The Covington Catholic High School story reveals how bad Twitter is for journalism. And when journalism is harmed, everybody suffers. Mike and Jason just want to stop doing episodes about Twitter's negative effects on society.

Cable TV still is the dominant way most people get their media, but statistics show a large trend of both people leaving cable for streaming services and entire generations not even knowing what cable is in the first place. What does this mean for media and the marketers vying for audience attention? Mike and Jason just wish TV was a punchline again so that they could leave their houses.

We look back at the past year at Maark and the past year of Agency on Record and what's on the horizon for both in 2019. Mike and Jason just want to eggnog their way through the next two weeks.

We talk to senior producer and longest-running Maark employee Mark Van Der Hyde about balancing work projects and personal projects. Mike and Jason just want to surround themselves with people who do interesting things.

We welcome Christopher Link, the head of content at John Hancock Investments, to discuss how he built a team of writers into a formidably strategic asset for the company, one that does everything from protecting the brand story to making digital transformation possible. Mike and Jason just want writers to be cool again.

Sometimes it happens. Agencies have to fire clients. It hurts financially. It makes us sad. It goes against everything that makes us a service company. But it can protect the agency—its goals, its employees, its quality of work, and its culture. Mike and Jason just want us all to reenact Hands Across America every other Saturday.

How do you manage a tech project? Mike invites senior producer, Simone Ovsey, to the AoR podcast to talk about managing projects at Maark, and how to be successful when you are tasked with all the complexities of digital delivery. We talk about the pitching and requirements process, design, HANDOFF, development, and QA. Mike just appreciates that Simone found a way to bring JSON into the show.

We've talked a lot about narrative in the past, but never about who owns the story in a marketing organization. In this episode we explore the true role of both your story and your storyteller, and what you can do to build a content marketing machine. Mike and Jason just want to see the writer running the business.

For a while there, it looked like corporate websites were becoming less relevant, but today they're the hub of all digital activities, complete with a complex, multi-system back-end, highly competitive customer experiences, and a need for a clear strategy and strong story. Mike and Jason just want to Squarespace you up an enterprise dot com right quick.

We welcome Mike Dowd to the conversation to talk video games, their massive market share, and how it has the potential to be as life-altering as the internet is...for both people and industries.. Mike and Jason just want Gears of War games to come out more frequently.