Podcast Episodes

Season 6, Episode 8: The headwinds facing agentic commerce (with Andrew Lipsman)

Season 6 Episode 8

In this episode of the podcast, I speak with Andrew Lipsman, an independent analyst in the retail media space and the author of Media, Ads + Commerce. Andrew and I discuss the prospects for -- and th…

Published on 7 hours ago

Season 6, Episode 7: Google's Gambit and the future of the open web

Season 6 Episode 7

In this episode of the podcast, I examine Google's Gambit: its effort to transition Search from a distribution intermediary to an engagement sink. Google's AI Overviews and AI Mode products seek to r…

Published on 1 week, 2 days ago

Season 6, Episode 6: What is signal engineering? (with Itai Kafri)

Season 6 Episode 6

In this episode of the podcast, I speak with Itai Kafri on the topic of signal engineering. Itai is the Head of Product Growth at Voyantis and previously held senior roles at TikTok and ironSource.

I…

Published on 2 weeks, 2 days ago

Season 6, Episode 5: Sizing the off-platform monetization opportunity on mobile (with Chris Hewish)

Season 6 Episode 5

In this episode of the podcast, I speak with Chris Hewish, the President of Xsolla, a payments and merchandising platform for video games. Chris previously held senior roles at Skydance, DreamWorks, …

Published on 3 weeks, 2 days ago

Season 6, Episode 4: Amazon's advertising strategy (with Adam Epstein)

Season 6 Episode 4

In this week's episode of the MDM podcast, I speak with Adam Epstein, the CEO of Gigi, an AI-enabled automation tool for the Amazon DSP. Following Amazon's announcement in June of identity partnershi…

Published on 4 weeks, 2 days ago

Season 6, Episode 3: An insider's account of the genesis of digital advertising (with Ari Paparo)

Season 6 Episode 3

In this week's episode of the podcast, I am joined by Ari Paparo, whose new book, Yield, is currently on pre-sale (see my review here). Yield follows Google's growth in the "open web display market",…

Published on 1 month ago

Season 6, Episode 2: MDM Mailbag #4 (with David Barnard)

Season 6 Episode 2

In this week's episode, I speak with David Barnard, a well-known independent app developer, the host of the Sub Club podcast, and the Growth Advocate at RevenueCat. This is the fourth installment of …

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Season 6, Episode 1: MDM Mailbag #3 (with Thomas Petit)

In this week's episode of the podcast, I speak with Thomas Petit, a well-known mobile growth consultant, for the third installment of the MDM Mailbag series.

Questions for MDM Mailbag episodes are so…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Season 5, Episode 27: Commerce at the limit

Season 5 Episode 27

In this episode of the podcast, I argue that the total automation of digital advertising through AI enablement presents a radically economically expansive opportunity that, while certainly disruptive…

Published on 2 months ago

Season 5, Episode 26: What’s Happening with DMA Enforcement? (with Mikołaj Barczentewicz)

In this episode of the Mobile Dev Memo podcast, I speak with returning guest Mikołaj Barczentewicz on the current state of DMA enforcement, including the recently-released text of the European Commis…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago