ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
What really inspires the people shaping today’s brands? On Creative Crush, Storythings’ Hugh Garry sits down with CMOs and creative leaders to talk about the films, TV shows, albums, books, games, people and cultural obsessions they can’t let go of but rarely get to talk about. From unexpected influences to lifelong passions, these are honest conversations about the creative love affairs that shape the way marketing’s sharpest minds think, lead and see the world.
Produced by Storythings.
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Produced by Storythings.
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Hosts:
Update frequency:
biweekly
Average audio length:
23 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
11 episodes
since May 20, 2026
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
What’s more irresistible than a book that promises magic, mystery and a little danger?
In this episode of Creative Crush, Wendy White, CMO of Daxko, shares her creative love affair with fantasy book covers, from the intrigue hidden within the stories to the swoon-worthy painted edges and limit…
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
What can a nightclub teach us about creativity, culture and bringing people together?
Storythings' Hugh Garry talks to AI specialist Nishma Patel Robb (Founder of Switched ON) about her fascination with Studio 54 - the legendary New York nightclub that became a meeting point for emerging, under…
What makes an opening sequence grab your attention and stick in your memory?
To answer the above question, Storythings’ Hugh Garry is joined by Brian Macreadie, Head of Marketing at Addleshaw Goddard to break down the art of the opening.
Brian and Hugh travel back in time to the release of …
How can you showcase depth in simplicity?
Storythings’ Hugh Garry is joined by Mal Kaur, Founder of mal//keting to discuss her creative crush, which is none other than Adele!
Mal and Hugh explore how Adele make the simple expansive, taking away is really adding more and some of Mal's favou…
Can what you wear really change who you become?
Another week, another creative crush. Storythings’ Hugh Garry is joined by Erin Johnson, Chief Marketing Officer at Specialist Holiday Group, to explore why The Devil Wears Prada has become one of her defining creative inspirations.
Far beyond…
What if the most powerful stories are the ones that don't explain everything?
In this episode of Creative Crush, Storythings’ Hugh Garry is joined by Virginie Faucon, Global Head of Marketing & Brand at AXA Health International, to talk about the stage adaptation of My Neighbour Totoro, ori…
What makes a story unforgettable?
In this episode of Creative Crush, Storythings’ Hugh Garry is joined by Paul Afshar, CMO at Paybis, to explore the book he returns to time and again: The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller.
Paul shares why this modern retelling of Greek mythology resonated…
What can a century-old art movement teach us about building modern businesses?
In this episode of Creative Crush, Storythings’ Hugh Garry sits down with Adam Lawrenson, Co-Founder at Bowbridge, to explore his unlikely creative obsession: Bauhaus.
Adam shares how discovering the Bauhaus whil…
This episode was actually recorded as our pilot but the creative love affair you’re about to experience is actually an infatuation and we love it! Storythings’ Hugh Garry met up with long time friend of the business, Graham Wylie (Senior Director of Marketing at Sage) to deep dive into his love of …
For the second episode of Creative Crush, Storythings’ Hugh Garry sits down with Jinal Shah (Chief Customer & Marketing Officer at Zip US) to talk about her creative fascination with Musician, Jon Batiste and Writer, Suleika Jaouad.
Jinal travels back through time to share how she first fel…
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