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Reputation Town — 70 episodes

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1

Callaway-Good Good, CBC/Sept 11 debacle, Dolly Parton, Doug Ford, Neutrogena, Flock

2

Bryan Adams, Ron Maclean, Mike Babcock, Ottawa Police, KPMG, Marc Andreessen on Media Training

3

Spencer Pratt's viral ads, Ryan Holiday's stoic stumble, Saudi's PR backslide, Mike Vrabel statement breakdown

4

Dougie's jet, NFL Sedona scandal, surveillance pricing, CityNews reporter fired

5

Air Canada, Pierre Poilievre on Rogan, Participation Trophies at the LA Marathon, Rolex vs Fakes

6

The Epstein Gang, Ring Doorbell's SuperBowl Fail, the Decline of Reese's PB Cups and more

7

Year-end wrap up: Kiss-cam CEO, Sidney Sweeney, Trump, Brown University, Louvre heist and more

8

Sidney Sweeney, BBC vs Trump, TTC cancels Halloween, Prince Andrew on the outs

9

Gary's gun grab, KFC recipe leaked, Riyadh comedy festival, AI actress stir, UK goes 1984

10

Jimmy Kimmel Cancelled, Charlie Kirk, Ben & Jerry's, Cracker Barrel, Banksy and more

11

Cracker Barrel U-turn, Crown Royal to USA, the failed bench press that hurt a mayoral campaign

12

Elbows down! Air Canada strike, Cracker Barrel rebrand, Colbert canned, self-defence laws in Canada

13

Jaguar sales down 98%, RCMP calls traditional values 'extreme', Sportsnet price hike backlash and more

14

Jake Tapper flogs a book, No Greatness for the Leafs, Outdoor Boys creator quits YouTube and more

15

Coinbase, Frontier Airlines, NHL owner reprimanded for tweet, Toronto councillors' 24% pay raise

16

The new Pope's PR, Poilievre drops the ball, Belichick's odd interview, the Diddy trial, Michelle Obama's podcast

17

LA Mayor's media freeze-up, upside down airplanes, trade wars, Mike Meyers and Wayne Gretzky

18

2024 Wrap-Up: Top PR crisis stories of the year with guest Molly McPherson

19

Mean Toronto librarians, Biznasty defends restaurant staff, the Canada Post Strike lingers and more

20

Jaguar's rebrand, Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson and BlueSky's big moment

21

US Presidential Election recap, RIP Mike Bullard and McDonalds' E. coli crisis

22

Pre-election pod with special guest Molly McPherson

23

Grading Kamala's media work, TD's $3B fine, Dave Grohl's side baby, Quantas subjects passengers to R-rated movie

24

Elon/Trump X chat, 900 CHML closes, bad PR for Disney, $18 mill of bonuses at the CBC

25

Fallout after the attempted assassination of Trump, Crowdstrike outage, Cdn soccer drone scandal and more

26

Biden's downward spiral, TTC's weak response to murder, Paul Maurice's great speech, Al Michaels' goes A.I.

27

Trump verdict, KateWatch, American Airlines blames 9-yr-old victim, study links crisis comms to stock price

28

Leafs fire Keefe, Cdn army's minecraft logo, university protests and Galen blames the customers

29

Maryland bridge disaster, the Huberman hit piece, cops vs LEGO, MLB, Marineland and Princess Kate

30

Dr. Terry Flynn joins us to break down the comms around KateGate and other PR stories of the week

31

Brad Ross joins us to discuss Google's woke AI, Shane Gillis on SNL, Arizona Coyotes and more

32

Boeing, Kyte Baby, Cloudflare, Bill Ackman vs Business Insider and Trudeau's vacation

33

CBC layoffs, Ivy league weasels, Sports Illustrated’s AI crisis and the Chicago Blackhawks

34

Texas A&M fires coach, Bud Light in bed with the UFC, a reneging sportscaster and Mr. Beast

35

Buddy Guy, plane lady update, Trump & Tucker and ’bad apples’ in journalism

36

Bell Media layoffs, LIV/PGA, RFK Jr., Liz Gilbert’s self-cancellation and more

37

Bud Light, Elizabeth Holmes’s rebrand, anti-capitalist coffee shop and Elon vs. the comms dept.

38

Canucks vs Bruce, Tim Horton’s class action donut and Loblaw’s awkward authenticity

39

Prince Harry’s book, Bell’s mental health switcheroo, VIA’s slow response and more

40

Molly McPherson joins us to talk algorithms, Sobeys, crypto and Elon/Twitter

41

Hockey Canada crisis analysis with the Friday roundtable

42

Day 12 for Bell Media, Andrew Tate, the Partying PM, and Marnie McBean’s stand

43

Lisa LaFlamme vs Bell Media, the Crying CEO and Dan Price

44

Rogers’ handling of the communications side of the recent service outage

45

LIV Golf vs the PGA, TTC’s canned messaging and the Muzzo hospital naming controversy

46

Ontario election, Depp vs. Heard and the implications of ignoring media requests

47

CNN+, the Johnny Depp trial, Dolly Parton and Freshii’s virtual cashier

48

Breaking down the reputational fallout from The Slap

49

The PR war in Ukraine, a CEO’s sexist conference comments, the Pay Gap App and Disney versus DeSantis

50

EP21: The Spotify/Neil Young situation, truckers vs. Terry Fox and the All-In pod kerfuffle

51

EP20: Our picks for the reputation winners and losers of 2021

52

E19: A deep dive on the Alec Baldwin 20/20 interview

53

E18: Facebook‘s name change, the Rogers family drama, Dave Chappelle & Netflix, Kyle Beach and the Chicago Blackhawks

54

E17: Bill Gates, Facebook‘s PR problems, WPP‘s bribery fine, the Church and the Residential School crisis

55

Sept. 11 marketing fails, private school buries info about principal, Western U, Leylah Fernandez

56

A councillor‘s texting scandal, Delta CEO refuses to say ‘Delta‘, politicians vs journalists and more

57

Taliban PR, Bill Gates, photoshopped politicians and Sean O'Shea is at the door

58

Jeff Bezos, Lululemon, Ava Lane Boutique and the Montreal Canadiens

59

Bezos vs Branson, Phylicia Rashad's tweet and how to prep for a media interview

60

Molly McPherson joins us to discuss Subway's tuna woes, Blade's imaginary spokesperson and more

61

Steroid burritos, a bad hockey apology, the Return of the Toobinator and more

62

Tennis and press conferences, Tobi's 'we're not a family' email and 'Should you ask for a correction?'

63

John Cena vs China, Kyle Dubas vs the Toronto Sun and CEO statements

64

Revisiting our Ellen prediction, Elon hosting SNL and the Doug Ford 'protect the King' strategy

65

Peloton's crisis response, selfies with Trump, the NHL's discipline issues and more

66

Vaccine rollouts, pong-playing primates and the long-term care sector

67

Big brands picking sides, Facebook's poor communications and trust in journalism

68

Ellen DeGeneres, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Tim Peel and Amazon

69

The WE scandal, the Huffington Post Canada layoffs and more

70

Introducing The Reputation Town Podcast