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When It Hits the Fan — 146 episodes

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Knowing When To Quit

2

The King's Speech

3

Trouble at the FBI

4

Don't Panic!!!

5

When Poachers Turn Gatekeepers

6

Can You Spin ChatGPT?

7

A Gulf in Communications

8

The Generation Game

9

Friends: The One About PR

10

Heart v Head PR

11

Is the Office of PM Beyond PR?

12

Are Andrew and Mandelson Beyond the Fan?

13

Is the Beckham Brand in Jeopardy?

14

A New Blueprint for PR

15

Is the Worm Turning on 'Fat Jabs'?

16

3. Don't Break the Fourth Wall

17

2. Don't Delay PR

18

1. Rolling the Pitch

19

Why Optimism is a PR Superpower

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20

Simon Cowell's PR: Judged!

21

Nuns on the Run

22

Power, PR and the 'Epstein Class'

23

The Secrets of the List: Putting Yourself in the Frame for a Top Job.

24

Is the BBC 'hopeless at PR'?

25

Two Weeks that Shook the Palace

26

The Strictly Bombshell

27

The Prince Andrew Crisis

28

What Victoria Beckham's revelation reveals about PR

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29

Michelle Mone: Her PR Rise and Fall

30

Prince Harry and the Men in Grey Suits

31

Why the Macrons are willing to bare all

32

Prince Harry's PR Comeback

33

Alas WH Smith and Jones

34

7. Be Honest With Yourself

35

6. Never Over Promise

36

5. Know How To Go Off the Record

37

4. Prepare For A Crisis

38

3. The Media is Not Your Friend

39

2. Start Networking Now

40

1. Reputation is Everything

41

A Right Royal Whodunnit

42

The Crying Game

43

Dynasty PR: Can the Trumps learn from the Royals?

44

Faking It To Make It

45

Is Bezos blind to Venetians?

46

Sirs, Dames and the PR Game

47

'Humanity Deserves Better'

48

You're Banned!

49

Robotaxis: Look, no hands!

50

The Spy Who Leaked Me

51

Prince Harry's bombshell interview

52

PR is a virus

53

China's meme warfare, rats and rockets

54

Quick Wins: How to avoid being typecast

55

Quick Wins: How to deal with redundancies

56

The truth about ‘no comment,’ managing expectations and cost-effective PR

57

Heathrow special: inside the crisis

58

Thames Water’s PR gamble, Tesla backlash and William’s Villa in The Sun

59

Carney’s Canada v Trump, Abrdn’s U-turn and Ambassador Suzuki

60

Trump, Zelensky, the King and Mummy Pig

61

PR in the disinformation bubble, Mandelson’s doorstep and breaking cover

62

BP’s PR battle, Jamie Dimon’s rant, and two men and a baby

63

Inside the woke war room, puff quote PR and WhatsApp comms

64

Rachel Reeves’ PR pivot, how to talk to Trump and Bill Gates’ memoir

65

Inside the Sun's historic apology to Prince Harry

66

Power and influence in the (medieval) court of Trump

67

California in crisis and is the UK running out of gas?

68

Quick Wins: How to quit a new job

69

Quick Wins: How to use storytelling

70

Quick Wins: How to recover from embarrassment

71

2024: the big ideas that shaped our year

72

Quick Wins: Office Parties

73

Murdoch loses 'succession’ battle, killing of a US CEO and why tycoons get up at 4am

74

Gregg Wallace, ‘casting doubt’ PR and Ed Davey’s Christmas single

75

Jaguar’s rebrand, John Prescott and Meet the Rees-Moggs

76

Has business lost the argument? X versus Bluesky, and Coleen’s jungle PR

77

Why Trump means boom times for PR, and a Rivals spat

78

Telling the truth, being on TV and the best PR comebacks

79

Inside prestige PR, Starbucks and a cheese heist

80

Could PR have helped Liam Payne?, Thomas Tuchel and the Trump biopic

81

Kamala Harris, Man City v the Premier League and LinkedIn

82

Why Keir needs Bikeshed PR, Strictly’s tabloid battle and Undo Send!

83

Ozempic, Phillip Schofield and PR on screen

84

Al Fayed revelations, and the Murdoch succession battle

85

BBC in crisis, laughing at Trump and the elephant in the room

86

Kate’s video and Labour PR in power

87

Quick Wins: How to Lead

88

Quick Wins: How to Deal with Online Abuse

89

When It Hits The Fan x Today Podcast Summer special: Is journalism in crisis?

90

Quick Wins: How to Deal with Backstabbers

91

Quick Wins: How to Get Ahead When You're Shy

92

Quick Wins: The Nine Circles of Media Hell

93

Quick Wins: How to break unwelcome news

94

Trump shooting, Biden and loser PR

95

Can Keir kill spin?

96

Positive campaigning, how to deal with disappointment and why PR loves Wimbledon

97

When It Hits The Fan x The Today Podcast x Newscast

98

Taylor Swift’s PR stardust, the Putin effect and Southgate’s pundit problem

99

Can Starmer do PR?, the Green Party and being Taylor Swift's ex

100

Sunak's D-Day blunder, is Farage using dog whistles?, and Mike Lynch

101

Private school PR, Lib Dem tactics and Trump's conviction

102

General Election PR strategy and the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry

103

Quick Wins: How to say no

104

UK water crisis, the Rich List and PR wellbeing

105

Quick Wins: How to say sorry

106

Apple’s ad backlash, 'I’m not your mum' and Zahawi’s exit strategy

107

Co-op Live, political spin and inside the Trumpian bubble

108

Huw Edwards, PR speak and runaway horses

109

Matthew Freud special

110

Dorothy Byrne special

111

Mick Lynch special

112

What can we learn from Kate?

113

TikTok and China, how to make a royal story go away and cybersecurity PR

114

The Palace in crisis

115

Christian Horner crisis continues, the Telegraph battle and Hancock’s Eton cockup

116

Talking crap, car crash interviews and Trident’s plop

117

NatWest, the first 100 days and F1's Red Bull

118

Quick Wins: How to deal with imposter syndrome

119

F1’s Christian Horner, Soho House and The National Trust

120

Quick Wins: How to manage your reputation online

121

The King's cancer, Facebook PR and Greta Thunberg

122

Klopp’s reveal, vaping PR and Barbie’s disappointment

123

Quick Wins: How to deal with a difficult boss

124

CEO salaries, Jordan Henderson and prostate PR

125

Post Office PR, Boeing and the King's new biography

126

Quick Wins: How to ask for a pay rise

127

Quick Wins: How to quit your job

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128

Gerald Ratner special

129

Harry's victory, Baroness Mone Part 2 and 2023's PR lessons

130

Baroness Mone, ITV and VIP PR

131

Quick Wins: Office parties

132

Omid Scobie Part 2, COP PR and Wilko

133

Omid Scobie, RIP PR and Ridley v the historians

134

You’re fired! Everton and political PR

135

The King’s PR, Shell and a million-dollar handbag

136

Rishi and Elon, Robert de Niro and that M&S ad

137

NatWest’s Alison Rose, Unilever and I’m a Celebrity...

138

Britney’s memoir, BT's rebrand and Meryl Streep

139

Captain Tom's family, Barclays and the Grand National

140

Tobacco, Beckham Inc and an Eton mess

141

The Taylor Swift effect, GB News and following Feargal

142

Murdoch, HS2 and British Gas

143

Russell Brand, BP and Britain's 'golden triangle'

144

Elon Musk, 'sorry not sorry' and being booed

145

Crumbling concrete, Harry returns and the Spanish FA

146

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