On this week's episode of Yeah, That's Probably an Ad guest host agencies and creative senior editor Doug Zanger talks with retail reporter Ann-Marie Alcántara, senior art director Dianna McDougall and video producer Josh Rios about what to expect at Brandweek 2019. More than 500 marketers will descend on Palm Springs next week to find inspiration from brand leaders from Target, Disney, Airbnb, EA, Chipotle, Popeye's, Citi, Viacom, and many more. 

Plus, a conversation with Chris Gardner, best known for his rags to riches memoir Pursuit of Happyness which became a box office hit staring Will Smith.

On this week's episode we talk about who made the 2019 Adweek Hot List, and why. TV/Media editor Jason Lynch on the timelessness of Friends, publishing editor Sara Jerde on the hottest in publishing which includes The New York Times and Hearst, and community editor Nicole Ortiz reveals the hottest in digital including digital creator of the year Loren Gray.

David Griner hosts this week's episode.

Mentors can make your career. You, as a mentor, can make someone else's career. This week on the podcast we talk about the importance of mentors and a new program that will shape future brand marketing leaders. 

And it's almost that time of year, the selection of Adweek's Agency of the Year. Four of the judges are on this week's episode including hosts David Griner and Kimeko McCoy as well as agencies editor Doug Zanger and agencies reporter Minda Smiley. 

Plus, Deloitte Digital's Amelia Dunlop with a message on elevating the human experience. 

In the 17 years they've been producing daily web comics, married couple Drew Toothpaste and Natalie Dee have learned a lot about producing, sharing and making a living off digital content. We caught up with the artists behind Toothpaste for Dinner, Natalie Dee and Married to the Sea to learn about how they got started, how the digital world has changed around them and how they've managed to evolve on their own terms.

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