
Firing your ad agency? Try marriage counseling first, with Lindsay Rittenhouse
Ad Age senior agency reporter Lindsay Rittenhouse goes inside the growing trend of brand-agency marriage counseling. Rather than jumping straight into a costly and time-intensive agency review, consul...
5 Sep 202521min

Cracker Barrel, American Eagle and surviving social uproar, with Erika Wheless and Gillian Follett
Ad Age reporters Erika Wheless and Gillian Follett break down the brand lessons from the recent Cracker Barrel and American Eagle dramas: How can marketers better prepare for social pushback, what to ...
29 Aug 202526min

Marketing Trends of 2025 so far, with Tim Nudd
Ad Age Creativity Editor Tim Nudd reveals the creativity trends of 2025 so far, including the impact of AI on brand marketing, the resurgence of experiential activations and the secret to an effective...
20 Aug 202524min

Introducing Ad Age Insider
Ad Age Insider is the weekly podcast for breaking down marketing, advertising and media's biggest stories and trends. Host Parker Herren goes behind the biggest headlines, emerging innovations and bra...
19 Aug 20251min

Why Rick Astley is never gonna give up snacks or drums
The 80s pop star takes a break from shooting a Frito-Lay commercial to discuss the music industry, becoming a meme, and what he's been up to during the pandemic.
16 Dec 202039min

How The Lincoln Project's endless stream of viral ads were actually made (in record time)
Ben Howe of Howe Creative, one of The Lincoln Project's key video collaborators, on the making of 'Mourning in America'—and what it takes to go viral
11 Dec 202041min

Behind Hendrick's Gin's quirky ad approach
On this week's episode of Ad Lib, E.J. Schultz is joined by Harvey Purchese, senior VP of marketing at liquor marketer William Grant & Sons. We get behind Hendrick's quirky ad approach, which has incl...
3 Dec 202029min

Behind Calm's unexpected Election Night win
In this week's episode Ad Age's Jeanine Poggi is joined by Katie Shill, senior director of brand marketing at Calm. The meditation app won election night with its sponsorship of CNN's "Key Race" alert...
24 Nov 202028min





















