Ad Dads

By Datt Man

Two dads talk about ads. They're almost qualified to do it and everything.

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How many episodes does Ad Dads have?

The podcast currently has 45 episodes available.

Ad Dads episodes:

April 10, 2025 25.6 The most valuable things with Rhiana Merota
The perfect follow up to last week's episode, Rhiana Merota (2021 Ad Grad) worked on the Export Ultra Cold Call Back and talks us through how that worked, navigating her first few years in the industry and some of the other award-winning campaigns she's worked on.
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38min
April 03, 2025 25.5 Drug Driving Cold Call
Two campaigns that probably shouldn't be in the same episode. NZTA's Don't let the drugs drive and Export Ultra's Cold Call Back Service.
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26min
March 25, 2025 25.4 Meet your Maker
Matt and Dan catch up with fellow Ad Dad and recent Ad Grad, Tom Maker. TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains graphic descriptions and questionable opinions about birth, award shows and the creative process.

Here's the campaign Tom's most proud of. Fingers crossed for the win tomorrow night.
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32min
March 21, 2025 25.3 Flashman
This episode is a throwback to last year's trip to London where we catch up with 2019 Ad Grad, Jake Flashman. Jake talks about his switch from working for big international agencies to taking a different track through brand and marketing to the start of a new career in London
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53min
March 12, 2025 25.2 Seek Xero Perky
We go back to the original format for this episode. Matt brings in a couple of radio ads for Xero (1 & 2), Dan reveals the Seekret and after talking about the importance of brand names we look at some tattoos.
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30min
January 29, 2025 25.1 Outsmarted them
Ad Dads is back for 2025. Matt and Dan catch up for the first time and swap Christmas stories.
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15min
December 18, 2024 2024 Wrapped
Our last podcast for the year. Matt and Dan have a special guest! It's the beauty to our beasts, the rose to our thorns, the brains to our brawn - the inimitable Jo Page.

Apologies for a couple of quiet months, listen in to find out why you haven't heard from the Ad Dads lately.
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40min
November 06, 2024 All about the perks
Monique Oyagawa, Campaign and Marketing Manager at Remix Magazine, and AUT great grad joins Dan and Matt in the studio to talk about her journey from AUT AdSchool to jet-setting around the world with Remix.
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35min
October 28, 2024 The positive side of social media
Advocate, pageant finalist and ad grad done good, Kayla Schwalger joins us for one of the Ad Dads deepest chats yet. We talk about finishing her Masters thesis, studying mental health and social media in Samoa, founding Tapasā with her mum and how what she learnt as an ad student is helping her in the social change space.
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44min
October 20, 2024 Smitch for the win
This one is a little out of the ordinary, but worth a celebration dropcast! Our students, Mitch and Summer (Smitch) sit down with Matt and Dan the night after their win in the student category of the Pixels Awards
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10min

FAQs about Ad Dads:

How many episodes does Ad Dads have?

The podcast currently has 45 episodes available.