The PRovoke Media Podcast

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What's The PRovoke Media Podcast about?

Formerly known as the Holmes Report‘s Echo Chamber, the PRovoke podcast brings insight and intelligence from the global PR industry. Featuring interviews, analysis and conversation, the weekly show is hosted by PRovoke Media editors Arun Sudhaman, Maja Pawinska Sims & Paul Holmes.

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The PRovoke Media Podcast episodes:

04.09.2024
Team Farner & The New Strategic Communications Landscape
In this edition of the PRovoke Media podcast, two senior leaders from one of Europe’s fastest-growing agency groups join Maja Pawinska Sims to talk about the evolving landscape for strategic communications in complex times. Team Farner executive chairman Roman Geiser...
04.04.2024
KPMG's Jane Lawrie on AI and ESG
KPMG corporate affairs chief Jane Lawrie joins the PRovoke Media podcast to discuss the intersection of artificial intelligence and ESG, across such areas as performance evaluation, identifying future trends, and defining the roadmap for ESG reporting. In conversation with PRovoke Media...
02.07.2024
The power of communications in accelerating sustainability adoption
While some Asia-Pacific countries, such as Japan, have witnessed a strong rise in ESG coverage, investing, and consumer adoption of sustainable products, others have progressed at a slower pace. In partnership with Weber Shandwick, Asia-Pacific corporate affairs head Carolyn Devanayagam...
01.31.2024
Truth, Trust & Trickery
Finn Partners’ Gil Bashe joins the PRovoke Media podcast to discuss the perilous spread of false information — and communicators duty to curb it.
01.29.2024
The Burson mega-merger: is bigger better?
In this episode of the PRovoke Media podcast, editors Arun Sudhaman and Maja Pawinska Sims have a lively discussion about the merger of BCW and Hill & Knowlton to create the world's biggest PR firm, Burson. The conversation covers bringing...
01.22.2024
The Lowdown On Analyst Relations
The Guyer Group’s Kevin Whalen joins the PRovoke Media podcast to discuss the evolving practice of analyst relations.
01.10.2024
Global Healthcare Campaigns, Myth Or Reality?
In this edition of the PRovoke Media podcast, Paul Holmes is joined by GCI Health global CEO Kristin Cahill and Europe and Middle East president Kath Harrison, along with Aimee Christian, VP and global head of corporate communications and engagement...
01.08.2024
Using AI To Supercharge Success
In October, Unlock Health joined me to discuss the PRovokeGlobal Summit. This month they sat down again to discuss the main lessons learned from a diverse and provocative event.In a wide-ranging discussion that took in major industry challenges from the...
12.14.2023
Havas Red On The Maturation of Influencer Marketing
Over the last decade or so, influencer marketing has matured to the point where today being a creator is considered a bona fide career built on rich relationships with agencies, brands and consumers (to say nothing of talent agents). In...
12.01.2023
The critical role of comms in decriminalising suicide
Global suicide prevention and crisis support organisation Lifeline International has launched a new campaign, Decriminalise Suicide Worldwide: the first initiative of its kind to call for legal change in 25 countries around the world where suicide and attempted suicide are...
11.21.2023
HBCU Sports In The Limelight
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Commissioner Sonja Stills joins the PRovoke Media podcast to discuss raising the visibility of HBCU sports.
11.16.2023
Cross-Generational Communications: Creating Ageless Connections
In this episode sponsored by Racepoint Global, we discuss how the themes of curiosity and cross-generational collaboration apply to the world of communications. Guests include Marci Alboher of CoGenerate and Scott Shigeoka, author of "SEEK: How Curiosity Can Transform Your...
11.13.2023
Moderna Chief Brand Officer Kate Cronin
Kate Cronin joins the PRovoke Media podcast to discuss Moderna showing up at large events not typically associated with pharmaceutical companies.
10.27.2023
PRovokeGlobal Preview: Is Disruption Redefining The Agency World?
PRovokeGlobal Podcast Sponsor, Unlock Health joins Paul Holmes ahead of this year's Global Summit to talk disruption in the PR space and making impact. Unlock Health is a single source growth partner for healthcare providers with services that span the...
10.26.2023
Brands Should Act More Like Creators
Codeword founding partner Kyle Monsoon discusses the value in brands acting like creators — and what that looks like.
10.26.2023
Ex-AIIB comms chief Bob Pickard
Bob Pickard joins the PRovoke Media podcast to discuss his dramatic exit from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, whom he accused of being overly influenced by the Chinese Communist Party. In conversation with Arun Sudhaman, Pickard responds to a subsequent...
10.19.2023
The Rise Of Misinformation And What It Means For Brand Storytellers
In an era when it is reported that more than half of Americans believe national news organizations intend to mislead, misinform or persuade the public, what does this mean for brand communicators? James Wright, CEO of Havas Red, joins this...
10.18.2023
Tier One On Leveraging Trendspotting To Elevate Brands
Tier One Partners’ Marian Hughes and Celina Fine discuss the art and science of trendspotting and how the firm leverages trends to boost brands.
08.15.2023
How Brands Can Build Consumer Love In A Cost-Of-Living Crisis
In this episode of the PRovoke Media podcast, Cirkle’s consumer managing director Kate Gibson and her client Jim Shearer, marketing director of frozen food giant Birds Eye, discuss how brands can continue to build consumer love and loyalty in a...
08.10.2023
The Future Of Cognitive AI And Its Role In Protecting Brands
BCW joins the podcast to discuss their recently announced partnership with Limbik, a top information defense technology company rooted in cognitive artificial intelligence (AI), which will provide clients with advanced identification and mitigation solutions in today's post-factual environment. Paul Holmes...
08.03.2023
Maureen Lippe On Radical Reinvention
Lippe Taylor founder and chairman Maureen Lippe discusses her new book, Radical Reinvention, and the personal story behind it.
07.26.2023
Prioritizing Employee Wellness Is Good Business
Marina Maher Communications' Olga Fleming and Ketchum's Diane Fakhouri join the PRovoke Media Podcast to discuss why wellness programs are not just a nice to have, but a necessity for business models in 2023.
07.24.2023
The power of strategic comms for social impact
Stan Getui, the Africa director of Luminate, joins Maja Pawinska Sims to talk about the global philanthropy organisation’s new ‘Winning Hearts and Minds’ report on how nonprofits, activists, community groups, funders and creative agencies can harness the power of strategic communications for...
07.20.2023
Cannes Series: 2023 Festival Retrospective
W Communications associate Creative Director John Wilkinson, and Director Jess O'Donohoe join PRovoke Editor Maja Pawinska Sims to unpack their first experience of Cannes. In the episode, they talk about lessons and takeaways from the festival, do a review of...
07.20.2023
The Gap Between Journalists’ & Consumers’ Views Of The Media
Megan Driscoll, CEO and founder of EvolveMKD, discusses the substantial disconnect between how the media views itself and how its audience sees it.
07.18.2023
Andrew Bloch on clients, new business and agency M&A
Andrew Bloch, co-founder of iconic UK agency Frank, joins the PRovoke Media podcast to discuss his new career direction, which involves twin roles focusing on agency selection and M&A. In conversation with PRovoke editor-in-chief Arun Sudhaman, Bloch explores challenges in...
07.13.2023
African Tech & EMEA Tech Agency Of The Year
In this two-part PRovoke Media Podcast, PRovoke Media editor-in-chief Arun Sudhaman sits down with Wimbart founder and CEO Jessica Hope and CC Group CEO Rich Fogg and COO Paul Nolan.
07.11.2023
Intrepid Travel’s Comms Head On Sustainable Travel
Mike Sadowski, who leads comms for adventure travel company Intrepid, joins the PRovoke Media podcast to discuss communicating the benefits of sustainable travel.
07.06.2023
PRovoke editors: Cannes review, market update & more
PRovoke Media editors Arun Sudhaman and Maja Pawinska Sims sit down in London to review the 2023 Cannes Lions, addressing the PR industry's performance and influence at the festival. The duo also discuss the current market slowdown, including recent agency...
07.01.2023
Cannes Series: Backing Values With Data
In this episode, Arun Sudhaman talks beachside in Cannes with BCW's UK CEO and Global Chief Brand Officer, Rebecca Grant and BCW Movatory colleagues, Eleanor Wilcox and Lisa Story. Together, the group discusses how values can help companies to navigate...
07.01.2023
Cannes Series: Every Lion Is A Cannes Lion
MMC Executive Creative Director James Ferber joins Paul Holmes beachside in Cannes to discuss the power of creativity in PR. Ferber proposes that unlike commercials and magazine spreads in advertising, the canvas of PR is the real world which commands...
06.30.2023
Influence 100: Corporate Activism With Torod Neptune And Liz Micci
Paul Holmes kicks off the Influence 100 podcast series focused on critical challenges facing corporate communications leaders sponsored by FGS Global. in this episode he is joined by FGS Global's Co-Lead of Global Strategy and Reputation Practice, Liz Micci, and...
06.29.2023
Larry Weber On The Evolution Of Tech PR
Larry Weber, founder & CEO of Racepoint Global, discusses the PRovoke Media podcast discusses the evolution tech PR over the last 40-plus years and the critical role purpose places in successful communications.
06.23.2023
Cannes Series: The Case Against Creative Supremacy
Arun Sudhaman interviews W Communications Founder, Warren Johnson, in Cannes to discuss the importance placed on creative ownership, lead roles, and the trending fluidity between PR and Advertising.
06.08.2023
Natalie Boden On Latina Moms’ Challenges & Opportunities
Natalie Boden, founder and CEO of Boden Agency, discusses her efforts to support working moms and “The Power of the Mamiverse.”
06.01.2023
Taking Action While Navigating Public Opinion And Political Rhetoric
Global Strategy Group’s Tanya Meck talks about protecting your brand — and remaining vocal — in a divisive political environment.
05.11.2023
Courageous Creativity As The Foundation Of Transformation
Padilla and the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council join this episode to talk about elevating the appeal of blueberries across stakeholders by enabling courageous creativity and making innovation everyone’s responsibility.
05.10.2023
PR Succession Lines And The Next Generation Of Leaders
When PR agency founders move on, they face several choices about the fate of their business. In this episode, Paul Holmes interviews second-generation leaders from three PROI partner agencies that remained independent after their founders stepped down and the implications...
05.09.2023
Why Creativity Is Exploding In B2B Comms
B2B communications hasn’t always been seen as the most creative corner of the PR industry, but with more and more B2B agencies recruiting creative directors – and Cannes Lions introducing a Creative B2B Lions awards category last year – that...
05.04.2023
Google’s All-Female Comms Leadership Team
To mark International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, four members of Google’s all-female communications leadership team in the UK and EMEA join Maja Pawinska Sims on the PRovoke podcast: Laura Wheeler, head of communications for Google Cloud, UKI and...
04.28.2023
PR Succession Lines And Second-Generation Leaders
When PR agency founders move on, they face several choices about the fate of their business. In this episode, Paul Holmes interviews second-generation leaders from three PROI partner agencies that remained independent after their founders stepped down and the implications...
04.25.2023
Fenton’s Valarie De La Garza On LatinX Leadership
Valarie De La Garza, CEO of Fenton Communications, discusses lessons learned from her experience as a Latina CEO and how her Mexican heritage has influenced her work over the years.
04.17.2023
Keeping Earned Media’s Seat At The Table
Coyne PR’s Stacy Bataille joins the podcast to discuss the evolution of earned media and how PR professionals can ensure PR stays in the marketing mix.
04.17.2023
What Comms Pros Need To Know About Climate Lobbying
As the urgency of the climate crisis intensifies, more corporates are beginning to disclose information about their climate policies and the extent to which their work with third parties such as trade associations aligns with those policies and with the...
04.06.2023
The Change Agencies On Inclusive Communications
RenewPR president Ben Finzel and Siarza CEO Kristelle Siarza discuss The Change Agencies, a network of independent firms specializing in inclusive communications.
04.06.2023
Navigating and Leading Through The Heavy Impact of Trauma
Dr. Ebony Copeland, director of the Howard University Student Health Center, and leaders from Ketchum, Jim Joseph and Michelle Baker, join the podcast to discuss the growing impact of trauma on schools, organizations and communities, with a focus on the...
03.14.2023
Niche Practices Translate To Big Learnings For The Greater Agency
French West Vaughan joins this episode to discuss how niche practice acquisitions can be mutually beneficial, while also serving as a major growth strategy for agencies and their clients.
03.10.2023
PR in Ukraine, one year after the invasion
As the war in Ukraine continues past the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion, Viroslava Novosylna, the founder and CEO of Ukrainian PR agency Slova Tech PR, joins Maja Pawinska Sims on the PRovoke podcast to talk about her experiences of...
03.09.2023
CommsIndex with Sylvia Evans and Charles Lankester
The Asia-Pacific Communications Index is conducted annually by the Asia-Pacific Association of Communication Directors (APACD) in conjunction with Ruder Finn Asia, and polls more than 120 senior in-house communications executives (including APACD members) across the region. In this episode APACD...
03.07.2023
Igniting the Industry: Making Change With Purpose
2022 Changemaker Mubashira Farooqi joins WE Communications Global CEO Melissa Waggener Zorkin, and PRovoke Media's Arun Sudhaman to discuss the importance of elevating new and diverse voices across the industry on this episode of the PRovoke Media Podcast.

What's The PRovoke Media Podcast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

The PRovoke Media Podcast episodes:

Team Farner & The New Strategic Communications Landscape

KPMG's Jane Lawrie on AI and ESG

The power of communications in accelerating sustainability adoption

Truth, Trust & Trickery

The Burson mega-merger: is bigger better?

The Lowdown On Analyst Relations

Global Healthcare Campaigns, Myth Or Reality?

Using AI To Supercharge Success

Havas Red On The Maturation of Influencer Marketing

The critical role of comms in decriminalising suicide

HBCU Sports In The Limelight

Cross-Generational Communications: Creating Ageless Connections

Moderna Chief Brand Officer Kate Cronin

PRovokeGlobal Preview: Is Disruption Redefining The Agency World?

Brands Should Act More Like Creators

Ex-AIIB comms chief Bob Pickard

The Rise Of Misinformation And What It Means For Brand Storytellers

Tier One On Leveraging Trendspotting To Elevate Brands

How Brands Can Build Consumer Love In A Cost-Of-Living Crisis

The Future Of Cognitive AI And Its Role In Protecting Brands

Maureen Lippe On Radical Reinvention

Prioritizing Employee Wellness Is Good Business

The power of strategic comms for social impact

Cannes Series: 2023 Festival Retrospective

The Gap Between Journalists’ & Consumers’ Views Of The Media

Andrew Bloch on clients, new business and agency M&A

African Tech & EMEA Tech Agency Of The Year

Intrepid Travel’s Comms Head On Sustainable Travel

PRovoke editors: Cannes review, market update & more

Cannes Series: Backing Values With Data

Cannes Series: Every Lion Is A Cannes Lion

Influence 100: Corporate Activism With Torod Neptune And Liz Micci

Larry Weber On The Evolution Of Tech PR

Cannes Series: The Case Against Creative Supremacy

Natalie Boden On Latina Moms’ Challenges & Opportunities

Taking Action While Navigating Public Opinion And Political Rhetoric

Courageous Creativity As The Foundation Of Transformation

PR Succession Lines And The Next Generation Of Leaders

Why Creativity Is Exploding In B2B Comms

Google’s All-Female Comms Leadership Team

PR Succession Lines And Second-Generation Leaders

Fenton’s Valarie De La Garza On LatinX Leadership

Keeping Earned Media’s Seat At The Table

What Comms Pros Need To Know About Climate Lobbying

The Change Agencies On Inclusive Communications

Navigating and Leading Through The Heavy Impact of Trauma

Niche Practices Translate To Big Learnings For The Greater Agency

PR in Ukraine, one year after the invasion

CommsIndex with Sylvia Evans and Charles Lankester

Igniting the Industry: Making Change With Purpose