The Angry Designer Graphic Design, Freelancing, Branding & Creative Business Podcast
by A Graphic Design Podcast that cuts through the industry bull to help frustrated Designers charge what they're worth and build rewarding creative careers
Last updated Oct 13, 2026Is this your podcast?The Angry Designer is an entertaining No-Bull unapologetic design podcast for Graphic Designers, Freelancers, and In-house Creative Pros ready to take their careers to the next level. Hosted by a Creative Director who bu...
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On the show
- James Barnard1 ep
- Anna Dower1 ep
- Emma Kate1 ep
Also: Allan Peters, Chris Do
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- 🇺🇸United States · DesignHOME#34104K to 550K
- 🇧🇷Brazil · Design#297.8K to 41K
- 🇷🇴RO · Design#54.9K to 26K
- 🇲🇾MY · Design#83.6K to 19K
- 🇵🇹Portugal · Design#122.6K to 14K
- Per-Episode Audience
Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
143K to 754K🎙 Weekly cadence·317 episodes·Last published 1w ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
285K to 1.5M🇺🇸73%🇧🇷5%🇷🇴3%+11 more - Active Followers
Loyal subscribers who consistently listen
157K to 830K
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 10/13/26 |  Graphic Designers Are About to Face a New Kind of Competition | Graphic designers are worried about the wrong fight. The industry is changing fast; tools are getting better, he barrier to creating decent looking work is collapsing. And suddenly, years of technical skill aren't the competitive advantage they used to be. So what happens when being a better designer isn't enough to win? In this episode of The Angry Designer, the grisley gents break down how the competitive landscape of graphic design has changed and why the designers who adapt won't necess... | 24m 47s | ||||||
| 10/6/26 |  Are You a Graphic Designer, or Do You Just Make Logos? Interview with Author Bill Gardner; Logo Lounge and Iconic Branding. | Graphic designers LOVE logos. We obsess over them, critique them, study them, redesign them and argue endlessly about what makes one great. But are we giving the logo too much credit? Few people are better qualified to answer that question than Bill Gardner. Founder of LogoLounge, author, designer, educator and one of the most respected voices in logo design, Bill has spent decades studying thousands upon thousands of logos and documenting how design, culture and brands have changed ... | 1h 04m 22s | ||||||
| 9/29/26 |  Graphic Designer Burnout: 10 Reasons Designers Are Burning Out & How to Prevent It | Graphic designers have a burnout problem. And the industry isn't making it any easier. Tight deadlines. Difficult clients. Constant revisions. New technology. AI. The pressure to learn more, work faster, stay available, and somehow remain creative through all of it. It's no surprise so many designers feel completely burned out. But here's the good news: burnout isn't always inevitable. In this episode of The Angry Designer podcast, the hardy Canadians break down 10 of the biggest reasons g... | 32m 48s | ||||||
| 9/22/26 |  Graphic Designers Need to STOP Redesigning Every Brand | When a client asks for a rebrand, the instinct is obvious: change it. New logo. New look. New everything. But what if the smartest design decision is knowing what NOT to change? In this episode of The Angry Designer, Massimo and Shawn break down Calendly's latest rebrand, revisit the controversial identity it replaced, and question why Graphic Designers feel so much pressure to redesign everything just to prove their value. Because great design isn't about how much you change. It's knowing wh... | 24m 52s | ||||||
| 9/15/26 |  Why Your Graphic Design Career Is In Danger (And How To Fix It) | FREE PROMO: Discover how you naturally think as a designer, identify your blind spots, and learn where you can grow. Take your FREE ThinkDEX Assessment at https://mythinkdex.com/ PROMO code: AngryThinking Episode: Everyone keeps telling Graphic Designers to prepare for the future. Learn AI. Master the latest tools. Write better prompts. Work faster. But what if we've been preparing for the wrong future all along? What if the biggest threat to Graphic Designers isn't AI, Canva, Fiverr... ... | 17m 38s | ||||||
| 9/8/26 | AI in designgraphic design+4 | James Barnard | The Angry Designer | CanadaPacific | graphic designAI+5 | — | 54m 39s | ||
| 9/1/26 | graphic designcreative problem solving+3 | — | — | — | graphic designdesign strategy+3 | — | 7m 39s | ||
| 8/25/26 | Graphic DesignAI in Design+3 | — | AI | — | Graphic DesignAI+5 | — | 13m 24s | ||
| 8/16/26 | future of graphic designchange resistance+3 | Anna DowerEmma Kate | Designer Boss Summit | — | graphic designfuture+4 | — | 34m 03s | ||
| 8/11/26 | graphic designcreativity+3 | — | The Angry Designer Podcast | — | graphic designcreativity+5 | — | 29m 22s | ||
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| 8/4/26 | logo designgraphic design process+3 | Allan Peters | Creative South | — | logo designgraphic design+4 | — | 47m 40s | ||
| 7/28/26 | graphic designclient relationships+3 | — | — | — | difficult designersclient trust+3 | — | 41m 25s | ||
| 7/21/26 | graphic designclient needs+3 | — | — | — | graphic designclients+3 | — | 9m 19s | ||
| 7/14/26 | designbranding+4 | Chris Do | The FuturAdobe | Creative South | graphic designbranding+4 | — | 1h 28m 06s | ||
| 7/7/26 | graphic designAI in design+3 | — | The Angry Designer Podcast | — | graphic designAI+4 | — | 30m 21s | ||
| 6/30/26 |  Why This Graphic Designer Walked Away From Logos...and Never Looked Back | Most graphic designers think success means landing bigger clients, charging higher rates, or becoming known for logos and branding. Anton Duong took a completely different path. What started as a hobby printing stickers turned into a thriving business serving artists, designers, and even major brands like Pop-Tarts and Cheez-It. In this episode of the Angry Designer podcast, Anton shares how he discovered an overlooked niche, why taking a 30-day chance changed everything, and how findin... | 27m 46s | ||||||
| 6/23/26 |  Bad Logos Shouldn't Work, Yet They Do. The Difference Between Design and Business | Graphic designers love logos. We obsess over them. We celebrate them. We tear them apart. And nobody loves judging logos more than designers. But here's the thing...Some of the world's most successful brands have logos designers absolutely hate. Nike. Google. Mastercard. Calendly. And somehow, they're doing just fine. In this episode of The Angry Designer, we unpack why some "bad" logos continue to succeed, why businesses measure logo success differently than designers do, and why the w... | 27m 09s | ||||||
| 6/16/26 |  Why Designers Take Feedback So Personally & The Communication Skill Nobody Teaches | If you've ever felt like a client hated your work, this episode might completely change the way you see feedback forever. Every designer knows the feeling. You send over a logo, a website, or a brand concept you're proud of, only to get back a wall of revisions, nitpicks, and comments that feel more like criticism than feedback. Suddenly, you're convinced the client hates the work. Maybe even hates you. But what if they don't? In this episode of The Angry Designer, we sit down with Carly K... | 36m 55s | ||||||
| 6/9/26 |  The Death of Creativity in Graphic Design. Who's Responsible? | Stay Angry our Friends ––––––––––– Join Anger Management for Designers Newsletter at https://tinyurl.com/mr4bb4j3 Want to see more? See uncut episodes on our YouTube channel at youtube.com/theangrydesigner Read our blog posts on our website TheAngryDesigner.com Join in the conversation on our Instagram Instagram.com/TheAngryDesignerPodcast | 31m 27s | ||||||
| 6/2/26 |  The Dangerous Shortcuts Designers Are Taking with Scott Fuller | Graphic Designers have more tools, more shortcuts, and more access than ever before. So why are so many designers struggling to stand out? Somewhere along the way, graphic designers stopped doing the hard things and started looking for faster tools, easier answers, and shortcuts to results. This week on The Angry Designer Podcast, we sit down with legendary brand designer Scott Fuller, founder of Studio Temporary and one of the most respected creative voices in the industry, to talk about the... | 31m 01s | ||||||
| 5/26/26 |  Why Every Graphic Designer Feels Like They Can’t Keep Up | Something brutal is happening to graphic designers right now. Not just beginners. Not just freelancers. Everybody. The pace of design, AI, content, tools, trends, and expectations has become so overwhelming that a lot of creatives are quietly starting to question themselves… their skills, their relevance, and whether they can even keep up anymore. And honestly? This episode came from a real spiral. In this episode of The Angry Designer Podcast, we talk about the pressure graph... | 31m 20s | ||||||
| 5/19/26 |  Graphic Designers Are Becoming Irrelevant…Here’s Why | A lot of graphic designers are quietly asking themselves the same question: “What exactly is my value anymore?” Because the industry has changed fast. AI can generate layouts in seconds. Templates are everywhere. Clients think Canva makes them designers. And the execution skills graphic designers spent years mastering are becoming easier, faster, and cheaper by the day. So if everyone can suddenly “design"…what actually separates a professional designer anymore? In this episode of The Angr... | 29m 58s | ||||||
| 5/12/26 |  What Matters More Than Being the Best Graphic Designer with Will Paterson | Most Graphic Designers believe talent is what gets them hired. That if you just become the best…the most talented…the most skilled…the most obsessed with your craft…clients will magically choose you. Except that’s not how the real world works. In this episode of The Angry Designer Podcast, powered by Wix Studio, we sit down with Will Paterson live from Creative South to unpack one of the most uncomfortable truths in the design industry: From imposter syndrome and client relationships, to ... | 36m 23s | ||||||
| 5/5/26 |  Why Getting Better at Graphic Design Is Actually Hurting Your Career | Most graphic designers think getting better at design is the answer. Better work, portfolio, ideas. So why are so many still stuck? Still overlooked. Still underpaid. Still sitting in meetings while someone else calls the shots. In this episode of The Angry Designer Podcast, we break down the real reason designers hit a ceiling and why doubling down on execution is actually holding you back. This is the shift that separates designers who just deliver from the ones who lead, influence,... | 10m 35s | ||||||
| 4/28/26 |  When Everything Looks Good…What Designers Still Get Wrong | Most graphic designers think AI is the biggest threat to their career. Faster tools. Instant outputs. Endless variations. But that’s not what’s actually happening. Design isn’t getting better. It’s getting faster. And now that anyone can make something look good, the real problem is harder to see. Because when everything looks good, the only thing that matters is KNOWING what actually IS good. In this episode of The Angry Designer Podcast, we break down the real shift happening in graphic d... | 19m 10s | ||||||
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Chart history for The Angry Designer Graphic Design, Freelancing, Branding & Creative Business Podcast
Peaked at #5 in RO, top 10 in 2 of 46 tracked markets, currently #5 in RO.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RO | — | #5 | #5 | — |
| MY | — | #8 | #8 | — |
| PT | — | #12 | #12 | — |
| Finland | — | #17 | #17 | — |
| PE | — | #17 | #17 | — |
| CL | — | #19 | #19 | — |
| NG | — | #23 | #23 | — |
| KE | — | #26 | #26 | — |
| GR | — | #28 | #28 | — |
| Brazil | — | #29 | #29 | — |
| AE | — | #30 | #30 | — |
| TW | — | #31 | #31 | — |
| United States | — | #34 | #34 | — |
| Sweden | — | #37 | #37 | — |
| SA | — | #39 | #39 | — |
| IL | — | #42 | #42 | — |
| BE | — | #43 | #43 | — |
| Norway | — | #43 | #43 | — |
| PH | — | #43 | #43 | — |
| PL | — | #45 | #45 | — |
Chart Positions
46 placements across 43 markets.
Chart Positions
46 placements across 43 markets.