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Talking Too Loud with Chris Savage
Hosted by Wistia Studios · EN
Welcome to Talking Too Loud, a show for people building brands, products, and content that actually stand out—where we try to unpack what’s working right now, and what’s just noise. Hosted by Wistia's CEO and loudest talker, Chris Savage.
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What Happens When Podcasts Become Visual (with NPR’s Brittany Luse)
Mar 1000:53:25Tap to summarizePodcasting began as a voice-first medium. You recorded a conversation, published the audio, and listeners tuned in through their headphones.But today, it feels like every podcast has a camera attached.In this live episode of Talking Too Loud, recorded at On Air Fest, Chris and Sylvie sit down with Brittany Luse, host of NPR’s It’s Been A Minute, to explore how and why podcasting became visual.Brittany shares what finally made video click for podcasts, why earlier pivots to video didn’t quite work, and how platforms like TikTok and YouTube reshaped audience expectations around discovery and connection.They also unpack the creative and practical realities of adding video to a podcast—from tech stacks and production workflows to the psychological shift of becoming visible in a medium that was built around voice.Links to Learn More: Listen to It’s Been a MinuteFollow Savage on LinkedInSubscribe to Talking Too Loud on WistiaWatch on YouTubeFollow Talking Too Loud on InstagramFollow Talking Too Loud on TikTokLove what you heard? Leave us a review!On AppleOn Spotify
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When a Founder Realizes He’s Not the Right CEO Anymore (with Nick Francis)
Feb 2400:48:02Tap to summarizeHow do you know when you’re no longer the right leader for your own company?After 15 years building Help Scout — shaping its culture, defining its values, and growing it into a successful SaaS business — Nick Francis faced that question himself.From the outside, it looked like the job of his dreams. But as the company scaled and took on venture capital, the expectations around growth began to shift. And Nick had to ask himself a question most founders don’t say out loud: Was he still the right leader for Help Scout’s next chapter?In this episode, Chris Savage talks with Nick about navigating that tension — between growth and craft, scale and vision — and how he ultimately chose to step aside when he realized the company needed something different.Links to Learn More: Follow Nick Francis on LinkedInFollow Savage on LinkedInSubscribe to Talking Too Loud on WistiaWatch on YouTubeFollow Talking Too Loud on InstagramFollow Talking Too Loud on TikTokLove what you heard? Leave us a review!On AppleOn Spotify
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Beyond Playbooks and Automation: Advice for Modern Marketers with Sylvia LePoidevin
Feb 1000:44:39Tap to summarizeHow do you decide what actually matters in modern marketing — when everything feels fast, fleeting, and automated?Sylvia LePoidevin, CMO at Juno and creator of The Zero to One Marketer newsletter , joins Chris Savage to talk about building marketing from the ground up without getting lost in playbooks, trends, or AI hype.Together, they explore why fear drives so much modern marketing, how teams can build with the buyer in mind, and why the only content breaking through right now is either radically raw or intentionally polished. If you’ve ever felt burnt out on marketing noise and wanted permission to slow down enough to trust your judgment again, this episode’s for you.Links to Learn More: Follow Sylvia on LinkedInFollow Savage on LinkedInSubscribe to Talking Too Loud on WistiaWatch on YouTubeFollow Talking Too Loud on InstagramFollow Talking Too Loud on TikTokLove what you heard? Leave us a review!On AppleOn Spotify
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Revenge Fuel, Building Community, and What Actually Lasts in Marketing (with Joe Glover)
Jan 2700:43:11Tap to summarizeJoe Glover, co-founder of The Marketing Meetup, joins Chris Savage to talk about revenge fuel — the quiet motivation behind many businesses — and how it evolves over time. They explore what actually lasts in marketing, why 90% doesn’t change, and how care, clarity, and culture shape communities and events people want to return to.Links to Learn More: Follow Joe on LinkedInFollow Savage on LinkedIn
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What We Learned Turning Our Podcast Into a YouTube Show
Jan 1300:40:26Tap to summarizeWe’re going meta today: our video editor Justin joins the show to talk about what we’ve learned taking Talking Too Loud from audio-only to video-first.We get into editing decisions that change the story — reactions, pacing, B-roll, on-screen text, and intros — plus what we’ve learned from clips across TikTok, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube (including why the same clip can perform wildly differently on each platform).If you’re adapting a podcast to video or building for YouTube, this episode is for you.Links to Learn More: Follow Justin on LinkedInFollow Savage on LinkedInSubscribe to Talking Too Loud on WistiaWatch on YouTubeFollow Talking Too Loud on InstagramFollow Talking Too Loud on TikTok
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The Ideas That Made Us Talk Too Loud in 2025
Dec 2300:34:34Tap to summarizeA lot changed in B2B this year — new tools, new formats, and new expectations for how brands show up. In this wrap-up episode, Chris and Sylvie revisit the 2025 Talking Too Loud moments hat sparked debate, rewired assumptions, and stuck with them long after the recording ended, including:What the rise of AI revealed about meaning, taste, and human judgmentWhy fear fades once you “look under the bed”How brand is built through memory, permission, and trust — not tacticsWhy audience understanding beats posting cadence every timeThe danger of random acts of marketing — and how to make better betsWhy decisions (even in B2B) are emotionalThe one storytelling principle that shapes every great narrative: transformationLinks to Learn More:Follow Savage on LinkedInFollow Sylvie on LinkedInSubscribe to Talking Too Loud on WistiaWatch on YouTubeFollow Talking Too Loud on InstagramFollow Talking Too Loud on TikTokLove what you heard? Leave us a review!On AppleOn Spotify
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How Creative Teams Can Adapt to the AI Wave (w/ Storyblocks CEO TJ Leonard)
Dec 900:47:42Tap to summarizeAI is changing creative work faster than teams can adapt — but what does that actually look like from the inside? Storyblocks CEO TJ Leonard joins Chris to break down the real shifts happening in creative workflows, team culture, customer expectations, and the definition of “good” in an AI-accelerated world.In this conversation, they get into:Why we’ve reached a pivot point in creative technologyHow generative AI is reshaping what customers expectWhy output is no longer the bottleneckThe new role of taste and “editorial judgment”How creative teams can navigate uncertainty and move fasterWhere the future of content creation is heading — and who will thriveWhether you’re a creator, marketer, or leading a team inside this shift, this conversation will change how you see the next chapter of creative work.Links to Learn More: Follow TJ Leonard on LinkedInFollow Savage on LinkedInSubscribe to Talking Too Loud on WistiaWatch on YouTubeFollow Talking Too Loud on InstagramFollow Talking Too Loud on TikTokLove what you heard? Leave us a review!On AppleOn Spotify
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The Big Blind Spot in AI Search (And What Wistia Built to Fix It)
Nov 2500:38:56Tap to summarizeAI tools like ChatGPT and Perplexity are quietly becoming the place where discovery happens — but there’s a big blind spot most brands haven’t noticed yet: your videos.In this episode, Chris and Sylvie sit down with Ben Ruedlinger (one of Wistia’s earliest employees) and Phill Nottingham (founder of Organic Video and longtime Wistia collaborator) to unpack why most videos are invisible to AI search. They break down what actually happens when an LLM “reads” your website, why traditional embeds and YouTube fall short, and how Wistia’s new LLM-friendly embed codes make video content readable to AI without wrecking your site experience.If you rely on video to explain what you do, attract the right customers, or stand out in your niche, this is an episode you can’t afford to skip.Links to Learn More: Follow Ben Ruedlinger on LinkedInFollow Phill Nottingham on LinkedInFollow Savage on LinkedInSubscribe to Talking Too Loud on WistiaWatch on YouTubeFollow Talking Too Loud on InstagramFollow Talking Too Loud on TikTokLove what you heard? Leave us a review!On AppleOn Spotify
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Building a Smarter Marketing Strategy with Emily Kramer
Nov 1100:40:11Tap to summarizeWhat does it really take to move from marketing chaos to clarity? Emily Kramer — co-founder of MKT1 and startup marketing advisor — joins Chris and Sylvie to talk about how marketers can stop doing “random acts of marketing” and start making smarter, more strategic bets.Together, they unpack how to identify your company’s marketing advantages, why every big initiative should have the potential to be a fund returner, and how to build the kind of marketing team that thrives in the AI era.If you’ve ever wondered whether your marketing has a strategy or is more of a to-do list, this episode is for you.Links to Learn More:Follow Emily Kramer on LinkedInFollow Savage on LinkedInSubscribe to Talking Too Loud on WistiaWatch on YouTubeFollow Talking Too Loud on InstagramFollow Talking Too Loud on TikTokLove what you heard? Leave us a review!On AppleOn Spotify
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TTL at INBOUND: Secrets to Driving Customer Success with Daphne Costa Lopes
Oct 10, 2024Tap to summarizeOn this special episode of TTL, live from INBOUND, Savage sits down with HubSpot’s Director of Customer Success, Daphne Costa Lopes, to talk about the ways AI and human connection are changing the industry.Links to Learn More:Follow Daphne on LinkedInSubscribe to Talking Too Loud on WistiaWatch on YouTubeFollow Talking Too Loud on InstagramFollow Talking Too Loud on TikTokLove what you heard? Leave us a review on Apple!Leave us a review on Spotify!
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