The Bad Pod, An Advertising Podcast

About The Bad Pod, An Advertising Podcast

We're here to talk about the bad, the ugly, and what good advertising actually is with insight from the industry’s top creative minds. Hosts Amelia and Brian are ad agency creatives on a mission to talk to every capable creative director, copywriter extraordinaire, art directing dynamo, swiss army social strategist, ECD, CCO, PFD, and SOS about what the f&$k a good ad—and ad industry—even looks like. The Bad Podcast seeks to answer the question that echoes through every corner of the creative world: is this good?

Publisher

The Bad Pod, An Ad Pod

Category

business · business · education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 Nov 2020

Latest episode

23 Jun 2025

Latest episodes

88 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   23 Jun 2025

   Rhonda Hiatt, Global CEO of M&C Saatchi Consulting, on Cultural Power, Crisis Navigation & Creative Leadership

   Rhonda Hiatt, Global CEO of M&C Saatchi Consulting, discusses her career reinvention, empathetic leadership, and cultural insights in this interview, revealing clarity as a growth strategy.

2. 

   24 Mar 2025

   "Brand as a Rorschach Test" with Tom Suharto, Global Strategy Lead at Forsman & Bodenfors

   In this episode of The Bad Podcast, An Advertising Podcast, we get inside the mind of Tom Suharto, Global Strategy Lead at Forsman & Bodenfors. From cutting his teeth in research to leading strategy on a global scale, Tom's career path is anything but linear—unless you count the 400-page data reports he once sifted through. We talk cultural codes, creative instincts, and why trusting your gut is the real killer app. Our Favorite Stories Tom's journey from working in research to leading gl...

3. 

   10 Mar 2025

   "Think Local, Act Global" with Erin Williams, Global XD at McDonald's

   Our Favorite Stories Erin’s unconventional path to advertising—starting with an English and film degree, moving to Chicago, and launching a scrappy startup before breaking into UX.The “hot cake” corporate training at McDonald’s, where new hires spend a full day working in a restaurant, and how it shaped her design perspective.How McDonald’s global headquarters offers a rotating international menu, giving employees and customers a taste of different cultures.Big Moments from Doing the Work Mov...

Reach and audience

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

Apple Podcasts (US)

3.5 / 5

15 ratings

Spotify

4.1 / 5

17 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 38 / 100

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

Quality

46

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

75

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