It's No Fluke

About It's No Fluke

AJR’s Adam Met, Million Dollar Listing’s Ryan Serhant, Community’s Yvette Nicole Brown, and brands such as Fanatics, Adobe, Shoprite, Comic Relief all have one thing in common - It’s No Fluke they found success. We explore the big ideas, the ups and downs in creative work and life, the inner workings of storytelling through thought-provoking and culturally relevant conversations with the most prominent and diverse voices, from creators to brands and the greatest minds of our time. Episodes drop each Tuesday morning. Stay tuned!

Publisher

Shorty Awards

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 May 2023

Latest episode

21 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

3 of 475 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   21 Oct 2026

   E472 Scott Shigeoka: The Road to Curiosity

   Scott Shigeoka is an internationally recognized curiosity expert, TED speaker, and the award-winning author of Seek: How Curiosity Can Transform Your Life and Change the World (http://www.seekthebook.com). His work focuses on how we can strengthen our well-being and relationships, including as a Fellow at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center and as the Head of Curiosity Cultivation at the Eames Institute. He is also the host and creator of the Curiosity Mobile, as well as a playwright and artist.

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   20 Oct 2026

   E471 Sharon Mussalli: Turning a Viral Moment Into Something People Come Back For

   Sharon Mussalli is a media, entertainment and tech executive with a reputation for building and scaling brands from nascent stages to large, profitable businesses with viable longevity. She is currently the CEO of NowThis, the hub for entertainment-focused, series-based, and social-first digital content, leading the brand into its next phase as a network. She works closely with the team to accelerate revenue growth and develop best-in-class, innovative programming that defines the NowThis brand. Under her leadership, NowThis has become a profitable and sustainable business primed to lead the digital media industry. Sharon has held senior positions at large multinationals like iHeartMedia and Meta, venture-backed startups like Some Spider Studios (exited in 2021 to Vox Media and BDG), and longstanding digital properties like Bustle Digital Group. Her 20+ years of experience have spanned finance, revenue growth and operations, yield optimization, organizational development, operations and general management. Sharon holds an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a BA in Quantitative Economics from Tufts University. She has held several advisory board positions within MIT’s Delta V startup accelerator program and has contributed to MIT’s pricing curriculum at the Sloan School of Management.

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   19 Oct 2026

   E470 Jared Kleinstein: The Internet Forgot the Credits, Gondola Didn't

   Jared Kleinstein is the Founder & CEO of Gondola, a platform helping creative professionals get discovered, credited, and hired, and the founder of Fresh Tape Media, an award-winning creative agency working with some of the biggest brands, leagues, and athletes in the world. Previously, Jared helped shape the early days of social video at Vine and Twitter, where he led sports content partnerships and worked at the forefront of how teams, athletes, and creators connect with audiences on the platform. And before that, he led strategic partnerships for StreetEasy (acquired by Zillow). Having experienced the evolution of digital media from the platform, agency, and technology sides, Jared brings a unique perspective on the intersection of sports, storytelling, entrepreneurship, and the creator economy. He lives in Denver with his wife, two kids, and best friend/dog Manchego.

Inside a recent episode

E273 Kirsten Ludwig: Embracing Cringe & What Exists on The Other Side of Discomfort

Published 24 Nov 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Ultimately, there's probably something a visual identity, a verbal identity that will come out of it, but it's really digging very deep into the strategy behind what we're creating and why we're creating that and that's always the building block of what we do. I think what's changed is culture, right? Culture is ever moving and we're always creating from that space of what is the brand about? What's kind of the larger or why? What's happening within culture? What's the target audience? What are they really thinking doing? What's kind of the rabbit hole that they're going down into? at 3am on Instagram? […]

Who has been a guest on It's No Fluke

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

• Casey Benedict
• Aaron Francois
• Gabrielle Gambrell
• Noah Greenberg
• Trish Riswick

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

6 ratings

Spotify

4.6 / 5

10 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 44 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

64

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

60

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