Podcast Recommendations for the Week of April 28, 2025
Get uncomfortable
“I always want to have something that's making me uncomfortable, because I'm not currently the best person at doing that thing, but I want to figure it out and learn and become great at it.”
This quote from Zoe CMO Bob Sherwin on the latest episode of Building Better CMOs really clicked with me.
I believe in knowing your own limits and hiring beyond them. But at the same time — I always want to be learning new things, for my company’s benefit and my own.
Maybe your customers’ needs change. Maybe AI gets too good at your job. Or maybe you just want to learn a new skill for the sake of learning it. I'm literally starting a photography class next week, because ... why not?
As Bob says, if your job “doesn't provide you with skill acquisition, challenging yourself, increased responsibility, then you really should start getting antsy.”
Here’s what I’ve been listening to this week …
📊 Never Post - “Smooth Moves” ft. Hannah Pivo & Julian Chokkattu (hosted by Jason Oberholtzer & Georgia Hampton)
🍿 Hyperfixed - “Parker’s Obsessed with this Movie (But She Cannot Find It Anywhere)” (hosted by Alex Goldman)
⛷️ The Journal - “Neom, Pt 1: Skiing in the Desert” ft. Rory Jones, Eliot Brown, Andy Wirth, & Tony Harris (hosted by Ryan Knutson)
🍳 Home Cooking - “Cultural Anther-pology” ft. Sumesh Hirway (hosted by Samin Nosrat & Hrishikesh Hirway)
🧭 Building Better CMOs - “Bob Sherwin, CMO of Zoe: Navigating Media Shifts” (hosted by Greg Stuart)
🌟 Bullseye - “Andor creator Tony Gilroy” (hosted by Jesse Thorn)
🧬 Radiolab - “The Age of Aquaticus” ft. Husdon Freeze & Carl Zimmer (hosted by Lulu Miller & Latif Nasser)