Gloves Off.
Canadian Realpolitik Podcast.

Gloves Off podcast branding project for eight-part realpolitik series hosted by Stephen Marche. Complete visual identity including logo, podcast artwork, and graphic system inspired by Canadian hockey and pre-war propaganda aesthetics that helped the show become Canada's #1 podcast and reach the US top 10.

Disciplines
Branding / Podcast Artwork / Art Direction / Graphic Design / Illustration

Creative Direction & Design: Markus Wreland
Client: Gloves Off podcast & Insurgentsia Productions
Apple Podcast: Gloves Off
Created by/Executive Producer: Jennifer Ouano
Host/Writer: Stephen Marche
Showrunner: Mio Adilman
Sound Engineer + Video Editor + Original Music & Theme Composition: Christian Prohom

Canada's #1 podcast shot past The Joe Rogan Experience, The Daily, and Mel Robbins to crack the US top 10. Not bad for a show about realpolitik that actually makes you think.

Hosted by Stephen Marche, Gloves Off brings sharp, no-BS conversations with heavyweights like Margaret Atwood—dissecting power, politics, and what it means to be Canadian without the usual hand-wringing. Eight episodes that hit harder than your average dinner party debate.

We built a visual identity and design system inspired by Canadian hockey and pre-war propaganda posters. Bold, unapologetic graphics that say "we're not here to whisper"—because when you're challenging assumptions about power, subtlety is overrated.

Intellectual rigor. Cultural bite. Zero chill.