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RetronautsEvercadeNew hardware is always nice, especially when it’s focused on physical media. Stuart Gipp speaks to Blaze Entertainment about Evercade’s remarkable (and exclusive) Duke Nukem Remastered, their upcoming carts, and about The Fidgetts being impossible. Head to https://www.squarespace.com/RETRO to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code RETRO.
Art by Leeann Hamilton. Edits by Greg Leahy.
Retronauts is made possible by listener support through Patreon! Support the show to enjoy ad-free early access, better audio quality, and great exclusive content. Learn more at http://www.patreon.com...2024-04-021h 14
RetronautsThe Contra Ranking HootenannyLet’s argue aggressively! No, wait, that sounds unpleasant. Let’s have a lovely time nicely. Stuart Gipp, John Linneman, Thomas Nickel, and Audi Sorlie Probotect and serve up the definitive ranking of Konami’s hit run n’ gun series: Contra.
Art by Leeann Hamilton. Edits by Greg Leahy.
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2024-02-193h 42
Own ItHow Leeann Leahy of The VIA Agency, Owns ItOn this week's episode of OWN IT, we’re talking to Leeann Leahy of The VIA Agency. She hails from Portland, Maine where VIA does outstanding work and is an outstanding place to work. They were Ad Age’s Best Agency Culture winner in 2022.Leeann’s history of work is impressive. She’s been with big and small agencies through the years. She admits she had to learn how to play politics at the big agencies but enjoyed carving her own way at smaller shops. She actually started in Advertising at six months old. She w...2024-01-2244 min
RetronautsFinal Fantasy ROM HacksNadia Oxford talks with special guests Andrew Vestal and Steve Tramer about Final Fantasy fan games. Some are built from the ground-up, some alter the original adventure via ROM patches, and some add hours of new content to gems like Final Fantasy VI.
Edits by Greg Leahy; cover illustration by Leeann Hamilton.2023-06-051h 48
Business NinjasAdvertising Agency with a Fresh Perspective | Business Ninjas: WriteForMe and VIA AgencyJoin our resident Business Ninja Kelsey, together with the CEO of The VIA Agency, Leeann Leahy, as they talk about 'Rigorous Magic', an alchemy of strategic smarts and unbound creativity.VIA is a full-service advertising and marketing agency located at the historic Baxter Library in Portland, ME. At VIA, they believe everything begins with a fresh perspective, and that has allowed them to remain one of the largest independent agencies left in the business. No one likes to geek out over data and wax poetic like VIA does, but it all starts with a fresh perspective — and th...2023-02-2719 min
Smart Agency Masterclass with Jason Swenk: Podcast for Digital Marketing AgenciesHow an Owner's Unconventional Exit Strategy Boosted Agency SuccessDo you want your eventual exit to benefit many instead of a few? Want to motivate and empower the team by making them personally invested in the agency’s success? Have you thought about employee shares or stock options? Learn what you should do and what to avoid in this situation from the CEO of an employee-owned agency. It was an unconventional exit strategy by its owner. However, it the new ownership structure offers many benefits for all involved and is a very interesting way to positively ensure that everyone at the agency has skin in the game. ...2023-02-1228 min
Campaign ChemistryCampaign Chemistry: Via Agency CEO Leeann LeahyLeeann Leahy was a lifetime New Yorker working at big Madison Avenue agencies when she decided to pick up and move to Portland, Maine, to become CEO of the independent Via Agency. She hasn’t looked back since. Under her leadership, Via has grown to an award-winning agency with relationships with national brands such as Unilever and Church & Dwight. Instead of operating a top-down model with a chief creative officer calling the shots, the agency has a creative council that critiques each other’s work to allow for more perspectives to shape the final product. In this...2023-01-2535 min
The Marketing Agency Leadership PodcastUtility, Meaningfulness, and Relevancy . . . Aha!Leeann Leahy is CEO at VIA, a full-service advertising agency/communications company and winner of AdAge’s 2019 Small Agency of the year. Via‘s 100 or so employees work their creative magic to unleash growth for such name brands as Arm & Hammer, Unilever (ice cream novelties Klondike, Good Humor, Popsicle), Perdue Chicken, and CarGurus. The agency has a few clients in Maine . . . a lot more nationally . . . and even some that are global. Leeann says the agency makes small budgets work “much bigger and harder than they should” and runs on a critical balance of head and heart. In this inte...2021-10-2833 min
RetronautsRetronauts Episode 375: Phantasy StarJeremy Parish, Nadia Oxford, and Alex Fraioli venture across the span of a solar system (or at least a few continents) to look back at Sega's first proper entry in the role-playing genre: The phenomenal phirst Phantasy Star, phor Sega Master System.
Art by Leeann Hamilton and edits by Greg Leahy.
Retronauts is made possible by listener support through Patreon! Support the show to enjoy ad-free early access, better audio quality, and great exclusive content. Learn more at http://www.patreon.com/retronauts2021-05-101h 37
Ad Age Ad LibThere’s no mistaking Leeann LeahyPortland Maine’s Via agency CEO talks about the moral renaissance, directing a commercial with Jim Perdue via iPhone, her Catholic school education and the disco ball in her home.2020-06-1100 min
Ad Age Ad LibThere’s no mistaking Leeann LeahyPortland Maine’s Via agency CEO talks about the current racial protests; directing a commercial with Jim Perdue via iPhone; her Catholic school education and the disco ball in her home.2020-06-1138 min
The Reset PodcastEpisode 98 - Episode 98: Amazing agencies are built with heart & smarts, with Leeann LeahyToday's episode is with Leeann Leahy, who's CEO of the VIA Agency. She has had a remarkable career in advertising and she talks about how she made her own way, knew the right time to jump to a new challenge and what it's like to run a top tier agency from Maine. We also talk about being a leader times of crisis & tragedy and be supportive . She also definitely wins for youngest 1st job, as she was the Ivory snow baby at 6 months old.
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Mind Of A MentorMind Of A Mentor #95 - Leeann Leahy (CEO of The VIA Agency)Leeann Leahy is CEO of The VIA Agency, a full-service advertising agency with national clients including Lowe’s, L.L.Bean, Unilever (Klondike), Arm & Hammer, Perdue, and Golden Corral. Leeann joined VIA as President in 2012 and took over as CEO in 2015, bringing more than 20 years of experience in planning, agency management, and integrated marketing.As her leadership continues to facilitate growth at The VIA Agency, Leeann has bolstered their company’s contributions to pro bono projects with organizations like the Maine Recovery Fund, the Indigo Arts Alliance and the Preble Street Homeless Resource Center. Leeann serves on the Board of Dire...2020-04-0249 min
Like a Boss from the Portland Press HeraldLike a Boss - One on One Live with Leeann Leahy of the Via AgencyPortland Press Herald CEO and Publisher, Lisa DeSisto, chats with Leeann Leahy, CEO of the VIA Agency. Leahy grew up as an account planner at big and small agencies in NYC working on clients like Coca-Cola, JPMorgan Chase, NFL, Godiva, and Johnson & Johnson, to name a few. Three years ago she moved to Portland, Maine to join The VIA Agency as President. During her tenure, she has helped the agency raise its profile and win a slew of new business, and as creator of VIA’s “Go. Do.” series, she’s led VIA to be named in the top 10 B...2016-12-151h 05