Episodes

  • E79 Games + Virtual Worlds: Brands + QSRs Experimenting with the "Metaverse"

    E79 Games + Virtual Worlds: Brands + QSRs Experimenting with the "Metaverse"
    Apr 20 2022
    The one where Ben + Manolo talk about the "M" word (Metaverse) and have a measured, non-hype filled discussion about how making burritos in Roblox, attending a concert in Fortnite and wandering through Meta's Horizon Worlds are just the beginning of how brands and QSR are experimenting with virtual world experiences.
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    27 mins
  • E78 AWS + Salesforce Media Cloud Team Up on Streaming Solution

    E78 AWS + Salesforce Media Cloud Team Up on Streaming Solution
    Feb 17 2022
    The one where Ben + Manolo share their thoughts on how Brands, Retailers and other Industries could use the new integration between Salesforce Media Cloud and AWS.
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    10 mins
  • E77 Retail Media + Amazon's Apparel Stores, Nike NFT Beef with StockX

    E77 Retail Media + Amazon's Apparel Stores, Nike NFT Beef with StockX
    Feb 10 2022
    Ben + Manolo talk about the potential for retail media in and Amazon Apparel store and why Nike's going after StockX for NFT shoes.
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    18 mins
  • E76 Rob Carpenter, CEO of Valyant AI: How Voice AI is Transforming the QSR Industry

    E76 Rob Carpenter, CEO of Valyant AI: How Voice AI is Transforming the QSR Industry
    Nov 18 2021
    Rob Carpenter, CEO of Valyant AI (https://valyant.ai) shares his company's origin story, how they went from from creating AI holograms to designing a Conversational AI platform to help QSRs with operational challenges such as labor shortages, automating operations and enhancing customer drive-thru experiences.
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    25 mins
  • E75 David Title from Bravo Media Talks: Experiential Events, Zara's Fake Storefront + AR Gameshows

    E75 David Title from Bravo Media Talks: Experiential Events, Zara's Fake Storefront + AR Gameshows
    Oct 4 2021
    The one where David Title, Partner at Bravo Media (https://bravomedia.com/) a NYC based Experiential Agency + Production Studio returns to share the latest on the resurgence of events and experiences in NYC, Zara's viral "fake" Storefront on Instagram and Fox's new XR show "Alter Ego"
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    32 mins
  • E74 What Do Consumers REALLY Want From Voice Tech?

    E74 What Do Consumers REALLY Want From Voice Tech?
    Sep 21 2021
    The one where returning guests, Susan + Scot Westwater, Founders of Pragmatic Digital share some of their 2021 research on what consumer really, really want to do with Voice technology. Find out more https://www.pragmatic.digital
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    21 mins
  • E73 Hot Take on Apple's 14 Sept "California Streaming" Event (iPhone 13)

    E73 Hot Take on Apple's 14 Sept "California Streaming" Event (iPhone 13)
    Sep 14 2021
    The one where Ben + Manny share their initial reactions to the 14 Sept Apple Event "California Streaming" unpacking all the important details about the new iPhones, iPads and Apple Watch that into a short 15 min recap
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    16 mins
  • E72 Hot Take: Facebook + Ray-Ban's Smart Glasses learns from the mistakes of Google Glass

    E72 Hot Take: Facebook + Ray-Ban's Smart Glasses learns from the mistakes of Google Glass
    Sep 12 2021
    The one where Ben + Manolo react to Facebook + Ray-Ban's latest wearable, $299
    "smart" sun glasses that make it easy to take even more sneaky photos/videos and post them to your social media feeds - as well as listen to music or answer you mobile phone.
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    12 mins