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The Little Questions — 101 episodes
A business editor speaks: how news is changing, and how to work with journalists
Little Questions - 100 NOT OUT and still knocking it out the park
The long term benefits of Sunscreen and why you should never fight a land war in Asia
What to do when your culture becomes the crisis
Bad emails, big egos & broken comms
Here We Stand: Fifteen heretical Theses on comms and corporate affairs
PR Heroes and Villains of 2025
"Bonkers" Valuations: Nick Clegg on the AI Bubble and why Europe can't beat China in the AI race
Client Britain – A Reputation Repair Job for a Slightly Frayed Nation
A Royal PR nightmare and could AI replace your Comms team?
Press events, smart comms tool or tired ritual?
What's been hot (or not) in the world of comms
Has comms lost its edge?
101 Things We Think a Corporate Affairs Professional Should Know
Flatpack PR genius, Corporate Transaction puns and a massive Lollypop Man PR fail
Logo, legacy, or laundering - what is sponsorship?
In Conversation with Simon French, Chief Economist
Topical Times in March and April
The fly on the wall workplace documentary
Ringing in the changes – employee engagement
Corporate communications in the second age of Trump
Leaking
Gazing into our Comms Crystal Ball
Who are our PR heroes and villains of 2024?
The wisdom of the elders
Working People and Dodgy Desk Research
It wasn't like that in our day - addressing the productivity puzzle
Resetting the 'doom & gloom' narrative – how PR can show the way to sunny uplands
CEO Special - with Henry Engelhardt
All the world's a stage; with special guest David Solomon
Getting meaningful insight from data – the ongoing problem for Corporate Affairs
Election Special
Why Boards are definitely not boring – with special guest Penny James
When PRs become the story and brands with no vowels
Brand and reputation - two sides of the same coin?
The corporate backtrack, trusting AI and the rise of gilet-man...
Five years of Apella Advisors
Why pre-brief? Unpicking the Budget and inappropriate words.
Does comms need a coach?
The reluctant CEO and the slow, lingering death of mainstream media
One team, or a big scream?
January edition - chewing the topical comms cud
Our survey said! How to use polling in PR
The PR Heroes and Villains of 2023
November edition - chewing the topical comms cud
Events – the forgotten comms channel
Chewing the topical comms cud
You can't say that!
Picking A Fight: How to go head-to-head and win!
How To Get The Best Out Of Conference Season
Little Questions Live 2; how do you communicate through times of uncertainty and change?
An interview with Basil Towers
In Praise Of Process
Gamekeeper turned poacher – some reflections four years on…
An interview with Dr Eliza Filby
Keeping the story out of the media
An interview with Danny Rogers, Editor-in-Chief, PR Week
How to nail the big profile interview
An interview with Roc Sandford
Speeches
Trade associations, is business really better together?
CEO Special with Paul Drechsler
How to succeed and get on in Corporate Affairs. Some perspectives.
Financial Reporting: where legal, finance and PR get together to disagree
Going behind the mic! Should you start a podcast?
New Year's Resolutions 2023
The 2022 Christmas Special
Who are the PR heroes and villains of 2022?
An interview with Jane Rawnsley, Group Head of Corporate Responsibility, M&G Plc
The Shape of Corporate Affairs
PR in popular culture
Brain Friendly Change
Cyber Breach
Caviar Express - who wouldn't you work for?
Interview with Mark Kleinman - Sky News Business Editor
Leadership Change
Interview with Dr Kris De Meyer, Director of the UCL Climate Action Unit
Do we still need media relations?
Mergers and acquisitions
Internal Communications: always the bridesmaid, never the bride
Getting the best from your corporate advisors.
Interview with Alison Brittain, CEO, Whitbread
Tell me a story, Jackanory
Campaigning - the best way of telling your story?
Is ESG the new CSR?
Joe Garner discusses communications and leadership
Sorry not sorry: the corporate apology
Little Questions Live
Christmas Special
Corporate Affairs - 'If only I'd known that then'
Post Truth: Is B*llsh*t the new normal?
Measurement malaise: is comms stuck in a rut?
Pitch perfect? The good, the bad and the funny…
Total, brutal honesty in corporate leadership
Aviva CEO Amanda Blanc
Media Training - A necessary evil?
Agency or in-house – what makes the better PR?
Corporate wokery. Does big business REALLY care?
Do words still matter? Can you still write?
Little black book: Is it all about WHO you know?
Communications: Is it an art or a profession?