Podcast
Talking Soul & Science with the world’s leading marketers.
Does marketing live in the heart, or in the head? Should you trust your instinct, or your integers? If the answer is both, should you lead with one more than the other?
We’re plugged-in to today’s most conversation worthy brands.
Mekanism has been asking these questions of ourselves and our clients for over 10 years. Join co-founder and CEO of award-winning creative agency Mekanism, Jason Harris, on his quest to answer these questions with the world’s leading marketers from the brands we’ve all come to love. Named CEO of the Year by The Drum Magazine, Jason draws from his experience during these easily digestible 20-minute episodes to explore the Soul of these famous brands and the Science of staying relevant, exploring how they’ve become culture defining emblems in our modern world.


Jesse Bongiovi
Co-Founder, Hampton Water Wine
Turning “Pink Juice” into a Lifestyle Brand
Jesse Bongiovi’s Hampton Water rosé is as much a lifestyle brand as it is a Wine Spectator darling. Bongiovi started the company with his Notre Dame college roommate, Ali Thomas, and the brand took off through spot-on social marketing that included Happy Half Hour livestreams during lockdown. There’s another co-founder at Hampton Water, Bongiovi’s famous father, Jon Bon Jovi, whose love of the “pink juice” during their Hamptons summers inspired the brand. A famous parent can help, but Bongiovi, who walked onto the Notre Dame football team, is determinedly building a bartender-referral network, innovating rosé cocktails and creating a year-round lifestyle positioning for Hampton Water.
We’ve been honored to talk with some of the world’s best.

Richard Barnett
CMO, Supplyframe
Supplyframe CMO Richard Barnett | The Backbone of the Supply Chain:
Eddie Revis
CMO, Magnolia Bakery
Magnolia Bakery CMO Eddie Revis | Inside the Sweet Mind of a CMO:
Pranav Yadav
Global CEO, Neuro-Insight
Making the Right Pitch at the Emotional Peak:
Seth Matlins
Managing Director, Forbes CMO Network
Forbes CMO Network Managing Director Seth Matlins | The Real Value of a CMO:
Jessica Jensen
CMO, Indeed
Indeed CMO Jessica Jensen | The Future of Work :
Koshin Paley Ellison
Author, Zen Teacher, Monk
S2 E12: Buddhist Monk and Zen Teacher Koshin Paley Ellison | Becoming Untangled
Bing Chen
Founder, AU Holdings
S2 E11: AU Holdings Founder Bing Chen | Using Your Platform to Lift Up Others
Ryan Serhant
Founder, SERHANT.
S2 E10: SERHANT. Founder Ryan Serhant | Take Care of the Work and the Work Will Take Care of You
Stuart Smith
Chief Marketing & Growth Officer, CAULIPOWER
S2 E9: CAULIPOWER CMGO Stuart Smith | Pioneering the “Better for You” Category
Tero Isokauppila
Founder, Four Sigmatic
S2 E8: Four Sigmatic Founder Tero Isokauppila | Marketing Functional Foods to Everyone
Shira Feuer
CMO, Trinny London
S2 E7: Trinny London CMO Shira Feuer | How Authenticity Creates Fast Growth
Jay Livingston
CMO, Shake Shack
S2 E6: Shake Shack CMO Jay Livingston | There’s More than One Way to do Things
David Lester
Co-Founder, Olipop
S2 E5: Olipop Co-Founder David Lester | Breaking Your Way to Better Outcomes
Andy Pearson
VP of Creative, Liquid Death Mountain Water
S2 E4: Liquid Death VP of Creative Andy Pearson | How Being Bold Can Strike Gold
Everette Taylor
Former CMO, Artsy
S2 E3: Marketing as an Artform with Everette Taylor
Jim Louderback
General Manager & SVP, Vidcon
S2 E2: Inside the Creator Economy with Jim Louderback
Katie Welch
CMO, Rare Beauty
S2 E1: The Beauty of Leading with Purpose with Katie Welch
Melissa Hobley
Global CMO, OkCupid
S1 E1: Moral Capital vs. Business Capital
Jed Berger
Global CMO, Foot Locker
S1 E2: Future-Proofing Retail
Jessica Jensen
CMO, Indeed
S1 E3: The Future of Work
Soyoung Kang
CMO, eos
S1 E4: Calculated Risk
Alison Moore
CEO, Comic Relief
S1 E5: Marketing a Mission
Shiv Singh
CMO & CXO, LendingTree
S1 E6: How Trust Builds Powerful Brands
David Wilkie
CEO, World 50
S1 E7: The Power of Peer Communities
Linda Boff
CMO, GE
S1 E8: Success Through Reinvention
Aimee Johnson
Former CMO, Zillow
S1 E9: To Move Is To Grow
Kara Goldin
Hint Water, Founder
S1 E10: Undaunted
Jeff Jenkins
CMO, Carter's
S1 E11: Outlasting the Competition - How an Old Brand Stays Young
Josh Taekman
Founder & CEO, EBOOST
S1 E12: Eat What You Kill - Building a Brand from Scratch
Bonin Bough
Founder, Lockstep Ventures
S1 E13: If You’re Not Early, You’re Late
Sam Parr
Founder, The Hustle
S1 E14: How to Hustle
Ricky Engelberg
CMO, Vista
S1 E16: The Power of Community
Chris Davis
CMO, New Balance
S1 E17: 116 Years Young-Inside New Balance’s Brand Transformation
Lander Otegui
CMO, Proximo Spirits
S1 E18: Marketing Mixology & the Metaverse with Lander Otegui