#415: Aaron Jansen

Aaron Jansen is an Account Manager, Commercial at Sitecore. In this episode, Aaron starts with his childhood in Fort Collins, winds through Alaska, Chicago, and the newsroom world, and lands in enterprise tech. Along the way, Aaron shares stories about growing up in Colorado, finding his way as a young adult, meeting his wife in Fairbanks, building a career in graphic design and digital media, and unexpectedly becoming part of the evolution of modern journalism.

Matt and Aaron dig into the changing economics of news, the rise and fall of local papers, the promise and pitfalls of digital publishing, and what happens when technology, media, and human behavior collide. They also explore AI, the value of reading deeply in a distracted world, the tension between personal brands and institutional brands, and why local community may be more important than ever.

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#414: Pieter Versloot

Pieter Versloot is the co-founder of Plate CMS.  In this episode, Pieter shares his journey from growing up in the Netherlands and training as a car mechanic to building a career in marketing, software, and entrepreneurship. Along the way, he reflects on the lessons learned from the automotive world, digital marketing’s evolution, the difference between products and services, and what it really takes to grow a company with vision and resilience.

The conversation also explores Plate’s origin story, the changing role of CMS platforms in the age of AI, and why structured content, adaptability, and long-term thinking matter more than ever. It is a thoughtful discussion on leadership, growth, fatherhood, entrepreneurship, and loving the game enough to keep going when the path is uncertain.

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#413: Cuneyt Uysal

Cuneyt Uysal joins the show for a wide-ranging conversation on technology, hockey, startups, globetrotting, and digital transformation. From building websites for upstate New York pizza shops in the dot-com era to a global career across Red Dot, Sitecore, Optimizely, and now Dataweavers. The conversation digs into the early days of building websites, the rise of CMS and enterprise social, the evolution of digital experience platforms, and what agentic AI could mean for marketers, technologists, and the future of work.

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#407: Nick Condon

Nick Condon is Managing Director at Squiz.  Recorded in Frankfurt, Germany, in this episode Nick talks about growing up in Australia, ambition, an early career in radio, working at Apple, becoming Chief Digital Officer of Australia, taking the job at Squiz and moving his family to London, and career and life advice.

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#406: March Madness 2025 with Matthew O'Daniels

Matthew McQueeny and Matthew O'Daniels talk all things March Madness 2025, including brackets, matchups, major storylines, and players to watch as it relates to NBA potential.

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#405: Tim Castano, Jayme Alfano Mulhern (Oscars 2025)

Join Matthew McQueeny, Tim Castano, and Jayme Alfano Mulhern for their 11th annual Mix-Minus Podcast Oscars special! Dive deep into the 2025 Academy Awards as our hosts explore each of the major categories and nominees. This year's Best Picture lineup includes "Anora," "The Brutalist," "A Complete Unknown," "Conclave," "Dune: Part Two," "The Substance," "Wicked," "Emilia Pérez," "I'm Still Here," and "Nickel Boys."

For Best Actor, the contenders are Ralph Fiennes in "Conclave," Sebastian Stan in "The Apprentice," Timothée Chalamet in "A Complete Unknown," Colman Domingo in "Sing Sing," and Adrien Brody in "The Brutalist." The Best Actress race features Fernanda Torres in "I'm Still Here," Demi Moore in "The Substance," Karla Sofía Gascón in "Emilia Pérez," Cynthia Erivo in "Wicked," and Mikey Madison in "Anora."

Supporting roles are fiercely contested with Zoe Saldana, Felicity Jones, Monica Barbaro, Ariana Grande, and Isabella Rossellini up for Best Supporting Actress, and Guy Pearce, Yuriy Borisov, Edward Norton, Kieran Culkin, and Jeremy Strong nominated for Best Supporting Actor.

In the directing field, Coralie Fargeat for "The Substance," James Mangold for "A Complete Unknown," Sean Baker for "Anora," Jacques Audiard for "Emilia Pérez," and Brady Corbet for "The Brutalist" have captured nominations. The screenplay categories heat up with Jacques Audiard, Greg Kwedar, Clint Bentley, James Mangold, Jay Cocks, Jesse Eisenberg, Coralie Fargeat, Tim Fehlbaum, Moritz Binder, Alex David, Sean Baker, and Brady Corbet battling it out for top honors.

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#404: Holiday Hackstravaganza

Matt talks about working to stem a terrible Instagram hack for his wife this past weekend, work-life and professional-personal balance, Youtube TV and the state of cable streaming, Adrian Wojnarowski, and so much more!

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