In what may be the longest single episode of a podcast ever, Neville and Shel present observations and prognostications from 17 of the smartest communication professionals in the business. (But when you consider that we covered 20 years in 2 hours and 20 minutes, it’s actually quite fast. And we might qualify for a Guinness world record!)

If you’ve been listening to FIR for a long time (the show started in January 2005), you’ll recognize some of these voices from the early days. This special episode is focused entirely on the impact of the last decade on communications and what communicators can expect in the Roaring 20’s.

Contributors include Christoper Barger, Gini Dietrich, Chip Griffin, Lee Hopkins, Marshall Kirkpatrick, Sharon McIntosh, Rachel Miller, Scott Monty, Christopher S. Penn, Jen Phillips, Eric Schwartzman, Bill Spaniel, David Spark, Mark Story, Andrea Vascellari, Brad Whitworth, and Dan York (not in alphabetical order).

Special thanks to Jay Moonah for the opening and closing music.

The next episode of For Immediate Release will be posted on Monday, February 24.

Links from This Week’s Episode

* Subject-Verb Agreement When Using Singular “They”

* Subject-Verb Agreement And The Singular They

* Christopher Barger’s complete essay