Side Projects Podcast

What Does a Men’s Magazine Look Like in 2026?

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 18:03:40 GMT

Lauren McCarthy is the Editor-in-Chief of NYLON and the newly-relaunched NYLON GUYS. We asked her about the opportunity she identified to speak to young men at a moment in which the culture around what it means to be a man is often controversial (and a bit American Psycho-coded). We also discuss nightlife coverage, where and how Nylon finds rising talent, and the value proposition of a magazine profile in the age of TikTok.

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Semafor's Max Tani Says People Are Still Reading News (Sometimes)

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:12:35 GMT

Max Tani is the Media Editor at Semafor and co-host of the Mixed Signals podcast. He also writes the must-read Semafor Media newsletter every Sunday evening. Max is a longtime friend of the pod (and in real life) and we’re honored to have him on as our first guest. We wanted to get Max's take on some of the puzzling and contradictory phenomenons we're noticing in media. We discuss how long of a runway he gives the “dumb question” interview format, whether MrBeast is just a reskinned version of Home Makeover but with a creepier host, and why CNN’s fake podcast gamut was a misreading of why audiences don’t trust media.

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Welcome to Side Projects

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:31:09 GMT

Day One FM is now part of Side Projects: a strategy studio and creative outlet helping brands, marketers, and everyday people think critically about how advertising shapes the cultural landscape.

Eli and Clara share some context about what Side Projects is and what this transition will look like for the pod: what’s new (our theme song, a studio revamp, and YouTube Channel) and what’s staying the same (great conversations and your hosts Eli, Clara, and Trey).

To learn more about Side Projects, check out side-projects.co where you can subscribe to our newsletter and order our first print issue.

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Carolyn Bessette, Love Story, and Let Them Eat Cake Marketing

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 15:44:37 GMT

We’re going on a break for a few weeks! But before we do, we talk about how the most sauceless couple you know are doing Carolyn Bessette and JFK Jr. cosplay, the viral Interview magazine piece about the “Finest Boys in Finance,” and why fashion was better when it was about the clothes, not the business.

Recommended this week:

JFK (Dir. Oliver Stone)
Angel's Egg (Dir. Mamoru Oshii)
The Play Podcast
Benjamin Edgar on Navigating Cultural Tipping Points
The Verge’s Nilay Patel Believes Gen Z Will Revolt Against the “Brand Deal” Economy
“Trend Bipolarity” and How Brands Kneecapped Cool

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The Verge’s Nilay Patel Believes Gen Z Will Revolt Against the “Brand Deal” Economy

Tue, 03 Mar 2026 17:13:57 GMT

Nilay Patel is the editor-in-chief of The Verge and host of Decoder with Nilay Patel. The Verge is “about technology and how it makes us feel,” and Nilay knows people don’t feel so hot right now. We speak with him about how founders have never been more transparent about the negative impacts of their product, how AI products are actually bad, the poison that is prediction markets on our information ecosystem, why Gen Z will ultimately turn on the brand deal economy, and the moment he realized everything is just fans.

Recommended this week:

The Conquest of Cool by Thomas Frank

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What Happens to Youth Culture When Everyone’s Old?

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 17:28:30 GMT

We dive into Greg Ip’s article in the Wall Street Journal talking about how people aged 65 and older are healthier, wealthier, and, essentially, propping up the entire American economy. We also discuss if brands are going to shift their attention towards the “silver economy,” stretched adolescence, rotisserie chicken, books as cultural signals, and the death/end of the mass-market paperback.

Recommended this week:

The Faltering by Tristan Taylor
Ronin (dir. John Frankenheimer)
Canada - John Beltran and Placid Angels

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Jenkem Magazine Founder Ian Michna Still Thinks Skateboarding Is a Healthy Subculture

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 15:28:24 GMT

Ian Michna is the founder of Jenkem Magazine. We talk with him about bringing an outside perspective to skateboarding, being a good beginner, why a combination of fear and shame keeps skateboarding alive, cold plunges with “Andy” Huberman, how Jenkem works with brands as a boutique agency, and why most things that turned out well also could’ve been terrible.

Recommended this week:

Be a beginner
Go to Amoeba and shop for records based on their album art

Where to find Ian:

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Too Much Taste and Excellence on Ice

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 15:42:42 GMT

We begin with a very brief Super Bowl recap, where Eli was one lazy holding call away from a handful of benjamins. Then, we put some respect on some of the American athletes sweeping, skating, and skiing in Milano Cortina. Nothing cooler than being extremely good at one specific thing. And finally, Clara and Trey dive into a lively debate centered around Joshua Rothman’s latest piece in The New Yorker, “Is Good Taste a Trap?” Yes.

Recommended this week:

It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley (dir. Amy Berg)
3 Women (dir. Robert Altman)
The Culture Journalist

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A Super Bowl LX Special Report with Adweek’s Mark Stenberg

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 22:15:41 GMT

Ahead of the Super Bowl, we caught up with Adweek’s Senior Media Reporter Mark Stenberg to help us contextualize the trends we’re seeing in this year’s crop of commercials and identify what you should look out for as you watch on Sunday.

We cover the rise of the multi-week attention ecosystem, why we’ll see more health-focused ads, and more. Plus, we get Mark’s thoughts on the integration of prediction markets into media platforms and whether he buys that people trust journalists less than funeral home directors.

Recommended this week:

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

Where to find Mark:

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The Laziness Epidemic with The Trend Report™️’s Kyle Raymond Fitzpatrick

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:25:25 GMT

Kyle Raymond Fitzpatrick writes The Trend Report™️ on Substack and co-hosts the HIP REPLACEMENT podcast alongside friend of the pod, Ben Dietz. We talk about Kyle’s early trend reports while at Nickelodeon, working in broadcast news, why America isn’t so bad actually, Barcelona internet vs. American internet, why advertisers often don’t talk to real people, how people are pouring themselves into “brand lore” instead of fighting for healthcare, “letting people just enjoy things,” and more.

Recommended this week:

Where to find Kyle:

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Netflix, Alex Honnold, and the Future of Live Spectacle

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:45:34 GMT

We talk about Alex Honnold’s Taipei 101 climb on Netflix, the return of David Blaine-style spectacle, greasy poles, construction YouTube, and more.

Recommended this week:

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The Death of Social Media with Kate Lindsay

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:52:03 GMT

Kate Lindsay is the author of internet culture substack, “Embedded,” and host of Slate’s ICYMI podcast. She joins us to unpack social media’s cause of death in 2026, analog bags, how we got too addicted to stay addicted, brain rot as political resistance, and what happens when social platforms become places of entertainment instead of places to connect. Plus, stay tuned until the end for the reveal of Kate’s family secret.

Recommended this week:

Ancestry.com

Where to find Kate:

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OnlyFans and O-1B Visas

Tue, 13 Jan 2026 15:55:39 GMT

Welcome back! To kick off the year, we’re talking about a new exposé in the Financial Times, which found that OnlyFans creators and influencers are now increasingly dominating requests for O-1B visas, a speciality visa reserved for “exceptional” creatives with “extraordinary ability or achievement.”

Recommended this week:

"Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know" - E.D. Hirsch Jr.
https://nytv.live/
Persimmons

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Eating Our Words: The 2025 Slop Review

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 14:56:41 GMT

Welcome to Tum Town. Long time listeners will know that we often center our distaste for marketing slop and feral commercialism around a few brands, namely Crumbl, Blank Street, and MrBeast. So in our final episode of the year, we decided to actually try the stuff for ourselves and review it live. Stay until the end for a small crumb of analysis on brands trying to “tap into culture.”

Here’s what we got:

Crumbl (6 pack): The Cookie That Stole Christmas, Chocolate Crumb Cookie ft. OREO®, Holiday Red Velvet Sandwich Cookie, Candy Cane Brownie Cookie, Peanut Butter Cup Cookie ft. REESE'S, Confetti Cake Cookie
Blank Street: Iced Strawberry Shortcake Matcha, Iced Blueberry Matcha
MrBeast: Feastables Bar
Prime: Ice Pop, Mystery flavor

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BNPL, QVC, and the New American Dream

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:36:50 GMT

We talk about how Saudi Arabia has renewed Dakota Johnson’s faith in film and Clara eavesdropping on Gen Alpha sleepover semantics. We also dive into the broader implications of younger consumers’ preference for Buy Now, Pay Later, Gary Vee evangelizing livestream shopping, and how frictionless access to credit has allowed the creator economy and the trend ecosystem to rise at scale.

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Amy Francombe on Touch Grass Marketing

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 14:59:21 GMT

Amy Francombe is a contributing editor at Vogue Business and writer of the amy_coded newsletter on Substack. We talk about why news is out and gossip is in, moving from a post-truth society to a post-meaning one, how unplugging became luxury’s most valuable currency, entertainment vs. conversion, why engagement metrics are junk, whether or not it cheapens a brand to have TikTokers sitting front row at fashion week, restoring fashion brands to a level of cultural leadership, and more.

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No Good Deed Goes Unposted

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 15:08:02 GMT

We talk about Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy’s desire to “go back to an era where we didn’t wear our pajamas to the airport,” real bread lines at Meadow Lane, only doing charity if it’s a good content opportunity, and being “ghosted” by brands.

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LIVE: Annie Rauwerda Takes Us Into the Depths of Wikipedia

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 15:01:35 GMT

Annie Rauwerda is a comedian, long-time Wikipedian, and founder of the must-follow @depthsofwikipedia Instagram. In this special live episode, we ask her about the current right-wing attacks on Wikipedia, the Wikimedia awards, what it takes to be a Wikipedia editor, “Corn” being such a controversial entry page, muffins, why she’s optimistic about the next generation of internet users, and a wonderful story about making life-long friends from her “Perpetual Stew.”

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Brands Are Taking the Wrong Lessons from Mamdani

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 15:18:47 GMT

The crew unpacks Zohran Mamdani’s electoral victory and what it says about a younger generation of New Yorkers who are looking to claw back a sense of agency, power, purpose, and connection beyond the “brand universe.”

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Anu Lingala on “Trend Bipolarity” and How Brands Kneecapped Cool

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 15:07:12 GMT

Anu Lingala is a trend strategist and founder of the must-read Substack, WHAT’S ANU. We get a crash course in trend forecasting methodology, and then move on to who killed cool, the collapse of the irony/sincerity cycle, why people are trying to escape being seen by brands, Anu’s new theory on “trend bipolarity,” why we need to return to the basics of brand strategy, Anthony Bourdain, shareholder value, the Grimace shake, Peter Thiel, and more.

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Would You Shave Your Head to Watch a Movie for Free?

Tue, 28 Oct 2025 15:45:44 GMT

This week on the pod we unpack what stunt movie marketing, the rise of fan edits, exclusive Glen Powell pics, and the not-advertising-advertising of the Louvre art heist reveal about what it takes to make a film relevant.

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Into the SportsVerse with Daniel-Yaw Miller

Tue, 21 Oct 2025 13:55:52 GMT

Daniel-Yaw Miller is an award-winning journalist and writer of the newsletter, SportsVerse. We talk to him about whether or not streamers and influencers are welcome disruptors or interlopers, not watching upstart sports leagues out of principle, what makes Stone Island a “smart collaborator” brand, depth vs. breadth, Loewe and On’s partnership with stone skipping GOAT Kurt Steiner, and NIL.

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Tipping Points

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 13:17:28 GMT

Everything is an ad and no one is paying attention. Trey and Eli discuss if it’s possible to cut through in an era of calcified apathy, ad blockers, toilet TV, and “brandspeak” afflicted gen pop.

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AJ Wolfe on the Polarizing Power of Disney Adults

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 14:11:26 GMT

AJ Wolfe is a blogger and author of Disney Adults: Exploring (And Falling In Love With) A Magical Subculture. We dive into Disney Adult culture, what’s behind a sort of religious fervor for the House of Mouse, how Disney is shifting its business priorities and offerings to meet an older, childless consumer base, why “the worst part about being a Disney Adult is other Disney Adults,” why you don’t have a divine right to fun rides and Star Wars hotels, and more.

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You’ve Got a Friend in Me

Tue, 30 Sep 2025 14:11:17 GMT

We—and the rest of New York—have a few thoughts on the sprawling, million dollar subway campaign for “Friend,” the AI-powered companion pendant that listens to whatever you’re doing and offers a running commentary on your interactions. It’s yet to ship a single product. Plus, Meta’s new “Vibes,” Palantir tote bags, ChatGPT and Claude’s new marketing pushes, and we ask “why do some brands have so much disdain for the consumer?”

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A Definitive Answer to “Should My Brand Be On Substack?”

Tue, 23 Sep 2025 15:46:41 GMT

Christina Loff is the Head of Lifestyle on the partnerships team at Substack. She also writes her own newsletter called The Dry Down Diaries. We talk to her about recruiting new writers to the platform, not being held to an algorithm, leaning into “founder-led” brand stories (but not every brand should be, or needs to be on the platform), bathhouse readings, and the importance of downloading the app.

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Ad-Based Psychosis? GNARLY.

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 14:16:08 GMT

We delve into Kyle Raymond Fitzpatrick’s apt and unrestrained diatribe on the “era of ad-based psychosis” in his newsletter The Trend Report, and what happens when we leave people with nothing other than products, branding, or a community manager in the comments section to bind their entire identity to. On the brighter side, stay to hear about a hamster riding a motorcycle, Owen Cooper and the return of earnest, Jane Eyre, Benghazi, and Clara’s time in The Pitt.

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Why Your Favorite Artist Is at Derrick Gee’s House

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 14:22:47 GMT

Derrick Gee has established himself as one of the internet’s most authoritative voices and purveyors of taste in music, amassing almost two million followers across TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram. His Sydney home/studio (shoes off, please) is also the backdrop for his show “Solid Air,” where he’s welcomed Lorde, beabadoobee, MJ Lenderman, Jamie xx, and more. We discuss the road to becoming a Professional Music Fan, being “selfishly slow,” why he’s sympathetic to good A&Rs, how Gen Z is more open to selling out, and more.

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Bucket Hats and Bogus Ads

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 21:43:22 GMT

In this episode, we discuss AI’s increasingly complex role in advertising, from the way it's used to churn out social feed filler, to how consumers react when they find out the “authentic” campaign they loved was never real in the first place. We talk about the Oasis concert over the weekend—bucket hats and pre-rolls included—J.Crew’s faux-vintage lookbook, and Skechers’ sketchy subway ads.

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The Hater Report

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 15:31:33 GMT

On this episode we’re joined by our Day One colleague, Jordan Stone. We start off with a quick examination of the global elites’ music tastes, recently uncovered via the ‘Panama Playlists,’ and then move on to debate what we have to gain, or lose, when we have a more critical, curatorial lens to the ad world and culture at large.

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Taylor Swift Is Like Crumbl Cookie For The Ear

Tue, 19 Aug 2025 13:35:01 GMT

Belly buttons, Morse code, Miami Dolphins colorways… We’re talking Taylor Swift’s Showgirl Era™. But beneath the bright orange or purple glitter and brand commenting chaos, the creator economy is still grinding away — and not in a good way. We break down why it feels like a “race to the bottom for human dignity,” per ZINE’s Matt Klein, how brands are fracking culture for quick hits, and what a more sustainable Creator Economy 2.0 might look like. (Spoiler: the future is scaling up to be micro.)

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Making a Modern Magazine with i-D’s Thom Bettridge

Tue, 12 Aug 2025 14:22:48 GMT

Thom Bettridge is the editor in chief of the newly-relaunched i-D magazine. He’s previously held stints at 032c, SSENSE, Highsnobiety, and Interview. We talk about building off of the publication's 45+ year legacy, scouting unknown talent, the importance of actually talking to people, how Gen Z insights are just Millennial insights, and why he launched his own Substack, CONTENT.

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A Revolutionary Pretzel Platform and Dissonant Insights

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 15:51:19 GMT

Clara’s seeking out angel investors for a pretzel brand by women, for women. Plus, a discussion around why brands just can’t help themselves from using bleak insights as jumping off points for gimmicks.

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No-B.S. Insights with The New Consumer’s Dan Frommer

Tue, 29 Jul 2025 12:00:00 GMT

Dan Frommer is the founder of The New Consumer: a publication which draws upon his expertise as a business and tech journalist to examine how and why people spend their time and money. He joins us to talk through some of the takeaways from his recent 2025 Mid-Year Report. We cover Gen Z’s uneasiness on AI, why people would rather meet their favorite podcaster in the wild than an A-list movie star, and “the humanization of pets” (do you cook for your dog or cat?), as well as how he brings rigor and depth to the crowded, noisy field of consumer insights.

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Earnestmaxxing and Viral Infidelity

Tue, 22 Jul 2025 14:10:47 GMT

Trey kicks things off with a quick (hopefully final) recap of the Coldplay “Jumbotron Incident” and a momentary return of monoculture. You can’t just cheat in today’s surveillance culture, sorry. Then, Clara shifts gears to talk about the new “gentle-jacked” Superman, and how the film’s refreshingly earnest plotline highlights a much-needed cultural shift away from irony-pilled junk. Finally, Eli rounds things out with a watch out around all of this talk of “community marketing.”

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A Tale of Two Gen Zs with Rachel Janfaza

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:23:35 GMT

Rachel Janfaza is a writer, political analyst, and founder of The Up and Up: the authoritative newsletter tracking the cultural and political forces influencing Gen Z. We discuss how Covid split Gen Z in two, why MAGA appeals to young women, wedge issues, voting against your interests, whether or not young voters who shifted right in 2024 are up for grabs, purpose-driven branding, and a wishful plea for the return of civil discourse.

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Snack Jail and Mystical, Magical Data

Tue, 08 Jul 2025 11:45:34 GMT

We discuss snack jail (aka CVS’s shopping-proof shelves) and Crumbl’s Moonbeam Ice Cream Cookie, inspired by the Benson Boone song “Mystical, Magical.” Plus, the Cannes Lions have been marred in controversy over the past few weeks, following several exposés around wonky data and AI-filled case study videos.

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What We Lose When We Optimize Sports with Writer Zito Madu

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 20:06:06 GMT

Zito Madu is an author, sports journalist, and cultural critic. We talk about why there are empty seats at the Club World Cup, why sports betting is here to stay, losing a multi-million dollar contract on a three figure parlay, how pay-to-play sports eliminates a diversity of playing styles, why we need to bring more whimsy back to sports marketing, and the joy of seeing waterfalls.

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This Matcha Tastes Like Private Equity

Tue, 24 Jun 2025 11:57:28 GMT

Today, we’re talking about how Blank Street Coffee built a $500 million dollar empire, “Lower East Side Dimes Boy” matcha personas, fellas…, the founder of an Erewhon-adjacent grocery store in Tribeca is letting his “fans” stock the shelves, and betting markets like Kalshi and Polymarket are letting you bet on the end of the world.

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Palais Intrigue with Matt Klein

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 13:40:36 GMT

On a very hot day four, Matt Klein joins us to talk about the work exhibit in the Palais basement (where ad-hoc insights and very creative data points abound), what’s missing from conversation about the creator economy, and giving up personal data for a piece of fruit.

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Talking Media Business and Getting Sunburnt with Max Tani

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 17:47:27 GMT

Semafor Media Editor, Max Tani, joins us for day three. We talk about sunburns, the evolving media presence at Cannes, pre-fab buildings, YouTube eating TikTok’s lunch, Chat J'ai Pété, Substack’s will-they-won’t-they dance with advertisers, the changing tide in the culture wars, and where to get the best Thai food in Cannes.

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WWDPP? (What Would Dolly Parton Pitch?)

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 16:58:05 GMT

Day two of Cannes Lions kicks off with former U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, advocating a Dolly Parton approach to brand purpose followed by a refreshing marketing talk break from James Blake. In other news, will.i.am says we’re not prepared to be good hosts to aliens, Paris Hilton’s husband talks about AI and VC (two things you really don’t hear about enough), and our AG1 partnership continues to deepen (jk).

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Human Creativitymaxxing

Mon, 16 Jun 2025 15:16:54 GMT

Clara and Eli are on the ground reporting from day one of the Cannes Lions. Highlights include: Willa Bennett’s plans for rebooting Cosmopolitan’s IP, Apple’s VP of Marketing saying “human creativity” over 18 times in 20 minutes, a potential new sponsor, Chinese soft power, being in the Nashville of France, and our ideas for a Bravo buildout on the Croisette.

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See you in Cannes

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 12:06:28 GMT

Bonjour. Eli and Clara will be dropping daily episodes of the podcast, recorded live and uncut from the Cannes Lions Festival next week. We’ll break down some of the Croisette’s highs and lows, plus get the rundown of what some former D1FM guests are seeing on their end.

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Benjamin Edgar on Navigating Cultural Tipping Points

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 12:21:44 GMT

Benjamin Edgar is a Chicago-based designer who’s been making a lot of very cool things for a very long time. He co-authored the early aughts blog THE BRILLIANCE, founded Boxed Water, and more recently started An Object Company. We talk about the importance of design consistency, how we’re at an inflection point with “phone stuff,” Dieter Rams, bar etiquette, applied design, Adrien Brody’s art, why it’s interesting to know what you’re interested in, Chicago, the sin wave of culture and more.

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The “Flyover Finals” and “Establishment Podcasts”

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 15:48:41 GMT

Today we’re talking about the NBA’s “crisis of cool,” and whether that’s also inclusive of Timothée Chalamet’s Chrome Hearts, Adam Friedland’s interview on Mixed Signals, the rise of “establishment podcasts,” cruise ships, space ships, and waiting in line at pop-ups.

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How Recho Omondi’s The Cutting Room Floor Became Fashion’s Most Honest Podcast

Tue, 27 May 2025 13:36:31 GMT

Recho Omondi is the host and creator of The Cutting Room Floor, the popular fashion podcast featuring guests like Cynthia Erivo and Law Roach. In this episode, we explore why blue chip design names like Steve Madden and Brendon Babenzien of Noah open up on her mic, revealing unfiltered takes on the business of fashion. We also dive into Omondi’s “clipping” technique, the politics of taste, and why being a partial outsider gives her the clearest view of fashion’s inner workings.

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Cinematic Sports and OnlyFans Pickleball

Tue, 20 May 2025 10:52:46 GMT

Forget the score, on this week’s episode we unpack how the real action isn’t happening on the court, but instead on the second screen and…OnlyFans? We’ll unpack SNY’s surprisingly good social content, “Smash City,” Engelbert Humperdinck, pollen, and “water-based cooking.”

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John Paul Brammer: ¡Hola Papi! ¡Adios Twitter!

Tue, 13 May 2025 15:04:49 GMT

John Paul Brammer is an author, artist, and writer of the popular advice column, ¡Hola Papi!. He joins us on the pod to discuss midwest debauchery, advice on giving advice, high-profile penguins, his top 5 birds, why Bluesky is “giving gas leak,” standing behind something you 100% do not believe in, house parties, and much more.

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Bird Flu Bailouts and AI Cheaters

Tue, 06 May 2025 14:48:53 GMT

Today we’re talking about friend supply versus “friend demand,” AI designed specifically for cheating on your Costco job interview, naming a sandwich after a disease epidemic (bad idea), thirst trap strategies, and how the West Village is now filled with identikit personalities wearing scrunch bum leggings.

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We’re Running Out of Ways to Sell Things

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 13:42:29 GMT

Back with another impromptu in-house episode, this week we take stock of the grocery store shelves which are packed with protein: Khloé Kardashian Khloud popcorn, dry as sawdust Quest bars, and… Hormbles Chormbles. Also, why does every new product sound like it was named by a toddler? And are we experiencing a mass cognitive decline or does every advertisement sound nonsensical?

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Scam Alert: MrBeast, Fyre Fest and Baby Back Ribs

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 15:18:33 GMT

We’re being scammed. The latest Mr Beast experience was a flop, Fyre Festival is back, Chinese manufacturers are exposing the luxury goods industry, and everyone is buying now and paying later. Between financing your Coachella tickets and your Chilli’s baby back ribs, this week on the pod we unveil the many ways scams have gone mainstream.

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Archiving the Internet with Meme Researcher Aidan Walker

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 15:20:14 GMT

Aidan Walker is an internet culture and meme researcher and writer, former editor at Know Your Meme, and self proclaimed ‘Slopimist’. He joins us to discuss Skibidi toilet and the surveillance state, the “War and Peace” of our times, John Pork lore, why he’s optimistic about Gen Alpha’s chances, historicizing memes, and how “God didn’t want us to drink slushies, red 40, or vapes that taste like crème brûlée”.

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Have We Finally Reached Bot on Bot Warfare?

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 13:49:40 GMT

Adolescence on Netflix. White Lotus on Max. Bot on… bot? This week on the pod, people are having withdrawal symptoms from overuse of ChatGPT. Tinder is rolling out the opportunity to practice flirting with AI before moving into the real world, and we question whether or not too much conversational practice with a digital entity is turning every man into an incel. The one good use of AI: a new app that will make annoying customer service calls on your behalf.

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Escaping the Algorithm with Chloé Desaulles

Tue, 01 Apr 2025 14:08:01 GMT

Chloé Desaulles is a multidisciplinary artist based out of New York. She specializes in using “new tools to tell old stories about people, habits and environments.” She previously held stints at The New York Times R&D with a focus on mixed reality and VR, and has also done work for Megan Thee Stallion, Apple, and Alicia Keys. She joins us to explore the ways AI is shaping the art world, rising interest in analog mediums, “hyper optimization,” Netflix shows made for you to fold your laundry to, and why hot yoga is a scam.

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Everyone is Reinventing the Wheel

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 13:41:44 GMT

Laundry day but make it ~aesthetic~. Willy Wonka but make it a Netflix competition series. Today on the pod we discuss unoriginal ideas disguised as masquerading as new, trace Mr. Beast’s similarities to Jigsaw in ‘Saw,’ and mourn the loss of six-figure media jobs. We also take a moment for ‘White Lotus’ theories and predictions, like everyone else online.

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MSCHF’s Kevin Wiesner and Lukas Bentel: “Always punch something”

Tue, 18 Mar 2025 16:53:21 GMT

Kevin Weisner and Lukas Bentel are the Chief Creative Officers of MSCHF, the subversive Brooklyn-based art collective known for “drops” like the Big Red Boots, Key4All, Tax Heaven, Satan Shoes and more. They join us to discuss their new book, "Made By MSCHF", the importance of creative antagonists, defending Rothko, never having KPIs, virality is cheap and hating on golf.

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How Nude Project and Founder-Led Brands Conquered YouTube

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 14:11:58 GMT

Today on the pod, Eli and Trey explore both ends of the content quality spectrum, between Slopaganda and our feeds being flooded with AI drudge and the founder-led menswear brands (Nude Project, Le Alfre, Elwood Clothing) doing it right on YouTube. We also get into the infinite scroll, the menswear labels that are unfurling their brand story in a way that isn’t possible through short form content, and why the future is unfortunately more AI slop (hope you’re hungry).

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Unpacking the Corporate Creative Class with Brian Park

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 15:38:34 GMT

Brian Park is a comedian, actor, writer and host of the Middlebrow podcast. He joins us to dissect the “corporate creative class,” his fear of being pretentious (Trey thinks it’s OK to be a little pretentious), LinkedIn baiting, why brands need to stop being people, being a Bryan Johnson apologist, knowing too much about Japanese selvedge denim, and much much more.

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Reality Check with New York Mag’s Rebecca Jennings

Wed, 26 Feb 2025 21:14:25 GMT

Rebecca Jennings is a features writer at New York Magazine and author of "Be the Bombshell: What Love Island Teaches Us About Dating". She joins the pod to discuss the Protector app, why all the dudes in Summer House are a sorry bunch, being a Ramona Singer apologist, why young “Republicans” are transgressive, Hasan Piker, and the guy on TikTok calling hanging out with friends a “post luxury status symbol.”

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Super Bowl Hits, Misses and the Advertising Endgame

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 20:45:26 GMT

Seal as a seal, Kendrick’s flared jeans, Taylor Swift being booed and the guy with a fleshy cowboy hat for… Tubi? This year’s Super Bowl proved (once again) that the real spectacle is in everything but the game. In this episode, we unpack our biggest takeaways from the big night, where 30 second $8M slots (or social conversation) were more memorable than the final score.

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Kyle Chayka on TikTok Whiplash & Big Tech Conundrums

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 15:54:07 GMT

Kyle Chayka is a staff writer at The New Yorker covering the internet and technology, and the author of Filterworld, which explores how algorithms shape—and flatten—culture. He joins us to discuss the post-election, post-TikTok ban-unban internet landscape, Japanese sock newsletters, niche episodic TikTok account “Titanium Daydream,” media as a cult, and why delivery food is morally reprehensible.

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A Realistic Day in the Life of New York Artist Maya Man

Tue, 14 Jan 2025 12:00:00 GMT

Maya Man is an artist focused on identity and authenticity on the internet. She joins Day One FM to discuss her browser extension Glance Back, the voyeuristic allure of “A Realistic Day In My Life Living In New York City” (now at The Whitney), property management at HEART, her distaste for ice water, the pleasant appeal of not having WiFi in her apartment, and more. You can learn more about her work on her website, and visit her studio space, HEART, in SoHo.

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In 2025, Are We Going ‘Post-Social’?

Thu, 19 Dec 2024 21:16:15 GMT

As 2024 fades into the rearview, the crew unpack their lessons and cultural favorites from this year, and cast their hopes and predictions for a ‘Post-Social’ 2025. We’ll discuss how to find hidden gems in culture, why integrity matters and how brands can shape culture and stand out — spoiler alert it’s not just by going viral.

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Post-Election State of Media with Semafor's Max Tani

Tue, 10 Dec 2024 20:00:40 GMT

Everyone’s got a take on the post-election state of media, including us now. We went behind the headlines with Max Tani, media editor at Semafor, to unpack the changes, challenges and opportunities facing new and legacy media: the rise of podcasts, the proliferation of niche outlets, and the sustainability (or not) of the influencer-journalist model.

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Holding Space for the Jaguar Rebrand

Tue, 26 Nov 2024 21:23:54 GMT

On the pod this week, we’re unpacking who and what the Jaguar rebrand is for, (same with The New York Times’ advice for how to avoid awkward holiday conversations), “reckless dreamers,” and what Dean Kissick gets right in his polarizing essay, “The Painted Protest.”

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Please Be Serious

Fri, 15 Nov 2024 20:09:04 GMT

On the pod this week we get serious about unseriousness. The crew discusses lookalike contests, “The Eczema Experience,” tinned fish pop-ups, intergenerational grudges held by crows, ‘joy sobriety’, and the growing lack of seriousness in otherwise once serious settings.

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Behind the Memes with @NolitaDirtbag

Mon, 04 Nov 2024 21:32:41 GMT

Alex Hartman is the mind behind Nolita Dirtbag, a “niché and nouveau riche” meme page covering greater-downtown Manhattan (and sometimes Brooklyn). We chat about spending $180 before 11AM on “day in the life” videos, Dirtbag messaging hierarchies, why you shouldn’t put the place of your employment in your IG bio, bringing showmanship back to restaurants, being in a room full of Nolita Dirtbag reply guys, and “what makes you confident?”

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Waiting for Our Juul Stipends

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 16:50:03 GMT

This week on the pod, the crew discusses missing out on Juul settlement money, Philip Morris’s new status as a growth stock, Addison Rae, “pasteurized vice,” (more) slop, recalls, betting on the election on Polymarket, “the Nutter B*tter trap,” and why sometimes you should just lean on your product and stop trying to be culturally relevant.

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Puck's Lauren Sherman on Victoria's Secret, Fashion Crime and What's Next for Luxury

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 19:27:45 GMT

Lauren Sherman is the Chief Fashion Correspondent at Puck and co-author of “Selling Sexy: Victoria’s Secret and the Unraveling of an American Icon.” We chat about Eric Adams’ controversial hat, the return of the Victoria’s Secret fashion show, bralettes, OMNY, luxury fashion woes, finding out about how the stock market works, her son thinking R.E.M is called “R.E.M Essentials,” and too many people wrongly believing they’re friends with Gwyneth Paltrow.

Subscribe to her newsletter “Line Sheet” and listen to her podcast “Fashion People” on all platforms.

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Could You Pass a Cultural Litmus Test?

Wed, 25 Sep 2024 19:42:31 GMT

The crew discuss the pros and cons of gatekeeping, Chappell Roan v. superfans, why customized beverages are for children, and what the Broadway play ‘JOB’ gets right and wrong about the consequences of being “extremely online.”

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How to Blow Up a Client Brief with PlayLab, Inc.

Wed, 18 Sep 2024 17:42:13 GMT

Archie Lee Coates IV is the co-founder of PLAYLAB, INC., an extremely multidisciplinary creative studio “with no focus.” They’ve worked with a range of clients, including Virgil Abloh, American Express, and Post Malone. We discuss the lost art of pranks, Charles Eames, Archie’s upcoming studio album, why you can’t focus too much on data and metrics, swimming in the East River, Ernest Shackleton’s hiring filter still holds, and a very simple filter for work: “is this something we want to do?”

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Hawk Tuah Girl and the Next Phase of Viral Social Fame

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 17:15:14 GMT

As Haliey Welch, aka Hawk Tuah Girl, gets her own relationship advice podcast on Jake Paul's network, the crew discusses how the virally famous are rewriting the playbook to capitalize on their moment in the spotlight. People like Welch, Jools Lebron ("very demure, very mindful") and Big Justice are outmaneuvering traditional industry players by brokering their own deals and monetizing on their catchphrases long before a CAA or UTA even reaches out for representation. Enter: the next phase of viral fame creation.

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Link in Bio’s Rachel Karten on Why Great Content Flops

Mon, 26 Aug 2024 15:03:41 GMT

Rachel Karten is a social media consultant and author of the Link in Bio newsletter. Previously, she led the social media team at Bon Appétit and Epicurious. On a rare bicoastal recording, she joins the pod to talk about why we’ve reached peak reactive social content, how teleprompters work, why no one actually wants a chronological feed, and the important work the Utah Department of Transportation is doing.

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Deez Links Founder Delia Cai on the Power of Hate Reads

Wed, 31 Jul 2024 14:03:27 GMT

Delia Cai is a New York-based writer, editor and author of Deez Links. You may know her as the mind behind the outstanding “Hate Read” pop-up newsletter. She’s held stints at BuzzFeed and Vanity Fair, and published her debut novel Central Places last year. She joins the pod to talk about digital etiquette, the power of a good format, why everyone needs to go see Twisters in 4DX and why people who talk about replacing art with AI art should go to jail.

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Gymnasium’s Adam Faze Makes Appointment TV for the Next Generation

Wed, 17 Jul 2024 14:00:53 GMT

Adam Faze is the co-founder and “Head Coach” of Gymnasium: the production company behind “Boy Room”, “Bodega Run”, and “Clockwork Dynasty.” From the highlight reel: finding next-gen talent, he thinks “TikTok is the most powerful cultural tool on earth” (and is unapologetic about his screen time), “viral” is meaningless, enough with the tiny mics, why Quibi failed.

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Breakfast Epiphanies: These Are Our Cannesfessions

Fri, 21 Jun 2024 13:56:57 GMT

Eli and Clara rattle off the best-of Cannes Day 4, including a panel from the production designers behind ‘Poor Things,’ a live recording of Brian Morrissey’s “The Rebooting” podcast, and Scott Galloway’s take on Cannes and the state of advertising. Plus, we revisit (and coin) Linda Yapparino.

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Breakfast Epiphanies: Free Speech, Mama

Thu, 20 Jun 2024 17:10:12 GMT

Eli and Clara recap bold fits and even bolder proclamations about X’s future. Plus, is Cannes ready to get real about cultural mid-iocrity?

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Breakfast Epiphanies: 37 Pieces of Flair

Thu, 20 Jun 2024 13:50:47 GMT

Clara and Eli discuss the *voicey* merch flooding the Croisette and how lazy Gen Z insights make for lazy briefs.

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Breakfast Epiphanies: Cannes Day One

Tue, 18 Jun 2024 19:08:11 GMT

Eli and Clara apply sunscreen and critical thinking skills to this week’s Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity. They discuss whether Saudi Arabia’s tourism rebrand is hitting, unpack a British royal* appearance, and weigh the benefits of data personalization.

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Can We Still Trust the Numbers?

Fri, 14 Jun 2024 15:50:17 GMT

The crew discusses (with colorful metaphors) how no-context data shapes the online conversation around fandoms, artists, brand campaigns and J-Lo’s ‘Atlas’ movie. Plus, Trey gives the TLDR on his breakup with Spotify.

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Talking “Superformats” and [SIC] Weekly with Ben Dietz

Wed, 29 May 2024 19:25:06 GMT

Ben Dietz is the author of a weekly newsletter called [SIC] Weekly. He also hosts a weekly podcast [SIC] Talks, and (IRL) breakfast club every wednesdays. We chat Williamsburg before it became a mall, good band names, he’s working on a new media model called Superformats, Brawndo, not buying the “AI sludge” argument, “culturations,” and more.

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How to Ditch Your Smartphone With The Light Phone Co-founder Joe Hollier

Thu, 23 May 2024 15:01:55 GMT

Joe Hollier is the co-founder of The Light Phone, an anti-smartphone “designed to be used as little as possible.” We talk taking inspo from Brian Eno, recalibrating our attention spans, how you gonna be mad on vacation, bible belt families, avoiding the word “addiction,” don’t overthink the research process, and building a more honest tech company.

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'Why Is This Interesting?' Founders Colin Nagy and Noah Brier Are Escaping the "Tyranny of the News Hooks"

Fri, 17 May 2024 15:20:04 GMT

Why Is This Interesting? is a daily Substack spearheaded by Noah Brier and Colin Nagy about interesting things. On a rare five-panel pod, they chat reclaiming agency from the algorithm, the power of niche, the masochistic struggle of writing a daily substack, “mensch” is added to the pod vocab, Mr. Beast is very very very good at thumbnail imagery, the level of commentary around AI is not as sophisticated as what’s actually happening/interesting.

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SSENSE’s Steff Yotka on Exploratory vs. Prescriptive Tastemaking

Wed, 01 May 2024 14:09:02 GMT

Steff Yotka is the Head of Content at SSENSE. Fresh off of a return flight from Michèle Lamy’s 80th birthday rave at a discreet Venetian airport hanger, she joins the crew to discuss the merits of caviar and egg sandwiches as drunk food, non-algo bait editorial, storytelling around product, if you don’t like Lana Del Ray please leave, whether or not “menswear is in crisis,” and more.

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The Ohtani Scandal and Why Betting Ruined American Sports Culture

Tue, 02 Apr 2024 10:30:00 GMT

The crew discusses the gambling scandal involving MLB superstar Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, and what it means for the future of sports betting. Plus, a quick interlude on the weather and Meghan Markle’s new brand lifestyle brand, American Riviera Orchard.

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Feed Me’s Emily Sundberg on Keeping a Closely Guarded Media Diet, Anti Politeness & Soda Saturation

Mon, 25 Mar 2024 17:32:25 GMT

Emily Sundberg is a New York-based writer, director and consultant who authors a daily business and internet culture newsletter called Feed Me. She joins us on the pod to discuss her closely guarded media diet, meeting readers out in the wild, she’s not a fan of putting stickers on phone cameras, why she’s bullish on Zyn and bearish on prebiotic sodas, and more.

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Tradfluencers, Subway Gripes, and the Gen Z Gender Divide

Mon, 18 Mar 2024 13:34:24 GMT

The crew explores the internet’s fascination with “tradfluencers” like Nara and Lucky Blue Smith. Plus, Eli forgets to drink water and has gripes about the dogs on the train, Trey talks about why the lack of friction in our lives has led to loneliness, and Clara has thoughts on how algorithms are impacting a growing gender divide.

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PR Consultant Gia Kuan on Building Cultural Relevance Outside of the Trend Cycle

Mon, 26 Feb 2024 14:39:23 GMT

Gia Kuan is a publicist, cultural consultant, and founder of Gia Kuan Consulting, which boasts an impressive client roster including brands like Telfar and Luar. We discuss the importance of avoiding “cookie cutter culture,” her screen time report, how her and Clara are Libras, ditching a law degree for PR, whether TikTokers belong at fashion week, and why P!nk is huge in Australia.

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The 2024 Predictionary: Six Words to Define 2024

Wed, 07 Feb 2024 15:13:14 GMT

Hear directly from the brains behind the 2024 Predictionary—Day One’s dictionary for the future. The Predictionary identifies and contextualizes the forces that will shape culture in the years to come. This year we focused on three chapters exploring 2024’s key questions: Why is it so difficult to understand what’s happening and/or popular on the internet (Alternet Reality)? How do we break out of cultural “mid-iocrity” (Too Mid to Fail)? How will we navigate the shifting dynamics of fandom (The New Stan-dard)?

Be sure to read the full report: https://d1a.com/perspective/predictionary

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Demystifying Male Beauty Marketing With the Dewy Dudes

Wed, 24 Jan 2024 14:11:41 GMT

Dewy Dudes is a skin-care focused podcast and meme page founded by Evan Shinn and Emilio Quezada. They join us on the pod to talk who, and what, a "dewy dude" is, why "hey king!" male skincare advertising misses the mark, scientology, A24's new mewing documentary, Sephora tweens, bio-hacking and more.

Checkout the Dewy Dudes on IG & Spotify:

https://www.instagram.com/dewydudes/?hl=en

https://open.spotify.com/show/2NinNjkNERay7EYdASu6ma

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Our Stanley Cup Runneth Over

Wed, 17 Jan 2024 17:08:15 GMT

Kicking off the year talking about the Stanley Cup Quencher madness, throwing elbows at Target, the weird, problematic fandom around Gypsy Rose Blanchard, and why anthropomorphized Pop Tarts might be the future of College bowl games.

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"We’ve Lost the Plot." Cultural Theorist Matt Klein Has Some Ideas on How to Get Us Back on Track.

Mon, 11 Dec 2023 19:57:06 GMT

Matt Klein is a cultural theorist, strategist and author of online publication, ZINE. On a wide-ranging episode, we discuss: navigating mountains of semiotic pollution as we enter the throes of “trend reporting” season, bombing the “Trend Proficiency Assessment,” his latest (physical) zine, “Audience Capture,” starting an online seminar with Marshall McLuhan’s grandson, and the cultural ripple effects of drugs like Ozempic.

Be sure to check out more of Matt’s work at https://kleinkleinklein.com/ and subscribe to his newsletter, ZINE, at https://zine.kleinkleinklein.com/.

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Spotify Wrapped 2023: Competitive Fandom, “Pre-Algorithm” Artists, and Rebranding Data Capture

Tue, 05 Dec 2023 14:45:00 GMT

The crew shares their Spotify Wrapped (and Apple Music Replay), what it means that all of the top artists this year are “pre-algorithm,” competitive fandom, and how the platform has done a phenomenal job of rebranding data capture and digital surveillance as something fun, shareable and something to brag about.

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Unpacking the Ozempic Effect

Mon, 13 Nov 2023 19:22:24 GMT

Ozempic, the “miracle” diabetes drug from Novo Nordisk, isn’t just a healthcare gamechanger, it’s also becoming a cultural phenomenon. The crew unpacks the drug’s influence, plus the resurgence of “courtroom culture,” and the rise of “sponconvicts.”

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GASP ZINE's Courtni Poe on Dancing, Directing and David LaChappelle

Wed, 01 Nov 2023 15:30:15 GMT

Courtni Poe is a multi-hyphenate creative, with work spanning across photography, editorial, dance, illustration and more. A friend of the agency and go-to collaborator for #client Nike, she joins us on the eve of the opening of her new exhibit and book launch, "WHAT'S SO COOL ABOUT FLYING A KITE?" We discuss starting GASP Zine, breaking down industry buzzwords, trying to unravel 1800 square feet of turf, butterfly farms, having David LaChapelle as a mentor, why it’s important to educate the next-gen on art and design, and writing one book for every 25 years of her life.

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Don't Fear the Sphere

Fri, 13 Oct 2023 18:54:58 GMT

The crew discusses the Sphere and loathing in Las Vegas (the Sphere’s grand opening) , plus we give you the breakdown on a relatively blighted reality TV landscape dominated by “The Golden Bachelor” and “Naked Attraction.”

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David Chang’s Guide to Developing Your Taste

Mon, 02 Oct 2023 16:08:53 GMT

Today on the pod we’re joined by David Chang. He's a world renowned chef, restaurateur, author, podcaster, and culinary prognosticator. As part of a wider agency deep dive into the future of food, Clara and Eli check in with Dave on where he sees the industry headed. We hear about why food is one the few analog experiences left, get his hot take on frozen food, why you shouldn’t listen to “best of lists,” and more.

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Tony Lashley on Music, Taste and Building a Next-Gen Streaming Platform

Fri, 15 Sep 2023 12:00:00 GMT

Tony Lashley is the founder of Marine Snow, an invite-only music streaming service. He joins us in the studio to discuss how streaming algorithms have homogenized taste, scratching his dad’s Santana CDs, trading school lunches for the 1st gen iPod, why friction in the music discovery process can be good, gaming the charts, and why we’re seeing a resurgence in physical media.

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The Price is too High

Wed, 06 Sep 2023 15:46:47 GMT

Summer is coming to a close. On the latest Day One FM, the crew discusses what constitutes “too early” to bring out the cable knit sweater, what we lose when concert/sports ticket prices are astronomically high (besides a bunch of money), hate watching Suits and Bama Rush, “Loyalty Testers,” and more.

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Hollywood’s Retirement Home Era

Mon, 21 Aug 2023 13:39:41 GMT

It’s a jam-packed episode of Day One FM to close out August. Before filling out UPS applications, the crew mulls over (read: laments) Hollywood’s determination to “de-age” yesterday’s movie stars and its aversion (or inability) to mint new ones. Plus, we ask why Pop Crave is everywhere, whether or not Fred Again is a nepo baby (and if anyone cares), and did streaming kill the music industry? (yes).

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Pop Up Grocer's Emily Schildt on the Future of Snacks

Wed, 02 Aug 2023 19:14:29 GMT

Emily Schildt is the founder and CEO of Pop Up Grocer, a grocery store, coffee shop, bakery and “destination for discovery.” On a hot July afternoon, she joins us in the studio to discuss building the future of grocery shopping, why snacks have become status symbols, if she’s a fan of “girl dinner,” and Cillian Murphy’s one-almond-a-day meal.

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Barbie Mayhem and Franchise Fatigue

Mon, 10 Jul 2023 16:45:12 GMT

On this episode’s bi-coastal pod recording, a freshly sunburnt and geographically confused Eli dials into the studio from the West Coast to chat with Clara and Trey about the upcoming Barbie film, Mattel’s “pre-awareness” strategy, bringing back the Rihanna Battleship movie, why we’re concerned about “the end of endings,”, J.J. Abrams revealing the Hot Wheels film will be “emotional, grounded, and gritty,” and maybe we’d all just rather see Oppenheimer.

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Cable News Goes Up in Smoke

Mon, 26 Jun 2023 14:23:41 GMT

Recorded live from our brand new podcast studio, the Day One FM crew discusses the fall out from Chris Licht’s tumultuous CNN tenure, what’s problematic about Hannah Gadsby’s recent “It’s Pablomatic” exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum, and what’s behind “the coming pro smoking discourse.”

DISCLAIMER: Day One FM in no way, shape, or form endorses or condones nicotine products in any shape or form.

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Breakfast Epiphanies: Cannes't Wait to Get Some Sleep

Thu, 22 Jun 2023 19:10:41 GMT

It's the team's final full day in Cannes. Gen Z trend forecaster Casey Lewis drops by to wait out the thunderstorm/share her top takes of the week, and a trump card celeb-sighting. Eli & Clara share the themes they're taking away from this year's programming after a week of panel discussions, manic dashes for sustenance, and holding meetings in direct sunlight.

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Breakfast Epiphanies: Cannes You Sponsor Us?

Wed, 21 Jun 2023 16:48:02 GMT

Top hits on Day 3 of Cannes: Eli courts an “immersive” hydration partner for the pod, Clara recaps a panel with fan-favorite Survivor season 37 “Brains vs. Brawn” finalist Mike White, both discuss the pleasures and pitfalls of passed hors d’oeuvres.

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Breakfast Epiphanies: Cannes With the Wind

Tue, 20 Jun 2023 14:48:42 GMT

It’s a blustery day two at the Cannes Festival of Creativity. Eli discusses what it was like to LARP as an angel investor at an exclusive New York Times dinner, Clara adjusts to life on cam, and uncovers what sports media can learn from OnlyFans. Plus, a discussion on why women’s soccer is “on a rocket ship” ahead of (and following) the 2023 World Cup.

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Breakfast Epiphanies: Day One’s Day One at Cannes

Mon, 19 Jun 2023 15:45:11 GMT

It’s the first of four live-ish dispatches from the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity. The lanyards are on. Some, more inconspicuously placed than others. Clara and Eli, having defeated jet lag—and feeling semi-hydrated—discuss an auspicious mic cut that precluded an audience Q&A with the CMO of Open AI, less yachts, more Orcas? A word from Bud Light, and Clara weighs a permanent life change. Plus, our predictions for the week ahead.

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Getting to Know Gonnie Garko: Toronto’s Most Exciting Gen Z DJ

Mon, 05 Jun 2023 15:49:00 GMT

Gonnie Garko is a Toronto-based model and DJ. She gives us the rundown on how she got started mixing, making her Boiler Room debut, female representation in the music industry, and whether or not she takes requests (hint: it depends). Plus, the team gives their take on the WGA strike one month in, whether or not we’ve reached “peak dupe,” and digs into why millionaires are going to extreme lengths to stay young. Listen to the full episode here.

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Was Quibi Ahead of its Time?

Wed, 24 May 2023 17:29:10 GMT

Vice’s recent bankruptcy filing got the crew thinking about another well-funded, widely lauded media startup called Quibi. Was the short-form media startup, which lasted just six months before flaming out, a solution in search of a problem? (Or was the programming just bad?) Plus, we delve into the eye-popping success of the Super Mario Bros. film, or “if consumer insights made a movie.”

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Night Ventures’ Emily Herrera on How Gen Z Is Influencing the Future of Venture Capital

Mon, 08 May 2023 14:20:19 GMT

Emily Herrera is an investor at Night Ventures, a consumer VC fund with a portfolio of clients including Feastibles, the CPG brand from the Mr. Beast empire, prebiotic soda brand Olipop, and more. We get us a crash course in the world of venture capital, and an inside scoop on the startups she expects to take off soon.

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The Influencer Career Pivot. Plus, Where's the Market for "Unbiased" News?

Mon, 01 May 2023 16:35:16 GMT

On the latest episode of Day One FM 🎙️🎧 the crew chats about the longevity of influencing, whether parasocial relationships are “inevitable,” and why a pitch for a “centrist news” outlet might be a losing bet. Make sure to tune in and drop a comment ✌️

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Media vet Brian Morrissey on what the “AI Pope” and Succession tell us about the media landscape

Fri, 07 Apr 2023 14:24:33 GMT

The crew chats with Brian Morrissey, author of The Rebooting newsletter and former editor-in-chief of Digiday. He gives us his take on how the “Drip Pope”—the AI-generated image of Pope Francis that went viral recently—and “high-visibility, execution-dependent disruptor news brand” The Hundred, a media company pitched in HBO’s Succession, offer a frighteningly accurate glimpse into the current landscape of media and publishing.

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AI-pocalypse: How concerned should we be about sentient AI and runaway Chatbots?

Wed, 08 Mar 2023 19:08:48 GMT

Things are getting weirder (and scarier) in the world of AI. On the latest episode of Day One FM, Trey.AI, Clara.AI and Eli.AI discuss how an off-the-rail conversation with Bing’s chatbot, Sydney, sent the internet into a frenzy, why “woke AI” will be the next flashpoint in the culture wars, and AI’s role in the future of romantic escapades.

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Digital Strategist Sara Wilson on the brands most likely to make big moves with Gen Z in 2023

Thu, 16 Feb 2023 15:58:53 GMT

Which brands are “most likely to reignite your ‘experimental phase’” or “climb a fence to score a hoodie?”. On the latest episode of Day One FM, the crew is joined by journalist-turned-social-strategist Sara Wilson, founder & principal of SW Projects, to chat through the report she co-authored, The Brand Yearbook, it's class of 2022 superlatives and the nostalgic companies primed for a comeback among younger consumers.

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Publishing on the Blockchain: Daisy Alioto on how Dirt is the Future of Media

Tue, 07 Feb 2023 17:13:34 GMT

Fresh off of introducing the new Dirtyverse, the crew chats with Dirt co-founder and CEO Daisy Alioto to learn more about why NFTs offers new monetization and engagement models, how DAOs act as incubators for next-gen social networks, and why the future of publishing requires handing control back to readers and community members.

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Trendflation? AI-nxiety? These words will define 2023

Tue, 24 Jan 2023 21:17:29 GMT

We’re back! Our first podcast of the year comes as we launch our third annual Predictionary: a dictionary-meets-prediction anthology of words we’ve created to guide our approach to the year ahead. Tune in to learn more about words like “AI-nxiety,” “trendflation,” “fratigue,” and hear more of our takes on what you need to know to navigate the year ahead.

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Planet Money's Jack Corbett Tells Us What's Up with the Economy

Mon, 12 Dec 2022 16:00:38 GMT

We chat with Jack Corbett, the face of NPR’s Planet Money Podcast about how he translates difficult-to-grasp financial concepts on TikTok using whizzbang graphics and casual lingo in a way that makes Bill Nye seem enigmatic.

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Highsnobiety's Alex Pauly on Gen Z's Wellness Shift, Brad Pitt's $400 Serum, and the "Lipstick Index"

Mon, 28 Nov 2022 22:59:51 GMT

The crew is joined by Highsnobiety style writer Alex Pauly to chat beauty routines, why you should be wary of “holistic wellness” claims, the download on Brad Pitt and Jared Leto’s beauty brands and Gen Z’s “self-healthcare.”

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Creator Packaged Goods, Affordable Affluence and the Future of Food with Snaxshot's Andrea Hernández

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 17:45:32 GMT

D1A meets Andrea Hernández, the snack oracle and author of Snaxshot—a newsletter and flourishing community that uncovers everything you need to know about the food and beverage industry. We talk “creator packaged goods” like Logan Paul’s energy drink, PRIME, snack seances, #client Chipotle’s corn kid and Gen Zalpha’s (that’s Gen Z + Gen Alpha) affordable affluence.

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What’s up with the Future of Podcasts with Bloomberg’s Ashley Carman

Fri, 16 Sep 2022 14:59:35 GMT

We’re joined by Bloomberg reporter Ashley Carman who covers podcasts, entertainment and the audio industry. We talk about why the only other pod you should be listening to (besides ours) is recorded by the good folks at Trader Joe’s, why some people are dishing out $50,000 to be podcast guests and the power of host read ads.

You can check out Ashley's newsletter, "Soundbite" here: https://www.bloomberg.com/account/newsletters/soundbite

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Jonathan Hurwitz on how Hollywood's Risk Aversion Fosters a Sea of Sameness

Thu, 01 Sep 2022 17:10:00 GMT

We chat with Day One's own Jonathan Hurwitz about his previous stint working as a Production Assistant at Pixar and why it’s so hard to break through with new IP.

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Jordan Sargent on the Music Industry's Social-First Future

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 11:59:31 GMT

On the latest episode of the podcast, we’re joined by Jordan Sargent, A&R scout at Capitol Records. From social-first sounds to new avenues for talent discovery, we discuss the key technological and cultural shifts impacting artists, fans and brands alike.

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Vox's Terry Nguyen on Everything and Nothing Trending all at Once

Mon, 27 Jun 2022 15:56:06 GMT

We sit down with Vox's Terry Ngueyn to discuss the -core du jour and the dizzying pace of the trend cycle.

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Space Perspective's Jane Poynter on Travel's Next Frontier

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 16:09:35 GMT

This week on Day One FM 🎙: summer travel trends, how long we'd last on a trip to Mars, and a chat with Jane Poynter, founder and co-CEO of Space Perspective, about next generation of space travel and how "Spaceship Neptune" could radically change our viewpoint of earth.

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The Cut's Michelle Santiago Cortés on How Information Became the Internet's Gold Standard

Wed, 01 Jun 2022 14:41:30 GMT

We chat about the dizzying pace of the trend cycle, how our media diets have changed over the past two years and ask The Cut's Michelle Santiago Cortes about the need for media literacy in today's news landscape.

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Navigating Male-Dominated Spaces with Chelsea LaSalle, Kristen Kuzemko and Kristine Tsui.

Thu, 07 Apr 2022 14:48:13 GMT

In the latest edition of Day One's Speaker Series, we sat down with Chelsea LaSalle, Kristen Kuzemko and Kristine Tsui for a discussion on leading innovation in sports marketing, Web3 and visual storytelling.

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Kyle Chayka on How Algorithms Have Altered Digital and Physical Consumption

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 14:03:38 GMT

As part of our editorial exploration on algorithms, we sat down with technology writer Kyle Chayka—you may know him from The New Yorker or his newsletter Dirt—to discuss the effects of algorithms on both internet and IRL culture and his upcoming book Filterworld.

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After School's Casey Lewis on the Lure of the Creator Economy

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 14:23:12 GMT

We spoke to Casey Lewis—author and creator of the wildly popular and plugged-in youth culture newsletter After School—to debrief on the pros and cons of the creator economy.

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Tickets to the Metaverse

Mon, 29 Nov 2021 18:43:28 GMT

To cap off our month on all things metaverse, VP of Story William Rauscher tries to get his head around the future of NFTs with the help of Senior Director of Digital Strategy and unofficial agency metaverse buff Micah Kulish. Micah fills us in on the goings-on at the recent NFT NYC conference, aka crypto Comic-Con, sheds light on how NFT culture is driving the future of the metaverse (and something called “web3”), and provides some useful tips for how brands can make the most of this thrilling, confounding, and rapidly expanding space.

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An Interview with After School’s Casey Lewis, Part 1

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 19:16:17 GMT

We spoke to Casey Lewis—author and creator of the youth-culture obsessed newsletter "After School,”—for a debrief on Gen Z retail trends. Will Millennials make Depop uncool? Is your email inbox the new shopping mall? *How might* CrockPot become a cult Gen Z lifestyle brand? Stay tuned for part two of our conversation where we talk about Gen Z’s gonzo money mentality and the wishy-washy promise of the creator economy next month.

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A Conversation With Latinx Creator Tefi Pessoa and Entrepreneur Andres Izquieta

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 18:27:44 GMT

To close out Latinx Heritage Month, we hosted a panel with creator, InStyle host and Timothee Chalamet red carpet interviewer Tefi Pessoa and Andres Izquieta, a Latin American entrepreneur in fashion, CPG and entertainment sectors, on being Latinx in creative industries.

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Are We Aligned?: Inside Instagram’s Curation Accounts

Thu, 23 Sep 2021 17:04:48 GMT

Senior Creative Strategist Adaobi Uguoagu speaks to Editorial Director Trey Taylor about the rise of Instagram curator accounts, Trey’s own popular celebrity nostalgia account, and what it all means for brands looking to reach new audiences.

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D1A Quartertly: Introduction

Tue, 25 May 2021 23:05:53 GMT

With each Quarterly, voices from across D1A gather to weigh in on one topic. This time, we’re diving into why the rise of audio-centric platforms has changed how consumers learn, connect and laugh—and why brands should start taking notice. So, tune in to 7 episodes written and recorded by creative minds across the agency as we explore how influence, comedy and nostalgia translate to the air waves.

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D1A Quarterly: The Lost Art of Mixed CDs

Tue, 25 May 2021 22:55:23 GMT

Try as it might, a "For You" radio station created by hyper-personalized AI just doesn't hit the same way as a burned CD. Associate Director of Story Eliza Florendo (ft. a cameo from our CEO, Josh Rosenberg) walks us back through time -- before Limewire and even before MTV played videos -- to explore what we lose when algorithms replace your best friend's "SUMMER 2001 JAMS" mix.

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D1A Quarterly: The Switch from Mute to Max

Tue, 25 May 2021 22:27:36 GMT

Sounds have exploded from an internet culture side-dish to a main course. Creative and Sr. Creative Strategist Spencer Kupish and Devin Feldman break down the rise of audio-first content and its not-so-shocking ties to TikTok. Tune in for more on “sonic memes” and to learn what beans, a Ratatouille musical and Rick Astley have in common.

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D1A Quarterly: An Interview with Sydnee Washington

Tue, 25 May 2021 22:27:13 GMT

Director of Experience, Culture and Community Yasmin Daguilh sits down with comedian, host of Hobby Hunter and co-host of The Unofficial Expert Sydnee Washington to discuss translating humor to audio-only mediums, coping with the sound of your own voice, and more.

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D1A Quarterly: Sonic Cues and the Rise of the Jingle

Tue, 25 May 2021 22:19:12 GMT

Sounds spark some of our most powerful memories: that one jingle you heard one time in middle school and never forgot, for instance. From the iconic jingles of the 90s to sounds created by brands like #client American Express, VP of Digital Strategy & Creative Insights Victoria Gates-Fleming explains how a smart, catchy sonic cue helps brands earn a distinctive and long-lived place in culture.

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D1A Quarterly: The Rise of the Podfluencer

Mon, 24 May 2021 14:46:23 GMT

ICYMI, the podcasting business is booming. Nearly every major media and entertainment company is putting loads of cash (and talent) into launching new podcasts discussing a vast array of topics. Associate Digital Strategist Eli Williams walks us through those who helped pave the way in audio and what this growing network means for the brand landscape.

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D1A Quarterly: Sleepless in Clubhouse

Mon, 24 May 2021 14:46:15 GMT

Finding love looked a little different the past year. Enter: the Lonely Hearts Club(house). Digital Strategist Jenny Chang walks us through how “Shoot Your Shot” rooms on Clubhouse provide an audio-only middle ground between awkward first dates and dating apps.

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D1A Quarterly: Voice Connection

Mon, 24 May 2021 14:45:05 GMT

The new normal -- staring into a screen of blue-lit faces on Zoom -- is getting old. Director of Digital Strategy Justin Adelman shares why voice texts have become a welcome reminder that people are far more dynamic (and funny!) than most virtual communication allows them to be.

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