American education is caught at a cross roads. While there is no shortage of discussion about how to educate children moving forward, much either lacks historic insight into the fundamental building blocks that got us here, or is based by policies funded and dictated by private interests. In Insights Into Education Dan and Ed informally discuss the concerns of parents and teachers about the state of American education. They focus on what they have collectively learned in almost 100 years of ...
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Inspiring Futures is a podcast about the future hosted by Ed Cotton. We live in the now, everything around us is increasingly real-time, so we are somewhat challenged to think about the future because it’s an unknown and takes discipline to think about. But what happens when we do we think about the future, when do we think about it, who inspires the futures we think about and what do we think the future will hold? Inspiring Futures is a podcast that talks to people from diverse backgrounds, ...
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It’s My Job is a podcast about what work is really like. We interview guests from across the working world about not just how they got to where they are, but what they do all day.
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Podcast hosted by investigative writer and researcher Whitney Webb. https://unlimitedhangout.com/ulh-podcast/
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Rep. Gallagher is launching the NEW Look Podcast, a series of conversations with a number of thought-leaders about the problems of the day, examined through the lens of Northeast Wisconsin (N.E.W.).
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Ever wonder what a venture capitalist actually does? Or how one becomes one? In this episode, we discuss all that at more with Collaborative Fund founder Craig Shapiro.By Michael Sachse and Bevil Conway
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Jonathan Wise- CoFounder - Purpose Disruptors
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The latest Inspiring Futures podcast features an interview with Jonathan Wise one of the co-founders of the non-profit Purpose Disruptors. Jonathan was once a strategist at JWT, but quit his job to study for an MBA in Sustainability. In the episode, we discuss his journey and transformation, what Purpose Disruptors is, and how it is trying to impac…
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How does a museum art exhibit come together? Dina Deitsch, the Director and Chief Curator of the Tufts University Art Galleries, tells us how she finds artists, arranges space, deals with staff administration, and also writes the text that appears on the wall.By Michael Sachse and Bevil Conway
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Dr. Grace Kite- Founder- Magic Numbers and Magic Works
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The latest episode of Inspiring Futures features an interview with Dr. Grace Kite, the founder of Magic Numbers and Magic Works, an analytics-focused consultancy that helps companies and brands understand how they grow. In our conversation, we discussed the challenges and importance of being strategic when understanding the factors behind growth, t…
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David Nam is an architect with Frank Gehry partners and has worked on iconic buildings around the world. In this episode, we ask David what drew him to architecture, how collaboration and critique works in his office, how he deals with opinionated clients, and what it's like to work with a world-famous architect.…
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The latest Inspiring Futures episode features an interview with Beth Bentley the co-founder of consultancy Tomorrowism. Beth's experience includes- Deputy Head of Strategy- Adam & Eve, London Executive Head of Strategy- at Wieden&Kennedy- London SVP Strategy Virtue at Vice. She is also the author of a best-selling book, was the Chief Strategy Offic…
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Caroline Johnson- Co-Founder- Business Model Company
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The latest Inspiring Futures podcast features an interview with Caroline Johnson- Co-Founder of The Business Model Company. Caroline worked at Grey but then worked at KPMG as a consultant. The Business Model Company advises agencies on how to evolve their business models to generate value for their clients and increase revenues and profitability fo…
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Andy Nairn- Co-Founder- Lucky Generals
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Andy Nairn co-founded Lucky Generals- an ad agency with offices in London and New York. Beyond running an agency, Andy has written a best-selling business book "Go Luck Yourself" and has just completed his first novel- "Trail of Blood" a murder mystery set 500 years ago on the border between England and Scotland. Some quotes from our chat. On Pitch…
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Maz Karimian heads up strategy at ustwo an employee-owned product design company that brings emotional game-inspired thinking to product design—some key quotes from our conversation below. About ustwo “Monument Valley is the game and the game series That was so successful that usTwo games was split off as a sort of a separate sister entity, still u…
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Daniel Groh heads up brand at Satisfy Running. In this interview, we discuss the transformed state of the running category and Satisfy's place within it. How the brand leans into personal expression and appeals to those who want to express themselves beyond the traditional players and the traditional running silhouette. How it's leading the charge …
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The latest episode of Inspiring Futures features an interview with John Geletka John is the owner and founder of Geletka + - a small agency located in the West Loop of Chicago The agency started five years ago. John's an artist by training but has done several different jobs in his career including corporate marketing, but he's also an entrepreneur…
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Eliza Yvette Esquivel- Our Protopian Future
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The latest Inspiring Futures podcast is an interview with Eliza Yvette Esquivel. Eliza has worked both on the agency and client side. She's had senior brand management roles at Mondelez and Microsoft and as a strategist and CSO at several different agencies, including Barbarian, Future Brand, DDB, JWT, Wieden and Kennedy Amsterdam, and TBWA. In our…
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Warren Berger- Author and Journalist
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Warren Berger is an author and journalist who has spent the last 25 years writing about the worlds of design, advertising and innovation. Back in the day he got a feature story about Weiden and Kennedy into the NYT Magazine and he wrote the book "Advertising Today" that was published by Phaidon,. For the past 10 years, he's been focused on the worl…
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Gerard Crichlow- Global Strategist- Axe/Lynx/Unilever- IPG
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This episode features an interview with Gerard Crichlow, who heads up Global Strategy on the Unilever brands- Axe/Lynx at IPG. Gerard collaborates with several IPG entities worldwide to ensure the Axe/Lynx brands connect to their consumers and cultures. Some quotes from Gerard from the episode. "And for me, if we're in the attention game, who does …
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This latest episode of Inspiring Futures features an interview with the CMO of Depop. Depop is one of the most interesting brands in the fashion space since it's all about reselling and ultimately about transforming the way we shop for fashion. Peter has a fascinating background with experience on the agency side with both Anomaly(where he worked o…
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Tass Tsitsopoulos- Global Strategy Director, McDonald's at Wieden + Kennedy
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In this episode, I talk with Tass Tsitsopoulos, the Global Strategy Director of McDonald's at Wieden + Kennedy. We discuss his early life in London, studying politics at LSE, his accidental journey into advertising thanks to Jeremy Bullmore, his life as an Account Guy at BBH, and his leap into planning. We also get to talk about his journey in the …
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Ian Murray- Co-Founder-Burst Your Bubble
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Last month, I sat down for a conversation with Ian Murray- the co-founder of Burst Your Bubble. Ian has no shortage of contrarian views on everything from media and the current vogues in marketing to what strategists need to be doing in their work. To give you a flavor of the conversation- here are some soundbites. On Media "TV still produces the s…
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Have you ever wanted to interrupt a conversation with "I object"? Shamita Etienne-Cummings does that as part of her job, but also works for some of the largest companies in the world on their most sensitive intellectual property disputes. In this conversation we cover litigation, big firm practice, building your network, and finding satisfaction in…
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Jae Goodman- The Future is Super Connected
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Jae Goodman is unique. He worked on Madison Avenue. He has a deep understanding of brands. He knows Hollywood, and he understands the power of culture and celebrity. Jae has experienced these worlds throughout his career, which spanned the likes of Wieden and Kennedy, CAA, and the creation of his agency- Observatory, and now his consulting company,…
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Amy Daroukakis- How to Be a Cultural Strategist
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The latest Inspiring Futures podcast features an interview with Amy Daroukakis, a cultural strategist. Our conversation stretched far and wide from the creative emergence of crisis to the importance of curiosity as a lifestyle to get you out of your comfort zone. The idea is that Cultural Strategy is a more significant thing than understanding Yout…
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Peter Spear started his career at Tattoo in San Francisco, where he fell in love with qualitative research and has been a practitioner ever since. We discussed the importance of talking to people to learn the hows and whys that data can't explain. How, in recent times, talking to strangers has become a challenge, and how to overcome those challenge…
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We depend on software for so much, but how does it get written? What does it even mean to write code? And what impact will Generative AI have? Ed Peters, Executive Distinguished Software Engineer at Capital One, tells us!By Michael Sachse & Bevil Conway
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Keely Adler- VP, Cultural Futurist- Dentsu Creative and Core Team, RADAR
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Last December, I recorded a podcast with Keely Adler, who heads up Futures at Dentsu Creative. This was before the agency's huge T-Mobile win, in which Keely played a huge part. In this conversation, we talked about how she sees the discipline of "Futures" (what it is and what it isn't) and its role in strategy and for clients. Keely is also on the…
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Back in November, I had a fascinating conversation with Laura Hutlfess, the co-founder of FlyteVu. FlyteVu is an entertainment marketing agency based in Nashville. Laura has a talent management background and worked for CAA before branching out independently. In our conversation, we talked about her background, the type of work the agency does, the…
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A few weeks back, I got to talk to Neal Mann. Neal has had a fascinating career. Working in the literal frontlines of journalism, he got to experience the pressures and realities of getting stories out to the world before your competitors. He was an early advocate and power user of digital platforms like Twitter and understood the transformations h…
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How confident do you feel ordering a glass of wine? You're not alone. Bill Jensen's job is to make ordering wine fun and judgment free. And he's great at it. This podcast is fruit forward with a long finish.By Michael Sachse & Bevil Conway
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Data science is one of the fastest growing professions, in part because it is one of the newest. But what do they do (other than run regressions)? Alex Smolyanskaya, of head of data science at Abl, tells us about her work.By Michael Sachse & Bevil Conway
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Making people laugh is amazing, but getting paid to do it is no easy feat! In this episode, Bevil and Michael are joined by Ophira Eisenberg, frequent host of the Moth, former host of Ask Me Another, and veteran stand up.By Michael Sachse & Bevil Conway
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They don't teach you how to run a college in college. That's because it takes an array of skills that go well beyond the academic: you have to be good at leading, communicating, fundraising, and, of course, educating. In this episode, we speak with the President of Trinity College, Joanne Berger-Sweeney, who tells us how it's done.…
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Joe Carter- Co-Founder- The Ironclad Pan Company
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Joe Carter spent time working in independent ad agencies in the UK, landed a sales job at Contagious, became enamored with Colenso BBDO, arranged to have lunch with the agency MD, brought a one-way ticket to Auckland, got a job in new biz at Colenso and then went on to be a co-founder of a company that makes cast pans- The Ironclad Pan Company. In …
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There are so many professions that are interesting and fulfilling but that we don't hear of until much later in life. Physical therapy is a perfect example of that. In this episode, Michael and Bevil speak with Ethan Gramstad, a physical therapist, to understand how he got there and what he does.By Michael Sachse & Bevil Conway
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You've probably heard of lobbyists, but do you know what they do? Or how you become one? In this episode, Bevil and Michael talk to Israel ("Izzy") Klein about being a lobbyist, whether we need lobbyists, and why Chuck Schumer is the hardest working man in politics.By Michael Sachse & Bevil Conway
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What’s it like to go to a funeral a week? Which is harder to officiate, a funeral or a wedding? More important, how do you decide you believe enough to become a religious leader? (And can it be done while having small children?) We learned that and more in a truly searching conversation with Rabbi Aaron Alexander.…
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There's more to anthropology and archeology than Indiana Jones! In this episode, Rice University Professor Mary Prendergast tells us about working in remote Tanzania, explains why poop is such an exciting find, and wonders if she should have been a vet.By Michael Sachse & Bevil Conway
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Katie Dreke- Part 2- Three Years On
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The latest episode of the Inspiring Futures podcast features an interview with Katie Dreke. Katie has spent time with the likes of 180, Wieden Kennedy, Droga5, and Nike (7 years), and three years ago, she embarked on her journey as a consultant, which was when we last spoke. We talked about her biggest learnings over the three years- such as unpack…
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What does it mean to be a coach? Michael Melcher, the founder of M2 Leaders, and the author of "Your Invisible Network" and "The Creative Lawyer" is here to tell us. There's also a meta layer to this conversation because this podcast is all about career choices and experiences. Who better to discuss that with than someone who guides people through …
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George Prest- From BBH Copywriter to Local Politician
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The latest Inspiring Futures podcast features an interview with George Prest. George started his career in the creative department of BBH and moved on to creative director roles at Lowe. He was early to understand the power of digital transformation and was Global Executive Creative Director at R/GA and, most recently, a partner at the Brandtech Gr…
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"Get out your notebook, there's more." Michael and Bevil talk with New York Times Technology reporter Cecilia Kang about what it's like to be a journalist. Cecilia shares how she got into journalism, how she crafts stories, and Bevil learns that a "nut graph" is does not have an x and y axis.By Michael Sachse & Bevil Conway
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All of us have been to the doctor, but what is it like to actually be one? Clay Ackerly, a primary care physician, tells us what it's like to balance caring for patients, staying up on the science, dealing with insurance, and managing burnout.By Michael Sachse & Bevil Conway
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Have you ever wondered how television is actually made? In this episode, Michael and Bevil talk with Jordan Reddout, the showrunner for Hulu's "The Other Black Girl." Jordan shares what it's like to be inside the writer's room, what it means to be a showrunner, and also shares some stories about how Hollywood is not for the faint of heart.…
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The latest episode of Inspiring Futures features an interview with Sophie Ayles. Sophie is one of Australia's most experienced strategists. She started her career in the Disruption group at TBWA Paris and has spent time at JWT, BBDO, co: collective, and M&C Saatchi (where she had several different roles, including Regional Chief Strategy Officer -A…
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It’s My Job is a podcast about what work is really like. We interview guests from across the working world about not just how they got to where they are but what they do all day. In this episode, Michael and Bevil dicusss the impetus for the podcast and share a little bit about what you can expect from future episodes.…
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Dan Gardner- Co-Founder- Code and Theory
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In the latest Inspiring Futures podcast, I spoke with Dan Gardner, the co-founder of Code and Theory. A 22-year-old- digital-first agency that states its philosophy as "Our intent is to be unclassifiable in a cluttered agency landscape. We discussed the origins and evolutions of Code and Theory, how to think about technology correctly, the importan…
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Ivan heads up Redscout and is the CEO of the consulting company. Founded over 20 years ago, Redscout focuses on "making change real," using strategists and designers to make this happen. Ivan has a strategy background and has been with Redscout since 2015. His client experience includes- Best Buy, Google, PepsiCo, and ADP. Our conversation was wide…
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Kyle Duckitt - Strategy Director- BBH Singapore
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Kyle is the Strategy Director of BBH Singapore, where he works on a roster of great brands, including; Heineken, Nike, and Riot Games. The podcast discusses his background, including his time at BBDO in Germany and his award-winning work for the WWF (World Wildlife Fund). We also talk about the importance of how work gets developed that's culturall…
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Way too many months back, I had the chance to speak to Evie and Tyler at the Escape Pod in Chicago. It was an excellent opportunity to talk to members of a strategy team at a small agency. Tyler runs the department and Evie is a brand strategist on the team. Since Evie came into the industry from academia, we had an interesting discussion about wha…
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Craig Mawdsley and Bridget Angear are Craig and Bridget - brand strategy consultants based in London. They started a couple of years after spending time as joint Planning heads at AMV BBDO, where they worked on a portfolio of impressive brands and picked up a trophy case full of awards. They were named top strategists by Campaign Magazine six years…
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Kin- An Agency with Purpose- Sophie Ozoux
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The Inspiring Futures podcast has been on hiatus for the past few months. In that period, a few recordings made last year never made it out into the public airwaves, which is an absolute disgrace. One such recording was an interview I did with Sophie Ozouz, the co-founder of Kin. Kin is a purpose-focused agency with offices in NY and Los Angeles. S…
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Biden and the Bioeconomy with Derrick Broze
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In this episode, Whitney is joined by Derrick Broze to break down Biden's recent executive order on the "Bioeconomy,” its implications and the people who are set to play an outsized role in shaping and executing the activities described in the executive order.Originally published 10/06/22.Show notes: https://unlimitedhangout.com/2022/10/resources/s…
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Sustainable Slavery with Iain Davis
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In this episode, Whitney and Iain Davis discuss their new investigative series, Sustainable Slavery, and what and who is really developing and implementing the policies currently being marketed as "sustainable development."Show notes: https://unlimitedhangout.com/2022/09/resources/show-notes/sustainable-slavery-with-iain-davis-shownotes…
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