Brian Salzman, CEO and founder of RQ, has an eye for interior design. He's also one of the owners of Dive Palm Springs, a boutique hotel he helped renovate. He also weighs in on painting parties, office environments and explains how to spruce up a room for $5.

Asa Akira, brand ambassador at Pornhub and adult film actor, talks about the benefits of mental health counseling and couples therapy. She also weighs in on wilderness survival, general anesthesia and how empathy can solve the world's problems.

Adam Singolda, CEO and founder of Taboola, talks about his love of building and creating with LEGO bricks. He also weighs in on Hebrew television and the triumph of obsession and curiosity over genius.

Agnes Fischer, president of The&Partnership, is also the author of a book on egg freezing, a process she undertook after a divorce in her mid-30s. She also talks about her love of traditional Hungarian foods like head cheese, dark dramas and how the pandemic has shifted calculations for many people about having a family.

Al Patton, CCO at Dagger, is an amateur stand-up comic who's played shows in New York City and Atlanta. He talks about the similarities between pitching and stand-up, not being able to embrace Michael Jordan's Bulls just yet—and Ron White's advice for success.

Dennis Crowley, co-founder of Foursquare, talks about the vintage Honda CT90 motorbikes his father-in-law gave him for a wedding gift. They break a lot. He also weighs in on running a Division IV soccer team and the ultimate hot dog condiment.

Dave Edwards, global head of growth at BeenThereDoneThat, talks about navigating rooms full of brilliant (and some not-so-brilliant) people. he also weighs in on his alter ego Weather Edwards, movie trivia and the worst song in history.

Andrew Zimmerman is president of frog—a design and innovation consultancy. He talks about the year he spent traveling through Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union with one-ring circuses. He also weighs in on designing with empathy, finishing novels and the dangerous life of a knifethrower's wife.

Madonna Badger is the founder and chief creative officer of Badger & Winters, the agency behind the Women Not Objects campaign, No Kids in Cages and Olay's 2020 Super Bowl ad.

In 2011, her three children and her parents were killed in a fire on Christmas Day. Badger escaped by crawling out a window, clad only in her pajamas. Now, as the country faces 100,000 deaths from COVID-19, she talks about dealing with grief, both personal and public, on this episode of the "Ad Block" podcast.

Ryan Ford, CCO at Cashmere, talks about the music that influenced him when he was young and how it continues to impact his work now. He also weighs in on lullabies for his new daughter (who guest stars for a bit), music distribution before the internet and how the pandemic is already changing the music people to listen to.