Jun 9, 202624 minS0
<p>What if agency work felt like having beers with your friends instead of a boring meeting? Dana Hork started Beers With Friends because she was tired of the traditional agency model. As a former brand-side marketer...
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Humans & Brands
Hosted by Lauren The Seeker · business · EN
About this Podcast:
Humans & Brands is a podcast that understands how connected work and life are, and that building a career is just as personal as it is professional. Hosted by Lauren Douglass, a marketer and founder of the thought leadership agency Reverve, the show features conversations with people who are brands, work in brands, or build brands, about the journey of work and life. The goal is that no listener should have to navigate the journey alone. These conversations are a chance to learn what leaders have been through; from the wins to the falls, and the questions that don’t make it onto resumes. Lauren asks the things we’re often too afraid to say out loud: What does failure feel like? How do you deal with imposter syndrome? How do you become a good leader? But she also t
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What is Humans & Brands about?
Humans & Brands is a podcast that understands how connected work and life are, and that building a career is just as personal as it is professional.
Who hosts Humans & Brands?
Humans & Brands is hosted by Lauren The Seeker. The show has published 54 episodes to date.
What has Humans & Brands covered recently?
Recent episodes include "54. Beers With Friends Over Boring Meetings, with Dana Hork, Founder, Beers With Friends" (9 June 2026, 24 minutes), "53. Building A Brand On Your Own Terms, with Stefanie Beach, Founder, The Marketeer Group" (4 June 2026, 21 minutes), and "52. Strong Opinions, Loosely Held, with Lou Paskalis" (29 May 2026, 29 minutes).
How often does Humans & Brands publish?
Humans & Brands publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 26 minutes across 54 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on Humans & Brands?
Booking probability for Humans & Brands is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Humans & Brands requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Humans & Brands's contact route on record: public web form.
Who should pitch Humans & Brands?
The strongest fits for Humans & Brands are Marketing, Advertising & PR. Humans & Brands has a business audience.
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Lauren The Seeker hosts Humans & Brands, a business podcast with 54 episodes published.
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Episode #57
53. Building A Brand On Your Own Terms, with Stefanie Beach, Founder, The Marketeer Group
Jun 4, 202621 minS0<p>Getting laid off sucks. But it turns out that most people say it's the best thing that ever happened to them. Stefanie's story is proof.</p> <p>Stefanie Beach never planned to start a business. She fell into it after...
- May 29, 202629 minS0
<p>He's never been the quietest person in the room, and that's exactly why we wanted him here. Lou Paskalis has spent three decades at the intersection of marketing, media, and accountability. He's launched Small...
- May 22, 202625 minS0
<p>Courage isn't the absence of fear. It's conquering it anyway.<br> Carolina Cespedes Virguez is the SVP General Manager of GoGo squeeZ in the U.S., running a $650 million business with the mission of taking it to $1...
- May 13, 202628 minS0
<p>If you'd rather try and fail really hard than not try at all, then you have the soul of an entrepreneur. This week's story dives right into that.</p> <p>Lee Evans Lee is the founder & CEO of Mrs Momma Bear, a...
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- Apr 7, 202641 minS0
<p>This week's episode is a little different. Host Lauren Douglass sits down with Lacey Tucker, whose TikTok series documenting her marriage unraveling has captivated millions. What started as a relationship that seemed...
Episode #51
48. The Reality of Building a Business You Need to Hear, with Shiv Gupta, CEO, U of Digital
Feb 10, 202618 minS0<p>You're not building a business, you're solving a problem. <br> Shiv Gupta is the Founder and CEO of U of Digital, and he's spent the last eight years learning that lesson the hard way. This week, host Lauren Douglass...
- Feb 3, 202628 minS0
<p>The best salespeople aren't selling at all, they're listening.</p> <p>Lucy Markowitz is the SVP and GM of US Marketplace at Vistar Media, and she's spent her career mastering the art of getting people on board. This...
- Jan 27, 202629 minS0
<p>It takes so much ego to start a business, and then you have to let go of all of it to actually build one.</p> <p>Anda Gansca is the CEO of Knotch, and she's spent the last 10 years building a company while...
- Jan 22, 202624 minS0
<p>The best leaders aren't the ones with all the answers, they're the ones willing to ask more questions.</p> <p>Alena DeSalvo didn't set out to work in media; she kind of stumbled into it. Now, as SVP and Head of...
- Jan 13, 202624 minS0
<p>What do you learn about yourself when you're alone in the mountains for a month with no plan and no one to impress?<br> John Starkweather is the VP of Advertising at AT&T, but this conversation isn't really about...
- Dec 16, 202530 minS0
<p>Rachel Goldflam is building something from scratch, and she's doing it in a category that doesn't quite exist yet. As CMO of Sneex, a hybrid sneaker-heel brand, Rachel is figuring out how to normalize a product...
- Dec 9, 202529 minS0
<p>Not all pivots are about moving up, some are about moving on. Dave Kersey is the Global Head of Media at SharkNinja, and his journey here includes a wrong phone number that changed everything, switching from...
- Dec 2, 202534 minS0
<p>Sunni Hickman spent 20 years working with some of the biggest brands in the world: Dollywood, the Harlem Globetrotters, amongst others, before stepping into what she calls her "desert season." <br> A brand strategist...
- Nov 25, 202547 minS0
<p>This week on Humans & Brands, we're doing something a little different and flipping the script as Courtney Johnson interviews our host Lauren Douglass on Courtney's podcast, Slay the Gatekeeper. This one's all about...
- Nov 18, 202531 minS0
<p>Am I living or am I just existing? That's the question that hit Eleni McCready at a funeral three years ago, and it changed the course of her life. </p> <p>This week, host Lauren Douglass sits down with Eleni...
- Nov 11, 202511 minS0
<p>What does it take to turn down a full-time offer at one of the biggest beauty brands right out of college to start your own company? This week, host Lauren Douglass sits down with Brittany Lo, founder and CEO of Beia...
- Nov 4, 202511 minS0
<p>What does it mean to keep the human at the center of everything you do? Host Lauren Douglass sits down with Heather Bollinger, Chief Revenue Officer at Vurvey Labs, an AI company that's built on a simple but powerful...
- Oct 28, 202518 minS0
<p>From Gen Z to AI, Racine Levy breaks down what it really takes to stay human in modern marketing.</p> <p>This week, host Lauren Douglass sits down with Racine Levy, marketer, connector, and self-proclaimed “cringe...
- Oct 21, 202516 minS0
<p>What happens when you refuse to let your past define your future? This week, host Lauren Douglass sits down with Troy Alexander, the founder and CEO of T363 Skin and a motivational speaker whose story is pretty...
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