Media People Podcast

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...

Episode 133 of the Media People Podcast is LIVE with Creativ Company Founder & CEO, Wes Morton. We chat: 🎯 Growing up in Brenham, Texas 🎯 Taking a sabbatical from Columbia University after freshman year 🎯 Joining an archeological dig in Kenya 🎯 How restaurant work builds resilience 🎯 Why he spent the pandemic in the Dominican Republic 🎯 How Creativ Company is shaking up the agency model **Su...

Special GuestX & 1stAveMachine Creative Conductor, Sam Penfield, is this episode's guest. We chat: 🎯 Growing up in Bowman, North Dakota 🎯 Producing for Michael Bay 🎯 Being the youngest registered female auctioneer 🎯 How AI is changing creative media 🎯 How SpecialGuestX & 1stAve Machine are at the forefront of this change **Subscribe to the Media People Newsletter** mediapeople.beehiiv.com/sub...

Episode 131 of the Media People Podcast is LIVE with T1 President & CSO, Nithya Ramachandran. We chat: 🎯 Growing up in Toronto, India, and Edmonton 🎯 The blueprint to getting a promotion 🎯 Consulting during the Alberta energy boom 🎯 Pivoting from consulting to marketing 🎯 Why you might be someone’s ayahuasca **Subscribe to the Media People Newsletter** mediapeople.beehiiv.com/subscribe **List...

Episode 130 of the Media People Podcast is LIVE with Jomboy Media CEO, Courtney Hirsch. We chat: 🎯 How Jomboy Media grew out of a Twitter account 🎯 Why breaking into sales was always the career goal 🎯 Why Courtney identifies as a Mom and CEO 🎯 MLB’s investment in Jomboy Media – and what it means for creator content 🎯 How east & west coast corporate cultures differ **Subscribe to the Media Peo...

Episode 129 of the Media People Podcast is LIVE with CEO | President, Brad Furtney. We chat: 🎯 Growing up in London 🎯 His time at Labatt 🎯 Building decks in cottage country 🎯 The differences between winning & having fun 🎯 Leading sales at Sympatico, CBC, and Twitter 🎯 The importance of mentorship **Subscribe to the Media People Newsletter** mediapeople.beehiiv.com/subscribe **Listen & Subscr...

Episode 128 of the Media People Podcast is LIVE with Team Friday Founder & CEO, Michelle O’Grady. We chat: 🎯 Growing up in Los Angeles 🎯 Founding Team Friday with $15K and no clients 🎯 Her first part time job as a grocery bagger at Ralph’s 🎯 Working in experiential and trade show marketing 🎯 The differences between working in LA and NYC 🎯 The importance of community **Subscribe to the Media...

Episode 127 of the Media People Podcast is LIVE with Serial Entrepreneur, David U.K.™. We chat: 🎯 His media sales career 🎯 A reference letter from Clint Eastwood 🎯 Why he trademarked his last name 🎯 Why you should arrive at work before your boss 🎯 His entrepreneurial ventures 🎯 Launching Digital Day Camp 🎯 His preseason Super Bowl pick **Subscribe to the Media People Newsletter** mediapeopl...

Episode 126 of the Media People Podcast is LIVE with Up Level Coaching & Consulting Founder & CEO, Amy Kiernan. We chat: 🎯 Working at Twitter’s first Canadian office 🎯 Working at Twitter as it became ‘X’ 🎯 Applying for a marketing role, but landing a sales job 🎯 Mentoring the leaders of today and tomorrow 🎯 Launching Up Level Coaching & Consulting 🎯 Amy’s passion for gaming 🎯 Growing up in...

Let’s get ready to Rumble! Episode 125 of the Media People Podcast is LIVE with Epitaph Group Inc. Founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Mike Rumble. We chat: 🎯 Founding a media agency on the back of cannabis legalization 🎯 Growing the Epitaph Group into one of Canada’s premier independent agencies 🎯 Leading teams at Cossette and Media Experts 🎯 Bridging the divide between media & creative 🎯 Mike...