The PR Hub Podcast

Adam and Jon speaks with Michael Mpofu, Head of Communications at insurance tech disruptor, Worry+Peace about his time working in political communications at a national and regional level in South Africa.

The former spokesperson for the leader of The Democratic Alliance, South Africa's official opposition, Michael has crossed the communications coin from journalism to PR, geographical hemispheres following a move to the UK in 2018, as well as industry sectors, delivering fascinating insight from an unique perspective. 

It's a game of two halves, and it's a funny old game. This time on the pod, we have two guests to discuss sports PR and the utter shambles that was the European Super League / The Super League and the disastrous comms surrounding its announcement. David Alexander, former sports journalist and MD of PR agency Calacus, and sports comms consultant, Dan Tunna, join Adam and Jon for an episode that's light on swears but heavy on insight. Jon shows his lack of football (soccer?) knowledge, though attempts a somewhat valiant effort of describing the off-side rule, while Adam, Dan, and David discuss some of the greatest clubs in red (Liverpool, Arsenal, and Charlton Athletic) and the wider nature of sports comms in general.

The answer to one of the greatest marcoms mysteries is revealed in the latest episode of the pod! This time, Adam and Jon are joined by reformed broadcast and online journalist, Laura Morrelli - Head of Media for the UK & Australia at SEMRush - who discusses her career trajectory and her move from Australia to Britain, as well as how data is combating fake news and a whole lot more.

Oh boy, here's a corker of an episode! Freelance PR creative director, Sam Brown aka The PR Mastercoach, joins Adam and Jon for an episode of insight, anecdotes, heavily edited Bristol chatter, and swearing. Sam's experience with working with agencies and household brands over the last 25 years shines through in a no-holds-barred dissection of the modern day PR industry. Author of the lockdown-produced '20 Rules of PR aka How to get it right and not f*uck it up', Sam shares her views on the public perception of the industry, the sector du jour - Digital PR - and so much more. A must listen episode of the pod.

Sam is available on Instagram @The_PR_Mastercoach, on LinkedIn, and via theprmastercoach.com. Adam is available on Twitter @AdamTuckwell, Jon is at @JonWilcox_, while you can contact us @PRHub or [email protected].

Adam and Jon are joined by Leor Franks, CMO of esteemed law firm, Kingsley Napley. An MBA grad and reformed journalist, Leor shares his career journey and why he didn't go the typical direct route into PR. He also discusses his favourability journey philosophy, and a whole lot more.

We're back! In this season opener, Adam and Jon are joined by Augur Communications founder, Max Tatton-Brown, a specialist in managing comms for pure B2B, 'unsexy' tech. Max discusses his journey helping technology start ups and scale ups, rethinking public relations beyond media relations, and finding the spark behind a good story.

You can follow Max on Twitter at @MaxTB; as ever the podcast is @PRHub, Adam is @AdamTuckwell, and Jon is @JonWilcox_. If you would like to get in touch, our direct messages are open, and you can also email us at [email protected].

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!