Last updated: Nov 6, 2025 • Shows: 17 • Episode picks: 38
Editor’s Picks
🏆 Best Overall: Marketing Against the Grain
🎯 Best for B2B/Growth: Lenny’s Podcast
⏱️ Best Short Daily: Marketing School
How We Rank (built for busy remote marketers)
Practical ROI: tactics you can ship this week
Signal > Hype: deep operator insight, minimal fluff
Episode Quality: clear “start here” picks
Consistency: active feed, reliable cadence
Fit: who benefits (role/seniority)
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Ranked Picks — Start Here, Not Everywhere
#1 Marketing Against the Grain (Best Overall)
Listen: Website | YouTube (HubSpot Blog)
Best for: Growth-minded PMMs & Heads of Marketing
Start here: The Psychology of Viral Marketing → reusable distribution mental models
Why listen (3):
Zero fluff: experiments you can ship this week
Smart AI/automation POV grounded in numbers
Strong narrative + data balance
Quick win: Steal their community-led growth loop for your next launch.
#2 Lenny’s Podcast (Best for Product & Growth)
Listen: Website | YouTube (Lenny’s Newsletter)
Best for: PMs, PMMs, Growth leads
Start here: Strategy + roadmap episodes with elite operators
Why listen (3): world-class guests, concrete frameworks, hiring/roadmap depth
Quick win: Turn one episode into a 30-day test plan with guardrails and metrics.
#3 Marketing School (Best Short Daily)
Listen: Website | All Episodes | YouTube (Marketing School Podcast)
Best for: Practitioners who want quick, consistent reps
Start here: 7 Unconventional Growth Tactics
Why listen (3): 10-minute hits, breadth across SEO/content/ads, daily cadence
Quick win: Pick one tactic; run a two-week micro-test and report a one-slide ROI.
#4 Social Pros (Best for Social Leaders)
Listen: Website | Apple (convinceandconvert.com)
Best for: Directors/Leads of Social & Community
Start here: Enterprise social ops, brand safety, and measurement deep dives
Quick win: Copy their UGC governance checklist before scaling creator spend.
#5 Follow Your Different (Best for Category Design)
Listen: Website | Apple (lochhead.com)
Best for: Brand, founders, and PMM leads
Start here: Category Design in B2B
Quick win: Write a one-paragraph “why we exist” that creates a new choice, not a comparison.
#6 DTC Pod (Best for DTC Operators)
Listen: Website | Simplecast (dtcpod.com)
Best for: E-com founders & performance leads
Start here: Operator playbooks on creative, MER, and retention
Quick win: Audit LTV:CAC by cohort; cut 10% wasted spend in 14 days.
#7 The Science of Social Media
Listen: Buffer hub | Spotify (Buffer)
Best for: Social practitioners
Start here: Platform strategy + content systems that compound
Quick win: Map one episode → 3 carousels, 1 thread, 1 video, 1 email.
#8 Social Media Marketing Podcast
Listen: Website | Apple (Social Media Examiner)
Best for: Social leads who need exec-level buy-in
Start here: “What’s working now” episodes with practitioner case studies
Quick win: Borrow their reporting cadence for stakeholder alignment.
#9 Growth Colony (APAC’s B2B Growth)
Listen: Official feed | xGrowth overview (pod.co)
Best for: B2B demand gen, APAC operators
Start here: Demand, ABM, and ops interviews with regional context
Quick win: Localize your offer page using their “pain math” framing.
#10 Full-Funnel B2B Marketing
Listen: Website | Apple (fullfunnel.io)
Best for: Pipeline & ops leaders
Start here: ABM, deal expansion, and pipeline velocity frameworks
Quick win: Ship a 30-day “no net new leads” pipeline acceleration sprint.
#11 My First Million
Listen: Website | Apple (My First Million)
Best for: Founder ideas + distribution
Start here: Business brainstorms that translate into testable plays
Quick win: Convert one idea into a 7-day landing-page smoke test.
#12 Positioning with April Dunford
Listen: Website | Episodes (Positioning With April Dunford)
Best for: PMMs & founders who want crisp differentiation
Start here: Harnessing Differentiated Value
Quick win: Write a buyer-centric “problem → value → proof” block for your homepage.
#13 Marketing Operators
Listen: Website | Apple (9operators.com)
Best for: DTC growth leaders who want the real ops
Start here: KPI design, reporting cadence, creative testing at scale
Quick win: Implement their weekly ops rhythm verbatim for 30 days.
#14 Sweat Equity
Listen: Apple | Spotify (Apple Podcasts)
Best for: Creative growth ideas you can actually deploy
Start here: Weekly breakdowns with actionable playbooks
Quick win: Take one “best move of the week” and adapt it to your channel.
#15 Rory Sutherland: Hacking the Unconscious (Audio Series)
Listen: Audible | Apple Books (Audible.com)
Best for: Behavioral psychology applied to marketing
Start here: Reframing, signaling, and persuasion episodes
Quick win: Re-write one CTA using a reframing angle from the series.
Category Hubs (skim by need)
Social Media: Social Pros • Science of Social • Social Media Marketing
B2B, Growth & Product: Lenny’s • Full-Funnel • Growth Colony
Founder/DTC: DTC Pod • My First Million • Marketing Operators
Students (Foundations): Under the Influence by Terry O’Reilly → show hub (terryoreilly.ca)
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FAQs
What are the best marketing podcasts in 2025?
Top picks: Marketing Against the Grain, Lenny’s Podcast, Marketing School, Social Pros.
Which podcast is best for B2B?
Full-Funnel and Lenny’s Podcast—pipeline, positioning, and measurable growth.
Best short daily show?
Marketing School—8–12 minutes, practical.
Are these updated for 2025?
Yes. We update monthly and note the date at the top.