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The WARC Podcast

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Make it WARC. Make it Effective. Get closer to insights, stories and lessons behind great marketing with conversations hosted by the world’s leading authority on marketing effectiveness.

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The Effective CMO: Mercado Libre's Sean Summers

Mercado Libre is Latin America’s largest fintech and e-retailer. CMO Sean Summers joins WARC's Ann Marie Kerwin to discuss the marketing's l...

00:41:37Nov 3, 2026

Three ways AI is reshaping marketing insights

At the Insight to Impact event, WARC’s David Tiltman discovers how Mondelez’s insights team is using AI with Pam Forbus, examines the need f...

00:54:36Oct 29, 2026

Marketing research you need to know for 2027

We're digging into new effectiveness research, including new thinking on brand coherence, the resurgence of 'ad awareness' and how to get th...

00:50:48Oct 27, 2026

Marketing success rests on better insights

Live from the Insights to Impact event, Reddit’s Lore Oxford shares how to get the best insights from the platform, Kraft Heinz’s Doug Healy...

00:57:21Oct 22, 2026

A $1.3 trillion question: the rise of AI media

The future of AI media still feels uncertain: a goldrush where no one knows where to dig. A new report from WARC Media examines whether frag...

00:27:46Oct 20, 2026

Why more strategists are going independent

Strategy legends Suzanne Powers and Tom Morton left agency-land to build their own independent strategy businesses, discovering brands need...

00:41:10Oct 15, 2026

Strategy beyond the ad brief

AI makes it easier to compete inside markets that already exist. That does not make strategy less important; it makes the search for new sou...

00:36:17Oct 13, 2026

Reworking strategy's value proposition

How can strategy deliver measurable commercial value? Catherine Driscoll speaks with Martin Beverley (Ace of Hearts) and Baiba Matisone (Pla...

00:36:06Oct 8, 2026

Is AI a strategist's friend or foe?

Ad strategists are navigating two realities on AI: its benefit as a research tool, and the fear it may take their jobs. In the first of WARC...

00:37:56Oct 6, 2026

The hidden powers of out of home media

New research looks into unspoken qualities that different out-of-home formats convey, and the impact this can have on campaign effectiveness...

00:37:09Oct 1, 2026

The 'vanilla imperative': Why American ads play it so safe

The US produces some of the most careful, literal commercials in the world. Is this 'vanilla' approach a creative failure? Or is it a struct...

00:32:53Sep 29, 2026

Video: B2B marketing's secret superpower

Video campaigns are 2x more likely to grow B2B market share and 1.7x more likely to deliver stronger ROI, according to new research from Lin...

00:29:59Sep 24, 2026

Marketing in the K-shaped economy

2026 has been a challenging year for marketers, with constant upheaval forcing tough decisions and pivots. Amid all this: the impact of the...

00:30:47Sep 22, 2026

Bigger isn't always better for creator strategy

Brands are increasingly looking toward micro and nano creators for social cut-through. Marcus Yong, VP - Global Marketing at travel brand Kl...

00:25:46Sep 17, 2026

How Boots is operationalizing creative effectiveness

The gap between creative and media is closing, with large scale creative data and next-gen measurement tools combining to predict commercial...

00:39:54Sep 15, 2026

The psychological 'pause' reshaping the customer journey

Failing to usher buyers from discovery to purchase in the fewest possible steps is often seen as a setback. This belief misunderstands the c...

00:37:04Sep 10, 2026

Understanding 'Future Demand' with James Hurman

Effectiveness expert James Hurman joins to discuss the key ideas in his new book 'Future Demand', why performance marketing is plateauing, h...

00:39:39Sep 8, 2026

The Effective CMO: Instacart's Laura Jones returns

Instacart's Laura Jones returns to share practical lessons from Instacart's brand transformation including prioritising effectiveness, brand...

00:24:03Sep 3, 2026

The multiplier effect of creativity

The biggest creative risk? Not being creative enough. System1's Andrew Tindall joins WARC's Ann Marie Kerwin to discuss the multiplier effec...

00:52:34Sep 1, 2026

Revisiting 'How Brands Grow' with Byron Sharp

'How Brands Grow' is one of the most influential books in marketing, exploring rules of brand growth such as mental and physical availabilit...

00:46:39Aug 27, 2026