The Bad Pod, An Advertising Podcast
We're here to talk about the bad, the ugly, and what good advertising actually is with insight from the industry’s top creative minds.
Hosts Amelia and Brian are ad agency creatives on a mission to talk to every capable creative director, copywriter extraordinaire, art directing dynamo, swiss army social strategist, ECD, CCO, PFD, and SOS about what the f&$k a good ad—and ad industry—even looks like.
The Bad Podcast seeks to answer the question that echoes through every corner of the creative world: is this good?
- Average duration
- 61 minutes
- Episodes
- 87
- Years Active
- 2025
Episode 7 - Derek Walker, Founder & CEO of Brown & Browner
Derek Walker is a badass. If the creators of Mad Men were to write a biopic about Derek Walker, they wouldn’t need multiple rounds of feedback to spice it up.
The founder of Brown and Browner in Colu…
Episode 6 - Micöl Rankin, Sr. AD at Moxie & Host of the You Are Dope Show
It feels reckless to describe Micöl Rankin by his professional title, but you should know that he’s a Senior Art Director at Moxie in Atlanta. The reach of Micöl’s personality and zest for life go fa…
Episode 5 - Brooke Strozdas, Sr. Copywriter & Strategy at Cameo
Brooke Strozdas is a copywriter and strategist whose side hustle is telling an industry defined by overwork to take its unhealthy status quo and shove it.
After circumventing portfolio school with a…
Episode 4 - Dan Nelken, Founder of Nelken Creative & Creative Lead at LuluLemon
Dan Nelken is a Creative Director and Copywriter that has worked for some of the most creative ad agencies in Canada, some of the world's largest brands, and for start-ups who have collectively gone …
Episode 3 - Sam Geloso
Samantha Geloso's spoof of a spot, "Hey, We're a Brand" [https://vimeo.com/430779998] gave us all some much needed reprieve from the seriously shitty start to 2020. This episode might do the same. We…
Episode 2 - Ben Kay
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Episode 1 - Justin Oberman
Throughout what's proved to be a very unique 20 year career consulting for both agencies, brands and even the government, Justin has been called a lot of names: The Sherlock of Strategy. The Barnum o…