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The Drum Podcast episodes

November 06, 2025 WPP's Matt McNeany on Open Pro and advertising's AI future?
WPP recently unveiled Open Pro, its AI self-serve offering. It's betting big on the move, hoping it will unlock new clients including SMEs. But can it do so without eating into its traditional agency services?
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37 min
October 30, 2025 Nick Manning & Brian Jacobs on why the advertising world is in trouble?
In this introductory episode, The Drum's Steven Antoniewicz interviews the co-founders of the Advertising: Who Cares? movement, Brian Jacobs and Nick Manning. Veterans of the advertising and media worlds, the duo has spent the last year sounding the alarm on major threats to the industry they love.
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38 min
October 23, 2025 From Exit Right: 'Superconnector' Sam Liu of Savvy
Join Mike Silver on this episode of Exit Right as he sits down with Sam Lui, the ultimate super connector and founder of Savvy. Discover Sam's incredible journey from humble beginnings in rural UK to becoming a global business leader.
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27 min
October 16, 2025 Daniel Gilbert of Brainlabs on building the 'media agency of the future'
In a frank conversation, Daniel Gilbert of performance agency-turned-media shop Brainlabs tells the story of a company that started in a bedroom of his parents' house and now has its sights set on becoming the biggest independent name in media. How? Well, Gilbert has some punchy opinions about the agency and media landscape right now - and thinks very few are setting up for the media world of the future...
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48 min
October 12, 2025 For the first time in history, most people are 'generally receptive' to ads
We chat with Hannah Walley, Kantar's head of media for UK & Ireland, about the organization's research into consumers' and marketers' perceptions of advertising. Walley tells us how we've got to a place where, for the first time, more people are receptive to advertising than aren't; why there's no overlap between marketers' favorite ad spaces and real people's favorites; and the truth behind stats about declining investment in linear TV ads.
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40 min
October 05, 2025 The 3 kinds of humour with Paddy Gilmore
Fresh off a panel at The Drum Live, The Drum’s humour columnist Paddy Gilmore breaks down what makes funny work funny and what makes it worth making.
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25 min
September 25, 2025 'Accidental marketer', Infosys CMO Sumit Virmani
Sumit Virmani has been at Infosys for over two decades. Now, he's global CMO for the tech giant. He told The Drum why a long tenure is an advantage, why attribution should still be a focus for everyone in the marketing world, how to approach the marketing mix in a world of uncertainty, and how close we really are to the golden goose of AI-enabled personalization at scale.
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33 min
September 18, 2025 Deloitte Digital US CMO Mark Singer: What is an agency, anyway?
A veteran of agencies himself, Mark Singer tells us why he doesn't think the term 'agency' is fit for purpose anymore, where we are in the now decade-long tug-of-war between consultancies and marketing shops, and (of course) how AI is going to change everything.
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47 min
September 11, 2025 Introducing Exit Right, a new podcast from The Drum
In this Exit Right episode, Mike Silver interviews Adrian Hewlett, CEO of Sealand, on transitioning from agency life to building a sustainable brand. Discover insights on entrepreneurship, business growth, company culture, and selling to Publicis - plus lessons from successes, challenges, and global expansion strategies.
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36 min
September 04, 2025 Toby Southgate, global CEO of We Are Social
As he hits six months into one of the biggest jobs in social media marketing, Toby Southgate of We Are Social sits down with The Drum to talk social's biggest year ever, the evolution of agency ownership structures, and what's coming next.
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44 min