Marketing pro Tariq Hassan on how McDonald’s embraced its Donald Trump drive-thru moment
When now-President Donald Trump decided to put on an apron and serve customers at a McDonald’s drive-thru on the 2024 campaign trail, it put Tariq Hassan, then McDonald’s chief marketer, in a tight sp...
6 Feb 53min
Heated Rivalry & 'Big C' Canadian Content, with Bell's Sean Cohan
A year into Hollywood’s heralded vibe shift, as major production companies in the US have increasingly catered to broader or more conservative tastes, a gay Canadian hockey romance was not an obvious ...
30 Jan 53min
Freakonomics’ Stephen Dubner on why long-form podcasting isn't dead yet
Stephen Dubner has spent 20 years proving that things aren't what they seem—and now he's not so sure that's always true. The co-creator of Freakonomics and host of one of podcasting's most enduring sh...
23 Jan 52min
Undersecretary Sarah Rogers on free speech, Europe’s tech crackdown, and the internet she misses
Sarah Rogers, the State Department’s undersecretary for public diplomacy, joins Mixed Signals for a wide-ranging conversation about free speech, tech regulation, and why she’s been rattling the patien...
16 Jan 52min
Justin Smith and Ben Smith on Semafor's next chapter
Semafor CEO Justin Smith joins Mixed Signals for a candid discussion about why the digital media company raised $30 million late last year, and how it reached profitability in just three years. Max a...
15 Jan 39min
Ryan Lizza on Olivia Nuzzi, RFK Jr, and the Substack-ification of a scandal
Media veteran Ryan Lizza joins Mixed Signals for a raw, sprawling conversation about why he chose to publish an eight-part (and counting) Substack series responding to the most personal and public cri...
9 Jan 54min
Kevin O’Leary on playing the villain and turning attention into power
Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary joins Mixed Signals to talk about his buzzy turn as a ruthless tycoon in Marty Supreme — and how it felt playing a fictionalized version of himself. Max and Ben dig into wha...
2 Jan 44min
TikTok Stars on the Politicians Begging Them for Exposure
What happens when TikTokers replace TV hosts and interviewers, and presidential candidates start begging to be on their shows? Brian Reed sits down in a Brooklyn wine shop with four of the internet’...
30 Dec 202538min
