Episodes 52
Avg. Duration 23m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.1 (13)
Since Jan 2025
Latest Episode May 2026

Publishing Details

Schedule
Weekly
Format
Episodic
Consistency
30%
Hosting
feed.podbean.com

About This Podcast

Humans & Brands is a podcast that understands how connected work and life are, and that building a career is just as personal as it is professional.

Hosted by Lauren Douglass, a marketer and founder of the thought leadership agency Reverve, the show features conversations with people who are brands, work in brands, or build brands, about the journey of work and life. 

The goal is that no listener should have to navigate the journey alone. These conversations are a chance to learn what leaders have been through; from the wins to the falls, and the questions that don’t make it onto resumes. Lauren asks the things we’re often too afraid to say out loud: What does failure feel like? How do you deal with imposter syndrome? How do you become a good leader?

But she also talks about brands and marketing—because brands are made by people, and people are brands. The show explores how identity shows up in the work we do, the content we create, and the stories we tell about ourselves and our companies.

She’s not the expert in the room, she is figuring it out alongside the audience.

Every episode is designed to leave the audience feeling a little less alone and a little more confident in their pathway forward. 

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Recent Episodes

52. Strong Opinions, Loosely Held, with Lou Paskalis

May 29, 2026 28m

He's never been the quietest person in the room, and that's exactly why we wanted him here. Lou Paskalis has spent three decades at the intersection of marketing, media, and accountability. He's…

51. Stepping Into The Uncomfortable, with Carolina Cespedes Virguez, GoGo squeeZ

May 22, 2026 24m

Courage isn't the absence of fear. It's conquering it anyway. Carolina Cespedes Virguez is the SVP General Manager of GoGo squeeZ in the U.S., running a $650 million business with the mission of…

50. Try Hard and Fail Anyway, with Lee Evans Lee, Founder, Mrs Momma Bear

May 13, 2026 27m

If you'd rather try and fail really hard than not try at all, then you have the soul of an entrepreneur. This week's story dives right into that. Lee Evans Lee is the founder & CEO of Mrs Momma…

49. Lacey Tucker: Who TF Did I Marry? Behind the Viral TikTok Series

Apr 07, 2026 41m

This week's episode is a little different. Host Lauren Douglass sits down with Lacey Tucker, whose TikTok series documenting her marriage unraveling has captivated millions. What started as a…

48. The Reality of Building a Business You Need to Hear, with Shiv Gupta, CEO, U of Digital

Feb 10, 2026 18m

You're not building a business, you're solving a problem.  Shiv Gupta is the Founder and CEO of U of Digital, and he's spent the last eight years learning that lesson the hard way. This week, host…

47. Everyone Is In Sales, with Lucy Markowitz, Vistar Media

Feb 03, 2026 28m

The best salespeople aren't selling at all, they're listening. Lucy Markowitz is the SVP and GM of US Marketplace at Vistar Media, and she's spent her career mastering the art of getting people on…

46. Building with Ego, Leading Without It, with Anda Gansca, CEO, Knotch

Jan 27, 2026 29m

It takes so much ego to start a business, and then you have to let go of all of it to actually build one. Anda Gansca is the CEO of Knotch, and she's spent the last 10 years building a company while…

45. Stop Pretending You Know Everything, with Alena DeSalvo, Sightly

Jan 22, 2026 23m

The best leaders aren't the ones with all the answers, they're the ones willing to ask more questions. Alena DeSalvo didn't set out to work in media; she kind of stumbled into it. Now, as SVP and…

44. Letting Go of Control, with John Starkweather, VP of Advertising, AT&T

Jan 13, 2026 23m

What do you learn about yourself when you're alone in the mountains for a month with no plan and no one to impress? John Starkweather is the VP of Advertising at AT&T, but this conversation isn't…

43. When Your Category Doesn't Exist Yet, with Rachel Goldflam, CMO, Sneex

Dec 16, 2025 30m

Rachel Goldflam is building something from scratch, and she's doing it in a category that doesn't quite exist yet. As CMO of Sneex, a hybrid sneaker-heel brand, Rachel is figuring out how to…

42. On Being Yourself Always, with Dave Kersey, SharkNinja

Dec 09, 2025 29m

Not all pivots are about moving up, some are about moving on. Dave Kersey is the Global Head of Media at SharkNinja, and his journey here includes a wrong phone number that changed everything,…

41. Reframing The Dip, with Sunni Hickman, Founder, B. Sunni

Dec 02, 2025 33m

Sunni Hickman spent 20 years working with some of the biggest brands in the world: Dollywood, the Harlem Globetrotters, amongst others, before stepping into what she calls her "desert season."  A…

40. Cheat Codes Revealed, Crossover Episode with Courtney Johnson

Nov 25, 2025 47m

This week on Humans & Brands, we're doing something a little different and flipping the script as Courtney Johnson interviews our host Lauren Douglass on Courtney's podcast, Slay the Gatekeeper.…

39. The Funeral That Changed Everything, with Eleni McCready, CMO, PWRHOUSE Collective

Nov 18, 2025 30m

Am I living or am I just existing? That's the question that hit Eleni McCready at a funeral three years ago, and it changed the course of her life.  This week, host Lauren Douglass sits down with…

38. Having the Guts to Go For It, with Brittany Lo, CEO, Beia Beauty

Nov 11, 2025 11m

What does it take to turn down a full-time offer at one of the biggest beauty brands right out of college to start your own company? This week, host Lauren Douglass sits down with Brittany Lo,…

37. Keeping the Human at the Core, with Heather Bollinger, CRO, Vurvey Labs

Nov 04, 2025 11m

What does it mean to keep the human at the center of everything you do? Host Lauren Douglass sits down with Heather Bollinger, Chief Revenue Officer at Vurvey Labs, an AI company that's built on a…

36. Being Cringe Is the Point, with Racine Levy

Oct 28, 2025 18m

From Gen Z to AI, Racine Levy breaks down what it really takes to stay human in modern marketing. This week, host Lauren Douglass sits down with Racine Levy, marketer, connector, and self-proclaimed…

35. Why No One's Coming to Save You, with Troy Alexander, CEO, T363 Skin

Oct 21, 2025 15m

What happens when you refuse to let your past define your future? This week, host Lauren Douglass sits down with Troy Alexander, the founder and CEO of T363 Skin and a motivational speaker whose…

34. The Art of Starting Over, with Simona Gaudio, CMO of Glamsquad

Oct 14, 2025 20m

From perfume labs to Glamsquad’s CMO chair, Simona Gaudio shares how detours, setbacks, and self-belief built her nonlinear career. This week on Humans & Brands, host Lauren Douglass sits down…

33. Why Most B2B Marketing Fails, with Lauren Douglass, CEO Reverve, on The Snarketing Podcast

Oct 07, 2025 44m

This week we're flipping the script. Instead of hosting, Lauren joins Valerie Vespa and Matt Wurst on The Snarketing Podcast, and the conversation is too good not to share. We touch on some of…

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How many episodes does Humans & Brands have?

Humans & Brands has published 52 episodes since January 2025, covering topics in Business, Careers.

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Humans & Brands is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 23m.

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