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Podcast power: 5 podcasts to keep your PR skills sharp
The world of PR and Marketing moves quickly. Keeping on top of the latest industry news, trends and best practices is crucial for staying on top of your game. One of the best ways to stay informed? Podcasts – your ultimate source for expert insights on crisis comms, social media challenges, trending culture and career growth. Whether you’re looking for quick, bite-sized info, or have the time to savour in-depth discussions, there’s a podcast for you.
Here are our top 5 for PRs and Marketers:
PRmoment Podcast, by PRmoment: Hosted by Ben Smith – Founder and CEO of PRmoment, this podcast keeps you in the know and is packed with insight from PR professionals, journalists and media experts. Whether you’re hot in the press room looking for tips on how to pitch or looking for inspirational stories, there’s something for everyone. The podcast’s monthly “PR Pitches and M&A update” series is particularly bang on too – a review of the month’s PR pitch wins, mergers and acquisitions with Andrew Bloch.
Listen here: https://www.prmoment.com/podcasts
Fuse, by PRCA: For those looking for the scoop on a more global scale, this one is for you. Each episode, PR vet Farzana Baduel delves into everything from balancing creative risk with strategic discipline to measuring PR Excellence with a revolving crew of industry professionals.
Listen here: https://prca.mena.global/insights/fuse-podcast/
When It Hits The Fan, by BBC Radio 4: It’s all in the name. You guessed. The dreaded C. Crisis. This smash-hit is hosted by two of the most experienced names in the crisis comms game, David Yelland and Simon Lewis, former troubleshooter for the Queen. Every week, they give us the lowdown on the latest crises around the world. They explore different media strategies used by crisis managers to mitigate the most troublesome events surrounding the most powerful people – from Prince Harry to Elon Musk We love their “Quick Wins” series – short snappy episodes packed with advice for doing your own PR and navigating the working world like a pro.
Listen here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001q6gr
Uncensored CMO, by Jon Evans: Hosted by Jon Evans, this podcast candidly unveils the (sometimes ugly) ins and outs about marketing. One of our favourite episodes is Mr Bates vs The Post Office – the real story behind the drama with Patrick Spence – a chilling backstory by the producer of Britain’s most famous and effective drama which covers one of the biggest misjustices in history.
Listen here: https://uncensoredcmo.com/
Social Minds Podcast: This social media marketing podcast gives you simple, behind-the-scenes insight from experts behind some of the biggest brands around the globe, from Formula 1 to Innocent Drinks. No fluff. No jargon.
It’s ‘Social in Six’ series keeps you up to date with the hottest social media updates.
Eve Young – founder and host – heads the podcast. Callum McLeod – co-host who comes from a background of executing global social campaigns – brings in-depth interviews with brands, platforms, broadcasters and other experts from all over the world of marketing. Pollyanna Ward – seasoned marketer specialising in paid social for brands like Oreos and Cadbury’s – hosts the ‘Answered’ segment answering the questions every marketer has asked at some point, without the jargon and buzzwords.
Listen here: https://www.socialchain.com/social-minds/
