Episodes: 160
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.8/5.0
Estimated listeners: 100 - 1,000
Listener location: United Kingdom
YouTube: 18.0k subscribers
Instagram: 68.0k followers
Page updated: Oct 28, 2026 · How we check this data
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Sam Anderson - Journalist and podcast host at The Drum, covering marketing, advertising, media, and brand building.
Mark Ritson - AI Marketing, Loyalty Programmes, Synthetic Data, Seasonal Trading, And Brand Strategy.
Marco Frigatti - Brand Activations, Record-breaking Marketing, Product Launches, Destination Marketing, And Employee Engagement.
Simon Baker - Branded Entertainment, Publisher-agency Models, And The Commercial Role Of Brand Content.
Jennifer Maclennan - AI, Agency Models, Client Expectations, Strategy, And The Changing Value Of Brand And Public Relations Expertise.
Heather Connearn - AI, Agency Models, Client Expectations, Strategy, And Trusted Expertise.
A proper conversation about AI futures, with Daniel Hulme
October 22, 2026
Since Daniel Hulme sold his AI company to WPP for a rumored $100m, he's been the holding company's chief AI officer - alongside a number of other roles including entrepreneur-in-residence at UCL, where he got his PhD in AI. Recorded live at Semrush's Spotlight conference in London, he joins us for a wide-ranging conversation about the technology's present and near-future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mark Ritson's AI clinic: what peak season really tests
August 27, 2026
This week we're spotlighting Mark Ritson's AI marketing clinic. In 'Peak season meets AI: what marketers need to know', run in partnership with SAP Engagement Cloud, host Sam Anderson puts marketers' own questions to Ritson on the trading period that makes or breaks the year. On the examination table: why loyalty programmes keep collapsing into discounts, what synthetic data is doing for smaller B2B brands, whether we've reached the end of the John Lewis cycle, and why - 20 years on from sear...
How breaking a record became a marketing strategy
August 13, 2026
Guinness World Records has quietly become a marketing machine, running roughly 1,300 brand activations a year for companies chasing attention through record-breaking stunts. We're joined by Marco Frigatti, Senior Vice President of Guinness World Records for Business, who started out as an adjudicator - measuring, counting and witnessing everything from the largest yoga class to a rather unfortunate fish-gutting attempt. We talk about how the record book became a brand-marketing engine, why re...
Cover Brand · Medium booking difficulty · 100 - 1,000 listeners
Them's The Breaks · Low booking difficulty · 100 - 1,000 listeners
The Black Box of Media · Medium booking difficulty · < 100 listeners
The Lead Creative · High booking difficulty · < 100 listeners
The Snarketing Podcast · High booking difficulty · < 100 listeners
The Drum Podcast is hosted by Sam Anderson. Its publicly listed email is podcasts@thedrum.com. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.
The publicly listed email for The Drum Podcast: podcasts@thedrum.com.
Podseeker estimates The Drum Podcast reaches 100 to 1,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.
The Drum Podcast typically books industry leaders. Typical guest background: Senior marketing, advertising, agency, media, or branded-content leadership; recognized subject-matter expertise; or authorship and meaningful professional experience in creative and brand industries. Common among recent guests: Founding or leading a marketing, advertising, media, or agency business; Notable brand campaigns or activations; Published books or established thought leadership. Recent guests include Mark Ritson, Marco Frigatti, and Simon Baker.
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