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[Un]Churned – The No. 1 Podcast for Customer Retention

Hosted by Gainsight · business · EN-US · 226 episodes

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If you're experimenting with automation, questioning the traditional post-sales model, or trying to drive more value with less headcount, you're in the right place. AI won’t fix churn, but these conversations might.Retention is the new growth & AI is rewriting the rules. Hosted by Josh Schachter, SVP of Atlas at Gainsight, [Un]Churned—the No. 1 podcast for retention and Customer Success leaders—features real talk with the sharpest minds in the Customer Success space. We dig into how teams are scaling smarter, activating AI agents, and redesigning the customer journey for lasting impact.

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If you're experimenting with automation, questioning the traditional post-sales model, or trying to drive more value with less headcount, you're in the right place. AI won’t fix churn, but these conversations might. Retention is the new growth & AI is rewriting the rules. Hosted by Josh Schachter, SVP of Atlas at Gainsight, [Un]Churned, the No.

Who hosts [Un]Churned – The No. 1 Podcast for Customer Retention?

[Un]Churned – The No. 1 Podcast for Customer Retention is hosted by Gainsight. The show has published 226 episodes to date.

What has [Un]Churned – The No. 1 Podcast for Customer Retention covered recently?

Recent episodes include "Is Your AI Paying Off? Your CFO Wants Proof ft. Rod Cherkas (HelloCCO)" (21 October 2026, 38 minutes), "How Salesforce Cut Customer Attrition From 20% to 8% ft. Michael Marguglio" (17 October 2026, 39 minutes), and ""We Will Die": Why QuotaPath Is Betting Everything on AI-Native Services ft. AJ Bruno (QuotaPath)" (7 October 2026, 27 minutes).

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[Un]Churned – The No. 1 Podcast for Customer Retention publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 34 minutes across 226 episodes.

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Gainsight hosts [Un]Churned – The No. 1 Podcast for Customer Retention, a business show with 226 episodes published.

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  • Episode #215

    Is Your AI Paying Off? Your CFO Wants Proof ft. Rod Cherkas (HelloCCO)

    Oct 21, 202638 min

    Is AI still an experiment on your customer success team, or is it delivering results? In this episode of Unchurned, Rod Cherkas, CEO of HelloCCO and author of The Chief Customer Officer Playbook for the AI Era, joins...

  • Episode #187

    How Salesforce Cut Customer Attrition From 20% to 8% ft. Michael Marguglio

    Oct 17, 202639 min

    Most companies treat renewals as a sales function. The real shift is treating retention as a job for the whole company. In this episode of the [Un]Churned Podcast, Josh Schachter sits down with Mike Marguglio, EVP of...

  • Episode #213

    "We Will Die": Why QuotaPath Is Betting Everything on AI-Native Services ft. AJ Bruno (QuotaPath)

    Oct 7, 202627 min

    Want the playbook, not just the conversation? Subscribe for deep-dive, actionable breakdowns from every episode at unchurned.substack.com . Can a nine-year-old SaaS company reinvent itself as an AI-native services...

  • Episode #212

    Can AI Really Manage Your Entire Renewal Book? ft. Grant Clarke (Gainsight))

    Sep 30, 202635 min

    Want the playbook, not just the conversation? Subscribe for deep-dive, actionable breakdowns from every episode at unchurned.substack.com . The future of customer renewals is here. And it's AI-native. Josh Schachter...

  • Episode #211

    Notion's Outcomes Architects on Why CSMs Don't Need Experience Anymore

    Sep 23, 202642 min

    Most companies think of customer success as a support function that ships software. The real shift is treating it as a co-build practice that ships outcomes. In this episode of the [Un]Churned Podcast, Josh Schachter...

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  • Episode #210

    Owning Retention & Standardizing CS Across 17 Acquisitions ft. Rebecca Nerad (Advantive)

    Sep 16, 202633 min

    Want the playbook, not just the conversation? Subscribe for deep-dive, actionable breakdowns from every episode at unchurned.substack.com . Rebecca Nerad, VP of Customer Success at Advantive, owns retention across four...

  • Episode #209

    Stop Asking "Would You Renew?" Ask This Instead ft. Bob London

    Sep 9, 202631 min

    Want the playbook, not just the conversation? Subscribe for deep-dive, actionable breakdowns from every episode at unchurned.substack.com . Most CS and sales teams have been told to "be more strategic." Few have been...

  • Episode #207

    80% of VP Roles Are Never Posted. Here's How to Find Them ft. Andy Mowat (Whispered)

    Sep 2, 202638 min

    Want the playbook, not just the conversation? Subscribe for deep-dive, actionable breakdowns from every episode at unchurned.substack.com . The best executive roles are never posted, so how do you find them? Andy Mowat...

  • Episode #207

    The VC Who Coined "AI Native Services" ft. Jake Saper (Emergence Capital)

    Aug 28, 202645 min

    In this episode of the [Un]Churned Podcast, Josh Schachter sits down with Jake Saper, General Partner at Emergence Capital, to unpack the firm’s 25 year thesis of being “early experts in emerging business models,” from...

  • Episode #206

    2 Months of Revenue in 8 Days: How Brex's CRO Fixes What Breaks at Scale ft. Garrett Marker (Brex)

    Aug 19, 202638 min

    Want the playbook, not just the conversation? Subscribe for deep-dive, actionable breakdowns from every episode at unchurned.substack.com . What does it take to run 60% of a company? Garrett Marker, Chief Revenue...

  • Episode #205

    Headless AI vs. CSP: Where CS Insights Should Live ft. Mark Vovsi (Proofpoint)

    Aug 12, 202622 min

    Want the playbook, not just the conversation? Subscribe for deep-dive, actionable breakdowns from every episode at unchurned.substack.com. Proofpoint had no named accounts. No digital motion. No success plans. Two years...

  • Episode #204

    He Cut Exec Prep From 4 Hours to 10 Minutes ft. Simon Farthing (Bloomreach)

    Aug 5, 202626 min

    Want the playbook, not just the conversation? Subscribe for deep-dive, actionable breakdowns from every episode at unchurned.substack.com . Simon Farthing, VP of Customer Success at Bloomreach, joins Josh Schachter to...

  • Episode #203

    How to Stand Out in a Crowded CS Hiring Market (Without a CS Background) ft. Katy Bone (Gainsight)

    Aug 3, 202618 min

    Want the playbook, not just the conversation? Subscribe for deep-dive, actionable breakdowns from every episode at unchurned.substack.com . She went from treating eating disorders to running a $5M enterprise book at the...

  • Episode #202

    Vibe Coding Is a Bandaid on a Bandaid ft. Saumyo Mukherjee (Braze)

    Jul 29, 202622 min

    AI adoption feels chaotic right now. Saumyo Mukherjee calls it "good chaos." He's VP of Business Systems at Braze. 24-person team. Supports 2,000 employees. Sits between every GTM function using AI. This episode covers...

  • Episode #201

    Why BCGx's Chief AI Officer thinks writing code by hand is a waste of time ft. Matthew Kropp (BCGx)

    Jul 22, 202647 min

    Most companies think they're ahead on AI. The data says otherwise. Even the most sophisticated firms are only about 5% of the way down the journey. In this episode of the [Un]Churned Podcast, Josh Schachter sits down...

  • Episode #200

    What a Chief AI Officer Actually Does ft. Ziv Peled (AppsFlyer)

    Jul 20, 202624 min

    Want the playbook, not just the conversation? Subscribe for deep-dive, actionable breakdowns from every episode at unchurned.substack.com . He built the dashboards. Now he's questioning if they'll even exist in two...

  • Episode #199

    Claude Code Cut Dev Cycles 60% Then Forced an Org Redesign ft. Margo Martin & Jason Goldsmith (Deltek)

    Jul 15, 202637 min

    Want the playbook, not just the conversation? Subscribe for deep-dive, actionable breakdowns from every episode at unchurned.substack.com . Deltek's CCO Margo Martin and newly-appointed VP Customer Strategy & Services...

  • Episode #198

    The Old Playbook Is Obsolete. The New One Isn't Built. ft. Amanda Moran (Darktrace)

    Jul 13, 202623 min

    Six months in, Amanda Moran, is rebuilding customer success from scratch. She spent eight years at LinkedIn mastering the old playbook: rules, workflows, perfectly timed emails. Now she's VP of Digital Customer Success...

  • Episode #197

    He Created a Job Title 1,000+ People Now Have ft. Yash Tekriwal (Clay)

    Jul 8, 202646 min

    Most companies think of education as a support function, the real shift is treating it as a go-to-market engine. In this episode of the UnChurned Podcast, Josh Schachter and Samantha Murray sit down with Yash Tekriwal...

  • Episode #196

    Your North Star Metric Is Wrong (and It's Killing Your Retention) ft. Mark Roberge (Stage 2 Capital)

    Jul 6, 202640 min

    Most founders treat product-market fit like a feeling. Mark Roberge thinks that's as absurd as calling profit a feeling. The founding CRO of HubSpot, Harvard Business School lecturer, and Stage 2 Capital co-founder...

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