Lead Balloon - Public Relations, Marketing and Strategic Communications Stories
Hosted by Dusty · Dusty Weis
5.0from 26 ratings
- 81
- Episodes
- 21
- Transcribed
- 26
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
About Lead Balloon - Public Relations, Marketing and Strategic Communications Stories
Compelling tales from the world of public relations, marketing and branding, told by the well-meaning communications professionals who lived them. Lead Balloon is like Freakonomics for communicators and media consumers. It's a show where we tell stories from communications industry leaders, brands that everyone knows and loves (or hates), and spectacular PR disasters. With immersive storytelling and a wry sense of humor, host Dusty Weis (nominated for "Best Indie Podcast Host" at the 2026 Podcast Academy awards) revisits epic PR disasters, intense communications scenarios, professional inflection points and notable campaigns we all remember, and usually finds a reason to chuckle. Because sometimes, there are important lessons to be learned from someone else's worst day. And sometimes, it's just more convenient than group therapy. Lead Balloon is an award-winning program, named by Adweek as "Marketing Podcast of the Year," nominated for a Webby award and nominated twice for "Best Business Podcast" in the Podcast Academy awards. Tune in monthly for new episodes. Visit podcampmedia.com/leadballoon to learn more.
- Publisher
- Dusty Weis
- Category
- business · news · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 1 Jan 2020
- Latest episode
- 29 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
21 of 81 episodes have a transcript.
29 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
73. AI Podcasts Scrapped: Inception Point CEO Jeanine Wright Explains Pivot, Rebrand as Liquid Studios
25 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
72. Bald as a Brand: What is Baldmaxxing and Why Should Marketers Pay Attention? w/ Harry James and Brennan Johnson
29 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
71. America's Brand: Reclaiming Patriotism for Regular Americans, with Joe Trahan (APR Fellow PRSA)
Inside a recent episode
73. AI Podcasts Scrapped: Inception Point CEO Jeanine Wright Explains Pivot, Rebrand as Liquid Studios
Published 29 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] In the year that you know me, I was last year was like, I don't really use an AI like that. This year, I don't use it to create anything. But in terms of I was making a spreadsheet. And I'm like, I want the spreadsheet to be a little bit more efficient. Definitely use AI to make my spreadsheet more efficient. Heck yeah. Two thumbs up. Yes. Help my one sheet look better. It's not putting the creator out of business. It's actually allowing me to expand beyond just making writing and putting it out. […]
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- Jeanine Wright
- Ronald Young Jr
- Jeremy Morris
- Harry James
- Brennan Nevada Johnson
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- 5.0 / 5
- 26 ratings
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- 82
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