Creative Control Podcast
1) Sasha Velour, drag queen
For Sasha Velour, all roads led to drag. Being a Fulbright scholar, Vassar grad, graphic artist, and illustrator, were all primers for the trailblazing work she does now as a performer, public speaker...Show More
2) Fast Company's Innovation Festival Returns to NYC
In this bonus episode, executive director of editorial programming, Kc Ifeanyi, chats with editor-in-chief Brendan Vaughan about Fast Company's Innovation Festival 2025. They discuss the latest panels...Show More
3) Risk, Reward, Repeat: Why Neon CEO Tom Quinn Bets Big on Bold Films
Neon couldn't burn any brighter than it is now. The film production and distribution company acquired the rights to six consecutive Palme d'Or winners at the Cannes Film Festival: Parasite (2019), Ti...Show More
4) How Joy Reid Bounced Back into her Second Act
For 11 years, Joy Reid was one of the most prominent journalists at MSNBC, spearheading three shows for the network, including The Reid Report, A.M. Joy, and The ReidOut. Her sharp commentary earned ...Show More
5) Why Moby keeps giving music away for free
Moby’s prolific music career spans 35 years, most notably helping to bring electronic music to the mainstream—and perhaps less notably, but still importantly, giving so much of that music away for fre...Show More
6) Creative Control is Back!
The days of celebrities, athletes, and creators relying solely on their talent to build their brands is over. Today, it’s all about partnering with brands, investing in companies, or even launching a ...Show More
7) Cleantech is rebranding as national security in the Trump era
On today’s episode, cohosts Yasmin Gagne and Josh Christensen break down the latest news in the world of business and innovation, including the U.S. dollar’s slide into multiyear lows as the tariff wa...Show More
8) Prompting a new brand era
Generative AI has taken the brand world by storm. But how is the planet’s best-known AI company building its own brand? Like everything to do with AI, the brand aspect of this category is evolving and...Show More
9) This week’s biggest news: tariffs . . . and dire wolves
On today’s episode, cohosts Yasmin Gagne and Josh Christensen break down the latest news in the world of business and innovation, including President Trump delaying reciprocal tariffs, TikTok-alternat...Show More
10) Don't be evil
In episode six, host Jeff Beer is at Google’s world headquarters in Mountain View, CA to talk to chief marketing officer Lorraine Twohill. We dig into the brand’s overall GenAI strategy, not only for ...Show More