

Don’t Get Me Started
Dan Balser
Hosted by Dan Balser, a former department head at The Creative Circus in Atlanta, this is a series of conversations about advertising. But they're not just about the industry; they're about the people in it.
Episodes
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Nov 6, 2011 • 25min
Episode 30: Be true to yourself.
Originally published Sunday, June 15, 2008
A talk with TBWA\Chiat\Day CD Perry Fair on how to observe, sell your work and balance life as a creative.

Nov 6, 2011 • 41min
Episode 29: 2008 One Show Recap
Originally published Sunday, June 1, 2008
Dan and three current Circus students discuss their week in New York.

Nov 6, 2011 • 30min
Episode 28: It’s better just outside the comfort zone.
Originally published Sunday, May 18, 2008
The witty and kind Don Shelford, an art director-turned-director, talks about VW, temporary escapes, flexibility and truths.

Nov 5, 2011 • 25min
Episode 27: More Than Just Pretty Pictures
Originally published Sunday, May 4, 2008
Hangin’ out with illustrator Robert Lee of Methane Studios.

Nov 5, 2011 • 40min
Episode 26: One Year and Counting
Originally published Sunday, April 20, 2008
Dan and a special guest (his wife, Lisa) talk business on the podcast’s first anniversary.

Nov 5, 2011 • 26min
Episode 25: Writing beer jokes: It’s good work if you can get it.
Originally published Sunday, April 6, 2008
Bud Light Daredevil and DDB copywriter Jeb Quaid talks about Real Men of Genius and doing what you’re good at.

Nov 5, 2011 • 27min
Episode 24: Two writers, fifteen years later.
Originally published Sunday, March 23, 2008
Dan and former classmate Scott Wild ruminate and reminisce.

Nov 5, 2011 • 36min
Episode 23: Ladies and gentlemen, ladies.
Originally published Sunday, March 9, 2008
Taxi’s Ann Lieberman and Jen Wells from The Martin Agencydiscuss challenges, partners, personal decisions and the whole female thing.

Nov 5, 2011 • 24min
Episode 22: Clients have voices, too.
Originally published Sunday, February 24, 2008
Dan talks with Alex Kaminsky, CEO of Change and a former client at ESPN, Turner, MindSpring and others, about what a client really needs from a creative.

Nov 5, 2011 • 25min
Episode 21: Digitally created, specially for you.
Originally published Sunday, February 10, 2008
In the highly targeted arena of online advertising, Tribal DDB’s Matt Smith stands out. And for 24 minutes, he sat down with Dan to talk about it.