Episodes

January 31, 2026 · 56:34

This week, we welcome back Dennis Shiao to celebrate 10 years of the Bay Area Content Meetup, and Robert is in the bar talking about AI agents and authority.

January 24, 2026 · 53:10

This week, we go back to the old weekly format. Cathy shares some thoughts on the relevance of a CMS system today, before we join Robert in our virtual bar.

January 17, 2026 · 23:11

This week in our virtual bar, we revisit the topic of marketing's obsession with declaring things as dead and make the case for PR being very much alive.

January 14, 2026 · 32:10

This week, Jeff and Ian are inspired by an article by Dave Kellogg describing a B2B pipeline crisis and select 5 of Kellogg's best suggestions of what he would do.

January 10, 2026 · 24:23

This week in our virtual bar, if Robert were to write the infamous story about storytelling from WSJ, what would he write?

January 7, 2026 · 32:05

This week, Jeff is back from the holidays and share 5 f’in’ fails he’s witnessed when the marketing machine is broken.

January 3, 2026 · 23:25

This week in our virtual bar, as we say cheers to the new year, Robert shares his view that having an AI strategy is yesterday's news.

December 31, 2025 · 20:30

In a solo episode this week, as we close out the year and his regular guests enjoy the holidays, Ian shares 5 things that stood out from this year on the podcast, and unsurprisingly, they are all AI-related.

December 20, 2025 · 22:52

Something different this week in The Rose and Rockstar as we meet a new country music star, created by AI based on Robert’s music.

December 17, 2025 · 40:10

This week, Cathy McKnight makes her regular visit to the studio to share her perspective on all things content for 2025 and thoughts for 2026.