How do you get on or stay on a bucket list? Even under quarantine, tourism bureaus are still putting out spots for future flyers. Ko Im and travel reporter Ryan Barwick review the effectiveness of travel ads for New York, Iceland and more. 

Plus, more on the future of culture within and around our communities with Team Epiphany.

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Community editor Ko Im is joined by Heide Palermo, senior director of brand community at Adweek. They discuss this year's Women Trailblazers, including Gabrielle Union, Padma Lakshi and Minjae Ormes—and their proud moments, heart-led leadership and brand purpose.  

Plus, Adweek Academic Council member Jo Scholz reviews some great, recent examples of AR providing memorable experiences. 

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The Stop Hate for Profit boycott effort aimed at Facebook has gained tremendous steam in recent days, with some of the world's largest marketers (Coca-Cola, Unilever and more) joining in. To catch us up on how all this snowballed, Adweek platforms reporter Scott Nover joins host David Griner to talk through who's involved, what they want and what it means for the larger social media landscape. 

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Through the pandemic, we've seen companies shutter stores or go bankrupt. But with shopping numbers climbing back this spring with ecommerce on the rise, how will Amazon's summer sale do?

Co-hosts David Griner and Ko Im check in on the state of retail, online and otherwise with senior reporter Lisa Lacy and retail reporter Richard Collings.

 

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Adweek's Doug Zanger and Mary Emily O'Hara from D&I TBD introduce Adweek's first Pride Stars honorees from agencies to culture makers pushing LGBTQ visibility forward.

Mary talks to Pride Star Asad Dhunna from The Unmistakables in the U.K. and Zanger speaks with Lincoln Stephens behind The Marcus Graham Project about the dialogue we're seeing now in the U.S. 

They also look at why racially insensitive brands such as Aunt Jemima are finally being retired.

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Principal Bennett D. Bennett and strategist Nathan Young are this week's guests co-hosts. 

They are behind the urgent call of action to agencies on the diversity & inclusion front—and take us behind the scenes of the letter from 600 professionals to leadership coming to fruition, and what traction they hope to see.  

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Co-hosts David Griner and Ko Im talk to Creative 100 honorees Roni Castor and Anthony O'Neill from Goodby Silverstein & Partners—where they are associate creative directors who put together a personal and powerful "Not a Gun" campaign (they're also a part of GS&P Voices, a diversity and inclusion initiative at the agency). They keep it real about how they're coping.

Plus, here a special snippet of D&I TBD hosted by Mixed Company.  

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President Trump's feud with Twitter escalated quickly last week, and now he's calling for a regulatory crackdown on social networks. Adweek platforms reporter Scott Nover, TV Newser editor AJ Katz join Adweek's David Griner and Jess Zafarris to discuss where this conflict could be headed.

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It's an especially eye-opening Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. A Fishbowl survey found that unfortunately, 70% of Asian Americans in marketing and advertising have experienced bias since the pandemic.  We speak with several industry leaders about their own experiences and what needs to be done going forward. Listen to Judy Lee of Pinterest, Michelle Lee of Allure and Bing Chen of Goldhouse.

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As consumers, we're not hitting subscription fatigue; in fact, we keep a heavy appetite for programming. In this week's episode, streaming editor Kelsey Sutton tells us there's room for multiple winners in the streaming wars. The question now is: how to keep viewers for the long-term?

Plus, Stacey Bendet, CEO and creative director of Alice + Olivia, shares how she's trying to keep up with the demand after selling out of 100,000 masks in 10 days and how she accelerated the launch of Creatively, a new jobs platform to hire for the current climate. 

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