Best Global Crossover Podcasts (2025)

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What do China’s climate commitments mean for energy? 50:41

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For COP30, the international climate talks in Brazil in November, the countries of the world are supposed to roll out their new Nationally Determined Contributions or NDCs: their commitments to cut emissions. China’s NDC is particularly eagerly awaited: it is the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases. Its NDC has been described as the most im…

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Everyone is talking (again!) about a coming revival in nuclear power. What needs to change to make it happen? | More from New York Climate Week 47:50

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At Climate Week NYC continues, the hottest topic is the question of how to meet growing demand for electricity while cutting emissions. In New York State, electricity use is expected to increase by 25% over the next 15 years. To meet that demand, the state plans to add tens of gigawatts or renewables. But that is not enough. It also wants more “dis…

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Toilet Radio 582 – Comedy Metal 1:07:30

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Since the very first power chord rang out through the atmosphere, musicians have longed to combine distorted guitars with dumb jokes. This week we’re exploring the music and comedy. We’re going from the origins of court jesters to mid-century novelty hits to four decades of comedy metal. Sometimes it works! Most of the time it does not. Bands featu…

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As the pressure for climate action fades, what is driving investment in clean energy? | The big talking points from New York Climate Week 36:03

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It’s New York Climate Week this week, and we’re bringing you highlights from all the key debates and discussions. Climate Week NYC is one of the most important gatherings in the energy calendar, bringing together business leaders, investors, scientists, campaigners and policymakers to discuss the global effort to prevent catastrophic global warming…

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Crossover Podcast Part 2: Humans + AI: Balancing Culture, Creativity, and Commerce Growth 30:01

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In our first ever two part cross over podcast with Future Commerce we dive into the new DSI research on omnichannel org structures. Part 1 over on the Future Commerce podcast paints the picture of 2030 and what a more AI enabled world looks like. Part 2 dives into how to make that possible with actionable insights for brands navigating the change. …

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Carbon capture could be an important tool for tackling climate change. Can we find productive ways to use that carbon? 42:58

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As fossil fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, there is renewed interest in what can be done to capture carbon dioxide. Until now, most of the investment in carbon capture has gone into projects to take those emissions and store them underground forever. But what if we could make use of that captured carbon? To find out what role…

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The WSL is not prepared for Alyssa Thompson 1:05:19

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AYYYYYY AND WE BACK!! AND COURTNEY IS BACK!!! That's right, Alysa Thompson hopped from L.A. to the blue part of London and your local Chelsea supporters with a women's soccer podcast absolutely had to talk about it. We discuss the transfer from not really believing the rumors, to shit getting real, the transfer fee, the NWSL's trash financial restr…

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Toilet Radio 581 – Post Metal 1:10:26

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It’s time that we sit down and hash out the most important issue of our time: what exactly *IS* post metal? On this jam-damn-packed continuation of our subgenre miniseries, Jordan and I discuss our lengthy experiences in the post metal scene and try our best to hammer some square pegs into round holes. We’re talking about looooooooooooooong songs w…

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Data centers for AI will need to embrace flexibility if our electricity system is going to cope. How can large loads support the grid? 50:43

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AI is adding to US electricity consumption at a pace not seen in decades. That demand growth is creating new strains on the grid in many parts of the country. But what if AI could instead help keep the system running? Varun Sivaram is a founder & CEO of Emerald AI and a Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. He says that far from underm…

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The Power of iROAS in Experiential Retail Media, with Andrew Lipsman, Commerce and Media Analyst, and Matt Eichorn, Co-Founder and CEO at Freeosk 32:16

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Think of a store that's not just a place to buy things, but an experience you can see, hear, and touch. That's the essence of experiential retail media—the new frontier where advertising, content, and commerce merge to create memorable moments for shoppers, and incremental revenue for brands, in both the short term and long term. Andrew Lipsman, Co…

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Toilet Radio 580 – Dani Filth is my HR Manager 1:11:15

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This week on Toilet Radio: We start the show with a bummer by discussing the Brent Hinds’ unexpected passing but we quickly reverse course by talking about a guy beating off at a KoRn concert. James Hatfield wants to sell you high-end Metallica-branded professional construction equipment. Ronnie “The Rat” Radke lost his lawsuit against Anthony Fant…

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Commerce Search is Changing - How to Get Ready, with John Andrews, Co-founder and CEO at Cimulate 39:45

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Your future incremental growth, in an era of conversational commerce, machine shopping, and agentic AI, will at its foundation require winning a whole new search competition. What are the elements of victory here, and what do you need to do to get ready. John Andrews, Co-founder and CEO at Cimulate, (with a C) comes to the podcast with a lot of ans…

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Toilet Radio 579 – Groove Metal 45:15

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This week’s show can be summed up in one simple sentence: Duh nuh nuh nuhnuh duh nuh nuhnuh diggidydiggy nuh nuh nuuuuuh. That’s right, this week is all about GROOVE METAL. We’re taking a chunky riff and making it stank. Join us as we talk about the origins of this now mostly-forgotten phase of metal. We’re talking all things Max Cavalera, the godf…

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Going local on a global scale through effective product content management, with Amanda Green, General Manager Digital & Innovation, Treasury Wine Estates 29:53

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In this episode of Unpacking the Digital Shelf – The APAC Edition, Teresa is joined by Amanda Green, General Manager of Digital & Innovation at Treasury Wine Estates, to explore how the business is reimagining its approach to product content management to meet the evolving needs of today’s digitally empowered shoppers across diverse markets.Amanda …

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80. A Dialogue on Love: Writing Through Migrant Belonging 51:16

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This episode is about love. What does it mean to study love ethnographically and analytically? How might we speak of love, especially in today’s social and political climate? In dialogue with Dr Omar Kasmani, whose work explores migrant loves and intimacies in Berlin, we trace the hopes, heartbreaks, and potentialities that love can hold for field …

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Liminal. With Imran Siddiqui - Alice is Awake - ismusic - Explicit 33:37

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In the debut episode of “Liminal”, Imran Siddiqui takes you on a journey behind the pop rock and dance album, Alice is Awake, by one of Imran's music brands, ismusic. "Who is Alice, asks Imran, and who is that Rabbit, and why the fuck, is Alice running after this hasty animal? " DCRadio.TVBy Imran Siddiqui

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What will the COP30 climate talks mean for energy? 49:58

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The Fight for the Buy Box Wages On, with Jennifer Elmashni, President at Potoo 31:44

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With years of experience Leading ecommerce at Bic and Johnson and Johnson, Jennifer Elmanshi, now President at Potoo, wears the battle scars of the Buy Box wars. She stops by to share the war stories, the new tactics to come in the age of AI, and best practices for monitoring and organizing for rapid response to win your rightful place back.…

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Toilet Radio 577 – Black Metal 55:24

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This week your boys are continuing our safari across the sub-genre plains. We’re exploring the prickliest of all heavy metal sub-genres with BLACK METAL. From the first-wave of punk-influenced jokesters to the second-wave of No Fun Club dorks to the third-wave of genre experimentation and beyond. This is all very serious stuff, so I am told. We’re …

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New Retail Media Strategy Benchmark Study - Where do you rank?, with Gregor Murray, VP of Strategy, Digital Commerce Global 47:19

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Digital Commerce Global recently came out with their 3rd annual deep-dive benchmark study on how brands are managing their retail media strategy (or, not.) The study’s author, Gregor Murray, VP of Strategy, Digital Commerce Global, returns to the podcast with all the key results that point towards the urgent opportunities for instituting organizati…

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Toilet Radio 576 – Imodium Equals Poop 1:02:07

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This week on Toilet Radio: Dave Mustaine announced that Megadeth is the latest in a long line of elderly metal bands to lie directly to our faces and say they’re calling it quits. Sure thing, pal! Brett Hinds, formerly of Mastodon, is still watching old Mastodon performances on his phone late at night and commenting regrettable things. Mammoth Grin…

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Petrostates, electrostates, and the energy transition. Gerard Reid of the Redefining Energy podcast visits the Energy Gang 1:03:57

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Is the global transition to low-carbon energy accelerating or slowing down? One answer is that it depends where you look. In the US, energy policy has shifted away from support for low-carbon technologies, but China is continuing with record installations of solar, wind, and batteries, and record sales of EVs. With AI emerging as the central arena …

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Breaking the Gender Gap in Healthcare: The Bold Innovations Shaping Women’s Futures 10:31

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What if a tampon could diagnose infections—not just absorb them? In this fiery episode of HIT Like A Girl, guest host Demi Radeva sits down with Valentina Milanova, founder and CEO of Daye, live from HLTH Europe. Valentina’s mission? To smash the gender care gap with biotech breakthroughs—starting with diagnostic tampons that could rewrite women’s …

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Preparing to Win at AI-Powered Product Discovery, with Matt Ezyk, Sr. Dir. of Ecommerce Engineering at Hanna Andersson 34:37

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I found our conversation today about the AI-transformed future of commerce with Matt Ezyk, Sr. Dir. of Ecommerce Engineering at Hanna Andersson, both urgent and comforting. Urgent in that he strongly believes that consumer journeys and product discovery will be upended by conversational commerce and brands need to prepare, and comforting in that th…

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Toilet Radio 575 – Power Metal 1:01:41

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Gather, yon podcast mates, and journey hither toward graven genre battle. This week we’re breaking down power metal: what IS it, exactly? When did it evolve from heavy metal into a separate sound? What are the attributes that distinguish power metal from other subgenres? And, most importantly, why is Joe so hostile to power metal? All of this and m…

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2025 in Focus: The State of Digital, Marketing & eComm in Australia 46:48

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In this episode, we break down the key findings from the 2025 Digital, Marketing & eComm in Focus report — a comprehensive look at the evolving digital landscape for Australian brands. We explore the growing complexity of the digital shelf, the rise of retail media, the quick commerce revival, and the ongoing tech challenges brands face in managing…

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Revolutionizing Women’s Health: The Breakthrough in Continuous Hormone Monitoring 13:33

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What if women could track their hormones as easily as blood sugar? In this electrifying episode of HIT Like A Girl, guest host Demi Radeva sits down with Anna Luisa Schaffgotsch, founder & CEO of Impli, to discuss a game-changing innovation: real-time, continuous hormone monitoring. From IVF and menopause to PCOS and beyond, Anna Luisa’s work is br…

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Content is the New Commerce and Other AIR Takeaways, Andrea Leigh, Founder & CEO, Allume Group 45:48

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Every six months, the ecommerce education consultancy Allume Group consolidates the output of expert conversations, annual reports, and the latest data to create their Allume Insider report, or AIR. It’s chock a block full of the most current insights into the present and future of ecommerce. Andrea Leigh, Founder & CEO of Allume Group rejoins the …

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Copa Masterpiece Theater, NWSL Stuff, & World Athletics Being Dumb (Again) [w/ Reo Eveleth] 2:03:34

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The plan was to have Reo, host, journalist and producer of Tested Podcast, on to just chat about some soccer. They're a massive women's soccer fan and the idea was to just yap about soccer instead of the deeply heavy stuff they usually get called on to discuss — and then World Athletics did something stupid. Ugh. But before we get into that, Reo & …

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Toilet Radio 574 – Crossover 46:14

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It used to be that there was heavy metal and there was hardcore punk and nary shall the twain meet. That is, until thrash metal started making waves and punk bands decided… hey, wouldn’t it be tight to use some of these sounds? Enter: Crossover thrash, the cross-cultural event of punk and metal joining up to create the foundation of modern metal. H…

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Planning the grid to meet future energy demand | A discussion on the future of the grid, AI, energy innovation, and delivering the electricity supply we will need in the coming decades 1:11:07

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The grid “is designed for the core components - supplying electricity - but we are definitely pushing it to its limits,” says Melissa Lott, Partner for energy technologies at Microsoft*. The electricity grid has been described as one of the greatest achievements of human civilisation, because of its complexity, scale, and essential role in our soci…

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Why Gender Equality in Global Health Is Still a Fight—And How We Can Win It 21:10

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Despite decades of progress, women’s health remains narrowly defined by reproduction, research still overlooks gender disparities, and harmful norms continue shaping health outcomes worldwide. So how do we build a future where global health truly serves everyone? In this powerful episode of HIT Like A Girl, guest host Demi Radeva sits down with Ann…

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Building the Perfect Store Online at Scale and Speed, with Swagat Choudhury, Global Director of Perfect Store Online at Mars 40:01

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Our guest today, Swagat Choudhury, Global Director of Perfect Store Online at Mars has been steeped in the evolution of digital commerce for almost 20 years, 17 of that at Diageo. Today’s conversation about where digital commerce is going, and global plus local transformation has as its core a really crucial reminder that the fundamentals of commer…

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Toilet Radio 572 – No More Tears 59:37

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THIS WEEK ON TOILET RADIO: We’re talking about the life, legacy, and final performance of John “Ozzy” Osbourne. Phil Fasciana nearly died in France – Perhaps revenge for the homeless crackhead he claimed to murder years ago? Alex Terrible got the piss beaten out of him at a bare knuckle boxing event, prompting us to ask, “where the hell is your man…

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Why Your Stethoscope Needs a Megaphone: Women in Medicine Take On Power 23:00

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What happens when medicine’s most fearless leaders gather to dismantle systemic barriers? Guest host Dana Trampas brings you frontline access from the Women in Medicine Summit, sitting down with Dr. Shikha Jain—triple board-certified oncologist, founder of the Women in Medicine Summit, and a thunderous voice for change. This isn’t just another heal…

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From Billboard to Buy Button: Infusing Brand Everywhere, with Roald Van Wyk, Global Creative Commerce Lead at IPG 40:48

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In chaotic times, trust becomes a premium value in the choices a consumer makes. That’s why so many brands invest heavily in creating brand experiences on the world’s most watched canvases, at the Super Bowl, the Oscars, the Olympics. But the most valuable real estate for your brand experiences may be where your consumers spend the vast majority of…

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Toilet Radio 571 – Global Heavy Metal 45:21

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Jordan gave me a simple prompt: “How about a show about heavy metal?” and now it has turned into three episodes covering early 80s US heavy metal, late 80s heavy metal, and now, heavy metal across the world through the 1980s. This week we’re talking about the Canadian, German, Swedish, Danish, and English heavy metal bands that defined the 80s and …

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What will energy look like 5 years after the 'Big Beautiful Bill?' The Energy Gang report from 2030. 1:14:57

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In this episode, we take a trip in a time machine, five years into the future. 2030 has been set as a deadline for many climate goals, and is a milestone for checking progress towards a low-carbon energy system. Ed Crooks, Amy Myers Jaffe and Melissa Lott imagine themselves five years from now, and look back at how the US energy industry has change…

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Uniting Media and Merchandising for Growth at Kroger, with Jenny Holleran, VP at Kroger Precision Marketing and Jorge Alfonso, Head of Digital Merchandising at Kroger 41:13

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Across brands and retailers, we are starting to see the long-standing silos that stand in the way of efficiency, growth, and accountability start to crumble. Today’s guests from Kroger are living proof of the power of this, with the media maven Jenny Holleran, VP at Kroger Precision Marketing having the important conversations and the united front …

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Toilet Radio 570 – The Golden Age of American Heavy Metal 51:19

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On a recent episode we talked about the primitive, early days of American heavy metal. This time we’re talking about the juiced-up, oil-drenched, muscle-bound glory days of American heavy metal. The United States grabbed the mantle of heavy metal from Europe and made it louder than ever. Trash and hair metal made waves across the globe, and heavy m…

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NWSL 2025 MidSzn Crossover, pt2 (w/ Skye, Sylvs, & Thom) - Courage, Gotham, Rahsing, Reign, Thorns 2:06:18

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WE. ARE. SO. BACK! Not only are we back, but we're back with a mf'n vengeance! We have a mega episode for ya'll that is part two of a three-part series. We're crossing over with Shea Butter FC and The Current Moment to review every single NWSL team at the midway point of the season. In this review we discuss North Carolina Courage, Gotham FC, Rahsi…

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From Cannes to the Future: AI, Brands & the Power of Human Connection 22:08

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Recorded live from Cannes Lions, this episode dives into the future of commerce, creativity, and connection with special guest Eric. We unpack why brands are losing their voice, how AI is transforming everything from influencer marketing to grocery shopping, and why human experience still matters. It’s a fast-paced, thought-provoking conversation a…

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Toilet Radio 569 – The Katatonia Interview 56:40

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This week on Toilet Radio we’re talking with Jonas Renkse of sad boi legends Katatonia! We were just talking about these guys! Jordan and Jonas talk about only wanting to listen to sad music, concerns for visa troubles when attempting to tour the United States, making the transition from death metal vocals to actual singing, taking on newer, younge…

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Inside the ‘crazy grid’: why the future of energy needs everything, everywhere, all at once 1:12:37

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Building out the electricity grid was traditionally a predictable and straightforward business. Now it’s like trying to land a jet on a moving aircraft carrier in the dark. That’s a quote from this week’s guest Quinn Nakayama. He’s the senior director of Grid Research and Innovation at Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E). He joins host Ed Crooks and regu…

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Trends in Amazon Brand Strategy and Innovation, with Jay Lovelace, CEO at Jungle Scout 25:14

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These are, how should I say it, interesting times to be a seller on Amazon. It’s good to be able to make decisions based on data in the midst of the chaos, so Jay Lovelace, CEO at Jungle Scout joined the podcast to lay out the trends that the data is identifying overall and across some specific categories that are on the move.…

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The Big Beautiful Bill is close to passing. What would it mean for clean energy in the US? 1:09:38

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This week the US budget reconciliation legislation, dubbed the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’, squeaked through the Senate on a 51/50 vote. The bill has wide-ranging implications for energy in the US, including an imminent end to tax credits for wind and solar power. To discuss what the new legislation means, host Ed Crooks is joined by regular guest Amy…

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Toilet Radio 568 – Early 80s American Metal 54:16

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On this week’s show we’re turning our attention to the United States in the early 80s. Europe was the dominant force in heavy metal but massive changes were coming just down the line. We’re talking about the bands that were moving and shaking the US from 1980 to 1984. We’re talking about the sonic shifts that would set up glam and thrash to take th…

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Surfing the Retail Media Wave, with Paul Brooks, Partner at Tenet Advisory & Investments, ex-Coles 360 39:55

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For the first episode of the APAC edition of Unpacking the Digital Shelf, Teresa is joined by Paul Brooks, former GM of Retail Media at Coles360 to discuss the retail media scene in Australia. Paul shares his journey building one of Australia’s largest retail media networks, the growth phases retailers go through, and the real-world trade-offs that…

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The Budget Flows Where the Performance Goes and Other OmniCommerce Lessons, with Kacie McKee, Head of Omni-Commerce and Digital Acceleration at Kenvue 30:41

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I don’t know whether it’s a holy grail, but certainly a worthy grail is getting your organizations to behave with an omnichannel mindset to hopefully connect with the consumer however and wherever they choose, driving better conversion and a more strategic joint approach with your customers. Kenvue has organized around that mindset to ensure that t…

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Toilet Radio 566 – Gothic Metal 50:59

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This week on Toilet Radio: We’re grippin’ and sippin’ at tear-stained chalices in our finest corsets as we discuss GOTHIC METAL. What in the world is gothic metal? What makes it different from goth rock and just how many sub-sub genres of it are there? We talk about some stand-out gothic metal acts like Type O Negative, Paradise Lost, Katatonia, an…