Curious Customer - the Consumer Podcast.

Curious Customer is for anyone curious about the world of Consumer: insights, trends, companies, brands - and the people building them.

Hosted by Matt Chandler, the show explores the front lines of consumer innovation, featuring conversations with Founders, CEOs, CMOs, and Marketing Leaders shaping the future. Whether you're a future founder, brand builder, or simply curious about the world around you, this podcast is for you. Each episode dives into the experiences behind iconic brands and emerging startups, highlighting the thinking behind product, brand, distribution, and design. In an age of AI, we shine a light on the enduring power of consumer storytelling and market pull.

After all, we're all consumers. It drives our economies - and deserves our curiosity.

Thanks for tuning in. Find us at curiouscustomer.co

Episodes

8 episodes

Making That Cadbury’s Gorilla Advert: Marketing Wisdom from Phil Rumbol, ex Marketing Director at InBev

What happens when you combine a gorilla, Phil Collins, and chocolate marketing genius?Phil Rumbol joins us to share the story behind one of advertising's most memorable campaigns. With an impressive career spanning from InBev's aw...

July 03, 2025 • Episode 7 • 29:13

How to become friends with strangers? Timeleft - The App Connecting Strangers Over Dinner in 300 Cities

Maxime Barbier’s journey is anything but typical. A serial entrepreneur from Paris, Maxime built his first business at just 22, later selling it to national television in France. But what came after was even more transformative. Faced with the ...

June 26, 2025 • Episode 6 • 22:00

5 Million Friends and Counting: How Howbout Is Changing the Way People Socialise. With Neil Tanna, Founder/CEO

What happens when a young lawyer realizes that adult friendships are slowly fizzling out because time becomes a luxury? Neil Tanna found himself watching his social connections fade as the demands of professional life took over, and instead of ...

June 19, 2025 • Episode 5 • 26:38

🧡Lovable: will AI make us think more? Designing software in the age of AI, with Founding Designer, Nad Chishtie

As the Founding Designer of Lovable, Nad Chishtie isn’t just building another web tool—he’s helping reimagine who gets to build software in the first place. With a mission to flip the 1% of people who can code into the 99% who can create, Lovab...

June 12, 2025 • Episode 4 • 31:40

The Power of Play: the LEGO Group’s Vision for the Next Decade. With Snr Director of Marketing, Madelaine Edwards

As the Senior Director of Marketing at LEGO, Madelaine Edwards carries a huge legacy on her shoulders - and does so with clarity and purpose. In this episode of Curious Customer, she joins Matt to share how a 90-year-old brand continues to evol...

June 05, 2025 • Episode 3 • 22:28

The Future of Drone Delivery is Already Here: How Yariv Bash and Flytrex Are Making Drone Delivery Mainstream

Before he was revolutionizing fast food delivery by air, Yariv Bash was literally shooting for the moon. As the co-founder and CEO of Flytrex, Yariv is now leading the largest drone food delivery service in the U.S.—but his journey began with b...

May 29, 2025 • Episode 2 • 25:13

Killing Car Ownership as We Know It. With Alain Visser from Volvo and Lynk & Co

From the top ranks of Ford and General Motors to launching one of the world’s fastest-growing car brands, Alain Visser has seen the auto industry from every possible angle. With nearly four decades of experience, including leadership roles at O...

May 29, 2025 • Episode 1 • 31:14

Welcome to Curious Customer - the consumer podcast!

Welcome to Curious Customer – the podcast for anyone fascinated by the ever-changing world of consumer brands, products, and behaviour. Whether you're deep in the trenches of marketing, building the next big startup, or simply love dec...

May 20, 2025 • 2:24