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Episode 146 of the Media People Podcast is LIVE with Lander Career Co. Founder, Head of Talent & Engagement, Heidi McLeod. Heidi and I chat: 🎯 Launching Lander Career Co. 🎯 Booking bands before the internet 🎯 Getting her first break in media sales 🎯 Why great sales people don’t necessarily make strong sales leaders 🎯 Taking a break from the media industry 🎯 Pivoting into recruitment **Subscribe to the Media People Newsletter** mediapeople.beehiiv.com/subscribe **Listen & Subscribe** www.mediapeople.ca www.youtube.com/@MediaPeoplePodcast www.instagram.com/vicgenova/ www.tiktok.com/@media.people.podcast Views expressed by participants are personal.
Episode 145 of the Media People Podcast is LIVE with Canadian Football League AVP, Global Partnerships, Justin Vandenberg. Justin and I chat: 🎯 Emailing TSN’s James Duthie 30 times in 30 days 🎯 Why storytelling is the best form of selling 🎯 Grabertising 🎯 Life at TheScore and Twitter 🎯 Leading global partnerships for the Canadian Football League 🎯 Being born in a car **Subscribe to the Media People Newsletter** mediapeople.beehiiv.com/subscribe **Listen & Subscribe** www.mediapeople.ca www.youtube.com/@MediaPeoplePodcast www.instagram.com/vicgenova/ www.tiktok.com/@media.people.podcast Views expressed by participants are personal.
Episode 144 of the Media People Podcast is LIVE with Samsung Electronics Canada Senior Legal Counsel, Sahil Razdan. Sahil and I chat: 🎯 Growing up in Markham, Canada 🎯 Why her pursued law over investment banking 🎯 Learning that a past employer was going under on his first day of work 🎯 Attending law school in the US 🎯 The professional challenges foreign trained lawyers face 🎯 Why he doesn’t have an Instagram account Hit the subscribe button for channel updates. The audio edition is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. **Subscribe to the Media People Newsletter** mediapeople.beehiiv.com/subscribe **Listen & Subscribe** www.mediapeople.ca www.youtube.com/@MediaPeoplePodcast www.instagram.com/vicgenova/ www.tiktok.com/@media.people.podcast Views expressed by participants are personal.
Episode 143 of the Media People Podcast is LIVE with Avvivi Managing Director, Wade Kuiken-Rogers. Wade and I chat: 🎯 Calling in sick for a job interview 🎯 Why sport is an important part of life 🎯 Finding his way into adtech while looking for a finance job 🎯 How Avvivi is disrupting the digital video landscape 🎯 Growing up in Rockwood, Ontario 🎯 His connection to Ryan Gosling and Jim Carrey Hit the subscribe button for channel updates. The audio edition is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. **Subscribe to the Media People Newsletter** mediapeople.beehiiv.com/subscribe **Listen & Subscribe** www.mediapeople.ca www.youtube.com/@MediaPeoplePodcast www.instagram.com/vicgenova/ www.tiktok.com/@media.people.podcast Views expressed by participants are personal.
Episode 142 of the Media People Podcast is LIVE with Boris Cho, author of I am Here to Fulfill My Destiny. Boris and I chat: 🎯 His memoir, I am Here to Fulfill My Destiny 🎯 Why kids are the most important direct reports 🎯 The four values guiding his book 🎯 The message for his daughter 🎯 Journaling as therapy 🎯 Would President Cho declassify secret UFO documents? Hit the subscribe button for channel updates. The audio edition is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. **Subscribe to the Media People Newsletter** mediapeople.beehiiv.com/subscribe **Listen & Subscribe** www.mediapeople.ca www.youtube.com/@MediaPeoplePodcast www.instagram.com/vicgenova/ www.tiktok.com/@media.people.podcast Views expressed by participants are personal. Get your copy of I am Here to Fulfill My Destiny→ Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/52nrn7t8 Indigo: https://tinyurl.com/8denvr8z
Nancy D’Onofrio is Randstad's VP of Strategic Accounts & Social Selling. She stops by Media People Podcast to chat: 🎯 Moving from fashion to sales 🎯 How personal branding puts you ahead for a promotion 🎯 Why working at smaller companies can sharpen your skills 🎯 Monday Girl mentorship 🎯 Fashion Television & Electric Circus Hit the subscribe button for channel updates. The audio edition is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. **Subscribe to the Media People Newsletter** mediapeople.beehiiv.com/subscribe **Listen & Subscribe** www.mediapeople.ca www.youtube.com/@MediaPeoplePodcast www.instagram.com/vicgenova/ www.tiktok.com/@media.people.podcast Views expressed by participants are personal.
One year into shaking up the US media agency world, Obsessed Media Co-Founder Danny Weisman returns for episode 140 of the Media People Podcast. We chat: 🎯 Obsessed Media: One year later 🎯 What Netflix got right 🎯 Growth through entrepreneurship 🎯 2026: Another year of Hollywood reboots and remakes? 🎯 Rethinking the NFL’s Pro Bowl Hit the subscribe button for channel updates. The audio edition is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. **Subscribe to the Media People Newsletter** mediapeople.beehiiv.com/subscribe **Listen & Subscribe** www.mediapeople.ca www.youtube.com/@MediaPeoplePodcast www.instagram.com/vicgenova/ www.tiktok.com/@media.people.podcast Views expressed by participants are personal.
Episode 139 of the Media People Podcast is LIVE with Girl Gone Wild Author, Courtney Kocak. We chat: 🎯 Her memoir, Girl Gone Wild 🎯 Why writing is therapy 🎯 Why she makes her own art 🎯 Growing up in rural Minnesota 🎯 Her podcast, Private Parts Unknown Hit the subscribe button for channel updates. The audio edition is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. **Subscribe to the Media People Newsletter** mediapeople.beehiiv.com/subscribe **Listen & Subscribe** www.mediapeople.ca www.youtube.com/@MediaPeoplePodcast www.instagram.com/vicgenova/ www.tiktok.com/@media.people.podcast Views expressed by participants are personal. Girl Gone Wild is available April 1st, 2026. Pre-order your copy here→ Amazon: https://amzn.to/4tCl9m6 Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/a/85623/9781949487541
Episode 138 of the Media People Podcast is LIVE with The Local Collective Founder & President, Kaitlin Doherty. We chat: 🎯 Why Cossette was her ‘big break’ 🎯 Founding The Local Collective 🎯 What goes into developing a Super Bowl commercial 🎯 Growing up in Saint John, New Brunswick 🎯 How entrepreneurship runs in the family **Subscribe to the Media People Newsletter** mediapeople.beehiiv.com/subscribe **Listen & Subscribe** www.mediapeople.ca www.youtube.com/@MediaPeoplePodcast www.instagram.com/vicgenova/ www.tiktok.com/@media.people.podcast Views expressed by participants are personal.
Episode 137 of the Media People Podcast is LIVE with MotoVitesse Racing, Inc., Founder, Jim Bowie. We chat: 🎯 Motorsports marketing 🎯 Winning the 1997 Indy 500 with Arie Luyendyk 🎯 Life lessons from working on a farm 🎯 Why customization is the future of sports media 🎯 What Jim’s cooking with MotoVitesse and Brandrenaline **Subscribe to the Media People Newsletter** mediapeople.beehiiv.com/subscribe **Listen & Subscribe** www.mediapeople.ca www.youtube.com/@MediaPeoplePodcast www.instagram.com/vicgenova/ www.tiktok.com/@media.people.podcast Views expressed by participants are personal.