Marketing Under The Influence

Summary: Follow Christina Garnett, sole proprietor of Pocket CCO, who struggled to reconcile the contradictions between how the world really was and how it could be until a pair of benevolent teachers showed her that books weren’t just sources of knowledge, but gateways to other worlds – safe havens where one could seek refuge and solace. 

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Dedication: There is no Marketing Under The Influence without the Creator Kitchen. If you have an idea or voice inside you screaming to get let out and would benefit from the support of talented creative people across a broad spectrum of fields who’ll push you creatively, I encourage you to apply to the Creator Kitchen.

Citations and references:

• Reality Status: Escapism by Christina Garnett
• Alice In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
• Coraline by Neil Gaiman
• Roald Dahl
• PocketCCO — to work with Christina

Credits: 

• Narration: Ronnie Higgins
• Executive producer: Ronnie Higgins
• Production coordinator: Alex Bleeker
• Music and SFX licensing from: Musicbed, Freesound.org
• Music by: Sunshine Recorder “Petite Suite II. Cortège” and Wave System “Feel You Next To Me”
• Edited with: Final Cut Pro
• Distributed by: Transistor.fm

Summary: Follow Dozie Anyaegbunam, Senior Editor at The CMO, as he recalls being a young man in Nigeria with an unhealthy case of shiny object syndrome until his father offers him a valuable yet unorthodox life lesson in the title, not the story, of a book. 

Correction: The narration of this episode says Dozie works at CMO.com but is actually employed by The CMO. Sorry. 

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Dedication: There is no Marketing Under The Influence without the Creator Kitchen. If you have an idea or voice inside you screaming to get let out and would benefit from the support of talented creative people across a broad spectrum of fields who’ll push you creatively, I encourage you to apply to the Creator Kitchen.

Citations and references:

• Igbo people
• Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)
• Nintendo Game Boy
• Street Fighter II
• Mortal Kombat
• The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born by Ayi Kwei 

Credits: 

Narration: Ronnie Higgins

Executive producer: Ronnie Higgins

Production coordinator: Alex Bleeker

Music and SFX licensing from: Musicbed, Freesound.org

Music by: Brad Suggs “Elephant Walk” and BECCAA “Nostalgia”

Edited with: Final Cut Pro

Distributed by: Transistor.fm

Summary: Follow Krista Doyle, Content Marketing Manager at Jasper, as she grapples with her sexuality until a friend of a friend recommends a movie that helps her defy LGBTQ+ stereotypes and declare she’s a chapstick lesbian.

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Dedication: There is no Marketing Under The Influence without the Creator Kitchen. If you have an idea or voice inside you screaming to get let out and would benefit from the support of talented creative people across a broad spectrum of fields who’ll push you creatively, I encourage you to apply to the Creator Kitchen.

Citations and references:

• Imagine Me & You
• Friends
• Will & Grace
• 2012 Pew Research: Growing Public Support for Same-Sex Marriage
• Reddit: Queer rom com suggest thread

Credits: 

Narration: Ronnie Higgins

Executive producer: Ronnie Higgins

Production coordinator: Alex Bleeker

Music and SFX licensing from: Musicbed, Freesound.org

Music by: Abigail Osborn “I Do You”

Edited with: Final Cut Pro

Distributed by: Transistor.fm

Summary: Follow Annette Cardwell, the VP of Brand and Corporate Comms at Lattice, as she struggles to fit in as the only Asian kid in rural Virginia until she stumbles upon the cheat code to belonging at summer computer camp in a galaxy far, far away.

Dedication: Marketing Under The Influence wouldn’t be what it is today without the Creator Kitchen. If you have an idea or voice inside you screaming to get let out and would benefit from the support of talented creative people across a broad spectrum of fields who’ll push you creatively, I encourage you to apply to the Creator Kitchen.

Guest bio:

Annette Cardwell
VP of Brand and Comms
Lattice

Citations and references:

Annette Cardwell
Lattice
Empire Strikes Back
Dallas
Dukes of Hazard
Monty Python
New wave music
The Cure
Anne Rice

Credits:

Narration: Ronnie Higgins
Guest: Annette Cardwell
Executive producer: Ronnie Higgins
Production coordinator: Alex Bleeker
Music licensing from: Musicbed, Freesound.org
Music by: Guzwell “Content To Process” from “Grounded”
Edited with: Final Cut Pro
Distributed by: Transistor.fm