The Human Element: A Carat Podcast

Goldie Chan, LinkedIn Top Voice; Forbes contributor; and founder of Warm Robots joins us to discuss her path to a career as an influential LinkedIn voice and the power of personal branding in B2B marketing.

During Advertising Week, Carat and Google invited 100 agency and client leaders to come together to hear a state of the industry and predictions for 2020. For the first time we took the pod LIVE as Angela Steele, US CSO and Michael Epstein, Global CEO at Carat join us to discuss the agency perspective.

Sarah Stringer, Head of Innovation joins us to wrap up Advertising Week NY.

It took us a while, but we finally tracked down Ed Gorman, Client President at Carat US, to discuss the evolution of account management, the client condition and the imperative of diversity.

We sit down with Marla Kaplowitz, President and CEO of the 4A’s to review the current state of the industry, from successful client agency partnerships, to talent and consumer advocacy.

This week we turn the tables and sit down with none other than our fearless podcast host and CMO of Carat, Robert Schwartz.

We sit down with Gina Garrubbo, President & CEO at National Public Media, to talk about the endless power and potential of audio for marketers.

This week we turn the microphone around as our hosts chat with our amazing producer, Jason Oberholtzer, about the art of content production and what makes a great podcast.

Anyone with the ambition to build their own computer or host their own cooking show is more than qualified to be our consumer tech advocate: meet Sharon Profis, Executive Editor at CNET and all-around renaissance woman. Sharon joins us to cover some of the largest consumer tech trends including health and wellness, fintech, and data and privacy (we even get around to Face App).

Kate Lewis, Chief Content Officer at Hearst Magazines sits down with us to talk about (you guessed it) content. We cover strategy, creation, distribution and transformation. We may even have cracked the code on keeping up with culture.

Dr. Joel Myers, Founder and CEO of Accuweather joins us, for what just might be the most accurate pod ever. We discuss the early days of the business, what it takes to create a successful team, weather’s impact on marketing, and his perspective on climate change.

We are joined by two of Carat's best, Ipalibo Da-Wariboko, Associate Director of Strategy and Michael Liu, VP Director, Mobile, Innovation and Strategy at Carat to discuss the key trends coming out of the massive gaming expo, E3.

This week we are joined by Conal Byrne, President of iHeartPodcast Network, for a deep dive on podcasting, including what makes a great pod, the future of the medium and the opportunities that exist for brands.

In this special Carat/IBM cross-over edition of the pod, we are joined by Amanda Thurston, Marketing Services leader at IBM iX and our very own Sarah Stringer, Head of Innovation and Alex Brezzi, Associate Director of Strategy to discuss all things Cannes.

In this special pre-Cannes edition of the pod, we chat with Michael Epstein, recently appointed Carat Global CEO and named Adweek’s 2019 media executive of the year, about his journey to CEO, his advice to young media professionals, and early priorities for Carat around the world.

Lindsay Rittenhouse, Agency Reporter at Ad Age joins us for a conversation around industry trends, lack of progress in diversity, and the ongoing challenges in agency/ client relations.

Our very own, Louisa Wong, Chief Operating Officer at Carat US, joins us in a conversation around the truth about automation, industry progress on diversity and inclusion and the role of the digital transformation in agency development.

In this episode Dirk Herbert, Chief Strategy Officer of Dentsu Aegis Network US joins us to discuss the evolving role of the CMO, and the truth about the future of digital anxiety, featuring DAN’s Digital Society Index report.

In this edition of the podcast, we’re joined by Sarah Harrison, SVP, N.A. Creative Studio, and Peter Fairman, Lead Client Partner at Vice to discuss brand portfolio, brand safety and the importance of meeting your audience where they are.

In this episode we’re joined by Keri Degroote SVP Sales, Research & Analytics at Pandora and our very own, Haley Paas, SVP, Head of Strategy & Insights to take a look at recent research around the co-listening factor, sonic identities and the next frontier for brands.

Lindsay Stein, Editor at Campaign U.S., joins us in a conversation around successful acquisitions, the need for better advertiser and agency relationships, and journalists taking a share of voice in the industry themselves.

Kerry Flynn, Platforms Reporter at Digiday, joins us in a conversation around changing perceptions of social networks, the hopes and reality of cross-platform, regulation and the on-going discussion around brand safety.

Biggest insight during the last Solar Eclipse? There was a spike, across the world, in listens of Total Eclipse of the Heart. In this episode we dive into data-fueled creativity, the future of podcasts and the value of people vs. product with Rob Walker, Global Director Creative Solutions at Spotify.

Alison Weissbrot, Staff Reporter at AdExchanger, joins us in a conversation around the agency landscape, the state of the union for agency holding companies and, of course, Facebook and politics.

Risa Wexler, VP of Media Lab, Pfizer, Karen Antuzzi, SVP, Digital Group Director and Haley Paas, SVP, Head of Insights & Strategy at Carat join us in a conversation on SXSW, empathy, conspiracy theories, to even sushi. Let’s just say we covered more ground than any other pod before.