Jeff Holland whips us into shape on this episode of YES, BRAND! Each episode of the YES, BRAND podcast has its own flavor and theme. In between episodes, I’ve been exercising at 9Round, my new favorite gym. For a sporadically-motivated, generally indulgent ad biz guy, I’ve managed to derive a great deal of benefit from...

Are you an artist or a salesman? In my conversation with Steve Schofield - aka "Scof" - it becomes apparent that the two are in no way mutually exclusive.

Brian Atton joins Hersh on the beach for this episode of YES, BRAND! It is known by a few different names – the Festival of Creativity, the Lions – but to us, it has always simply been “Cannes.” This past week marked my 11th trip to this event, and I took my gear and a...

Whaddaya do when you’re not filthy rich in Hollywood?   Most people aren’t, but if you live in that town long enough you start to believe you’re the only one who hasn’t “made it.” If you have a master’s degree in social work, or even an MBA from Harvard (as today’s guest Sari Knight, and...

Author and Forbes contributor Jonathan David Lewis shares strategies born of the Millennial age and those useful to anyone who strives to become or remain relevant in today’s world.

As you teeter on the edge of your own platform, there are worse ways to spend an hour than to listen to the reminiscences and insights of someone who’s made more than one foray into the deep end of life.

We talk politics, business and delve more deeply into the immigrant experience, his parents’ journeys from Cuba to America, the road from childhood to fatherhood, and of course, brotherhood.

She may not have “BADASS” tattooed on her forehead, but the moniker is well-deserved. For one thing, her third feature, “Erasing Eden,” (starring Breeda Wool) has garnered acclaim on the festival circuit for its raw honesty and its willingness to allow a female protagonist to be both hero and villain. For another, Beth Dewey’s a...

He’s been on with Stephen Colbert, Mike Rowe and others, but today…he’s on the YES, BRAND Podcast. My interview with Carl Blake of Rustik Rooster Farms in Eldon, MO, is really more about good old-fashioned American entrepreneurship than pork, but both topics figure prominently in our conversation. Growing up as an Orthodox Jewish kid, I have always...

if you can cover college life, advertising, role modeling, acting, journalism, sushi and demagoguery, while name-checking Cleveland Brown, Floyd Mayweather and Tolkien, all in the same interview... you are hanging with the right people.