Welcome to Episode 15 of "OK, So ...". This week, I sat down with Jeff Pearlman, sportswriter a-go go and author of eight books. His newest book, "Three Ring Circus: Kobe, Shaq, Phil, and the Crazy Years of the Lakers Dynasty" is on shelves now. Jeff was kind enough to sit down and chat with me about how he made it as a sportswriter, why there’s st…

Welcome to the Season Premiere and Episode 14 of "OK, So ...". This week, I sat down with Amy Shearn, Editor at Medium and author of three novels, including her newest "Unseen City", which drops next Tuesday, September 29th from Red Hen Press. Amy and I talked about the new school year, growing up in the Chicagoland area, the halcyon days of Intern…

Welcome to Episode 13 of "OK, So ...". This week, I sat down with Seema Patel, Vice President of Partnership Development at ViacomCBS and Co-Founder of TechBae. Seema and I talked about working full time and balancing distance learning, how family dinner is central to her life how she went from TV production to addressable advertising and what moti…

Welcome to Episode 12 of "OK, So ...". This week, I sat down with Alison Camillo, Executive Producer at Full Frontal with Samantha Bee. Alison and I talked about how she followed her gut and went from Portsmouth, VA to UVa to the Emmys and how she’s handling her children’s distance learning. As always, please give us 5 stars on iTunes and follow us…

Welcome to Episode 11 of "OK, So ...". This week, I sat down with Doug Knopper founder and former co-CEO of FreeWheel. Doug and I talked about his early days in Detroit, what his son Ben is contending with as a senior in high school, his FreeWheel days and what he’s up to now. As always, feel free to rate us on iTunes and follow us on Twitter @podc…

Welcome to Episode 10 of "OK, So ...". This week, I sat down with Rick Mandler, SVP of Strategy and Operations at true[X]. Rick and I talked about his childhood in Queens, how he jumped from law to media and what made for the best professional partnership of his career. As always, feel free to rate us on iTunes and follow us on Twitter @podcastokso…

Welcome to Episode 9 of "OK, So ...". This week, I sat down with Brian Dutt, Founder and CEO of Beeroll. Brian and I spoke about the Bronx, playing ice hockey, literally living with the news and what Beeroll is doing to help brands find their consumers. As always, feel free to rate us on iTunes and follow us on Twitter @podcastokso…

Welcome to Episode 8 of "OK, So ...". This week, I sat down with Jessica Boiardi, Senior Director, Revenue Operation at Complex Networks. Jess and I spoke about why she's ride or die for Queens, the Knicks and Complex. And your mind will be blown when you hear what she did to help our COVID-19 frontline responders. As always, feel free to rate us o…

Welcome to Episode 7 of the "OK, So ..." podcast. In this episode, I sit down with long time operations leader and friend of the pod Jarred Wilichinsky, Senior Vice President Global Video Monetization and Operations at CBS Interactive to talk about working, how he got into operations and Jarred pays tribute to Chris Fix. As always, feel free to rat…

Welcome to Episode 6 of "OK, So ..." It's been a while, but we're back. Today's guest is Adam Shlachter, most recently Chief Client Officer at GroupNine Media. Adam and I sat down virtually last week and talked Rockland County, music and advertising. As always, feel free to rate us on iTunes and follow us on Twitter @podcastokso…

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Welcome to Episode 5 of "OK, So ..." Today's guest is Rob Beeler, Chairman of Admonsters and proprietor of Beeler.tech. Rob and I sat down last week at CES and talked through growing up in small town, upstate New York, how he invented IMDb before there was even an internet to put it on and what he's focused on helping to solve in the next couple of…

Welcome to Episode 4 of "OK, So ..." Today's guest is Megan Latham, Global Head of Ad Operations at Bloomberg. This one was cool, because we did it live on stage at Admonsters Publisher Forum in Nashville. Megan and I spoke about her path to Bloomberg, making your home page explode to capture a user's attention and everyone's favorite topic: user e…

Welcome to Episode 3 of "OK, So ..." Today's guest is Andrea Ching, CMO of OpenSlate. You can find out more about them at openslatedata.com. Andrea and I spoke about what it's like to grow up in Ohio, why live theater and especially The Public matter and how her career has been shaped by long stints at Ogilvy and at Turner. If you like what you hea…

Welcome to "OK, So ...", a podcast devoted to talking to people that I like from advertising, media and tech about things that I like, mostly pop culture and sports, but also advertising, media and tech. We're probably going to max out at an audience of one here (read: me), but I've got a ton of spare time and nothing better to do. If you like what…

Welcome to the first episode of "OK, So ...", a podcast devoted to talking to people that I like from advertising, media and tech about things that I like, mostly pop culture and sports, but also advertising, media and tech. We're probably going to max out at an audience of one here (read: me), but I've got a ton of spare time and nothing better to…