Brand Story Podcast
The Brand Story podcast features in-depth conversations with marketers, leaders, and brand storytellers about their professional journeys and the impact they’re making on the world around them.
Rooted In Purpose featuring Jim Campbell
President & CEO of New Country Organics
Rooted In Purpose
Building a business isn’t just about what you sell — it’s about what you believe. In this episode, Jim Campbell shares why purpose-driven work matters, how organic agriculture is reshaping the way people think about food, and what it looks like to build a company that puts people, animals, and the land first.
Content That Connects featuring Darren Rayner
Founder & Head of Creative at Magnafire
Content That Connects
Great content doesn’t come from chasing perfection — it comes from creating something people can actually feel. In this episode, Darren Rayner shares how brands can build content systems that connect, why authenticity matters more than ever, and what it takes to stand out in a world flooded with content.
Embrace the Process featuring Peter Santana
President of Legacy Builders and Chief Operating Officer at Stoneburner Inc.
Embrace the Process
Careers don’t always follow the path we expect. In this episode, Peter Santana reflects on leaving a stable executive role to pursue work driven by purpose, service, and growth. His story is a reminder that meaningful leadership often begins when we stop chasing the finished product and start embracing the process.
Creating Relevance featuring Carrie Willetts
Chief Administrative Officer at WVU Medicine
Creating Relevance
Leadership isn’t about having it all figured out — it’s about staying relevant, embracing the mess, and protecting culture as you grow. In this episode, Carrie Willetts shares hard-earned lessons on leading at scale, integrating with empathy, and why confidence and community matter more than ever in healthcare.
Engineering Brand Love featuring Rick Milenthal
Chairman, Founder, and CEO of The Shipyard
Engineering Brand Love
What happens when marketing becomes more automated, data-driven, and efficient — but less human? In episode 102 of Brand Story, we sit down with Rick Milenthal, Chairman, Founder, and CEO of The Shipyard, to explore why emotion still matters more than technology, how fear can hold brands back, and why understanding people is the key to building brands that last.
Season Five Favorite Moments featuring Steve Gilman
Season Five Favorite Moments
Season Five of Brand Story explored what it really takes to build brands that resonate — not just perform — in a noisy, fast-changing world. In this highlight episode, we revisit some of our favorite moments from the season—reflecting on what it takes to build brands people believe in, how marketers should think beyond surface-level metrics in a zero-click landscape, and what it means to lead creative work with intention.
The Creative Reset featuring Scott Witthaus
Editor, Educator, and Founder of Witthaus Editorial
The Creative Reset
100 episodes in, one thing is clear: creativity is still human at its core. For our 100th episode, editor and educator Scott Witthaus returns to reflect on the creative industry, the importance of stepping away, the rise of AI, and why our humanity is still our greatest differentiator. This episode touches on finding clarity and inspiration outside of work, the danger of an “always-on” creative culture, and how AI is changing (not replacing) creative work.
Marketing’s Measurement Reset featuring Laura Grover
Senior Vice President and Head of Client Solutions at EDO, Inc.
Marketing’s Measurement Reset
Data is everywhere. But making sense of it? That’s where the real work begins. In episode 99 of Brand Story, Laura Grover, Senior Vice President and Head of Client Solutions at EDO, Inc., shares why traditional metrics like reach and clicks don’t always tell the full story. She also discusses how AI is reshaping search and measurement, what marketers can learn from sports audiences, and why curiosity is still the most valuable skill in a data-driven world.
Keeping Creativity Alive featuring Brian Thibodeau
Creative Director, Designer
Keeping Creativity Alive
When creativity hits a wall, what keeps you moving? For creative director and educator Brian Thibodeau, it’s curiosity, empathy, and a relentless drive to connect. In episode 98 of Brand Story, he and host Steve Gilman explore how art, teaching, and storytelling fuel a creative life and how empathy helps drive good design.
Transforming Brands featuring Simon Hill
President, FutureBrand North America
Transforming Brands
Here’s the truth about brand. It isn’t one-dimensional. The strongest brands create experiences across every sense, building memories that last long after a purchase. In episode 97 of Brand Story, Simon Hill, President, FutureBrand North America, shares how the best brands stand out in markets where products often look the same. We explore the frameworks FutureBrand uses to align leaders and global teams, how emotion tips decisions, and why consistency across every sense matters more than ever.
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