Ep 58: Season 3 Wrap-up End of Year Extravaganza Bonanza

Ep 58: Season 3 Wrap-up End of Year Extravaganza Bonanza

We made it through 2025. Barely. 😅 In the Season 3 finale of The Snarketing Podcast, co-hosts Matt Wurst and Valerie Vespa close out the year with a wide-ranging, unfiltered conversation on what actually mattered in marketing, media, tech, and culture and what’s coming next in 2026.

This episode is part recap, part therapy session, part prediction engine.

Matt and Valerie unpack the biggest themes shaping the industry right now, including why the marketing funnel is officially dead, how discovery and conversion have collapsed into a single moment, and why everyone suddenly wants to be a “network.” They debate AI’s rapid acceleration, the growing risks around security and job displacement, and the uncomfortable power dynamics forming at the top of the tech ecosystem.

The conversation also digs into creators, influencers, and DTC realities, what the Kardashians got right, why social media struggles to drive real loyalty, and which platforms may emerge as the next true media powerhouses by 2026.

The episode ends on a more grounded note. Less noise. More signal. Better judgment, better context, and healthier boundaries as the industry heads into another high-pressure year.

If 2025 felt heavy, chaotic, or both, you’re not alone.

This is Snarketing at its most honest, reflective, and forward-looking. And without the burden of guests.

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Ep 74: Adam Puchalsky - President, Blink49 Brand Studio

Ep 74: Adam Puchalsky - President, Blink49 Brand Studio

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Snark Snack 2: Bread Baking and Instagram-Making

Snark Snack 2: Bread Baking and Instagram-Making

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Ep 73: Liane Nadeau - Chief Media & Investment Officer at Digitas North America

Ep 73: Liane Nadeau - Chief Media & Investment Officer at Digitas North America

Liane Nadeau, Chief Media and Investment Officer at Digitas North America, joins Matt Wurst and Valerie Vespa on the Snarketing Podcast to talk networked experiences, the death of channel planning, ad...

12 Elo 46min

Snark Snack 1: Highway Mangos and Subway Fortune Cookies

Snark Snack 1: Highway Mangos and Subway Fortune Cookies

The first "Snark Snack" is here. The off-mic conversations Matt Wurst and Valerie Vespa have been having for years, now on the record. Episode 1 riffs on selling mangos in traffic and somehow ends wit...

4 Elo 2min

Ep 72: Scott Goodson & Steve Scutellaro - StrawberryFrog Chairman & CEO

Ep 72: Scott Goodson & Steve Scutellaro - StrawberryFrog Chairman & CEO

StrawberryFrog founder Scott Goodson and new CEO Steve Scutellaro join Matt Wurst and Valerie Vespa on Snarketing for a rare two-guest conversation on succession, independence, and the future of agenc...

29 Heinä 52min

Ep 71: Dave Kersey - Global Head of Media at SharkNinja

Ep 71: Dave Kersey - Global Head of Media at SharkNinja

SharkNinja Global Head of Media Dave Kersey joins the Snarketing Podcast to break down how one of the fastest-moving brands in consumer products runs media without a traditional media plan. Dave talks...

15 Heinä 49min

Ep 70: Micky Ogando - Founder/CCO at Bakery

Ep 70: Micky Ogando - Founder/CCO at Bakery

Micky Ogando, Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Austin agency Bakery, joins Matt Wurst and Valerie Vespa on the Snarketing Podcast to talk craft, AI, weird hiring, holding-company chaos, and why h...

1 Heinä 47min

Ep 69: Cannes Lions 2026 Preview Episode

Ep 69: Cannes Lions 2026 Preview Episode

Cannes Lions week is here, and this one's a little different. No guest, no agenda, just Matt and Val running their own half-length 2026 Cannes preview before everyone scatters to the South of France.T...

17 Kesä 25min

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