Don’t Get Me Started
340 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsHosted by Dan Balser, a former department head at The Creative Circus in Atlanta, this is a series of conversations about advertising. But they're not just about the industry; they're about the people in it.
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Episodes
Episode 340: Dan and Zach of The Academy at GS&P
November 11, 2021 14:30 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBThe Academy at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners is the brainchild of Zach Canfield, the agency’s Director of Talent. Dan is now its director, and this episode marks a personally significant moment of transition.
Episode 339: Sean Curran, VP, Creative & Marketing at Ranch Rider Spirits
August 03, 2021 14:00 - 30 minutes - 28.6 MBLeaving agency life in his past, Sean shares his thoughts on start-up culture, imposter syndrome, and the overemphasis put on deck perfection.
Episode 338: Nathalie Con, VP, Strategy Director at Giant Spoon
July 08, 2021 14:00 - 49 minutes - 45.1 MBA natural strategist at heart, Nathalie shares her thoughts on how to best work with strategists, the genesis of insight, and moving to a new job. She also has some profound advice for young professionals (esp. women).
Episode 337: Omid Amidi, CD at Johannes Leonardo
June 17, 2021 14:12 - 1 hour - 66.5 MBThis one manages to cover Wordsworth’s Ode; feeling different and integrating; the value of a good strategy; the making of an epic, celebrity-laden commercial; levity; and finding a family at work. It wraps up with a generous offer from Omid.
Episode 336: Lauren Goldsmith, ACD at Thrasio
May 17, 2021 16:25 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBOn finding your professional family, inner workings of e-commerce marketing, and uncovering opportunities in unlikely places
Episode 335: Joe Baratelli, EVP and CCO at RPA
April 08, 2021 13:57 - 41 minutes - 38 MBAn inside view of a great agency, from a leader's perspective
Episode 334: Dominique Monet, ACD at GSD&M
March 17, 2021 19:29 - 46 minutes - 43.1 MBAdvertising as a platform, the value of a good presentation, some real talk, and the power of truth well expressed
Episode 333: Federico Diaz, ACD at The Community
February 17, 2021 15:00 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MBAn online, mid-pandemic chat about a cookie vault, Seinfeld, sketch comedy and one copywriter’s process
Episode 332: Yanci Wu, Senior Experience Designer at Autodesk
December 16, 2020 16:27 - 42 minutes - 39.5 MBThe power of asking questions, being humble, and acting with intention. The value of going in-house, self-analysis, and knowing what matters to you.
Episode 331: Gavin Lester, CCO at Zambezi
November 16, 2020 17:50 - 50 minutes - 46.8 MBA conversation with an award-winning, bi-cultural agency leader on creating not only great work, but also your own autonomy, your own agency within an agency, and originality within familiarity
Episode 330: Copywriters Aaron Marshall and Brandon Kim
September 17, 2020 19:55 - 56 minutes - 51.6 MBAaron, an intern with Mischief and Brandon, a freelancer with Arts & Letters Creative Co., discuss resourcefulness, resilience, mental exhaustion, and life as creatives of color.
Episode 329: Danielle Hawley, Global ECD at Uber
August 06, 2020 13:00 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBLife in the Covid-19 pandemic, burnout, the ethos of Dara Khosrowshahi, empathy, and a short commercial for Funworks
Episode 328: Derek Walker, Owner of brown and browner
July 08, 2020 14:15 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MBThe ongoing struggle with race in advertising, how to talk about bias, learning the craft in the Covid era, and squeezing the lemon
Episode 327: Anna Taylor, Senior AD at BBDO Atlanta
June 16, 2020 13:30 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBMaking sense of this moment, a hard talk about being Black in a mostly White industry, and using your platform for good
Episode 326: Jason Corbin, CD at Lewis Communications
May 14, 2020 13:00 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBVisiting from Birmingham, Jason shares his thoughts on content creation, partnerships, career moves, asking for what you need, and the value of saying yes.
Episode 325: Erin Stevens, ACD at Swift Agency
April 29, 2020 16:39 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MBReturning to The Circus after seven years, Erin covers starting over, the value of diversity, and her first big-budget TV shoot.
Episode 324: Whitney Repole and Neil Ramanan, Creatives at Arts & Letters
April 09, 2020 20:31 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MBRecorded pre-COVID, this chat with two Circus alumni (replete with a gamified Q&A) covers advice for young creatives, a really bad portfolio review, acknowledging misery, and idea harvesting.
Episode 323: Katie Riddle and Dave Bullen of MONO
March 24, 2020 15:40 - 34 minutes - 32.3 MBDirectly off of a flight from Minneapolis, the two CDs sat down to talk about their agency, their careers, and important lessons learned.
Episode 322: Steve Nathans, CD at DDB in SF
February 27, 2020 15:30 - 43 minutes - 40.3 MBSteve brings his dry wit to a conversation about embarrassment, revisions, bad work, ideas vs. executions, and career moves.
Episode 321: Kevin Green, CD at Rapp in Dallas
February 13, 2020 14:30 - 35 minutes - 33 MBKevin shares a sliver of his wisdom regarding personal growth, finding a place to find your strength, strategy vs. concept, and partnerships.
Episode 320: Ben Greengrass, CD at ThoughtMatter
January 30, 2020 14:30 - 36 minutes - 34.4 MBThe real job of a creative director, the English FA, and doing work worth doing
Episode 319: Kameron Paries, ACD at 22squared
January 16, 2020 14:30 - 29 minutes - 28.1 MBFrom Canada to Idaho to Atlanta to Detroit to Las Vegas and back to Atlanta, Kam has picked up some knowledge and is happy to discuss.
Episode 318: Paul Charney, CEO and Founder of Funworks in Oakland, CA
December 19, 2019 14:41 - 48 minutes - 45.4 MBFunworks, an AdAge Small Agency of the Year, has upended conventions of how creative work is generated and presented. And its engaging, energetic CEO is more than happy to enthusiastically discuss it.
Episode 317: Patrick Holly, AVP Brand + Creative, USA at OYO
December 05, 2019 14:30 - 49 minutes - 46.5 MBThe longtime listener and first-time guest discusses Steph Curry, China, YouTube and TikTok, empathy, insight and behavior, and lessons learned at Apple.
Episode 316: Circus Student Brian Revels Interviews Dan
November 21, 2019 14:30 - 51 minutes - 47.6 MBTurning the proverbial tables, Brian (a copywriting student in his final quarter at The Creative Circus) asks Dan some questions.
Episode 315: Diana Chen, ACD at EVB in SF
November 07, 2019 14:30 - 35 minutes - 33.4 MBA creative of and for today's ad culture, Diana shares thoughts on social as the new print, doing good, and learning new skills. Also: how a doctor's path led to art direction; art school vs. ad school; and some very real, real-world advice.
Episode 314: Fabio Barros, ACD at Laundry Service
October 24, 2019 13:30 - 33 minutes - 31.8 MBVisiting from New York, Fabio discusses Corel Draw, work visas, and Dubai. He also shares some very poignant advice.
Episode 313: Maxx Delaney, ACD at Preacher
October 10, 2019 13:30 - 39 minutes - 37.1 MBLessons learned from Maxx’s first professional half-decade include the dynamic anatomy of a creative and some real-world struggles.
Episode 312: Erwin Federizo, Global CD at Vans
September 27, 2019 00:59 - 43 minutes - 40.9 MBErwin has brought world-class creative pedigree to the skater footwear brand after years at W+K NY, Deutsch, and 180LA.
Episode 311: Zach Canfield, Director of Talent at Goodby Silverstein & Partners
September 05, 2019 13:30 - 44 minutes - 41.4 MBZach's second visit to the podcast is packed with great advice for all levels.
Episode 310: Rich Silverstein of Goodby, Silverstein & Partners
August 22, 2019 13:30 - 35 minutes - 33.6 MBOn his second visit to the podcast, Rich covers The Lion of St. Mark, winning, dealing with roadblocks, wit, design, and personal growth.
Episode 309: Thomas Kemeny, Copywriter and Author
August 08, 2019 13:30 - 35 minutes - 33.3 MBThe author of Junior: Writing Your Way Ahead In Advertising discusses craft, load-bearing ideas, partnerships, and Jeff Goodby.
Episode 308: Prentice Howe, Principal at Door No. 3
July 25, 2019 13:30 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MBIn his second visit to DGMS, Prentice covers focus groups, kids as inspiration, the value of core values, and challenger brands.
Episode 307: Young Shits Founders Kat Kvas and Vignesh Seshadri
July 11, 2019 13:30 - 42 minutes - 39.5 MBKat, an ACD at Spotify and Vig, an ACD at Fig, discuss big agencies, student competitions and adapting to new cultures.
Episode 306: Erin Miller, Copywriter at Mission in New York
June 20, 2019 13:30 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBDan and Erin discuss New York City, typos, post-school adjustments and (yay!) mental health.
Episode 305: Marc Lucas, Copywriter and Creative Director
June 06, 2019 13:30 - 53 minutes - 49.7 MBReflecting on a career journey. Marc talks about the benefits of low expectations, the origin of the internet, and fear.
Episode 304: Lennie Gray Mowris, Social Impact Designer
May 23, 2019 13:30 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBLennie is a facilitator, observer, designer and problem solver. Listen carefully to this one.
Episode 303: Wally Hitchcock, CD at Avanade
May 09, 2019 13:30 - 30 minutes - 28.7 MBWally and Dan talk about pica rulers, UX, mentors, tech nerdom, and cities.
Episode 302: Kate Carter, ACD at Anomaly
April 25, 2019 13:30 - 35 minutes - 33.1 MBKate, an Adweek Top-100 Creative, talks about asking for a raise, bots, having fun, working well with clients, and agency models.
Episode 301: Laura Fegley, ECD at Colle McVoy
April 11, 2019 13:30 - 24 minutes - 23.3 MBVisiting from Minneapolis, Laura shares perpsective on a career that has taken her from New York to the heart of the American midwest.
Episode 300: Emily Sander, VP/CD at Momentum Worldwide
March 21, 2019 13:30 - 45 minutes - 42.4 MBThe former Chair of Advertising at SCAD discusses podcasting, portfolios, career pivoting, progress – both personal and professional, and plenty more.
Episode 299: Dan and Jason, as in Jason Sperling
March 07, 2019 14:30 - 35 minutes - 33.2 MBJason, copywriter on the iconic “Get a Mac” campaign, is now Sr. VP, Chief, Creative Development at RPA in Los Angeles.
Episode 298: Katy Hornaday, ECD at Barkley, Live from Mizzou
February 21, 2019 14:30 - 58 minutes - 27.2 MBRecorded live with the MOJO Ad Capstone group at University of Missouri, this was an insightful chat with some very intelligent questions from the audience.
Episode 297: Tom Hamling, SVP/GCD at GSD&M
February 07, 2019 14:30 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBOn making the right moves, effort, and bringing more to every project
Episode 296: Dan Cosgrove and Mike Epstein, ACDs at Digitas in Chicago
January 24, 2019 14:30 - 39 minutes - 28.5 MBDan (AD) and Mike (CW) share thoughts on partnerships, juniors, and being interesting.
Episode 295: Andy Corbett calls in from Seattle.
January 10, 2019 14:30 - 45 minutes - 29.6 MBMaking. Heebie-jeebies avoidance. Freelancing. Inspiration from peeves. Three definitions of the word "hit."
Episode 294: Katy Hornaday, EVP/ECD and Cady Beansmith, Experience Design Director at Barkley
December 09, 2018 17:27 - 43 minutes - 25.8 MBVisiting from KC, Katy and Cady share thoughts on looking at books, inspriration, religion, leaps of faith, the creative process, and staying in discovery mode.
Episode 293: Photographer Kate T. Parker
November 22, 2018 14:30 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MBThe creator of "Stong is the New Pretty" discusses finding your creative outlet, collaboration, soccer, the purpose of her work, and ASMR.
Episode 292: Phil Henson, CD at Something Massive in L.A.
November 08, 2018 14:00 - 50 minutes - 33.7 MBThe importance of mentorship, navigating agency politics, developing empathy, career navigation, the future of the industry, having a life partner who is also a creative, first-job advice
Episode 291: Diego Pernia, Director at Zac Brown's Southern Reel
October 25, 2018 13:30 - 42 minutes - 24.8 MBThe Argentine photographer and director discusses philosophy, finding your voice, watching 200 movies a year, self-doubt, wabi-sabi, collaboration, and Zac Brown.