The Academy at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners is the brainchild of Zach Canfield, the agency’s Director of Talent. Dan is now its director, and this episode marks a personally significant moment of transition.

Episode 339: Sean Curran, VP, Creative & Marketing at Ranch Rider Spirits

Aug 3rd, 2021 30m 27s

Leaving agency life in his past, Sean shares his thoughts on start-up culture, imposter syndrome, and the overemphasis put on deck perfection.

Episode 338: Nathalie Con, VP, Strategy Director at Giant Spoon

Jul 8th, 2021 49m 3s

A natural strategist at heart, Nathalie shares her thoughts on how to best work with strategists, the genesis of insight, and moving to a new job. She also has some profound advice for young professionals (esp. women).

Episode 337: Omid Amidi, CD at Johannes Leonardo

Jun 17th, 2021 1h 12m

This one manages to cover Wordsworth’s Ode; feeling different and integrating; the value of a good strategy; the making of an epic, celebrity-laden commercial; levity; and finding a family at work. It wraps up with a generous offer from Omid.

Episode 336: Lauren Goldsmith, ACD at Thrasio

May 17th, 2021 37m 23s

On finding your professional family, inner workings of e-commerce marketing, and uncovering opportunities in unlikely places

Episode 335: Joe Baratelli, EVP and CCO at RPA

Apr 8th, 2021 41m 13s

An inside view of a great agency, from a leader's perspective

Episode 334: Dominique Monet, ACD at GSD&M

Mar 17th, 2021 46m 52s

Advertising as a platform, the value of a good presentation, some real talk, and the power of truth well expressed

Episode 333: Federico Diaz, ACD at The Community

Feb 17th, 2021 37m 10s

An online, mid-pandemic chat about a cookie vault, Seinfeld, sketch comedy and one copywriter’s process

Episode 332: Yanci Wu, Senior Experience Designer at Autodesk

Dec 16th, 2020 42m 56s

The power of asking questions, being humble, and acting with intention. The value of going in-house, self-analysis, and knowing what matters to you.

Episode 331: Gavin Lester, CCO at Zambezi

Nov 16th, 2020 50m 50s

A conversation with an award-winning, bi-cultural agency leader on creating not only great work, but also your own autonomy, your own agency within an agency, and originality within familiarity

Episode 330: Copywriters Aaron Marshall and Brandon Kim

Sep 17th, 2020 56m 4s

Aaron, an intern with Mischief and Brandon, a freelancer with Arts & Letters Creative Co., discuss resourcefulness, resilience, mental exhaustion, and life as creatives of color.

Episode 329: Danielle Hawley, Global ECD at Uber

Aug 6th, 2020 37m 19s

Life in the Covid-19 pandemic, burnout, the ethos of Dara Khosrowshahi, empathy, and a short commercial for Funworks

Episode 328: Derek Walker, Owner of brown and browner

Jul 8th, 2020 59m 8s

The ongoing struggle with race in advertising, how to talk about bias, learning the craft in the Covid era, and squeezing the lemon

Episode 327: Anna Taylor, Senior AD at BBDO Atlanta

Jun 16th, 2020 40m 12s

Making sense of this moment, a hard talk about being Black in a mostly White industry, and using your platform for good

Episode 326: Jason Corbin, CD at Lewis Communications

May 14th, 2020 39m 32s

Visiting from Birmingham, Jason shares his thoughts on content creation, partnerships, career moves, asking for what you need, and the value of saying yes.

Episode 325: Erin Stevens, ACD at Swift Agency

Apr 29th, 2020 40m 23s

Returning to The Circus after seven years, Erin covers starting over, the value of diversity, and her first big-budget TV shoot.

Episode 324: Whitney Repole and Neil Ramanan, Creatives at Arts & Letters

Apr 9th, 2020 59m 18s

Recorded pre-COVID, this chat with two Circus alumni (replete with a gamified Q&A) covers advice for young creatives, a really bad portfolio review, acknowledging misery, and idea harvesting.

Episode 323: Katie Riddle and Dave Bullen of MONO

Mar 24th, 2020 34m 29s

Directly off of a flight from Minneapolis, the two CDs sat down to talk about their agency, their careers, and important lessons learned.

Episode 322: Steve Nathans, CD at DDB in SF

Feb 27th, 2020 43m 17s

Steve brings his dry wit to a conversation about embarrassment, revisions, bad work, ideas vs. executions, and career moves.

Episode 321: Kevin Green, CD at Rapp in Dallas

Feb 13th, 2020 35m 17s

Kevin shares a sliver of his wisdom regarding personal growth, finding a place to find your strength, strategy vs. concept, and partnerships.

Episode 320: Ben Greengrass, CD at ThoughtMatter

Jan 30th, 2020 36m 52s

The real job of a creative director, the English FA, and doing work worth doing

Episode 319: Kameron Paries, ACD at 22squared

Jan 16th, 2020 29m 57s

From Canada to Idaho to Atlanta to Detroit to Las Vegas and back to Atlanta, Kam has picked up some knowledge and is happy to discuss.

Episode 318: Paul Charney, CEO and Founder of Funworks in Oakland, CA

Dec 19th, 2019 48m 50s

Funworks, an AdAge Small Agency of the Year, has upended conventions of how creative work is generated and presented. And its engaging, energetic CEO is more than happy to enthusiastically discuss it.

Episode 317: Patrick Holly, AVP Brand + Creative, USA at OYO

Dec 5th, 2019 49m 59s

The longtime listener and first-time guest discusses Steph Curry, China, YouTube and TikTok, empathy, insight and behavior, and lessons learned at Apple.