Ad Age Ad Lib

Ad Age Ad Lib

Hosted by Parker Herren · Ad Age

4.4from 60 ratings

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81Podcast AuthorityScore out of 100 · How it is scored
230
Episodes
69
Transcribed
60
Ratings
Daily
Cadence
2017
First episode
3M
YouTube views

About Ad Age Ad Lib

Every week, Ad Age Insider helps make sense of what's happening across advertising, marketing and media—and why it matters. Hosted by Parker Herren, the show features conversations with Ad Age editors and reporters unpacking the stories they're covering, with context, skepticism and perspective beyond the headlines. From shifts in power and strategy to cultural moments shaping the business of brands, Insider connects the dots across the industry. Subscribe to stay current—and see the industry more clearly.

Publisher
Ad Age
Category
business · news
Language
en
Explicit
No
First episode
22 Sept 2017
Latest episode
9 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

69 of 230 episodes have a transcript.

  1. 9 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Agentic shopping 101: a holiday playbook for marketers, with Brandon Doerrer

  2. 8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Weekly Report: How non-pet brands are chasing pet parent spending

  3. 2 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Company culture, AI overhype and the workforce gap | Catch Up

Inside a recent episode

Agentic shopping 101: a holiday playbook for marketers, with Brandon Doerrer

Published 9 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] So when we talk about agenda shopping this year, it is a product discovery. It is product consideration. It is these AI agents responding to very specific questions that their users are posing to them, right? I need... This very specific, I have this very specific gift idea for this very specific person. Find me the best version of that. And then it is these AI agents finding those products, surfacing those products, and then the user taking control to actually decide if they want to purchase the things that the AI agent has shown them. And that's the reality this year. But in concept, agentic shopping would be the assistant buying the product, having it shipped out to the consumer without them having to go to the website or the store themselves after the research, right? […]

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Who has been a guest on Ad Age Ad Lib

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

  • Brandon Doerrer
  • Adrianne Pascarelli
  • Adrianne Pasquarelli
  • Brett Banker
  • Eric Segal

Reach and audience

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YouTube views
3,157,414
Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
Apple Podcasts (US)
4.4 / 5
57 ratings
Spotify
5.0 / 5
3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 81 / 100

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Quality
86
Social presence
97
YouTube
93
Engagement
50

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Parker Herren host the show. Published by Ad Age.

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