You're On Mute - The Podcast
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A series of conversations about love, regret, happiness, legacy, hope and other things people don't think they should talk about. Don't worry, they're short, so if you hate one, you'll be on to the next one and hating it before you know it.
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I said the world of cannabis marketing was “the wild west”. #SarahMahoney explained what I meant. Who knew I was so smart? mmm-online.com/home/channel... @MMMnews @LarryDobrow #advertising #cannabis #marketing #socialmedia @KyleBarich @fredkinch @griffenthorne1 @libuf21 #AmandaDaley
The Wild West of cannabis marketing
Patient and consumer interest couldn’t be higher. Here’s how marketers can meet demand.
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November 14, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I said the world of cannabis marketing was “the wild west”. #SarahMahoney explained what I meant. Who knew I was so smart? mmm-online.com/home/channel... @MMMnews @LarryDobrow #advertising #cannabis #marketing #socialmedia @KyleBarich @fredkinch @griffenthorne1 @libuf21 #AmandaDaley
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A thorough reworking of his very successful 2000 inquiry into the topic that brings new insight into what makes #buzz work. We review @EmanuelRosen’s #TheAnatomyofBuzzRevisited: the-agency-review.com/buzz-revisit... #marketing #wordofmouth #wordofmouthmarketing #Advertising
The Anatomy of Buzz Revisited
Back in 2000, wedged somewhere between the dotcom bubbleburst that crashed the stock market and the Bush-Gore election chaos, a book hit the shelves that had the marketing world aflutter. It purpor…
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November 14, 2025 at 1:33 AM
A thorough reworking of his very successful 2000 inquiry into the topic that brings new insight into what makes #buzz work. We review @EmanuelRosen’s #TheAnatomyofBuzzRevisited: the-agency-review.com/buzz-revisit... #marketing #wordofmouth #wordofmouthmarketing #Advertising
.#OliviaKenney channels psychology 101 & memories of learning the violin to talk about how the world around you influences how you become who you are. #YoureOnMuteThePodcast episode 5: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #podcast
Episode 05-Olivia Kenney
Podcast Episode · You're On Mute · 02/29/2024 · 13m
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November 15, 2025 at 12:57 AM
.#OliviaKenney channels psychology 101 & memories of learning the violin to talk about how the world around you influences how you become who you are. #YoureOnMuteThePodcast episode 5: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #podcast
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When @JSadikKhan ran #NewYorkCity’s #DOT, she rethought the streets & that changed everything. What THAT has to do with #advertising. Our review of #STREETFIGHT: the-agency-review.com/street-fight @BloombergAssoc #urbanplanning
Street Fight
You can look at what we do as an attempt to make people pay attention to the things in their lives that they do not pay attention to. We try to get them to see the value, the quality, maybe even th…
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November 12, 2025 at 11:44 PM
When @JSadikKhan ran #NewYorkCity’s #DOT, she rethought the streets & that changed everything. What THAT has to do with #advertising. Our review of #STREETFIGHT: the-agency-review.com/street-fight @BloombergAssoc #urbanplanning
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I freely admit that my solution may be too simple or even just what you'd expect from someone in advertising. That doesn't make it wrong, however. “Would I lie to you: Some thoughts on social media”: tinyurl.com/54eaxtud#soc... #advertising #facebook #twitter #youtube #disinformation
Would I Lie to You?: Some thoughts on social media — Martin Bihl
Everyone has an idea about what to do with social media and the problem of disinformation. Here's one that no one will like.
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November 12, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I freely admit that my solution may be too simple or even just what you'd expect from someone in advertising. That doesn't make it wrong, however. “Would I lie to you: Some thoughts on social media”: tinyurl.com/54eaxtud#soc... #advertising #facebook #twitter #youtube #disinformation
“We’re artists; we live in the world of envy and jealousy” – what the hell #OriginAgency CCO #LanceThomas means by that and why it’s not quite as dastardly as it might sound. Episode 4 of #YoureOnMuteThePodcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #envy #jealousy #art #podcast
Episode 04-Lance Thomas
Podcast Episode · You're On Mute · 02/29/2024 · 13m
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November 14, 2025 at 12:49 AM
“We’re artists; we live in the world of envy and jealousy” – what the hell #OriginAgency CCO #LanceThomas means by that and why it’s not quite as dastardly as it might sound. Episode 4 of #YoureOnMuteThePodcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #envy #jealousy #art #podcast
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What #AppleMacintosh ads from before you were born have to do with how #AI is impacting #advertising & design today. I look at #FlairAI: www.martinbihl.com/business-thi... @Apple @FlairAI_ #ArtificialIntelligence #GraphicDesign #Creativity
The Past and Pending: Looking at Flair.ai — Martin Bihl
What happens when a copywriter starts messing with an AI-powered graphics platform? Words, mostly. But also some insight about advertising.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
What #AppleMacintosh ads from before you were born have to do with how #AI is impacting #advertising & design today. I look at #FlairAI: www.martinbihl.com/business-thi... @Apple @FlairAI_ #ArtificialIntelligence #GraphicDesign #Creativity
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What happens when someone from @BCG and @BainAlerts takes a long hard look at the advertising industry. Pour yourself a tall one and read our review of #MadisonAvenueManslaughter: the-agency-review.com/manslaughter/ @madaveslaughter
Madison Avenue Manslaughter
A buddy of mine was general manager at an agency that was selling itself to one of the holding companies. One evening over drinks he said “Frankly, my biggest concern has to do with maintaining the…
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November 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
What happens when someone from @BCG and @BainAlerts takes a long hard look at the advertising industry. Pour yourself a tall one and read our review of #MadisonAvenueManslaughter: the-agency-review.com/manslaughter/ @madaveslaughter
What Finland, coffee and #NeilDeGrasseTyson have to do with being curious and its importance. We talk with artist and entrepreneur #JimHarper on episode 3 of #YoureOnMuteThePodcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
#curiousity #podcast
#curiousity #podcast
Episode 03-Jim Harper
Podcast Episode · You're On Mute · 02/29/2024 · 12m
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November 12, 2025 at 9:50 PM
What Finland, coffee and #NeilDeGrasseTyson have to do with being curious and its importance. We talk with artist and entrepreneur #JimHarper on episode 3 of #YoureOnMuteThePodcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
#curiousity #podcast
#curiousity #podcast
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“Simplicity is an all-or-none proposition. No picking and choosing allowed. If you can only muster up the energy to buy into part of it, you’re just going to hurt yourself trying.” We review Ken Segall’s “Insanely Simple”: wp.me/P23AlC-fM @apple @ksegall.bsky.social
Insanely Simple
There is a peculiar form of Stockholm Syndrome that is unique to advertising, where agencies not only become inured to the nasty, brutish and short outbursts of their clients, but they actually dev…
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November 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
“Simplicity is an all-or-none proposition. No picking and choosing allowed. If you can only muster up the energy to buy into part of it, you’re just going to hurt yourself trying.” We review Ken Segall’s “Insanely Simple”: wp.me/P23AlC-fM @apple @ksegall.bsky.social
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As @OfficialBerra said “if you don’t know where you’re going, how will you know when you get there www.martinbihl.com/business-thi...
The Madness of the Method: Why process matters — Martin Bihl
You walk into a meeting with a new client or a new agency, and you’re in that honeymoon phase when everyone is attentive and polite and laughs at each other’s stupid stupid jokes. And you’re there so ...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
As @OfficialBerra said “if you don’t know where you’re going, how will you know when you get there www.martinbihl.com/business-thi...
“You can’t let these things get to you. You have to push that frustration back so you can see more clearly.” Thoughts on whether regrets are good or bad with artist #GaryHudson. #YoureOnMuteThePodcast episode 2: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #podcasts #regrets #mistakes
Episode 02-Gary Hudson
Podcast Episode · You're On Mute · 02/29/2024 · 12m
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November 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
“You can’t let these things get to you. You have to push that frustration back so you can see more clearly.” Thoughts on whether regrets are good or bad with artist #GaryHudson. #YoureOnMuteThePodcast episode 2: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #podcasts #regrets #mistakes
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Several years ago I wrote a piece about the relationship between agencies and clients and what that had to do with brands. @WhyInteresting reprinted it and now you can read it here: whyisthisinteresting.substack.com/p/the-brand-... #branding #marketing #advertising
The Brand Edition
On marketing, utility, and roles
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November 10, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Several years ago I wrote a piece about the relationship between agencies and clients and what that had to do with brands. @WhyInteresting reprinted it and now you can read it here: whyisthisinteresting.substack.com/p/the-brand-... #branding #marketing #advertising
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Garry Wills looks at leadership from the perspective and depth of a classics scholar and reveals insights that will change the way you think about leaders AND followers. We review #CertainTrumpets: wp.me/P23AlC-fX #leadership #business
Certain Trumpets: The Call of Leaders
This is a book on leadership unlike any other you’ve read, and for that reason alone it is worth reading. For those unfamiliar with the author, Garry Wills, an emeritus professor at Northwestern Un…
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November 10, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Garry Wills looks at leadership from the perspective and depth of a classics scholar and reveals insights that will change the way you think about leaders AND followers. We review #CertainTrumpets: wp.me/P23AlC-fX #leadership #business
How the idea of legacy relates to art and why it does. Or at least, why the artist #BobHawthorne thinks so. #YoureOnMuteThePodcast Episode 1: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #podcasts #legacy #whatyouleavebehind #BobHawthorne
Episode 01-Bob Hawthorne
Podcast Episode · You're On Mute · 02/29/2024 · 15m
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November 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
How the idea of legacy relates to art and why it does. Or at least, why the artist #BobHawthorne thinks so. #YoureOnMuteThePodcast Episode 1: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #podcasts #legacy #whatyouleavebehind #BobHawthorne
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.@simonmainwaring describes a future where the line between companies and consumers – between buyers and sellers – is much grayer. And I don’t have to tell you what the implications for #advertisers would be, do I? We review #WeFirst: wp.me/P23AlC-g8
We First
It is a curious book indeed that posits the need for a change to the world’s dominant economic system from someone who readily and repeatedly concedes he is not an economist. But former Ogilvy Worl…
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November 9, 2025 at 12:24 AM
.@simonmainwaring describes a future where the line between companies and consumers – between buyers and sellers – is much grayer. And I don’t have to tell you what the implications for #advertisers would be, do I? We review #WeFirst: wp.me/P23AlC-g8
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“This industry hands out job titles with more reckless abandon than a sports doctor handed out painkillers in the 60s.” Why I tried to define what makes a CCO a CCO. Well, one of the reasons: www.martinbihl.com/business-thi... #advertising #creative #advertisingagencies
10 things to Look for in a Chief Creative Officer — Martin Bihl
Nobody asked me what makes a good CCO, so here you go. Advertising agencies beware.
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November 9, 2025 at 12:09 AM
“This industry hands out job titles with more reckless abandon than a sports doctor handed out painkillers in the 60s.” Why I tried to define what makes a CCO a CCO. Well, one of the reasons: www.martinbihl.com/business-thi... #advertising #creative #advertisingagencies
Subject yourself to 2 minutes and 11 seconds of the intro episode to decide if you want to endure the next thirtyfour or not. #YoureOnMuteThePodcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Episode 00-Introduction to the Podcast
Podcast Episode · You're On Mute · 02/29/2024 · 2m
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November 10, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Subject yourself to 2 minutes and 11 seconds of the intro episode to decide if you want to endure the next thirtyfour or not. #YoureOnMuteThePodcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
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If we have to check everything AI does to make sure it’s not parroting crazy stuff it found on the internet, then why use it? How Constitutional AI hopes to address that www.martinbihl.com/business-thinking/constitutional-ai #artificialintelligence #AI #constitutionalai
Programmed By Fellows with Compassionate Visions: Some Thoughts on Constitutional AI — Martin Bihl
It's no secret that AI has been generating hallucinations - but have no fear, here comes Constitutional AI which will keep an eye on what AI produces. Or will it? Or said another way, who codes the wa...
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November 8, 2025 at 1:14 AM
If we have to check everything AI does to make sure it’s not parroting crazy stuff it found on the internet, then why use it? How Constitutional AI hopes to address that www.martinbihl.com/business-thinking/constitutional-ai #artificialintelligence #AI #constitutionalai
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Did anyone explore the question of what it means to be famous in America better than #RichardAvedon? Or more relentlessly? We review “1944-1994” the companion piece to his retrospective at @whitneymuseum: wp.me/P23AlC-gu
Evidence 1944-1994
In 1994, upon the (more or less) 50th anniversary of his career, New York’s Whitney Museum held a retrospective of the work of the photographer Richard Avedon. This book, with essays by the show’s …
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November 8, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Did anyone explore the question of what it means to be famous in America better than #RichardAvedon? Or more relentlessly? We review “1944-1994” the companion piece to his retrospective at @whitneymuseum: wp.me/P23AlC-gu
Conversations about love, legacy, regret, creativity and more. But don’t worry, they’re short. #YoureOnMuteThePodcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/y... #podcast ßYoureOnMuteThePodcast #conversation
You're On Mute
Society & Culture Podcast · a series of brief conversations about the big things people don't usually have conversations about.
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November 8, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Conversations about love, legacy, regret, creativity and more. But don’t worry, they’re short. #YoureOnMuteThePodcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/y... #podcast ßYoureOnMuteThePodcast #conversation
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What insight about #socialmedia could a book from 2013 possibly still have? Quite a lot for those who can distinguish the forest from the trees. We review @paulmrand’s “Highly Recommended”: wp.me/P23AlC-gO @ZocaloGroup @UChicago
Highly Recommended
Buried in the final third of Highly Recommended is perhaps the book’s most important message. It concerns what Rand calls “the 90/10 rule”: The 90/10 rule states that you spend 90 percent of your t…
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November 7, 2025 at 1:26 AM
What insight about #socialmedia could a book from 2013 possibly still have? Quite a lot for those who can distinguish the forest from the trees. We review @paulmrand’s “Highly Recommended”: wp.me/P23AlC-gO @ZocaloGroup @UChicago
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“The vast majority of people dismiss #advertising as the meaningless drivel of pretentious hacks and talentless charlatans”. I try to not live up to expectations. My interview with the @museaward: muse.world/interview-wi... @IAA_Awards
November 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
“The vast majority of people dismiss #advertising as the meaningless drivel of pretentious hacks and talentless charlatans”. I try to not live up to expectations. My interview with the @museaward: muse.world/interview-wi... @IAA_Awards
Historians, pundits & sportscasters love to look at key moments & say “that was the turning point” – but can we identify these moments in our lives as we live them? Art Advisor Rob Fields & I discuss this & other topics on episode 33 of #YoureOnMuteThePodcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Episode 33-Rob Fields
Podcast Episode · You're On Mute · 01/30/2025 · 17m
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November 8, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Historians, pundits & sportscasters love to look at key moments & say “that was the turning point” – but can we identify these moments in our lives as we live them? Art Advisor Rob Fields & I discuss this & other topics on episode 33 of #YoureOnMuteThePodcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
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What is the one piece of #advice @WPP’s #RobReilly, #illustrator @may4th3, and @RGA’s @tifko would give to people just starting out on their #career? I didn’t know either, so I asked. www.martinbihl.com/business-thi... #careeradvice #business
I Wish That I Knew What I Know Now: Career advice from people more successful than me — Martin Bihl
We like to think we have a master plan. We like to think life is linear. We like to think we know what we’re doing while we’re doing it. But we also know that pretty much none of this is true . ...
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November 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
What is the one piece of #advice @WPP’s #RobReilly, #illustrator @may4th3, and @RGA’s @tifko would give to people just starting out on their #career? I didn’t know either, so I asked. www.martinbihl.com/business-thi... #careeradvice #business