The Bad Pod, An Advertising Podcast

Tres Colacion stumbled into advertising by way of nightlife promotion. Since then, he has racked up nearly all of the industry's most coveted awards in a career that spans the globe, from Dubai to Lo…

Giancarlo Rodas' career is what ad dreams are made of. From Lima to Dubai to New York and now Los Angeles, his experience in advertising has found him making impactful work from some of the world's l…

Tescia Deák is a Creative Director at the storied Los Angeles agency, Chiat/Day. Her portfolio is full of brilliant, purpose-driven work that would make the most cynical creative at Weiden & Kennedy …

After an 18 year tenure as Department Chair at The Creative Circus, Dan Balser sent ripples around Ad Land by stepping down somewhat mysteriously. But as of a recent Ad Age article, the cat is out of…

Episode 20 is a special chapter in the story of the Bad Pod. We speak with Sean Conejos, ACD/CW at FCB and Brian's new boss. He tells us how his pre-law undergrad led him to advertising, his parent's…

Episode 19 starts with some ~personal news~ from Amelia & Brian and features digital nomad and creative recruiter at We Are Rosie, Joe Cole. He joins us from some pretty great parking lot wifi in Bri…

My-Linh Tran's career seems to be fueled by ambition and guided by a heart of gold. Their unique perspective has paved a way from the account side at Droga5 to their current role as an Inclusive Stra…

Keni Thacker is the Founder of 100 Roses from Concrete, a network for professionals of color in the advertising, marketing media, and PR industries to connect, collaborate, and grow. 

Before founding …

Zoe Scaman is the founder of strategy studio Bodacious and co-founder of MCX, an experiment engine reinventing entertainment and basketball with Mark Cuban. 
A self-described swiss army knife, she has…

This episode stars our very own co-host Brian "Isn't Outdoorsy but Lives in Alaska" Revels. We talk about his roundabout journey to portfolio school, his rather straightforward journey to Alaska, and…

Today, we are talking with Steve Bayley, a Chicago-based strategist - our first strategist on The Bad Podcast! -  at TEN35. Steve's journey into advertising has been both commonly circuitous and comp…

Andy Pearson can outrun you. You might be faster, at first. But somewhere between mile one and 100, this McKinney Group Creative Director and avid ultra-runner is going to pass you. And while his inf…

Our guest this week is Laurel Stark Akman. She is a creative director at EA, overseeing global efforts for The Sims game. 

Which is legendary in and of itself, right? But we hardly even talk about the…

We'll be right bad! Hear the details of our downtime, how Amelia's portfolio school experience has been going, our lukewarm takes on the marvel/dc universe, and a little shmandemic delirium in today'…

Nakita Pope is a branding expert. She is both the Design Chair and Diversity & Inclusion Advisor at the Creative Circus, founder of Branding Chicks, and most recently co-founder of the Bella Boss Box…

Ike Peters is not only our 11th guest on the bad podcast, he’s one of Brian’s favorite musicians. He’s a Senior Copywriter at CJRW in Little Rock and is father to two boys and a brand new baby girl. …

Jessie Kernan is a strategist, storyteller, change agent, innovator, cultivator of talent, champion of equality and diversity, thought leader, systems thinker, business builder, boss mom, world trave…

Mary Buzbee is a badass. More specifically, she is a multidisciplinary creative badass from Alabama who got her agency start at Lewis Communications in Birmingham. She and her creative partner, Laure…

Today, we’re going to get to know the BadPod’s own, Amelia Carney. 

To know Amelia is to love her, she’s an effervescent creative who lives in Chicago by way of West Virginia and when we were intervie…

Affectionately known by on Advertising Twitter, as “Ad Daddy,” David Griner is the international creative and innovation editor at Adweek and host of Adweek's podcast, "Yeah, That's Probably an Ad." 

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