When It Hits the Fan
Inside the world of crisis managers and spin doctors as David Yelland and Simon Lewis watch the week's biggest PR disasters unfold. In each episode our hosts go behind the scenes of the latest news stories and find out how, where and when it all began to hit the fan. When It Hits The Fan is hosted by two of the most influential and experienced people in the game; David Yelland is the former editor of the Sun and alongside him is Simon Lewis, former trouble-shooter for the Queen and Gordon Brown,...
Episodes (142)
Quick Wins: How to deal with redundancies
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The truth about ‘no comment,’ managing expectations and cost-effective PR
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Heathrow special: inside the crisis
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Thames Water’s PR gamble, Tesla backlash and William’s Villa in The Sun
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Carney’s Canada v Trump, Abrdn’s U-turn and Ambassador Suzuki
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Trump, Zelensky, the King and Mummy Pig
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PR in the disinformation bubble, Mandelson’s doorstep and breaking cover
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BP’s PR battle, Jamie Dimon’s rant, and two men and a baby
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Inside the woke war room, puff quote PR and WhatsApp comms
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Rachel Reeves’ PR pivot, how to talk to Trump and Bill Gates’ memoir
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Inside the Sun's historic apology to Prince Harry
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Power and influence in the (medieval) court of Trump
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California in crisis and is the UK running out of gas?
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Quick Wins: How to quit a new job
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Quick Wins: How to use storytelling
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Quick Wins: How to recover from embarrassment
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2024: the big ideas that shaped our year
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Quick Wins: Office Parties
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Murdoch loses 'succession’ battle, killing of a US CEO and why tycoons get up at...
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Gregg Wallace, ‘casting doubt’ PR and Ed Davey’s Christmas single
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Jaguar’s rebrand, John Prescott and Meet the Rees-Moggs
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Has business lost the argument? X versus Bluesky, and Coleen’s jungle PR
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Why Trump means boom times for PR, and a Rivals spat
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Telling the truth, being on TV and the best PR comebacks
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Inside prestige PR, Starbucks and a cheese heist
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Could PR have helped Liam Payne?, Thomas Tuchel and the Trump biopic
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Kamala Harris, Man City v the Premier League and LinkedIn
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Why Keir needs Bikeshed PR, Strictly’s tabloid battle and Undo Send!
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Ozempic, Phillip Schofield and PR on screen
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Al Fayed revelations, and the Murdoch succession battle
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BBC in crisis, laughing at Trump and the elephant in the room
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Kate’s video and Labour PR in power
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Quick Wins: How to Lead
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Quick Wins: How to Deal with Online Abuse
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When It Hits The Fan x Today Podcast Summer special: Is journalism in crisis?
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Quick Wins: How to Deal with Backstabbers
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Quick Wins: How to Get Ahead When You're Shy
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Quick Wins: The Nine Circles of Media Hell
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Quick Wins: How to break unwelcome news
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Trump shooting, Biden and loser PR
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Can Keir kill spin?
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Positive campaigning, how to deal with disappointment and why PR loves Wimbledon
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When It Hits The Fan x The Today Podcast x Newscast
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Taylor Swift’s PR stardust, the Putin effect and Southgate’s pundit problem
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Can Starmer do PR?, the Green Party and being Taylor Swift's ex
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Sunak's D-Day blunder, is Farage using dog whistles?, and Mike Lynch
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Private school PR, Lib Dem tactics and Trump's conviction
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General Election PR strategy and the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry
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Quick Wins: How to say no
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UK water crisis, the Rich List and PR wellbeing
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