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Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcast — 246 episodes

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‘You have to be a hustler’ – launching a PR agency

2

LADbible’s Natalie Evans on AI, the death of ‘churnalism’, advice for PR

3

Will Whitehorn: “We have to industrialise in space. It is an imperative”

4

City A.M. editor-in-chief on legal threats, journos as influencers, advice for PR

5

‘CEOs are not influencers’ – LinkedIn leadership tactics

6

Space-Comm Expo: Jamming, spoofing, FOMO and farming

7

Creativity: be brave, not stupid

8

Fake AI ‘experts’ – how is Reach hitting back?

9

PR in UAE: ‘Don’t discuss business, just be helpful’

10

Why the business of space is everyone’s business

11

Is Reddit the new Google Search? Golin, MSL on PRWeek podcast

12

Omnicom, WPP… do holdcos really care about PR?

13

Mandelson crisis – a watershed moment for PA? CIPR, PRCA on PRWeek podcast

14

‘ESG is maturing, not dying’ – Weber, Zeno experts on PRWeek podcast

15

Are agency bosses overpaid?

16

Freelancers: what do they want from PR employers?

17

Recruitment: what do PR employers want? PRWeek podcast

18

Food comms: 'let's flip the script' - PRWeek podcast

19

Will AI spur leadership departures in 2026?

20

Omnicom 2.0, WPP office, AI search - 2025's top stories, PRWeek podcast

21

How to win a PR award – PRWeek podcast

22

What happened to ‘wild’ press trips? PRWeek podcast

23

Joe Wicks: ‘I’m proud of all the brands I’ve said no to’ – PRWeek podcast

24

How to get promoted in PR

25

How to pitch to clients - PRWeek podcast, Information Commissioner's Office

26

Xmas campaigns - where's the PR?

27

The secret to agency longevity? ‘Look after your health’ - PRWeek podcast

28

PR firms must be ‘more commercial’ – PRWeek podcast

29

‘AI has democratised mediocrity’ - global CEO Havas Red, PRWeek podcast

30

PRWeek UK Awards show PR is transforming – PRWeek podcast

31

PR and antisemitism: ‘where's the empathy?’

32

PR’s DEI ‘hypocrites’ attacked on PRWeek podcast

33

‘Be CEO of your career path’ – PRWeek podcast on Black History Month

34

How to expand your PR agency globally – PRWeek podcast with The Romans, Cognito

35

'PR ideas don't work on social' – PRWeek podcast on meme-led campaigns

36

How to support a colleague diagnosed with cancer – PRWeek podcast

37

Burson, DGA chiefs on ‘essential’ party conferences

38

‘GEO could kill or save the PR industry’ – PRWeek podcast

39

M&A return ‘an opportunity for PR’ – with Kekst CNC, H/Advisors Maitland

40

How to pitch to journalists in 2025 – PRWeek podcast

41

Is live music now too controversial for brands? Music PR gurus on PRWeek podcast

42

New PRCA chief reveals top priorities

43

Women's football comms has shifted from 'angry women' stereotype

44

‘They swerved a cultural minefield’ – Coldplay, Coke, Co-op crises

45

'A huge missed opportunity for PR firms' - PRWeek podcast on transparency

46

Samsung, Sky comms chiefs on agency to in-house move

47

Why don’t more PR firms reveal salaries in job ads?

48

'80% of PR jobs are invisible' - job hunting in PR, PRWeek podcast

49

Cannes: why did PR underperform?

50

‘Stunts dumb down PR’

51

Why are so many agency bosses leaving? PRWeek podcast

52

Every brand needs to start planning for 'the biggest cultural event in history’; 2026 World Cup, PRWeek podcast

53

Can AI make an average idea sing? Judging at Cannes, PRWeek podcast

54

BBC's 'When it hits the fan' hosts on media shift, ESG and Gary Lineker

55

Are KPIs for coverage pointless? PRWeek podcast at PR360

56

‘There were more than 350 CVs for one role’ – PRWeek podcast on recruitment

57

Cyber attack comms: 'We were rabbits in headlights'

58

Why Danny and Siobhan think 2025 will be better for PR agencies

59

Ex-White House comms chief: 'Anti-Trump swing is beginning'

60

‘Agencies should stand up for their staff’

61

Vodafone: getting merger comms right - PRWeek podcast

62

How are AI influencers disrupting PR?

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How are PR firms coping with rising costs?

64

'Agencies need more social diversity' - Citypress and WPR bosses

65

'ESG will be reframed' - Edelman and SEC Newgate experts

66

Omnicom-IPG, new-biz and more – FleishmanHillard UK CEO

67

What's changed in the all-new PRWeek Power Book?

68

‘Brands: up your game’ – YouTuber Josh Pieters on viral PR stunts

69

‘DEI-hushing will happen’ – Trump-era DEI rollback

70

Tony’s Chocolonely and PR: 'People want to catch you out'

71

PR is crying out for AI training

72

Will DeepSeek shake-up AI in PR? PRWeek podcast, with Omnicom PR Group

73

‘Burnout is not a coffee-cup slogan’ – CALM CEO on PR’s approach to mental health

74

Is WFH now under threat? The WPP debate rages on

75

EasyJet and Taylor Herring on PR campaign secrets

76

‘ESG will go out of the window’ – 2025 predictions with MSL and W

77

'AI is petrifying!' - GK Barry's manager on influencer trends

78

Lush Saltbomb to McDonald’s ‘pre-nug’ – 2024 campaign gems

79

Omnicom-IPG merger - impact on PR agencies

80

How to run a profitable PR business in 2025 - new report details challenges

81

'Define budget early' – TUI and Ogilvy on perfect pitching

82

Measurement: be brave, be bold, sell yourself

83

The Guardian dumps X: ‘Pulling off mass media worries me’ – PRWeek podcast

84

Trump will have ‘immediate impact’ in parts of PR – PRWeek podcast

85

John Lewis on Christmas campaign trends

86

Are agencies pitching too much? PRWeek podcast

87

What are the biggest risks for corporate affairs pros? – PRWeek podcast

88

'Like a school reunion' - PRWeek UK Awards on PRWeek podcast

89

‘PR has too many meetings’ – PRWeek podcast, dispatches from the other side

90

Behind Golin's creative success

91

How to close PR’s pay gaps – PRWeek podcast

92

'We need to own our craft’ - Grayling UK CEO, PRWeek podcast

93

How to launch a PR agency – PRWeek podcast

94

‘AI will be a massive part’ – future of PR training, PRWeek podcast

95

Netflix's Love is Blind: why PRs make good reality stars – PRWeek podcast

96

Is a ‘right to switch off’ realistic in PR? PRWeek podcast

97

Sidemen manager: 'Most brands exist in fear mode' - PRWeek podcast

98

UK riots: 'I don't care what brands say at this point' - PRWeek podcast

99

'PR undergrad courses are over, radical thinking is needed' - PRWeek podcast

100

'Lack of promotion opportunity is a massive problem' - black PR experiences, PRWeek podcast

101

Havas B Corp ruling - where is PR's ethical line? PRWeek podcast

102

Euros, Olympics, Wimbledon – are brands getting sport right? PRWeek podcast

103

'It's already a different buzz' - Burson UK boss on merger, PRWeek podcast

104

What does Labour's huge majority mean for PR? PRWeek podcast

105

How rugby PR chief tackled racism scandal, financial crises and player exodus – PRWeek podcast

106

How is AI transforming crisis comms? Should brands dump Twitter/X? PRWeek podcast

107

Special edition podcast: How AI is revolutionising healthcare engagement

108

Why did Burson launch early? PRWeek podcast

109

Cannes: why do so few UK PR shops enter? PR Lions jurors on PRWeek podcast

110

PR lessons from the TikTok election - PRWeek podcast

111

Should you be getting/giving a pay rise? PRWeek podcast

112

How Tesco transformed its internal comms – PRWeek podcast

113

‘Have a bit of backbone. Trying to be popular won’t work’ – PRWeek podcast

114

'Edelman had a bad year, but it's the bellwether' - PRWeek podcast, EMEA and US editorial leads on global trends

115

'Barbie mania started in PR' - PR360 lessons, PRWeek podcast

116

Does PR have a class problem? PRWeek podcast

117

Who made the UK Top 150 PR Consultancies list? – PRWeek podcast

118

Is Taylor Swift really a PR genius? - PRWeek podcast

119

'Play with facts, not emotions'- culture war comms, PRWeek podcast

120

Is trading on the up? PRWeek podcast

121

'We're turning up the heat on AI' - MSL, H&K on PRWeek podcast

122

Why are agency bosses leaving? PRWeek podcast

123

How to get in, and stay in, the Power Book - PRWeek podcast

124

'In the AI age, everyone assumes the worst' - #Photogate PR lessons, PRWeek podcast

125

'Ghosting has changed PR for the worst' - is this the solution? PRWeek podcast

126

Is PR recruitment getting harder? PRWeek podcast

127

How to pitch to clients (and get on pitch lists) - PRWeek podcast, Mondelēz International

128

‘Is Schillings a real threat to Brunswick et al?’ – PRWeek podcast

129

'Agencies: be brave, hold firm on client fees' - PRWeek podcast

130

BCW, H&K merger 'one hell of a challenge' - PRWeek podcast

131

Freuds CEO: 'Learn from populist tactics’ - PRWeek podcast

132

'People are getting fed up with the whole pitching process' - PRWeek podcast

133

We've been through the pain, now we'll get the gain' - 2024 predictions, PRWeek podcast

134

‘PRs should do less of this in 2024’ – PRWeek podcast

135

Michelle Mone & more - 2023’s crisis comms in the spotlight – the PRWeek podcast

136

Bold, unafraid - what makes a great communicator in 2023? PRWeek podcast

137

'Where’s the climate comms brief? - PRWeek podcast

138

How are PRs coping with rising cost pressures? - PRWeek podcast

139

What about men in PR? PRWeek podcast

140

When embargoes and exclusives go wrong - the PRWeek podcast

141

John Lewis and Asda comms chiefs reveal Christmas campaign secrets – PRWeek podcast

142

Why are PR agencies closing? PRWeek podcast

143

'AI is a reputation crisis waiting to happen' - PRWeek podcast

144

PRWeek UK Awards, comms in conflict, M&A - PRWeek podcast

145

'Women are running on fumes' - PR's gender barriers, PRWeek podcast

146

Burnout in PR, office attendance, Trading Tracker and more – PRWeek podcast

147

Just Eat PR boss on agency diversity: ‘What are your proof points?’ – PRWeek UK podcast

148

Pay gaps, Gen Z, Xmas campaigns – PRWeek Podcast

149

'Can we just cancel the idea of a sell-in?' - young PR stars on PRWeek podcast (part two)

150

Gen Z survey, Edelman report, Trading Tracker, Schillings – PRWeek podcast

151

'Late payment is a massive issue' - what agencies want from clients, PRWeek podcast

152

ESG, football, will AI replace real-life PR stunts? PRWeek podcast

153

‘Agencies are missing a trick’ – young PR stars on PRWeek podcast

154

FleishmanHillard, AI, PR Room 101, tech PR rebound? - PRWeek Noise in Brief podcast

155

'We're not trying to be popular' - Behind Just Stop Oil's comms strategy, PRWeek podcast

156

Agency fees, PRWeek UK Awards, consumer PR, pay gaps - PRWeek Noise in Brief podcast

157

'AI is really terrifying!' - Virgin and M&S social media chiefs on PRWeek podcast

158

Ketchum & Portland, Barbie, Threads, RIP blanket pitching? - PRWeek Noise in Brief podcast

159

'Talent won’t work in an industry that sells people shit they don't need' – purpose guru

160

Edelman job cuts, SEC Newgate investment, Trading Tracker, Shein – PRWeek Noise in Brief podcast

161

'PR has risen in time of permacrisis' - lessons from Cannes winners, PRWeek podcast

162

Cannes, creativity, Talker Tailor Trouble Maker

163

Are PRs paid enough? PRWeek Beyond the Noise podcast

164

PR salaries, Cannes, This Morning (again), where are the Pride campaigns?

165

Are we at the ‘tipping point’ for purpose-led campaigns? Cannes PR Lions president hopes so

166

AI, Top 150, This Morning, BA, is PR too serious?

167

'AI won't take your job, but a human who knows how to use it will' - PR and AI, PRWeek podcast

168

Coronation hits and misses, PRCA reform, Eurovision

169

The true health of UK PR agencies: Top 150 trends revealed

170

Top 150 info, plus Google, Virgin Atlantic, Ovo and Sodexo, AI tech

171

'Why do client-agency relationships break down?'

172

What clients want from agencies, mergers and acquisitions plus top and flop of the week

173

Horror stories and client pitching 'red flags' – the PRWeek Podcast

174

Tribute to Francis Ingham, plus pay gaps, John Lewis, TikTok

175

How to sell and buy PR agencies, advice in a difficult market - PRWeek podcast

176

PRWeek UK launches 'bite-sized' podcast

177

Ketchum's Jo-ann Robertson: 'We need to be more demanding of change' - PRWeek IWD podcast

178

'No one taught us how to be a PR specialist in a war' - Ukraine, one year on

179

Rob Mayhew: 'TikTok brought the joy back into influencer marketing' - PRWeek podcast

180

Edelman, Davos and PR's trust challenge - PRWeek podcast

181

Talent market will remain ‘incredibly aggressive’ - PRWeek podcast on 2023 predictions

182

Three PR agency chiefs review 2022

183

What can comms pros learn from the Qatar World Cup?

184

How does John Lewis do it? Purpose or fun in campaigns now?

185

'Where's the PR agency standing up for the children?' - Climate comms and COP

186

What is the role of the modern comms director - and what do they want from agencies?

187

'The great resignation could easily become the great redundancy'

188

Don't be the dinosaurs who no-one wants to work for - or who clients don't come to,' says D&I expert

189

'Less spin, more delivery' - where now for government comms? PRWeek Beyond the Noise podcast

190

Brutal markets, embracing failure, exciting future - opening overseas, PRWeek Beyond the Noise podcast

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PRWeek Beyond The Noise Podcast: What does recession mean for PR?

192

Edelman, Saudi and more - ethics examined in PRWeek's Beyond the Noise podcast

193

British Airways' comms and sustainability challenges, plus Top & Flop

194

PRWeek Beyond The Noise Podcast: Environment protests - the impact for PR and Big Oil

195

PRWeek Beyond the Noise podcast: Cannes, the metaverse and comms amid travel chaos

196

PRWeek Beyond the Noise podcast: Jubilee, Paddington Bear and Boris - is he over and out?

197

PRWeek Beyond the Noise: salary gaps, CEO pressures, top and flop of the fortnight

198

PRWeek UK launches Beyond the Noise podcast

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Ep 13: Managing COVID & the Pingdemic | Ditch the pitch | Tokyo Olympics joy

200

Ep 12: Euros, England & racism | Robbie Gibb & BBC independence | Preparing for 'Freedom Day'

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Ep 11: Cannes Lions & Purpose Awards | PR salaries & recruitment | Govt eases COVID restrictions

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Ep 10: GBNews reaction | Ronaldo vs Coke | Bob Leaf & Robert Phillips | Ethnic & Gender Pay Gaps

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Ep 9: Euro campaigns & taking the knee | GB News | Out of hours email ban | Employer Premier League

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Ep 8: Pride & pinkwashing | Naomi Osaka comms | M&C Saatchi recovery | Startups during COVID

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Ep 7: India & COVID | Kiyan Prince campaign | Agencies expanding abroad | Climate crisis

206

Ep 6: M&A market in PR 'heating up' | Local election winners & losers | What journos think about PR

207

Ep 5: The inside story of Publicis Groupe's acquisition of Taylor Herring | 30 Under 30

208

Ep 4: The Top 150 Consultancies | Publicis acquires Taylor Herring | Super League scandal

209

Ep 3. Cameron lobbying scandal | The creative challenge this summer | Prince Philip coverage

210

Ep 2: Ogilvy CEO moves to Weber | COVID & internal comms | Manifest's Obubo tackles racism report

211

Ep 1: Returning to the office | What next for No. 10 comms? | The PR Cup

212

'The next few months will be tough for PR'

213

Women In PR open up about COVID and gender in PR

214

The PR Show: How should social media be regulated?

215

PRWeek podcast: The biggest industry challenges in 2021

216

The PR Show: How tech PR has come to the fore during the COVID crisis

217

The PR Show - How agencies are tackling a mental health crisis

218

The PR Show – How PR bodies plan to improve industry diversity

219

The PR Show: Does antisemitism have a 'PR' problem?

220

The PR Show - Launching an agency during coronavirus

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The PR Show - PR's Blueprint for racial diversity

222

The PR Show - Travel PR's fight against 'ridiculous' COVID policy

223

The PR Show - How comms is helping BP and rivals handle an unprecedented crisis

224

The PR Show - Assessing the Government's coronavirus comms

225

The PR Show: How the coronavirus is changing the PR industry

226

What makes a great PR employer?

227

The PR Show – Coronavirus comms in tourism, travel and hospitality

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The PR Show - Getting tone right during the coronavirus crisis

229

How brands can score gold at the Olympic Games

230

The PR Show: The diversity problem

231

The PR Show: Is flexible working a problem in PR?

232

The rise of purpose-driven marketing

233

Is the pitching process broken - part 2

234

The PR Show - Creativity in PR

235

The PR Show - Ep 3 - Is the pitch process broken?

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The PR Show - Top 150 consultancies

237

The PR Show: Is influencer marketing worthwhile?

238

The Line – PRWeek's sports podcast – Episode 9: Jermaine Jenas, rising media star

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The Line – PRWeek's sports podcast – Episode 8: Pochettino, Neymar and the Spurs Jinx

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The Line – PRWeek's sports podcast – Episode 7: What’s the point of a sports agency?

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The Line – PRWeek's sports podcast – Episode 6: Brian Moore tackles rugby & the media

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The Line – PRWeek's sports podcast – Episode 5: Women – the market sport forgot

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The Line - PRWeek's sports podcast - Episode 4: Arsenal Fan TV & the rise of football influencers

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The Line - PRWeek's sports podcast - Episode 3: Anatomy of a sports PR crisis

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The Line - PRWeek's sports podcast - Episode 2: NFL, Premier League, rugby - sport's global question

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The Line - PRWeek's sports podcast - Episode 1: How big player transfers became a marketing story