Omar and Jeremy both have new jobs at Campaign and discuss what this means, before delving deeper into some of the the biggest stories in advertising and marketing this week.

There is also a taster of what's going on at Campaign360, this week's virtual conference, where brands including Just Eat, Patagonia and Bacardi discuss how they have had to adapt messaging and strategy during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Asda family are indeed a "real-life family"!

Running order:3:30 - Mark Read’s comments and whether addend has an ageism problem.10:30 - Sir Martin Sorrell - why’s he still throwing grenades at WPP?15:00 - Are people being unfair on Dettol’s much-maligned ‘back to the office’ advertising?18:20 - Campaign360 sneak peek:  "How can you adapt to the post-Coronavirus performance marketing landscape?" 
John Harrington is joined by Alex Weller (marketing director, Europe at Patagonia), Raoul Shah (joint CEO and founder of Exposure), Ben Carter (global director of restaurants and strategic partnerships atJust Eat) and Lisa Jedan (VP, global brand communications at Bacardi).36:30 - This week’s ads: featuring Asda, Channel 4 and BT

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Fayola Douglas, experiences editor at Campaign, is joined by Peter Heath, Managing Director of PLASA, and Helen Hanson, Founder of HEL's, an immersive events and brand experiences agency.

They discuss the events industry and what needs to be done to save it, including the recent #lightitinred campaign that saw buildings illuminated across the country.

The coronavirus pandemic essentially brought the live events sector to a standstill. While furlough schemes and government funding is helping, some say freelancers, self-employed people and suppliers, are not receiving the support needed. With the return to events now looking like a long slow journey, this podcast explores what the sector needs to thrive in the future.

Running order:

0:00 - Intro and news with Simon Gwynn

1:00 - John Lewis dropping it's tagline
5:30 - Return to the office
9:30 - Simon’s experience of a socially distanced gig
14:00 - Introductions to Peter Heath and Helen Hanson
16:35 - The current state of the events industry
17:35 - The #lightitinred campaign
19:30 - How the pandemic has affected Helen’s business and other businesses
25:15 - Discussion on the furlough scheme and £1.75 billion Government help for buildings 
28:40 - How will events work with social distancing?
31:52 - Are there things to look forward to?
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Simon Gwynn is joined by Caroline Foster Kenny, global chief client officer at Wunderman Thompson, Ed Palmer, managing director at St Luke’s, and co-chair of the IPA Client Relationship Group, and Ben Caulfield, head of mothering at Mother, to talk about the new IPA report on The Future of Account Management. 

This podcast aims to find out whether there really is a crisis for the discipline and if so, what agencies should be doing to rectify the situation.

Running order:

1:00 - Hellos to guests
6:00- What is in the IPA report?
8:00 - Is this a good vs bad thing?
11:45 - What skills need to be encouraged?
17:00 - Does it need to be a designated role?
18:30 - Comments on Paul Burke’s piece 
25:30 - The problem of diversity and what can agencies do to improve the diversity of account management
29:40 - closing thoughts
30:20 - News and ad chat with Jeremy Lee

This week on the Campaign podcast we’re discussing topics that we don’t often talk about: wombs, vulvas, sex, intimacy, and erectile dysfunction. 

Two recent ads, Bodyform’s “Womb stories” and Viagra’s “Love story”, explored these often taboo topics. They also both earned a Campaign Pick of the Week. 

Nadja Lossgott and Nick Hulley, executive creative directors of AMV BBDO, made Bodyform’s “Womb stories”, as well as a long line of award-winning ads for the brand before that. Laurent Simon is chief creative officer and Tamryn Kerr is creative director at VMLY&R London, the agency behind Viagra’s campaign. 

Running order:
Hellos and introductions: 0:28

Intro to Womb Stories: 2:24
Intro to Viagra Connect: 8:12

Choosing animation for both ads: 11:23
The new rules of sex and advertising: 14:11
Taboos and shame, the responsibility of advertisers? 19:26

Online comments and hate: 23:44

Remaining taboos in advertising: 26:50

Sue Higgs recently wrote a powerful piece discussing her experiences of bullying at a previous agency that affected her mental health. She joins the Gunnercooke employment lawyer Shilpen Savani to discuss what the ad industry needs to do to confront this ‘last taboo’.

Also on the podcast, Campaign news editor Gurjit Degin talks about the week’s big issues, including the government's new health strategy. We also pay tribute to Campaign’s former global editor-in-chief Claire Beale.

Running order:

News - 1:50
Adland's bullying - 9:40
This week’s ads - 37:40

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Running order:

1:50 - unpacking the CMA report with Nick and Joanna
9:48 - implications for the online display market
12:09 - should advertisers care?
17:35 - the break-up of Google and Facebook?
27:20 - how media agencies think 
38:30 - closing thoughts
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Running order:
2.30: Advertisers boycott Facebook over racist content policies - will things be different this time? 6.00: Cinemas are reopening but how will the sector adapt?10.30: Cannes Lions goes virtual15.00: David Jones interview47.00: Ads review - featuring Moneysupermarket.com, Lawn Tennis Association and Dacia
Links to stories we talked about:

• How much power do brands have to change Facebook's behaviour with boycotts?
• Kathryn Jacob: We will value cinema experience even more after lockdown
• Simon Gwynn interviews P&G's Mark Pritchard at 'virtual Cannes Lions'

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+ Read the open letter: "Advertising leaders commit to actions not words"

+ Read Shanice Mears' response: "A response to adland: thank you, but no thank you"

+ "BAME representation drops at UK agencies, IPA Census reveals" (April 2020)
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Running order:

1.15: How New Commercial Arts pinched Halifax from founders’ former agency Adam&Eve/DDB5.10: Regarding Howard and other Halifax classic ads8.05: Why Walkers has split with AMV BBDO after 22 years11.00: What’s happening at BBH amid Jon Peppiatt’s departure13.20: Industry numbers show green shoots of optimism15.33: Brian Wieser interview: global media and marketing trends since the pandemic and what we expect to happen next42.26: Ad review, featuring Nike, CALM, and Argos

+ Jo Arscott’s column: “The George Floyd tragedy raises urgent questions for the industry about race”
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Running order:
2.07: How are advertising companies planning to ask staff to return to offices?6.00: What’s in store for agency startup New Commercial Arts (watch Claire Beale's interview here)12.45: Agencies standing up to ‘bullying’ clients 15.40: Victoria Fox and Duncan Wood discuss how brands are running online pitch meetings38.09: Ads - featuring BBC, HSBC, KFC and TikTok (watch these ads here)

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