The Human Element: A Carat Podcast

The Human Renaissance

17 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this special episode recorded live at the 2026 Carat Innovation Summit, we sit down with visionary leaders across AI, culture, and emerging media t...

Media Paradigm Shifts

01 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this special episode of the pod, recorded on the ground at our annual Carat Innovation Summit, we are joined by industry luminaries across AI, Gami...

CES 2025

17 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

And we're back at CES, the annual trade show showcasing the latest products and technologies within the consumer electronics industry. In this episode...

Marketing at the Algorithmic Crossroads

03 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Bram Meuleman, Global Head of Strategy at Carat; Jack Cantwell, Global Client Lead at dentsu; and Camilla Andersen, Managing Director ...

Healthy Conversations & Future Pharma Trends

08 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Coco Douaihy, Global Chief Creative Officer, Dentsu Health and Greg Reilly, President of dentsu Health, join us to dive into the futur...

The One About Cannes + Creativity

11 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We are joined by Prerna Mehrotra, Chief Client Officer and Media Practice President at dentsu APAC, and Rafik Belmesk, Chief Strategy Officer at dents...

Pride 2024

01 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As we close out Pride month, we have some of our incredible dentsu Pride BRG team members join us to not only celebrate, but to reflect on the opportu...

The Impact of Visibility + Relatability

05 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this special edition of the pod, we celebrate and reflect on Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month where we discuss Asian@dentsu BRG m...

Shopping, AI & Kerving

06 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Jay Wolff, Chief Revenue Officer at KERV; Kavita Cariapa (cariepa), SVP Head of Commerce Activation at dentsu; and Mike Liu, EVP Head ...

The Duality of Media

18 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Joanna Hawkes, EVP Head of Strategy at Carat US, and Edwin Wong, SVP of Insights & Research at Vox Media, join us to dive into Carat a...

IWD 2024

08 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

To celebrate International Women's Day and Women's History Month, we have a special edition of the pod featuring some of the many amazing women across...

2024 Media Trends

04 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Joanna Hawkes, EVP Head of Strategy; Amanda Pinto, VP Strategy; and Lauren Dezenski, VP Strategy & Insights, at Carat US join us to dive into the 2024...

The One About Retail Media

22 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Brian Monahan, Global Client President & Head of Retail Media Solution, and Kavita Cariapa, SVP Head of Commerce Activation, at dentsu join us to cove...

CES 2024

17 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Just like that we're back at CES, the annual trade show showcasing the latest products and technologies within the consumer electronics industry. In t...

Year In Review (Part 5)

21 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

And just like that we're back with our annual year-end podcast reflecting on the wonderful guests who have joined us and (of course) some holiday memo...

Diversity & AI

12 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Abran Maldonado, Cofounder of Create Labs Ventures; Kanene Ayo Holder, AI Integration Manager for DEIGPT, Create Labs Ventures; Mark P...

The Future with AI

08 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this special episode of the pod, we are joined by industry leading AI practitioners to discuss the power and opportunities that Artificial Intellig...

Mid-Year Trends

10 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Joanna Hawkes, EVP Head of Strategy at Carat US, and Jon Manka, Director of Audience & Insights at dentsu Media US, join us for a mid...

All Things Cannes

30 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mike Law, CEO at Carat North America, Cara Lewis, Chief Investment Officer at dentsu US, and Mark Jones, Client President at Carat, sit down to cover ...

Pride 2023

13 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this special edition of the pod, and in honor of Pride month, some amazing people within the dentsu LGBTQIA+ community join us to not only celebrat...

That’s A Wrap: SXSW 2023

20 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Liu, SVP Head of Innovation at Carat; Sarah Stringer, EVP Head of US Media partnerships at dentsu; and Connor McKinney, Senior Director Strate...

CES 2023

12 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

After three years, we are back in-person at CES, the annual trade show showcasing the latest products and technologies within the consumer electronics...

Consumer Biases

30 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Richard Shotton, author of The Choice Factory focused on applying behavioural science to advertising, and Sean Healy, Global Chief Str...

TwitchCon 2022

28 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Brittany Rubinsky, VP Digital Investment Partnerships & Brand Assurance at Carat, and Don McLean, Director of Gaming at dentsu, join u...

Brand EQ

17 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We’re back with a special edition of the pod with Victoria Sjardin, VP of Marketing Excellence at Kraft Heinz International, and Diana Bojaj, Chief ...

Pride 2022

01 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In reflection of this past Pride Month we have a very special edition of the pod featuring some of the amazing people within the dentsu LGBTQIA+ commu...

The One About OOH

24 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We sit down with Martin Porter, EVP OOH Lead, and Marc Bartholomew, SVP Group Director OOH, at dentsu to talk about the influence, impact and innovati...

Meet the Team

18 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this special edition of the pod we sit down with Diana Bojaj, newly appointed Chief Media Officer; Stephanie Russell, Chief Client Officer; and Mik...

The Road to Upfronts

04 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Cara Lewis, Chief Investment Officer; Jennifer Hungerbuhler, EVP, Head of Local & Audio Investment; and Dave Sederbaum, EVP, Head of National Video at...

Women's History Month 2022

16 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

To celebrate Women's History Month, we have a special edition of the pod featuring some of the many amazing women across dentsu. They share their vi...

That's a Wrap: dentsu @ CES Unscripted

11 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this second and last exclusive episode of the pod – dentsu @ CES Unscripted - we’re still focused on finding ways to inject humanity and insigh...

dentsu @ CES Unscripted

07 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We’re kicking off the year with an exclusive episode of the pod – which we are calling dentsu @ CES Unscripted. We’re still focused on finding w...

Year in Review (part 4)

22 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Your Human Element host and producer are back with their fourth annual year-end podcast reflecting on the wonderful guests who have joined us and (of ...

The new Carat CEO

06 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this special edition of the pod, we sit down with Mike Law, newly appointed Carat US CEO about his career journey, inspiration and early priorities...

MetaHumans

21 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

John Buzzell, Lead Enterprise BD at Unreal Engine, Epic Games and Michael Liu, VP Director, Innovation & Strategy at Carat US join us to discuss all t...

Pride 2021

14 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In honor of Pride Month this June, we have a very special edition of the pod featuring some of the amazing people within the dentsu LGBTQIA+ community...

Virtual Upfronts 2021

03 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Mike Law, President; Cara Lewis, EVP Head of US Investment; and Dave Sederbaum EVP, Head of Video Investment, at Amplifi US part of dentsu, join us to...

Beauty in Review

19 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We’re joined by Bethanie Blanchard, Strategy Lead, and Annika Barrett, Strategy Director, at Carat Australia to take us through the team’s recent ...

March Madness 2021

13 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Gaurav Shirole, Director Ad Measurement at Roku, and Brad Stockton, VP National Video Innovation at Amplifi, part of dentsu US, join us to share insig...

The Cultural Media Pod

05 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Joe Anthony, Chief Hero at Hero Collective; Alexis Tirado, Head of Multicultural Branded at Buzzfeed; and Haley Paas, CSO at Carat US join us to discu...

The One Where Robert Says Farewell

15 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of The Human Element our CMO and dedicated, unwavering and irreplicable podcast host, Robert Schwartz, shares his favorite episodes an...

IWD 2021

08 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

To celebrate International Women’s Day, we have a special edition of the pod featuring some of the many amazing women across Carat and dentsu.  Th...

Episode 100: Christena Pyle on Equity & Inclusion

23 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

For the 100th episode of The Human Element we revisit the single most important issue we have covered over the past two years: diversity, equity, and ...

The Tea on Big Tech

09 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Alex Heath, Reporter at The Information, joins us again for a scan across the big tech landscape including Facebook and Apple’s burgeoning feud, Clu...

That’s a (Virtual) Wrap: CES 2021

17 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Liu, VP, Director of Innovation & Mobile at Carat and Sarah Stringer, EVP Head of US Media Partnerships at dentsu discuss the impact of virtua...

Podcast Year in Review (Christmas Fish, Part 3)

21 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Your Human Element hosts and producer are back with their third annual “Christmas Fish,” year-end podcast reflecting on the wonderful guests who h...

2021 Media Trends

07 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We are joined by Danni Wright, National Head of Strategy & Connections Planning at Carat Australia; Dan Calladine, Head of Media Futures at Carat Glob...

Voice & Commerce

30 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We sit down with Nate Shurilla, Global Director of Commerce & Voice at iProspect and based in our Tokyo offices, to discuss the impacts of the pandemi...

Thankful

23 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we took some time to speak with a few of our Carat US team members to share what they are most thankful for in this challenging year and are...

The Brand EQ Study

17 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this very special episode of the pod, Fiona Lloyd, Managing Director and Global Client President, and Sean Healy, Global CSO at Carat join us to ta...

The Bipartisan, Not-So-Political Election Predictions Pod

02 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week The Human Element hosts Robert Schwartz, Global CMO, and Chelsea Radovanovic, Director of Marketing, and Producer Jason Oberholtzer attempt ...

The Spirit of Radio

26 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We invited a new perspective into the pod this week as Donna Halper, Boston-Based Historian, Radio Consultant and an Associate Professor of Communicat...

Learning from Kids Media

19 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dylan Collins, CEO at SuperAwesome, joins us again for a discussion of recent developments in kids digital media and privacy, the implications for adv...

The Art of Influence

12 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this special edition we gathered Stef Michalak, Creator and Producer of The Michalaks YouTube channel, Denia Souli-Vounisiou, Client Account Direct...

Brands and Content

05 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin Schmidt, Chief Strategy and Client Service Officer at Branded Entertainment Network, joins us to share her perspective on the biggest s...

Media and the 2020 Campaign

21 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Mike Law, US President at Amplifi; Martha Matthews, SVP Group Director Local at Carat, and Eric Bryant, VP Director of Local Media Act...

How To Market Love

31 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Melissa Hobley, CMO at OkCupid, joins us to discuss the business of love. From shifts in the online dating landscape to leveraging human insight to bu...

A Mid Year Review of Our 2020 Media Trends

24 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dan Calladine, Global Head of Media Futures and Haley Paas, EVP, Head of US Strategy and Insights at Carat sit down with us to revisit some of the med...

Digital Leadership in a Pandemic

10 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

JiYoung Kim, Chief Digital Officer at Carat USA, sits down with us for a chat on all things digital. From marketer’s biggest concerns of the moment...

The One About Facebook

05 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Alex Heath, Reporter at The Information who covers all things Facebook and its competitors, joins us for a special edition of the pod as we talk about...

Keeping Up with X

27 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Xavier Jernigan, Head of Cultural Partnerships at Spotify and host of the podcast, The Window, joins us to share an insider look at podcasting, his ap...

Leadership, Boycotts, and New Media

20 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Alex Lieberman, Founder & CEO at Morning Brew, joins us for a special episode of The Human Element to discuss the responsibilities of a new media comp...

Race & Equality: The Role of Media

07 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Samir Sheth, Head of Content at Morning Brew, joins us to continue our discussion on race and equality in marketing and media. We talk about social m...

Quarantine Summer

03 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It's been a very, very heavy few months, so we decided we could all use a lighter hearted episode. So, our Human Element hosts and producer sat down t...

Race and Equality: The Work Ahead

22 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Nandi Welch, Head of Business Strategy at Rupture Studio and Ed Cotton, Creative Strategist and Consultant and former CSO at BSSP, join us to continue...

Race and Equality: A UK Perspective

15 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Elekia Akhuetie, Media Account Director at Gyro UK, and Venya Wijegoonewardene, Strategy Partner at Carat UK, both co-founders of the ...

Race and Equality

08 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Chantl Martin, Senior Associate of Analytics at Merkle, and John Santiago, CEO at M8, both leaders in our multicultural group across D...

The Media Nut

01 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we are joined by Josh Sternberg, formerly of Adweek & Washington Post and founder of The Media Nut newsletter, to discuss the current...

A View from Latin America

18 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Catalina Salazar, Chief Operating Officer at iProspect Colombia joins us to share the latest developments on marketing amidst the pandemic from Latin ...

Youth in Pandemic

11 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Julie Arbit, Global SVP of Insight at Vice Media joins us to discuss their recent COVID research highlighting the hopes and fears of younger generatio...

Privacy, Trust and Truth

06 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Christi Olson, Head of Evangelism for Search and Advertising at Microsoft and Jeremy Hull, SVP Innovation at iProspect join us to discuss their recent...

Global Quarantine Trends

27 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We are joined by Dan Calladine, Global Head of Media Futures; Cristina Moyano, Madrid CSO; and Graham Deneys, South Africa Group Strategy Director at ...

The Virus: Looking Ahead

20 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In our next episode of The Virus mini-series, we invited Sean Healy, Global CSO, and Lucy Barbor, Global Strategy Partner at Carat to join us and disc...

The Virus: Every Brand is a Kid’s Brand Now

14 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dylan Collins, CEO of SuperAwesome joins us for our mini-series on the impact of COVID-19 on marketing and media to discuss how the pandemic is changi...

The Virus: How We Are Changing

09 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of our series on the impact of COVID-19 on the marketing and media industry, Ryan Duffy, Emerging Tech Writer at Morning Brew joins us...

The Virus: Managing Media Investment

02 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of our mini-series about the impact of COVID-19 on the marketing and media industry, Mike Law – President at Amplifi, US - joins us ...

The Virus: A View from China

30 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to Carat’s mini-series on the impact of COVID-19 across marketing, advertising and media. This week Richard Frampton, Head of Strategy ...

The Virus, Episode 3

26 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of our mini-series around the impact of COVID-19 on the marketing and media industry, Jason Schulweis - Head of Brand Partnerships and...

The Virus, Episode 2

23 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to Carat’s mini-series about the impact of COVID-19 on the marketing and media industry. In this episode Marla Kaplowitz, President and...

The Virus, Episode 1

16 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In the following weeks, we will be doing a series of episodes around the impact of COVID-19 on the marketing and media industry. In this episode Dan C...

IWD 2020

09 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

To celebrate International Women’s Day, we have a special edition of the pod featuring some of the many amazing women of Carat USA. They share their...

Swiftor

02 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We had a chance to sit down with Joseph Alminawi, better known as Swiftor, Twitch Streamer and YouTuber, to talk about the life of a creator, the impo...

Creator Culture

24 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Donna Dei-Baning, Associate Director of Insights and Joey Medici, Associate Director of Strategy at Carat US join us to discuss Carat’...

It’s All Culture

18 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jonathan Hunt, EVP, Marketing at Complex join us to discuss the power of connecting to popular culture to build brands.

Audio Gets Visual

10 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Elio LaGrua, Strategy Director at Carat Global joins us to discuss the global growth of voice, and the future of audio opportunities ...

Modern Marketing with YouTube

03 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Debbie Weinstein, VP, Youtube and Global Video Solutions at Google joins us to discuss modern marketing, brand growth and the responsibilities of bran...

More Than a Game

27 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Sarah Looss, Head of Sales at Twitch sits down with us to discuss the power of community, and the massive opportunity for authentic c...

Emerging Tech Brew

20 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ryan Duffy, Emerging Tech Writer at Morning Brew joined us at CES to talk about the future of tech, journalism and government regulation.

That's a Wrap: CES 2020

13 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Haley Paas, SVP, Head of Strategy & Insights and Michael Liu, VP Director, Mobile, Innovation and Strategy tackle the topics that owne...

The Pre-CES pod

06 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

CES: it’s hard to even know where to look, let alone where to place bets on what’s coming next. Sarah Stringer, SVP, Head of Innovation, and Micha...

2020 Global Trends

03 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dan Calladine, Head of Media Futures at Carat Global joins us for a quick view into our just released Carat 2020 trends report and what we can expect ...

Review, Resolutions + Christmas Fish Part 2

20 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

One calendar year later from our “Privacy, CES, & Christmas Fish” episode and your Human Element hosts and producer are back with a look at the en...

The 2020 Media Landscape

09 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Haley Paas, SVP, Head of Strategy and Insights and Kara Lazarus, SVP Head of Investment at Carat join us for a deep dive into the evolving media lands...

Our New Carat US CEO

04 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this special edition of the pod we sit down with Angela Steele, newly appointed Carat US CEO about her inspiration, role models and early prioritie...

T - Giving, Sliced Can + A Bewildered Brit

25 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We turned this episode into the Thanksgiving riff, from favorite foods to memories, and an insider look into the biggest travel holiday of the year.

The Current Events Pod

18 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We are joined by Sarah Stringer, SVP Head of Innovation at Carat US for an impromptu discussion around current events (OTT launches, Political ad bans...

This Moment in Tech

04 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Mike Murphy, Technology Editor at Quartz joins us to talk tech, journalism, public policy and place a few bets on 2020.

Having a Plan for That

28 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We are joined by Christine Pineiro, EVP Managing Director and Ryan Persaud, VP Director Planning for a special pod around Carat’s key day-to-day fun...

The One About TV

21 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Andrew Ward, President, Ampersand; Dave Sederbaum, EVP, Video Investment and Brad Stockton, VP Video Innovation at Amplifi join us to ...

Super Awesome

14 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

During his whirlwind 48-hour trip to the US, we had a chance to sit down with Max Bleyleben, Managing Director & Chief Privacy Officer at SuperAwesome...