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Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcast — 268 episodes

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TUI and The Remarkables: ‘Don’t overcomplicate GEO’

2

Ents PR is ‘moving away from coverage’

3

Good Housekeeping: ‘We’re not turning our journalists into influencers’

4

‘I set off the fire alarm to stop a media interview – am I the PR a***hole?’

5

What’s going on in travel PR? Two experts throw new light on a transforming discipline

6

FleishmanHillard UK chief: agencies must transform commercially

7

‘I blacklisted a rude journo – am I the PR a***hole?’

8

The biggest risks facing corporate affairs – PRWeek/In.Comms podcast, with BT and Deloitte

9

Golin Ketchum UK chief: ‘the work starts now’

10

Should PR ditch phone calls? Gen-Z pros debate

11

Cannes: where are the UK indie winners?

12

‘I gave honest feedback to a colleague and they cried’ – Am I the PR A***hole?

13

Lord Heseltine: "You’re just playing in toy town”

14

Edelman, Burson and Smarts on Cannes predictions

15

‘PR is having an extraordinary renaissance with this World Cup’

16

Where are PR’s LGBTQ+ leaders?

17

Space comms: why rockets really aren’t the story

18

Uncommon’s Nils Leonard: ‘PR should be scared’

19

'Am I the PR A***hole?' New PRWeek podcast launches

20

How to lobby as Labour implodes

21

Top 150: how can agencies grow in 2026?

22

Manchester Evening News editor on PR, AI, and disinformation

23

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

24

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

25

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

26

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

27

‘CEOs are not influencers’ – LinkedIn leadership tactics

28

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

29

Creativity: be brave, not stupid

30

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

31

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

32

Why the business of space is everyone’s business

33

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

34

Omnicom, WPP… do holdcos really care about PR?

35

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

36

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

37

Are agency bosses overpaid?

38

Freelancers: what do they want from PR employers?

39

Recruitment: what do PR employers want? PRWeek podcast

40

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

41

Will AI spur leadership departures in 2026?

42

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

43

How to win a PR award – PRWeek podcast

44

What happened to ‘wild’ press trips? PRWeek podcast

45

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

46

How to get promoted in PR

47

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

48

Xmas campaigns - where's the PR?

49

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

50

PR firms must be ‘more commercial’ – PRWeek podcast

51

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

52

PRWeek UK Awards show PR is transforming – PRWeek podcast

53

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

54

PR’s DEI ‘hypocrites’ attacked on PRWeek podcast

55

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

56

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

57

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

58

How to support a colleague diagnosed with cancer – PRWeek podcast

59

Burson, DGA chiefs on ‘essential’ party conferences

60

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

61

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

62

How to pitch to journalists in 2025 – PRWeek podcast

63

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

64

New PRCA chief reveals top priorities

65

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

66

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

67

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

68

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

69

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

70

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

71

Cannes: why did PR underperform?

72

‘Stunts dumb down PR’

73

Why are so many agency bosses leaving? PRWeek podcast

74

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

75

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

76

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

77

Are KPIs for coverage pointless? PRWeek podcast at PR360

78

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

79

Cyber attack comms: 'We were rabbits in headlights'

80

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

81

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

82

‘Agencies should stand up for their staff’

83

Vodafone: getting merger comms right - PRWeek podcast

84

How are AI influencers disrupting PR?

85

How are PR firms coping with rising costs?

86

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

87

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

88

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

89

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

90

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

91

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

92

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

93

PR is crying out for AI training

94

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

95

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

96

Is WFH now under threat? The WPP debate rages on

97

EasyJet and Taylor Herring on PR campaign secrets

98

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

99

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

100

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

101

Omnicom-IPG merger - impact on PR agencies

102

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

103

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

104

Measurement: be brave, be bold, sell yourself

105

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

106

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

107

John Lewis on Christmas campaign trends

108

Are agencies pitching too much? PRWeek podcast

109

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

110

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

111

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

112

Behind Golin's creative success

113

How to close PR’s pay gaps – PRWeek podcast

114

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

115

How to launch a PR agency – PRWeek podcast

116

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

117

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

118

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

119

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

120

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

121

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

122

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

123

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

124

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

125

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

126

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

127

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

128

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

129

Special edition podcast: How AI is revolutionising healthcare engagement

130

Why did Burson launch early? PRWeek podcast

131

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

132

PR lessons from the TikTok election - PRWeek podcast

133

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

134

How Tesco transformed its internal comms – PRWeek podcast

135

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

136

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

137

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

138

Does PR have a class problem? PRWeek podcast

139

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

140

Is Taylor Swift really a PR genius? - PRWeek podcast

141

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

142

Is trading on the up? PRWeek podcast

143

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

144

Why are agency bosses leaving? PRWeek podcast

145

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

146

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

147

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

148

Is PR recruitment getting harder? PRWeek podcast

149

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

150

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

151

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

152

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

153

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

154

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

155

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

156

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

157

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

158

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

159

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

160

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

161

What about men in PR? PRWeek podcast

162

When embargoes and exclusives go wrong - the PRWeek podcast

163

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

164

Why are PR agencies closing? PRWeek podcast

165

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

166

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

167

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

168

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

169

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

170

Pay gaps, Gen Z, Xmas campaigns – PRWeek Podcast

171

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

172

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

173

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

174

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

175

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

176

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

177

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

178

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

179

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

180

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

181

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

182

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

183

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

184

Cannes, creativity, Talker Tailor Trouble Maker

185

Are PRs paid enough? PRWeek Beyond the Noise podcast

186

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

187

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

188

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

189

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

190

Coronation hits and misses, PRCA reform, Eurovision

191

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

192

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

193

'Why do client-agency relationships break down?'

194

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

195

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

196

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

197

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

198

PRWeek UK launches 'bite-sized' podcast

199

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

200

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

201

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

202

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

203

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

204

Three PR agency chiefs review 2022

205

What can comms pros learn from the Qatar World Cup?

206

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

207

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

208

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

209

'The great resignation could easily become the great redundancy'

210

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

211

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

212

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

213

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

214

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

215

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

216

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

217

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

218

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

219

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

220

PRWeek UK launches Beyond the Noise podcast

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

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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

224

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

226

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

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

229

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

230

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

231

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

232

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

233

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

234

'The next few months will be tough for PR'

235

Women In PR open up about COVID and gender in PR

236

The PR Show: How should social media be regulated?

237

PRWeek podcast: The biggest industry challenges in 2021

238

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

239

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

240

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

241

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

242

The PR Show - Launching an agency during coronavirus

243

The PR Show - PR's Blueprint for racial diversity

244

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

245

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

246

The PR Show - Assessing the Government's coronavirus comms

247

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

248

What makes a great PR employer?

249

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

250

The PR Show - Getting tone right during the coronavirus crisis

251

How brands can score gold at the Olympic Games

252

The PR Show: The diversity problem

253

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

254

The rise of purpose-driven marketing

255

Is the pitching process broken - part 2

256

The PR Show - Creativity in PR

257

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

258

The PR Show - Top 150 consultancies

259

The PR Show: Is influencer marketing worthwhile?

260

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

261

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