Year-End Highlights: Lessons From Our Deepest Dialogues

Episode notes

The Future Commerce team reflects on their favorite podcast moments from a year of extraordinary conversations. From haunted dolls and architectural rhizomes to debates about capitalism and idealism, these episodes challenged conventional wisdom about how brands influence culture and why efficiency alone won't save us. (Feat. Rory Sutherland, Dami Lee, Andrew McLuhan, Nick Susi, Kunle Campbell, Ana Andjelic.) Our Year In Cultural Commerce Key takeaways: VISIONS 2025 brought together Dami Lee, Andrew Huang, and more creative pioneers to explore the future of culture through the lens of commerce and its effects on humans Spooky Commerce pushed our limits: Jolene the doll elevated spooky season to performance art Idealism struggles to scale under capitalism's efficiency demands Heritage isn't always precious - sometimes it needs critical interrogation Technology transforms humanity whether we contemplate it or not Marketing success occurs beyond the attribution window we measure Rory Sutherland’s conversation was our most-downloaded episode of 2025, for good reason.

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