What Duolingo Got Wrong — and What Tom Cruise Gets Right
05/22/25 • 24 min
Bonus episode! You're welcome, teamsters.
- Is Tom Cruise the last movie star and... one of the best marketers? (Hear us out.)
- Duolingo purges its TikTok and Instagram and comes back... with a bizarre video. (Presumably to win us back after its AI-first disaster.)
- All-American Rejects playing in your backyard. (We wish.)
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Amanda Natividad (@amandanat): LinkedIn and Twitter/X
Sonia's consulting firm: bendgrowth.co
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Meme Team: memeteampodcast.com
Bonus episode! You're welcome, teamsters.
- Is Tom Cruise the last movie star and... one of the best marketers? (Hear us out.)
- Duolingo purges its TikTok and Instagram and comes back... with a bizarre video. (Presumably to win us back after its AI-first disaster.)
- All-American Rejects playing in your backyard. (We wish.)
Follow us:
Sonia Baschez (@soniabaschez): LinkedIn and Twitter/X
Amanda Natividad (@amandanat): LinkedIn and Twitter/X
Sonia's consulting firm: bendgrowth.co
Amanda and her newsletter: amandanat.com
Meme Team: memeteampodcast.com
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