode doesn't give you any ideas for your next holiday, it may just raise a smile or two - and remind us all h...

Following on from our spoof April 1st podcast, NAKEDHEALTH have most certainly NOT been acquired and fully run by Abby Ironside (AI). The team are alive and well and chat about some of their experiences and views on AI. Which roles could AI replace? Which roles is AI unlikely to replace? Will AI make things better for agencies and clients? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...

In an effort to constantly push boundaries and disrupt the healthcare comms space, we are pleased to announce some big changes today, which are discussed in detail via our regular podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For this episode we were joined by the inimitable Eric Berkeley and we discuss how independent agencies now stack up against the large holding-company network. There are probably few people more qualified than Eric, who was at the huge network Omnicom for many decades and operationally ran their healthcare, to discuss this hot topic. Can independents truly challenge the older network model? What i...

For this latest episode of the NAKEDVOICE, Shaheed Peera joined us to talk about everything AWARDS!   Not only has Shaheed been a former President of Cannes Lions Health & Wellness, he set up his very own Creative Floor Healthcare Awards show, over a decade ago – now an established and well-regarded show, that also donates a proportion of profits towards a Diversity and Talent Fund.      As we...

In this episode we discuss the similarities and differences between consumer and pharma advertising.   We are joined by two esteemed guests with many years’ experiencing working on some of the biggest consumer brands: Damon Hutson-Flynn and Laurie Castelli   How do these two worlds compare?   What great consumer and healthcare campaigns are worth mentioning?   Is it easier to get great ideas throu...

In this intriguingly entitled episode, we introduce two new important members of WE ARE THE HEALTHTRIBE, Asad Ali and Megha Sethi, based in NJ, USA. As well as talking about their vast experience in the industry, Asad and Megha, talk about what drew them to 'THE TRIBE', their role and ...electric jet skis! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week it's the turn of our friend from the North: Paul Hughes. Paul chats about his geographical and professional transition from Liverpool to the dizzy heights of NAKEDHEALTH towers. Paul was the first in his family to go to University and subsequently did a D.Phil in organo-metallic chemistry - before bursting, like an exothermic reaction, onto the healthcare communications industry. Fas...

In the latest episode Paul Hughes turns the spotlight on another member of the Naked Health team, Russell Kirk. We’ll ask about his journey to NAKEDHEALTH, his experience as an Art and Creative Director in both the large networks and smaller agencies within the Pharmaceutical advertising industry; the pros, cons and where the future lies for the industry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

In our latest episode of this series charting the team's journey to NAKEDHEALTH, we talk to Max Jackson about his very atypical journey - from studying marine biology to becoming an officer in the navy, going client side as a medical rep then running some of the biggest agency networks in the industry.  As a former CEO at Publicis and WPP, we talk about the importance of that role - setting th...

In another episode in this series, we talk to one of the NAKEDHEALTH Founding Partners, Lee Williams, about his journey to NAKEDHEALTH.   Before setting up NAKEDHEALTH with Max and Raj, Lee began his post-graduation career in pharmacy manufacturing and research neurogenetics in Queen Square, London. After initially aiming to make the leap into mainstream consumer advertising, as a copywriter, Lee...