Best Retro Smashed Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 88 - God of War 1:02:44

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By the gods!! Our (other) friend (that is also named), Kyle (not from episode 10), joins us to discuss the God of War series. Andy almost becomes Spider-Man before his house explodes, Ricky continues to have his free speech edited, and we find out about a new cool brawler game called Fight of Gods. Support the show Don't to forget to send your emai…

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BoxTrick: Ep 109 - NES Classics with Age_of_Retro | Punchout, Zelda 2, Dr. Mario and more!!! 1:05:39

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In this episode of BoxTrick, we’re joined by Age of Retro to kick things off with some gaming news — including performance details on Star Wars Outlaws running on the Switch 2 and Ubisoft’s surprising comments about Game Keycards being “too slow” for Nintendo’s upcoming system. From there, we dive headfirst into the golden age of 8-bit gaming and r…

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Episode 87 - Dante's Inferno 1:01:00

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The wish to hear such baseness is degrading. Ricky talks about getting a new tattoo, the boys talk about their AARP, and what level of Hell they belong in. Support the show Don't to forget to send your emails to [email protected] so we can read them on air! Support us and get a shout-out on our next episode! https://www.patreon.com/RetroSmashe…

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Nine’s MMM trial early results: MAFS boosts trust for Westpac, Love Island Australia smashes Cointreau consideration, Kia prepares to move money – but ROI dangers lurk 58:09

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Last October Nine corralled a posse of market mix model (MMM) providers, co-funding a program to prove what its assets could do in hard business terms. Since then Nine has poured over three years of historical data from dozens of campaigns, along with brand tracking, consumer attitudinal research, business case studies and other inputs from the lik…

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Seventh Wave Rising: AI to slash SaaS pricing, collapse tech stacks, kill search as we know it - and why marketers should wait before locking in 36:14

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Host: Andrew Birmingham - Editor - CX | Martech | Ecom AI is reshaping the rules of business at breakneck speed - and likewise for marketing. Legendary tech sector analyst, founder, CEO and chairman of global analyst firm Forrester, George Colony, calls this the Seventh Wave. It’s an upheaval that will eclipse previous waves like the internet, mobi…

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Episode 86 - The Ham Sandwiches of Video Games 1:13:18

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What's the blandest of bland? Not quite immaculate, but also still easy to swallow? How about a mediocre game? We bring in a friend of the show, Luke, to help us bracket the most medium ranked games out of 40. Ricky talks about a new game he's been playing, Luke retells some drinking stories, and Andy forgets how to use a doorknob. If you want the …

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BoxTrick: Ep 108 - Retro Sports Games with Sportsnerdz 1:04:30

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Be sure to follow Sportsnerdz Join us as we dive into the world of retro gaming with special guests from across TikTok, YouTube, Twitch, and more! From discussing classic games to modern-day streaming and content creation, we explore it all. Expect interviews, nostalgic throwbacks, top ten rankings, and even some modern gaming news along the way. W…

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Episode 85 - Crash Bandicoot 59:09

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Hey plumber man! Your worst nightmare has arrived! We go over Ricky's birthday party, 90's commercials, and Disney movies. Support the show Don't to forget to send your emails to [email protected] so we can read them on air! Support us and get a shout-out on our next episode! https://www.patreon.com/RetroSmashedVideoGamePodcast https://www.buz…

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‘Growing out’ of YouTube: 120,000 long-form TV, movie titles send ad-funded Tubi’s biggest audience – Gen Z and millennials – down retro rabbit holes and ‘vertical fandoms’ - News Australia completes ... 44:24

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Just when you thought the bulging TV, BVOD, streaming and video sector had peaked with too many consumer and advertiser choices, along comes the no-subscription, ad-supported international streamer Tubi with 100 million global viewers dominated by a younger set binging TV shows like the 30 year-old Friends and creating new genre “rabbit holes” like…

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YouTube steaming to ad revenues of $50bn, recasts TV to creator economy as UK broadcasters claim ‘reach fail’, top 200 channels dominated by kids - and Peppa Pig 50:40

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YouTube last week officially ousted the UK’s biggest commercial broadcaster ITV as the video platform now second only to the BBC in audience size, according to the tech and media regulator Ofcom. YouTube’s ad take is pumping everywhere – it raked $9.8bn in the June quarter, according to its latest earnings results – up 13% year-on-year. YouTube has…

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BoxTrick: Ep 107 - PS1/N64 Pickups with DeeGee2009 1:19:58

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Be sure to follow DeeGee Join us as we dive into the world of retro gaming with special guests from across TikTok, YouTube, Twitch, and more! From discussing classic games to modern-day streaming and content creation, we explore it all. Expect interviews, nostalgic throwbacks, top ten rankings, and even some modern gaming news along the way. Whethe…

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BoxTrick: Ep 106 - Super Mario 64, Star Fox 64, Wave Race 64 and more with Age_of_Retro 1:17:10

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Be sure to follow Age_of_Retro Join us as we dive into the world of retro gaming with special guests from across TikTok, YouTube, Twitch, and more! From discussing classic games to modern-day streaming and content creation, we explore it all. Expect interviews, nostalgic throwbacks, top ten rankings, and even some modern gaming news along the way. …

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Episode 84 - Brütal Legend 59:31

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ROCK & ROLL!!!! We celebrate Ozzy Osbourne life by going over one of his most famous video games. The boys also go over worst places to be hungover, Schwarzengger movies, and famous cartoon dogs. Support the show Don't to forget to send your emails to [email protected] so we can read them on air! Support us and get a shout-out on our next epis…

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The CMO Awards Podcast Ep8: Building brand for demand: Michael Hill, Reflections Holidays, Allianz CMOs on the business case and foundations for a brand-first marketing strategy 1:05:36

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Host: Nadia Cameron - Editor - Marketing | Associate Publisher Brand evolution: It’s in the sights of every marketer, but how do you honour the legacy while seeking a new narrative that grabs attention, signals distinctiveness, and builds loyalty? How do you prove it’s worth investing in brand not just demand internally? What team structures and me…

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‘700% outperformance’: Employment Hero and Salesforce bring B2C playbook to B2B, watch lead costs tumble, growth power – but diverge on in-housing vs agencies amid AI shift 51:00

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Employment Hero and Salesforce are at opposite ends of the B2B spectrum. One’s a rapidly scaling $2bn platform, the other a $260bn behemoth. But both have adopted a consumer marketing playbook, applied it to B2B and are watching growth power. Employment Hero’s Tasman Page says the approach is notching 700 per cent gains. Lifting B2C’s distinctive a…

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Top ten global martech analyst Scott Brinker says tech vendor consolidation has begun, agentic AI’s impact deep on marketers to master a complex, multi-agent future 39:00

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Host: Andrew Birmingham, Editor - CX | Martech | Ecom Mi3’s tech editor Andrew Birmingham is joined by global Martech doyenne and Chief Martec's editor-in-chief Scott Brinker to dissect the 2025 Martech Landscape, his famed spaghetti-styled industry maps, now at 15,000 different tech solutions, and what it really means for marketers. From the proli…

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Episode 83 - Spyro 1:21:56

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Drink that bleach, bitch! We talk about our live episode from Pride, some kids make the world's biggest ramen bowl, and we have a second game! Oh Yeah, we talk about the little dragon that could, Spyro, as well!! Support the show Don't to forget to send your emails to [email protected] so we can read them on air! Support us and get a shout-out…

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BoxTrick: Ep 105 - Superman Review - With The Flannel Wizard 1:33:27

3M ago1:33:27

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James Gunn DELIVERS withe relaunching the DC into the DCU! Superman is an absolutely AMAZING movie! We discuss! Be sure to follow TheFlannelWizard Join us as we dive into the world of retro gaming with special guests from across TikTok, YouTube, Twitch, and more! From discussing classic games to modern-day streaming and content creation, we explore…

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‘People’s jobs will be changed’: Salesforce global CMO on how AI agents are the new digital labour force rapidly reshaping customer service, marketing and commerce; plus the ‘false precision’ of brand ... 28:59

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It’s less than a year since Salesforce launched autonomous AI agents into the wild. But the bots are already reshaping business functions. In the US, online accounting platform 1-800 Accountants, which handles payroll and book keeping for circa 100,000 firms, has slashed the time staff spend on customer service by 70 per cent. Open Table and Singap…

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BoxTrick: Ep 104 - Saying hello to Switch 2 and farewell to Switch 1 with Age_of_Retro 1:21:44

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Be sure to follow Age_of_Retro Join us as we dive into the world of retro gaming with special guests from across TikTok, YouTube, Twitch, and more! From discussing classic games to modern-day streaming and content creation, we explore it all. Expect interviews, nostalgic throwbacks, top ten rankings, and even some modern gaming news along the way. …

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The CMO Awards Podcast Ep7: Winners and finalists part 2: Uber, Guzman y Gomez CMOs reveal what makes their distinct marketing approaches effective 1:01:01

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Their remits and responsibilities seem poles apart, but Guzman y Gomez global CMO, Lara Thom, and Uber CMO APAC, Andy Morley share strikingly similar views on the importance of culture, CMOs aligning personally to company values, brand-led strategy, and bold, progressive marketing that grabs attention and strikes the right cultural chord. It’s surp…

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Episode 82 - Uwe Boll 1:01:25

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Movie Month ends with a detailed report of one of the worst directors of video game movies, Uwe Boll. Ricky teases the Patreon story of how he fell down over the weekend, we talk a bit about 90's alternative rock, and Kermit and Ms. Piggy stop by. Support the show Don't to forget to send your emails to [email protected] so we can read them on …

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BoxTrick: Ep 103 - Street Fighter III 3rd Strike/Super Smash Bros Melee With StrayHousePet 56:32

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Be sure to follow StrayHousePet Join us as we dive into the world of retro gaming with special guests from across TikTok, YouTube, Twitch, and more! From discussing classic games to modern-day streaming and content creation, we explore it all. Expect interviews, nostalgic throwbacks, top ten rankings, and even some modern gaming news along the way.…

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Super Cannes 25: Suncorp’s Brand, CX boss Mim Haysom on influencers; Why EY Parthenon says risk and creative works for c-suite and Tassal’s Matt Vince is thinking global 45:47

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Cannes was heaving with influencers striking deals, but the message from top marketers, academics and consulting firms was consistent: Go back to fundamentals on brand, embed brand at the heart of business, then execute with consistent creative excellence to drive outsized financial returns. Mark Ritson landed that message most emphatically via 10 …

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Episode 81 - Movies About Video Games 1:26:44

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Movie month continues as we go over movies that are about video games this time. We have a spelling bee, Ricky goes over some Anime talk, and we discuss AI Book-It. Support the show Don't to forget to send your emails to [email protected] so we can read them on air! Support us and get a shout-out on our next episode! https://www.patreon.com/Re…

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The CMO Awards Podcast Ep6: Best Growth Initiative of the Year in focus: CMOs of Arnott’s Group, Flintfox share how they unlocked growth opportunities in the very different worlds of B2C and B2C 57:53

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This year’s inaugural CMO Awards weren’t just a showcase of Australian marketing leaders doing an excellent job of marketing stewardship and effectiveness. We also introduced the Best Growth Initiative of the Year award, supported by Publicis Groupe, to single out and recognise strategic growth initiatives led by marketing teams. In this podcast ep…

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Blending Sharp and Ritson: Distinctive differentiation and custom media moves needle for CommBank, Subway, NRMA Insurance as News Australia shifts approach. 42:09

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Byron Sharp is a distinctive assets maximalist, suggesting how brands look and are recognised and embedded into people’s minds is more important than focusing on what they do differently to rival brands. Mark Ritson argues brands need differentiation to stand out from rivals and pull customers in. News Australia says you need both to drive growth –…

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Episode 80 - Movies Based on Games 1:22:49

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Let's all go to the lobby and grab ourselves a snack! June starts off movie month where we start with movie video game adaptations. Between talking about our memories (and some lost memories) of some video game movies, we also talk about the time Ricky saved Andy's dad's life, the time some murderers showed up on a collector's card, and the time Ri…

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Omnichannel planning cuts ad fatigue, builds brand, speeds sales: New research shows how; Nunn Media cuts acquisition cost 24% 30:18

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Marketing budgets are declining just as paid media costs are rising – meaning brands get less for every dollar spent, and fewer dollars to start with. But latest research commissioned by The Trade Desk into omnichannel versus multichannel media planning could provide sweet relief. In short, the difference between omnichannel and multichannel planni…

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The CMO Awards Podcast Ep5: Winners and finalists part 1: Why sticking it out for the long term is so important to the marketing chiefs at Intrepid, Kennard’s Hire and Patties Foods 1:03:04

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While the numbers have been improving, CMOs still have the shortest tenure in the c-suite globally. Spencer Stuart data shows CMOs in Fortune 500 companies now have average tenure of 4.3 years against a c-suite average of 4.9 years. But variance is huge: Tellingly, Forrester data shows a 75% variance in average CMO tenure across the industries it t…

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‘It’s all double duty’: A CMO, a CEO and an agency boss on brand v performance myths, the ‘mother metric’, and expensive mistakes to avoid 46:11

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The marketing funnel doesn’t exist, suggests RAA CMO, Michael Healy. He thinks “too many marketers get too ideological about how you have to do brand and then awareness and then conversion”. He has an interesting anecdote about a $329 knife, his wife, and Meta, to support the theory. Healy says “the vast majority of marketers that I talk to – from …

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Boxtrick: Ep 102 - Will we ever see Star Wars Battlefront III? With The Flannel Wizard 36:59

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Be sure to follow TheFlannelWizard Join us as we dive into the world of retro gaming with special guests from across TikTok, YouTube, Twitch, and more! From discussing classic games to modern-day streaming and content creation, we explore it all. Expect interviews, nostalgic throwbacks, top ten rankings, and even some modern gaming news along the w…

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Kahneman subverted: Behavioural economics weaponised as dark patterns pump ecom, platform profits – prepare for legal change, warns Consumer Policy Research Centre 30:12

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Lawmakers around the world are setting their sights on ‘dark patterns’, the way consumer choice is manipulated wholesale by companies for profit – either directly by upselling and herding them into higher yielding decisions, or locking them into services, or “data grabs” that can be monetised indirectly. Australia is next off the rank, and business…

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Episode 79 - Streets of Rage 1:00:49

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Weldy's mom joins us for a special "slightly off a week" Mother's Day episode. She always joins him to play Streets of Rage on his Mother's Day stream, so we figured we'd do a Streets of Rage episode with her! She doesn't stay for the whole episode, but she stays long enough to hear some McDonald's stories, as well as telling us some baby Weldy sto…

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The CMO Awards Podcast Ep4: Earning the CEO and CFO’s respect: What former marketing chiefs from Jurlique, Aldi, Mercer plus Tourism Australia’s former CFO did to better narrate the commercial value of ... 47:43

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Host: Nadia Cameron - Editor - Marketing | Associate Publisher Short CMO tenure, job complexity, unrealistic expectations of delivery – commonly driven by short-term ultimatums – plus a disconnect on the metrics that matter, are all contributing to a dangerously common misalignment between CMOs and their CEOs and CFO. And it’s a recipe for trouble …

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Episode 78 - Top 7 Weapons of All Time 1:27:01

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Brian Reynolds of https://thebridgeteachers.com joins us as our first non-intimate friend group special guest to talk about our top 7 videogame weapons! Ricky finally makes into the studio as well. Brian teaches us a bit of the card game bridge and talks about his website, we gatekeep what is considered a furry, and we have a quick argument of what…

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Boxtrick: Ep 101 - Sega Dreamcast Classics with Age_of_Retro 1:06:04

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Be sure to follow Age_of_Retro Join us as we dive into the world of retro gaming with special guests from across TikTok, YouTube, Twitch, and more! From discussing classic games to modern-day streaming and content creation, we explore it all. Expect interviews, nostalgic throwbacks, top ten rankings, and even some modern gaming news along the way. …

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The CMO Awards podcast Ep3: Why we need ‘growth’ in job titles: Former and current marketing leaders from Lion, SiteMinder and McCain on how they’ve oriented teams and culture to drive new growth and brand ... 52:27

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Host: Nadia Cameron - Editor - Marketing | Associate Publisher At its core, the job of the CMO is to deliver business growth. And if Mi3’s story on marketing jobs recently and what company CEOs want in their marketing hires in 2025 is anything to go by, there is a recalibration back to topline growth rather than just pure cost cutting and efficienc…

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The CMO Awards podcast Ep2: Tourism Australia, Google and ABC marketing chiefs on how they have won friends and influenced people – from CEO and exec stakeholders to staff 51:31

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Host: Nadia Cameron - Editor - Marketing | Associate Publisher Being able to convince others is the most critical skill marketers need to possess – the whole job of marketing is to influence consumers to consider then purchase your brand, after all. But as marketers progress into senior management positions, they also need to get better at getting …

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Episode 77 - Donkey Kong 1:06:27

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Cranky here. These podcasts are always a bunch of guys talking nonsense, thinking they're funny? They're no Skidda and Kaboing in the Mornings. Back in my day we didn't have fancy podcast descriptions. We had to hope the radio played our favorite song, and get the tape deck ready to record. We always missed the first few notes, then caught a bit of…

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Short-term ‘trap’: Oxford Uni professor warns on TV industry plan to build outcomes model – but still thinks they should build it; says agencies hold key to advertising beyond reach, and can lift his code ... 49:23

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Oxford University Associate Professor Felipe Thomaz was a runaway Mi3 hit last year with a peer-reviewed paper that smashes the economics and relevance of audience reach. His analysis – based on 1,000 campaigns and a million customer journeys via Kantar and Wavemaker data – finds blunt use of reach will not deliver business outcomes, because not al…

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Suncorp, OMD and Foxtel talk TV, streaming and sport sponsorships and where media measurement, outcomes need to go next 33:00

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It was the sudden declines in footy audiences that did it for Suncorp Executive Manager of Media, Greg Kearney and OMD Chief Media Partnerships Officer, Marelle Salib. They knew that diehard sports fans don’t just ditch their teams overnight. But Kearney and Salib had years’ worth of market mix model (MMM) data that countered the volatile numbers c…

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Episode 76 - Ranking Game Developers Pt2 58:03

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The boys are back for a second helping of a shit sandwich. Maybe this one will go better than the last one??? Weldy forgets who the 3 Stooges are, the book of Joshua gets the Crippler Crossfade, and we go over the top 20 songs of 1988. Support the show Don't to forget to send your emails to [email protected] so we can read them on air! Support…

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Boxtrick: Ep 100 - Nintendo Switch 2 Direct Reaction - Mario Kart World and more! 12:50

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Join us as we dive into the world of retro gaming with special guests from across TikTok, YouTube, Twitch, and more! From discussing classic games to modern-day streaming and content creation, we explore it all. Expect interviews, nostalgic throwbacks, top ten rankings, and even some modern gaming news along the way. Whether you're a retro game ent…

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Eyes on the pies: How Four'N Twenty and QMS struck new customer gold by mashing real-time Olympics content and dynamic ads – sales soar 30% 27:03

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Four’N Twenty pies are literally baked-in to footy and Patties Food Group marketing boss Anand Surujpal gets a related proposition across his desk every week. But his challenge is to grow share through new buyers beyond “diehard footy fans” and tradies. So when the prop for the Paris Olympics landed, Surujpal saw an opportunity for a bigger demogra…

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Bench strength: How Freedom Furniture, Wesfarmers Health, REA Group CMOs are keeping the crazy pace on team capability and next for the Australian Marketing Institute’s skills assessment and capability ... 52:42

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Host: Nadia Cameron, Editor - Marketing | Associate Publisher Amid all the hype, excitement and trepidation around digital, marketing automation, data utilisation and now AI coming into marketing, is the very real need to build team capability and empowerment to actually use the tools effectively – and in a way that delivers business outcomes. As I…

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‘Time to harvest’: SCA chief John Kelly on LiSTNR’s rise to payback machine, ‘insatiable’ demand, and an opportunity that Meta and co. have missed 28:23

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SCA has spent four years building its uber-app LiSTNR from idea to the fulcrum of its audio business. It’s got 2.25m logged-in users, knows their postcodes – handy ahead of the federal election – what they listen to and what they might want to hear next. Kelly says acquisition is no longer core focus – “we’ve got the base we wanted to get” – and SC…

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‘Clients in on it, boatloads of cash, complex, opaque corporate structures’: Principal media arbitrage trading spreads to TV, out of home, audio as holdco’s, retail media pile in; ex-IPG, GroupM, Omnicom ... 48:15

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Host: Paul McIntyre | Executive Editor Media agency holding company CEOs are openly acknowledging the importance of arbitrage-based principal trading to their business models – and it’s spreading rapidly out of digital display into TV, audio, digital out of home, connected TVs and beyond. Former UM Global Chief Media Officer Joshua Lowcock, who lef…

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Episode 75 - Ranking Game Developers Pt1 1:10:27

6M ago1:10:27

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Weldy puts a list together of 25 videogame developers so Ricky and Andy try to blindly put it in an order that makes little to no sense. Ricky talks about his time as a President, Weldy wants to play an Oregon Trail set in the world of D&D, and Andy vents about work again. Support the show Don't to forget to send your emails to [email protected]…

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‘Size the opportunity, then seize it’: Flight Centre global CMO prepares for category expansion, revenue take-off via owned media-publisher pivot 30:05

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Four years ago, Flight Centre’s global CMO Megan Henderson was tasked with leading a sweeping restructure of Flight Centre’s worldwide marketing operation – centralising five teams into one while overhauling its martech stack and contracts and simultaneously finding efficiencies and growth. Daunting. But Henderson knew that Fight Centre’s 60 millio…