Adweek Radio

In this episode of Adweek Radio, we dive into the debate about unpaid internships. In the time of the pandemic, internships and post grad opportunities have been upended: some have been cancelled or post-postponed which can adversely affect how creatives, copywriters, strategists and content creators get their career off the ground. Joining us is Adweek Agencies reporter Minda Smiley as well as Carlos Mark Vera, cofounder of Pay Our Interns, to talk about the organization is supporting interns during this time.

Adweek Radio is back with a new episode about space: how we share space in this time of social distancing and what kind of space will be there after the pandemic. This week we’re talking with Shaunah Margaret and Ash Ramirez, the co-founders of Women Who Create, about creating a space for women of color who work in advertising, film, brands and beyond. The duo discuss their motivation for building Women Who Create and how they’re working with their community to keep the same vibe, virtually.

Summer Camp as we know it just isn’t a thing this year. So what if you took the best of what camp has to offer, and bring it to campers who need it the most right now. This week’s episode of Adweek Radio focuses on Camp ADventure, a free virtual summer camp for students who lost their internships this year due to Covid-19. The Camp brings together strategists, art directors, copy writers and more for 8 weeks, all while working on passion projects and being mentored by some of the top minds in advertising. We hear from Courtney Foster and Kevin Nguyen, founder and co-founder of Camp ADventure, as well as A. Walton Smith, founder of Black Women Owned and the head of content and community engagement at We Are Rosie.

Thanks to its office in Shanghai, U.S.-based global design agency frog design got an early indication of what the coronavirus might mean for business: a shift to work from home, a need to create new tools to communicate with clients, ensuring the "frogs," as they're called, stay focused and creative. But what the agency's president, Andrew Zimmerman, was most surprised by, is how his bottom-up team rose to the challenges brought on by the pandemic. But what does it take to lead a team of creatives in a time like this? We talk about it on this week's episode of Adweek Radio.

In this week’s episode of Adweek Radio we’re diving into how video production is done during covid. While people are still at home, commercials still need to come out on television. As a result of this video production needed to adapt to the modern times. We talk with Eli Ash and Meagan Maudsley from Mustache about how they’ve pivoted to remote recording for clients. This includes shipping celebrities video equipment and monitoring it through zoom. We also talk with Ryan Gill , the CEO of Communo about how the platform facilitated the quarantine hit Some Good News with John Krasinski and his thoughts on the future of remote production.

This week on Adweek Radio, two conversations about one big topic: diversity and equality in the media, advertising and brand marketing space. Following the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade and Rayshard Brooks, and the protests that have stemmed from them, we'll hear from digital activist Leslie Mac and her campaign which seeks to performative actions--not just words--from brands. Then, Adweek publishing editor Sara Jerde joins us to talk about the upswell of anger over inequality and inequity on the frontlines of media.

Parent Teacher Conferences have taken on a whole new meaning these last few months, mostly because millions of parents have become teachers--or at least teacher's aides--as their kids learn from home.This week's episode of Adweek Radio is about parenting and teaching, in the time of Covid-19. Parenting is already hard work. Add a pandemic, and it's merciless. But also rewarding, say our guests, Sandra Oh Lin, Founder/CEO of KiwiCo, JM Herrmann, VP, Strategy Director, Giant Spoon, Adweek senior writer Lisa Lacy and Doug Zanger, Adweek's Agencies editor.

Cannabis is still not legal at the federal level, but it’s been legalized enough by states that this year’s crop of Democratic presidential candidates have added it to their platforms. How, when and where sellers can advertise legal marijuana is also up in the air as states, counties and cities have their own rules and regulations. On this week’s episode of Adweek Radio, we talk with the CEO of Weedmaps, Chris Beals, about the complex nature of marketing legal weed. We also hear from Lee Applbaum, CMO of Parallel, and his discussion with Adweek CEO Jeff Litvack about whether brands matter in the cannabis space. Plus, Adweek’s emerging tech reporter Patrick Kulp weighs in on the future of AI.

On this episode of Adweek Radio we take a look at working out from home and what that actually looks like from a marketing and strategy standpoint. We're joined by Lauren Roxborough, CMO at Y7 studio and Ryan Barwick, Adweek’s brand reporter. In a bonus segment,  Dianna Mcdougall, Adweek's Senior Art Director tells us how she made the podcast art for Adweek Radio and D&I TBD.         

In the inaugural episode of Adweek Radio we take a look at the alcohol industry and how its managing during the Covid-19 crisis. We’re joined by senior editor, Robert Klara to discuss how alcohol brands are pivoting to meet this moment, as well as furloughed New York City bartender Jay Castillo on the shuttering of bars and restaurants across the country.