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Killed In Concept

Killed In Concept

De : Joshua Hays
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A true crime podcast for creatives... where the victims are brilliant ideas, the weapons are “just one more revision,” and the crime scenes are littered with mood boards, wireframes, and unpaid emotional labor. Killed in Concept shares real stories of great ideas that were approved, funded, loved… and then mysteriously abandoned. Come for the laughs, stay for the trauma.

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Each episode dissects a real creative project that should have lived: the website that never launched, the campaign that got vetoed by a spouse who “just had a feeling,” the video that crushed internally… and died in client review. Designers, developers, strategists, and filmmakers sit down to tell the stories of their most promising work—right up until the moment it was quietly shelved, endlessly revised, or brutally murdered by indecision.

Hosted with equal parts humor, honesty, and therapy-session energy, Killed in Concept explores the weird psychology of clients, the heartbreak of creative compromise, and the universal truth that sometimes the best ideas never make it out alive.

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    • Killed in Concept Ep. 1: Our Biggest Client Ghosted Us After 5 Years (A Creative True Crime Story)

      Killed in Concept Ep. 1: Our Biggest Client Ghosted Us After 5 Years (A Creative True Crime Story)
      Feb 16 2026

      This wasn’t a sudden death. This was a 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗻, 𝗮 𝘀𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗳𝗮𝗱𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.

      In this episode of 𝗞𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁, we investigate one of the most unsettling cases yet: a long-term retainer client, a trusted marketing director, and a relationship that evaporated overnight — followed by a five-minute phone call that ended everything.

      From flying out for in-person strategy sessions to being embedded in Slack, this story explores what happens when agencies 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀… 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴.

      Marketing directors cry. Slack channels disappear. Contracts die quietly. And sometimes, no one ever tells you why.

      If you’re an 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿, 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁, 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱, this episode is a cautionary tale about 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆, 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 “𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗱.”

      Listener warning: 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗵.

      ⏱️ 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘀

      00:00 – Welcome to Killed in Concept (True Crime for Creatives)

      01:16 – The First Retainer That Changed Everything

      02:24 – New Marketing Director = New Threat

      03:05 – From Web Dev to Full Strategic Partner

      05:58 – Three Years of Projects That Never Launched

      08:55 – “It Doesn’t Look As Good As It Should”

      10:10 – “We Want More of Chris”

      12:15 – The Crying Call

      16:57 – Silence, Ghosting, and Red Flags

      17:39 – The Marketing Director Vanishes

      20:24 – The 5-Minute Call That Killed the Retainer

      23:21 – Losing 20% of Revenue Overnight
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      26 min
    • Welcome to the First Episode of Killed In Concept

      Welcome to the First Episode of Killed In Concept
      Feb 2 2026

      Welcome to the true crime podcast for creatives... where nothing actually died, but it definitely hurt. Killed in Concept shares real stories of great ideas that were approved, funded, loved… and then mysteriously abandoned. Come for the laughs, stay for the trauma.
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      1 min
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