People vs Algorithms - Podcast Rankings and reviews

The only media and marketing focused podcast where I actually crack up laughing. As in actually funny, not cringe funny. These three are sharp and I get at least one good thing out of every episode. I feel like I’m in the room with some of the best in the business. I hope you all do a live event sometime at the Kerv Cafe. 😉

Brian, Alex and Troy have great chemistry and experience that comes out in their discussions. They are able to discuss current events in the media world with an eye toward the structural forces at play. As someone working in a smaller media company without someone to talk shop with, these guys provide a better parasocial relationship than LinkedIn. I just wish there were more ads. In all earnestness, please keep it up.

Love this show, it hits a real sweet spot for me between the evolution of digital media and publishing, product, advertising and new technology and its potential impact but with a more wide angle lens looking at more subjects and interesting points of view on some of what’s happening in the world. Love the hosts, love their dynamic and their individual viewpoints on the same issues. Keep going with more of the same!

Compared to other media centric podcasts out there, this is the best representation of a modern media company and the internal struggles.

The journalist wants intellectual honesty, the as seller wants effectiveness and big data and optimized ads, and the designer wants beautiful UX. And then, the struggle begins.

3 guys who are incredibly intelligent and also honest. It’s the best pod in media and needs some more love, hence this review.

Look, this has been my go to podcast for the last year as the the creative and info spaces have been radically altered by AI, but lately it’s been a chore because the hosts and their petty swipes at each other. Every week it feels like I’ve walked into a room where teenagers have just stopped fighting.

PvA folks: please remember that it is precisely your differing viewpoints that have allowed you to so accurately map the terrain in front of us and please leave your catty beefs with each other on your (mercifully) private group chats.

Get back to the good stuff. Thanks.