John's out this week, so Kyrie Slater joins as co-host for a conversation about Sales Kickoffs and Marketing. Marketing and SKO share a sometimes uneasy relationship--so where does that leave folks on the team?Kyrie and Nate compare note...

How much can one angry customer shape your view of the product? How much should it? Nate and John discuss the outsized influence of vocal detractors, why being an internal product evangelist matters, and John's story of passive-aggr...

When's the last time you updated your LinkedIn? If you're scrambling to answer that, this episode is for you.John and Nate sit down with Mary-Scott Van Arsdale—a marketing and content strategist who's helped build both corporate brands a...

Let's talk about the thing everyone thinks about but nobody wants to say out loud: compensation. Nate and John are joined by Rachel Stanley, Portfolio Product Marketing Manager at Red Hat, for an honest conversation about salary bands, equity, ...

Your company's investment level in a product fundamentally changes what your job looks like as a PM or PMM. John and Nate break down how your priorities shift across the spectrum: high-growth products chasing new customer acquisition, retention...

Nobody likes having hard conversations at work. Whether it's telling customers the feature they requested isn't going to make it into the product, pushing back on scope creep from other teams, or explaining why you can't take on that "quick fav...

We're ending the year with an extra-long bonus episode - 71 minutes of pure Disney chaos with zero product management frameworks. Nate and Kyrie just survived separate Disney trips with their kids, and John shares his deeply weird childhood Dis...

Can you win with a mediocre product? If your go-to-market is sharp enough.This week John and Nate are digging into the uncomfortable truth that not every product deserves to win, but plenty of them do anyway. Whether you're dealing with...

You took the job. Day one hits. And you realize: the product is bad. Maybe it's broken, maybe it's losing to competitors, or maybe there's just no market for it. Now what?Nate and John break down the three types of bad products you'll en...

You've got a great idea. Now comes the hard part: getting the right folks to care. Nate and John break down what it actually takes to sell an idea internally—from understanding whether you're solving a real problem to navigating the organizatio...

Your manager just left, a reorg shuffled the deck, or a new leader landed on your team. Now what? Nate and John break down the first 30 days with a new manager—what actually matters, what you should avoid, and how to set yourself up for success...

What tools are PMs actually using to get work done? John walks through his everyday tech stack: OmniFocus for personal tasks, Jira for team coordination, Confluence for documentation. But it's not about the tools themselves. It's about knowing ...

When Congress pulled federal funding from public media in July 2025, it eliminated 15-30% of station budgets overnight. Alex Curley, founder of Semipublic, joins to break down what happened, what's next, and how his Adopt a Station platform is ...

From heat pump replacements to smart thermostats with speakers, Nate and John kick off this episode deep in the weeds of homeownership. But don't worry—they quickly pivot to more relevant matters: why nobody understands what marketing actually ...

What started as a listserv evolved into a 150K+ member community that keeps customers from leaving. Jeni Asaba, Head of Community at Jamf, breaks down how community became their product moat—and why you should stop overthinking and just start.<...

Can you really be great at product management or marketing without knowing the industry? John thought so—until experience proved him wrong. In this week's episode, we dive into the age-old debate: domain expertise vs. raw skill mastery.J...

Ever wonder how things actually get done in a tech company? This week, John and Nate sit down with Jennifer Silvestre, Business Unit Operations Lead at insightsoftware, to decode the art of cross-functional alignment.Jen shares her journ...

"One throat to choke." "Peek behind the kimono." "Let's go." You've heard them all, probably cringed, and maybe said a few yourself.John ran an experiment: he analyzed earnings calls from the top 50 tech companies and found that buzzword...

What starts as "I need to practice presenting" can turn into a personal brand that opens doors. Ann Marie Chrudimsky, Enterprise Account Executive at Box, joins John and Nate to share how her Blue Microphone interview series evolved from Instag...

In tech, change is the only constant—new tools, new org structures, new mandates from leadership. But when AI is disrupting workflows, return-to-office debates are raging, and your role feels like it's being redefined every quarter, what can yo...

John and Nate dive into how organization size fundamentally changes what product managers and product marketers actually do day-to-day. From sub-100 person companies to 20,000 person enterprises, they explore the trade-offs between moving fast ...

Nate and John are joined by special guest, Kyrie Slater, Senior Director of Growth Marketing at insightsoftware. They explore how growth marketing fits into the organization, discuss the evolution of marketing roles in the age of AI, and debate...

Are you a player or the grounds crew? Which do you prefer your manager to be? John and Nate dive into a LinkedIn post that divided them on what leadership actually means. John argues leaders should focus on building environments where people ca...

John and Nate flip the script from their earlier "features" episode to explore purchases driven purely by brand loyalty and reputation. From Nate's NASA-approved Omega Speedmaster to John's Sonos soundbar impulse buy, they examine when brand tr...

How has AI changed the day-to-day reality of product marketing? Nate and John dive into the real-world impact of generative AI tools on PMM workflows—from accelerating content creation to becoming an unexpected "strategic thinking partner."...