Welcome to Stories and Strategies, the world’s most listened to Public Relations podcast according to Podchaser, Goodpods, and data from Rephonic on public relations, communications, and marketing.
Hosted by award-winning PR professionals Doug Downs in Canada and Farzana Baduel in the UK, this weekly podcast offers you bold ideas, sharp insights, and honest conversations about the future of public relations, strategic communications, and marketing.
Every Tuesday, we release a new 20-minute episode packed with practical takeaways for PR professionals, communication strategists, and marketing leaders around the world. Whether it’s earned media, brand storytelling, digital communications, or navigating AI and behavioral science, we go beyond the surface and ask the questions that matter.
Stories and Strategies doesn’t do puff pieces or profiles, we dive into the real issues facing the global PR, marketing and comms industry with guests who are actively shaping it. Our episodes are trusted by listeners in over 100 countries.
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Managers seeking better connections with staff, the rise of the introverts, and opportunities for businesses and governments to communicate differently and more effectively. As the cloud of COVID eve…
Spin Doctors, Brand Police, Jedi mind-controllers with magic words to make people think differently - all misconceptions about professional communications. So, what is it PR people really do for a li…