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The Psychology of Sound in Marketing: A Conversation with Jeremy Toeman – Part 1
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- Jan 28, 2026
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“ I love the use of AI voices or synthetic voices for people who might, you know, they’re embarrassed. I’ve worked with engineers my whole career, and sometimes, like, it’s not that they don’t want to tell their story or break something out there, but maybe they just don’t have the self-confidence or they were made fun of as a kid. I mean, I’ve always thought I had a super nasally voice and never liked the sound of my voice. And years into public speaking, I’m like, fine, I can, handle it now. So I love it from that perspective of, if, for some reason you couldn’t, now you can. I hate it from the perspective of, well, you can’t have the human do all this stuff, but instead you just sort of one-clicked it and now it’s sort of an average, generic, mediocre, you know, as they say, AI slop.” – Jeremy Toeman This episode’s guest is the founder and CEO of Augie, an AI-assisted video creation and editing studio for marketers and social media managers. He’s also the creator and host of Founder at 50 , a podcast and newsletter exploring the challenges and reinventions faced by entrepreneurs later in life. He’s held leadership roles at WarnerMedia, Etsy, CBS Interactive, and Sling Media, and founded several successful startups in the media tech space. His name is Jeremy Toeman, and we’ll be digging into how sound shapes trust, helps tech feel more human, and why even a simple “ding” can change a user’s experience. If you love the magic where tech and storytelling meet, this one’s for you. As always, if you have questions for my guest, you’re welcome to reach out through the links in the show notes. If you have questions for me, visit audiobrandingpodcast.com , where you’ll find a lot of ways to get in touch. Plus, subscribing to the newsletter will let you know when the new podc…