SOMETIMES SWEARY, ALWAYS INSIGHTFUL.
2.18 Roundtable Part 2: The night of the roundtable
Where has the time gone? After a packed second season of the pod, Adam and Jon welcome back some familiar faces to a special, two-part roundtable chat about communications in 2020, the trends, the high points, the low points, and a whole lot more. So who's back for more? Only Rebecca Zeitlin, John Brown, Carrie Rose, Alex Myers, and Rich Leigh!
2.17 Roundtable Part 1: The curious case of the staircase, the bookcase, the book, the holiday, and the KFC
Where has the time gone? After a packed second season of the pod, Adam and Jon welcome back some familiar faces to a special, two-part roundtable chat about communications in 2020, the trends, the high points, the low points, and a whole lot more. So who's back for more? Only Rebecca Zeitlin, John Brown, Carrie Rose, Alex Myers, and Rich Leigh!
2.16 Forget Mr Universe, here's Mr PR!
Rich Leigh, founder of Radioactive PR and Radioactive Talent (and the man who once changed his name via deed poll to Mr Public Relations) drops into the pod to discuss... well, everything!
2.15 Life happens in a Costa
We cover a 'latte' ground in this episode of the podcast, as Adam and Jon speak with the Global PR Lead for Costa Coffee, Penny Mairoudhiou.
2.14 Don't send me your creds deck!
What are the odds? Head of PR & Mischief at betting giant Paddy Power - Lee Price - speaks with Adam and Jon about his transition from features writer at The Sun to PR stunt supremo, his proudest campaigns to date, and why doesn't want to *ever* see your creds deck.
2.13 "Is it called a tiktok?"
This time on the pod Adam and Jon chat to Louise Parker, Digital PR Director at Brighton-based firm, Propellernet, about the short-form video world of TikTok, the attraction of digital PR and how it's changed over the course of her career, and how to convince clients that there are better ways to measure a PR campaign than outdated measures (we're looking at you, AVE).
2.12 CIPR Presidential Election Special aka "The Heated Debate"
In this CIPR Presidential Election special of The PR Hub Podcast, Adam and Jon speak with the two candidates for the 2022 CIPR presidency, Rachel Roberts and Peter Holt.
2.11 F@*k fine, let's talk mental health
Ahead of World Mental Health Day on 10th October, Adam and Jon sit down with two special guests about mental health and its effect on comms pros, even away from living through a global pandemic. Sonah Shah is communications lead and trustee of Informal Network, a new community for anyone facing under-representation at work, shares her own mental health story; David Fraser is founder of multi-award-winning agency, Ready10, and discusses how organisations can fulfil their duty of care and how colleagues can be the best allies for those struggling with their mental health.
2.10 Bloch Party
Adam and Jon are joined by Frank PR co-founder and advisor to Lord Sugar, Andrew Bloch, for a (don't say it...) 'frank' discussion (dammit!) about his shift from working on the day-to-day of the agency he helped establish 20 years ago, the challenges of creativity in an age of lockdown, and whether there's still a place for PR stunts in 2020.
2.9 'Those guys are f**king great!'
Jim Hawker, co-founder of Threepipe Reply, joins Adam and Jon to discuss his career, his key lockdown purchase, his wanderlust, and his encounters with John Terry and Michael Palin.
2.8 What a way to start a Friday!
Self-confessed occasional Twitter ranter and - more importantly - in-house strategic communicator, Rebecca Zeitlin joins Adam and Jon on the podcast to discuss (among other things) the relationship between agencies and their clients, pitching, and having a seat at the executive table.
2.7 "Whatever happens, my mum will always love me"
This time, Adam and Jon are joined by British communication industry's answer to Batman and Robin, agency and in-house advisor, Stephen Waddington, and Hard Numbers co-founder, Darryl Sparey.
2.6 From A to GenZ
The kids are alright! Adam and Jon are made to feel like crusty old timers in this episode of the pod, and interview three of the incredible shining lights of the UK communications industry who have recently been unveiled as forming part of PR Week’s 30 Under 30 and Newcomers for this year. Determined to shake up the industry and drive change from the bottom up, the trio – Liv Shalofsky (KPMG UK), Josh Burrell (Transport for London), and Jainie Mills (BP) – discuss their entries into the sector, their aspirations for the future, the state of the industry as they see it, and a whole lot more.
2.5 Becoming the world’s first global small agency
Alex Myers, founder of Manifest Group, speaks with Adam and Jon in this episode of The PR Hub Podcast. Outspoken, open, transparent, and looking to deliver change to brands (and the wider communications industry, the man who arguably has the nicest staircase in all of PR-dom talks about setting up his agency, taking it international while retaining its small agency feel, and why the pitching process if fundamentally broken… and, more importantly, how he’d fix it.
2.4 Being successful in my own right
Adam and Jon meet Ronke Lawal, founder of lifestyle agency Ariatu PR, mentor, and entrepreneur, about her journey from wannabe investment banker and economist grad to comms expert and small business owner.
2.3 From Apprentice to SEO master
The dark art within a dark art! This time on The PR Hub Podcast, Adam and Jon speak with Carrie Rose, co-founder of SEO agency, Rise at Seven.
2.2 Cutting through the PR bulls**t
Ooooof, it's our very first truly sweary episode of The PR Hub Podcast! This time Adam and Jon speak with Mr @BrownBare himself, Don't Cry Wolf's John Brown, about setting up the agency, its philosophy of cutting through all the PR bulls**t, why he decided to sponsor the Cannes Lions awards, and whether the PR industry is agile enough.
2.1 It's 'Be alert', not 'Be aware!'
Kicking off the new season, Adam and Jon chat crisis communications with the former Head of Corporate Comms at Greater Manchester Police, Amanda Coleman.
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