Math & Magic: Stories from the Frontiers of Marketing with Bob Pittman
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Math & Magic: Stories from the Frontiers of Marketing with Bob Pittman

by iHeartPodcasts

How do the smartest marketers and business entrepreneurs cut through the noise? And how do they manage to do it again and again? It's a combination of math—the strategy and analytics—and magic, the creative spark. Join iHeartMedia Chairman and CEO Bob Pittman as he analyzes the Math and Magic of marketing—sitting down with today's most gifted disruptors and compelling storytellers.

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1
Strauss Zelnick: “Doing something from scratch, that’s challenging.”
39:02 Mar 26, 2026
2
Mike Cessario: ”No investor was gonna write me a check for the concept.”
43:03 Mar 19, 2026
3
Math & Magic Returns March 19th
1:43 Mar 12, 2026
4
CEOs You Should Know: Chon Nguyen, CEO of Newgentek
11:07 Sep 18, 2025
5
CEOs You Should Know: Avani Desai, CEO of Schellman
10:49 Sep 4, 2025
6
Listen to Bob on Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin
16:36 Jul 30, 2025
7
Bonus Episode: Business Breakthroughs
16:32 May 29, 2025
8
Jonathan Adashek: “I’m going to do this job like I don’t need it.”
38:23 May 22, 2025
9
The Value of College
15:28 May 15, 2025
10
Bobby Bones: “Tenacity is a talent.”
37:38 May 8, 2025
11
Ron Howard: “Understand the entertainment value of an idea.”
34:20 Apr 24, 2025
12
Bonus Episode: Building Corporate Culture
24:48 Apr 17, 2025
13
Hugh Howey: “I write for myself.”
35:37 Apr 10, 2025
14
Norma Kamali: “Be creative, be original, be innovative.”
35:54 Apr 3, 2025
15
Tarang Amin: “Embrace what you think is risky.”
34:34 Mar 27, 2025
16
Damian Maldonado: “You can’t teach motivation.”
32:02 Mar 20, 2025
17
Jewel: “It’s a lot less painful to be honest.”
34:10 Mar 13, 2025
18
Stéphane Bancel: “The upside was changing humanity forever.”
34:03 Mar 6, 2025
19
Math & Magic Returns March 6th
2:15 Feb 27, 2025
20
Bonus Episode: Improbable Career Jumps
20:22 Feb 20, 2025
21
Bonus Episode: Secrets from the Marketing Masters
20:18 Feb 13, 2025
22
Jamie Dimon: America’s Strength in Small Business
34:28 Jan 21, 2025
23
Martha Stewart Live at iHeart: “Living is a Limitless Subject Matter.”
23:38 Dec 5, 2024
24
Celebrating MTV’s Anniversary with the Real Story of MTV
52:59 Aug 1, 2024
25
Pitbull: “Anything you love you have to fight for.”
28:12 Apr 25, 2024
26
Ryan Seacrest: “I celebrate people, but I’m not the star.”
37:16 Apr 11, 2024
27
Andrew Jarecki: “People really do want to tell you their story.”
40:04 Apr 4, 2024
28
Rob Reilly: “Be a fountain of ideas.”
36:11 Mar 28, 2024
29
Scott Borchetta: “This is the future – we better figure this out.”
32:52 Mar 14, 2024
30
Kenneth Feld: “People make an organization.”
30:00 Mar 7, 2024
31
Kellyn Smith Kenny: “The working world is a team sport.”
37:23 Feb 29, 2024
32
Math & Magic Returns Thursday, February 29th
2:05 Feb 22, 2024
33
Ted Leonsis: “People want purpose.”
37:04 Jun 8, 2023
34
Howard Makler: “Your brand is a fingerprint of your behavior.”
26:37 Jun 1, 2023
35
Jacki Kelley: “Don’t be afraid to zig and zag.”
30:54 May 25, 2023
36
Jon Bon Jovi: “It comes down to truth.”
24:17 May 11, 2023
37
Angela Yee: “Every time I learn something, I want to bring it to people.”
36:06 May 4, 2023
38
Paris Hilton: “I love to be someone who is underestimated.”
29:31 Apr 27, 2023
39
Gwyneth Paltrow: “Transaction can actually be a service”
38:11 Apr 13, 2023
40
Allen Grubman: “I’m a businessman first and a lawyer second.”
34:54 Apr 6, 2023
41
Blake Scholl: “It doesn’t matter what you’ve already done. It’s what you can learn to do.”
44:31 Mar 30, 2023
42
Math & Magic Returns March 30th
2:15 Mar 23, 2023
43
Colin Cowherd: “I’m more interested in ‘the why’ than ‘the what.’”
37:16 Dec 8, 2022
44
Christian Juhl: "I have to predict the future just slightly better than everybody else."
34:59 Dec 1, 2022
45
Mike Meldman: "If the product is bad, no matter who is behind it, it won’t work.”
31:02 Nov 17, 2022
46
Byron Sharp: “Highly restrictive targets are a fantastic way to shrink brands.”
38:24 Nov 10, 2022
47
Stephanie Ruhle: “I want the world to get better and smarter.”
38:46 Nov 3, 2022
48
Tony Coles: “We are sourcing stories that mainstream newsrooms would never tell.”
44:59 Oct 20, 2022
49
Jeff Bewkes: “We didn’t care about the ratings.”
42:40 Oct 13, 2022
50
Steve Cooper: “You should never get too comfortable.”
33:14 Oct 6, 2022
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