Best Iain Anderson Podcasts (2024)

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Iain Anderson on a potential incoming Labour government’s approach to business 36:35

9d ago36:35

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Can communications help bridge the divide between the UK government and UK business community? Today on the PRmoment podcast, I am interviewing Iain Anderson, executive chairman of H/Advisors Cicero. Iain recently wrote a report for the Labour Party titled “A New Partnership: A Long-term Plan for Government Business Relations to Power our Economy a…

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Why does the UK have a lobbying register that excludes 96% of lobbyists? 18:42

2h ago18:42

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Welcome to the PRmoment Podcast. On the show today, I’m chatting with Alastair McCapra, chief executive at CIPR about the lobbying register and why the UK has a lobbying register that excludes 96% of lobbyists. Before we start,do take a look at our latest PR Masterclass: PR and AI. All the details can be viewed on the homepage of PRmoment.com. With…

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#113 A pair of Aces: The Atlantic Abomination (1960) and Sanctuary in the Sky (1960) by John Brunner 10:14

3h ago10:14

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John Brunner was a startlingly prolific British writer of science fiction, whose reputation rests on four acclaimed books he published from the late 1960s to the mid 1970s. However, earlier in his career he wrote many SF adventures which while less ambitious, are a rich source of pulp excitement. This episode focuses on two of these many novels. Th…

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The Spirituality of Paul with Dr. Michael Gorman 1:01:00

15h ago1:01:00

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In this conversation, Dr. Michael Gorman talks to us about Paul's spirituality —the transformative, lived experience of participating in Christ by the power of God's Spirit— and how he spoke about the nature of spirituality, dying and rising with Christ, spiritual transformation, prayer, the reality and significance of suffering, and the church as …

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A guide to buying, selling and growing your PR firm, from Michael Murphy 44:40

3d ago44:40

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Welcome to the PRmoment Podcast. On the show today, we’re chatting with Michael Murphy and we’re going to talk about Michael’s guide to buying, selling and growing your PR firm. Michael is an advisor and non-executive for a range of PR firms. Notably, he’s helped WE since 2014. He also currently works with Coverdale Barclay, Alfred, and Lodestone, …

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The review of PR Pitches and mergers & acquisitions in UK PR: April 2024 41:56

4d ago41:56

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Welcome to our April 2024 Review of PR Pitches and mergers & acquisitions in the UK PR scene with Andrew Bloch, where we will discuss the biggest pitch wins and mergers and acquisitions that the PR sector has seen in April 2024. Andrew is the lead consultant - PR, Social, Content and Influencer at the new business consultancy firm AAR and a partner…

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#112 Empire in time: The Fall of Chronopolis (1974) by Barrington J. Bayley 7:34

7d ago7:34

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Pure SF pulp, The Fall of Chronopolis (1974) is the fifth novel by British author Barrington J. Bayley. While it superficially resembles a space opera, it is really more of what could be called a "time opera". The Chronotic Empire rules hundreds of years of human history, using powerful time-ships to head off threats from the past and the future. B…

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#111 SF’s greatest partnership? Three novels by Frederik Pohl and Cyril M. Kornbluth (1952 - 1959) 17:34

11d ago17:34

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This special feature episode focuses on three novels written in partnership by Frederik Pohl and Cyril M. Kornbbluth - The Space Merchants (1952), Gladiator-at-Law (1955), and Wolfbane (1959). Each unique in their own way, these three books are classics of the genre in the 1950s. They are the products of a special partnership between two writers wh…

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Is UK PR losing its entrepreneurial flair? 30:46

13d ago30:46

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Welcome to the PRmoment Podcast. On the show today, I’m chatting with Jules Herd. Jules is the founder of PR agency Five in a Boat, which she started six years ago. It’s a tech PR firm with a fee income of about £750K. The business mainly does reputation advisory work, so it is at the more serious end of the PR spectrum. Looking to the future, Five…

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What skills does a modern PR leader require? 33:49

15d ago33:49

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On the show today, I’m chatting with Will Hart, who is the CEO of PRmoment Leaders. Before becoming CEO of PRmoment Leaders, Will was the group MD of Unlimited Group and, before that, the managing director of PR agency Nelson Bostock for over ten years. Will joined PRmoment in January this year to lead its subscription training programme for agency…

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The Cost of Forgetting Women in Church History with Dr. Beth Allison Barr 1:14:19

17d ago1:14:19

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In this conversation, Beth defines the common term of Biblical Womanhood and tells the history of how Biblical Womanhood and patriarchy, shaped by culture, became models for the Church and the Christian home. She engages with theological, historical, and cultural arguments revealing the crucial roles that women have held in the Bible and the Church…

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#110 Outside context problem: Excession (1996) by Iain M. Banks 8:13

19d ago8:13

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Winner of the BSFA Award for Best Novel, Excession (1996) is the fourth novel in Iain M. Banks ever-popular Culture series of SF novels. In this entry, the awesome power of the post-scarcity Culture civilisation is challenged by two linked threats. One is the increasing aggression of a cruel species, the Affront. The other is the emergence of a vas…

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#109 No brakes: Tau Zero (1970) by Poul Anderson 10:45

26d ago10:45

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Poul Anderson's Tau Zero, published in 1970, is a landmark of hard SF which pushes out far further, beyond the Milky Way and into the frightening emptiness of intergalactic space. It also deals memorably with time dilation, and a vast spain of eons. Significantly, Anderson does all of this in a scientifically convincing way, with a plot strongly gr…

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The Book of Acts: to the End of the Earth with Dr. Steve Walton 1:06:38

1M ago1:06:38

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How did the early church understand its identity and mission? What happened at Pentecost and how did the followers of Jesus explain it? How did the church expand to include other ethnicities and races? All this and more in this episode with Dr. Steve Walton. Thanks for listening! Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube. To learn more about ou…

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#108 Fashion victim: The Garments of Caean (1976) by Barrington J. Bayley 8:58

1M ago8:58

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The Garments of Caean is a science fiction novel by the British author Barrington J. Bayley (1937 - 2008). It forms a part of his classic run of unusual and energetic books in the mid-1970s, and is included in guide 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels. This is a space opera with an odd hook - it is about clothes, specifically an incredible Frachon…

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Mitch Kaye, celebrating 10 years of The Academy on the PRmoment podcast 48:23

1M ago48:23

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This week on the PRmoment Podcast, I’m interviewing Mitch Kaye, co-founder and CEO of The Academy, as we look back on ten years since he and Dan Glover launched The Academy. The Academy is an independent PR firm in London with a fee income of approximately £7m. It has 56 employees and was co-founded by Mitch Kaye and Dan Glover in 2014. If you want…

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#107 Living with the dead: The Falling Woman (1986) by Pat Murphy 8:17

1M ago8:17

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American fantasy in the 1980s is often associated with big, bloated series of novels steeped in Tolkien and Dungeons and Dragons. The Falling Woman is something very different. It isn't set in some imagined world stuck in the middle ages - the story occurs in contemporary Mexico, in and around an archaelogical dig site. But this is a fantasy novel …

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The review of PR Pitches and mergers & acquisitions in UK PR: March 2024 37:15

1M ago37:15

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Welcome to our March 2024 Review of PR Pitches and mergers & acquisitions in the UK PR scene with Andrew Bloch, where we will discuss the biggest, most seismic pitch wins and mergers and acquisitions that the PR sector has seen in 2023. Andrew is the lead consultant - PR, Social, Content and Influencer at the new business consultancy firm AAR and a…

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The role of recruitment in solving PR's diversity problem 47:45

1M ago47:45

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Braver co-founders Darain Faraz and Mike Levaggi on the PRmoment podcast Welcome to the PRmoment Podcast. On today's show, I’m chatting with two of Braver's co-founders: Darain Faraz and Mike Levaggi. Previously, Darain spent 11 years in-house at LinkedIn. Mike's career has included roles at Seventy Seven, Hope&Glory and Snap. Alongside Sheeraz Gul…

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Improvising Church: Scripture as the Source of Harmony, Rhythm and Soul with Dr. Mark Glanville 54:22

1M ago54:22

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The post-Christian cultural turn is creating the conditions for a crisis of confidence in the church and in pastoral ministry. While this seems concerning, Mark offers a hopeful vision for the unique time that the church finds itself at. In this conversation, Mark suggests a biblical and practical vision for churches seeking to receive and extend t…

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#106 Raising Titans: Imperial Earth (1975) by Arthur C. Clarke 13:43

2M ago13:43

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Imperial Earth is the second of three novels Arthur C. Clarke published during the 1970s - and of those three, it is the least well-known. The main focus of this episode is to assess this tale of 2276, which takes in the quincentennial of the United States, a technological utopia, and Clarke's coy take on sexuality in science fiction. This episode …

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Do in-house B2B communicators value creativity? 42:27

2M ago42:27

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On the show today, I’m chatting with Jo Ogunleye, B2B Communications Lead at Google UK and Laura Wheeler, Head of Communications UKI, Middle East, Turkey and Africa, Google Cloud. Both are B2B communicators, and we’re going to talk about what creativity looks like in B2B communications, how it can be used and how it can be integrated across the app…

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Global Women in PR's Annual Index charts the progress towards gender equality in the PR workplace 52:49

2M ago52:49

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Welcome to the PRmoment Podcast. On today's show, I’m chatting with Charlotte West, executive director of corporate communications at Lenovo, and Jo Patterson, UK MD at Zeno. Today, we’re discussing the findings of the Global Women in PR Annual Index, a research programme that aims to measure the status of women working in PR and communications wor…

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Christian Racial Reconciliation with Dr. George Yancey 37:26

2M ago37:26

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In this conversation, Dr. George Yancey discusses the issues of racial injustice and division. Why should we as Christians care about matters of race, and how can Christians respond to divisions based on race? Dr. Yancey proposes a unifying, deeply Christian solution of collaborative conversations to move beyond color blindness and anti-racism, tow…

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The Global Creativity Review: February 2024 47:14

2M ago47:14

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Welcome to our February Creativity Review. Here, we are talking about the best bits of PR creativity we’ve seen this month. On the show today are: James Gordon-MacIntosh, Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer at Hope&Glory Leila Mountford, Partner, Creative Director at Portland Kim Allain, Creative Lead, MSL UK To remind the listeners of the only r…

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God & the Kings: A Study through 1-2 Kings with Dr. Lissa Wray Beal 58:34

2M ago58:34

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An introduction to a Regent 2024 Summer course! What made an ancient Israelite king a good covenant king? How does the narrative support or problematize the narrator’s evaluation of each king? And, how might the lives of these ancient kings call us to faithful Christian living? All this and more about kingship in the Old Testament with Dr. Lissa Wr…

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#105 Pulling the trigger: Use of Weapons (1990) by Iain M. Banks 10:37

2M ago10:37

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Use of Weapons (1990) is the third novel in the Culture series of science fiction novels by the much-missed author Iain M. Banks. Originally drafted in 1974, the book follows the interstellar supersoldier Cheradenine Zakalwe, an efficient agent of the Culture. Combining two interleaved narratives, Use of Weapons tells a complex story about military…

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The review of PR Pitches and mergers & acquisitions in UK PR: February 2024 25:01

3M ago25:01

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Welcome to our February 2024 Review of PR Pitches and mergers & acquisitions in the UK PR scene with Andrew Bloch, where we will discuss the biggest, most seismic pitch wins and mergers and acquisitions that the PR sector has seen in 2023. Andrew is the lead consultant - PR, Social, Content and Influencer at the new business consultancy firm AAR an…

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Did anyone read the PR ethics code? A discussion about the PR ethics with Mary Beth West and Trevor Morris 35:44

3M ago35:44

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Welcome to the PRmoment Podcast. Today, we’re talking PR Ethics, basically because Mary Beth West, who is a senior strategist at Fletcher Marketing PR in the US, has funded research by the Institute of Business Ethics (IBE), which compares and contrasts 24 global ethics codes of PR. On the show today, Mary Beth is going to talk through some of the …

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Visual Arts as Theology with Dr. Jonathan Anderson 1:05:30

3M ago1:05:30

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In this conversation, Dr. Jonathan A. Anderson, the Eugene and Jan Peterson Associate Professor of Theology and the Arts at Regent talks to us about the relation between art and theology. He explains how the visual arts has and continue to serve not merely as an illustration for theology but as theological ideas, conversations, and arguments. Thank…

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How do find your organisation's reputation North Star? With Delphi's Ellie Thompson and ZOE's Danielle Restivo 49:58

3M ago49:58

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On the show today, I’m chatting with Delphi co-founder Ellie Thompson and ZOE’s communications director, Danielle Restivo, about how to find your organisation's reputation North Star. Ellie was previously CEO at Harvard. She launched Delphi alongside Louie St Clare and Pete Marcus in May last year. Danielle has had in-house experience in senior rol…

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Rajar’s results for Q4 2023 14:11

3M ago14:11

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Welcome to the PRmoment Podcast. This is a bonus podcast where we chat about RAJAR results for Q4 2023 with Alex Blakemore, newsroom producer at Markettiers. For those of you who aren’t aware of RAJAR - it was established in 1992 and operates the single audience measurement system for the radio industry in the United Kingdom. Each quarter, it publi…

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Matt Neale, CEO of Golin, on the PRmoment Podcast 47:38

3M ago47:38

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Welcome to the PRmoment Podcast. On the show today, we've got Matt Neale, Golin's global CEO. I first met Matt just after we launched PRmoment in around 2008 when he was co-CEO of Golin in London. Since then, Matt's moved to New York, been promoted goodness how many times and now runs Golin globally. It's great to see a Brit in a global role at a b…

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#104 Finding a place in the future: China Mountain Zhang (1992) by Maureen F. McHugh 13:42

3M ago13:42

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Maureen F. McHugh published her debut novel China Mountain Zhang in 1992 and it went on to win multiple awards. An impactful social science fiction story, the book is set in a 22nd century world in which China is the dominant superpower. Zhang Zhongshan is a young, gay construction engineer in New York City, trying to make his way in a world where …

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January 2024 PR Pitches and M&A Review 41:19

3M ago41:19

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Welcome to our January 2024 Review of PR Pitches and mergers & acquisitions in the UK PR scene with Andrew Bloch, where we will discuss the biggest, most seismic pitch wins and mergers and acquisitions that the PR sector has seen in 2023. Andrew is the lead consultant - PR, Social, Content and Influencer at the new business consultancy firm AAR and…

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Truth and Lies about Being Human with Dr. Iain Provan 47:21

3M ago47:21

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In this episode of the podcast, Dr. Iain Provan talks to us about some of the scientific, cultural and theological lies that have invaded our Christian nest. Iain thoughtfully lays out a biblical source for what it means to be human and to live in God's creation while discerning new ideas. Thanks for listening! Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and…

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My career in hindsight: Kindred’s Sharon Bange on the PRmoment Podcast 37:10

3M ago37:10

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Welcome to the PRmoment Podcast. On the show today, I’m chatting with Sharon Bange, joint managing director at Kindred. Sharon has been at Kindred for an extraordinary 20 years. In that time, the business has seen huge change, including nearly going out of business when the then-new Conservative government came into power in 2010. It’s one of those…

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How technology is rebooting communications: Ashwani Singla, founding managing partner of Astrum Reputation Advisory 39:10

4M ago39:10

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Welcome to the PRmoment Podcast. On the show today, I’m chatting with Ashwani Singla, founding managing partner of Astrum - Reputation Advisory. Astrum is an Indian PR firm which specialises in reputation management and corporate communications. It employs 30 people in India and one in America! Ashwani set up Astrum in 2015, previously he worked fo…

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The intersection of Purpose, ESG and CSR with Lewis Iwu, founding partner at Purpose Union on the PRmoment Podcast 41:40

4M ago41:40

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Welcome to the PRmoment Podcast. On the show today, I’m chatting with Lewis Iwu, founding partner at Purpose Union, about the intersection of Purpose, ESG and CSR. Are the terms interchangeable? Has Purpose superseded CSR and how much confusion is there both amongst communicators and consumers about the crossover between these terms? Purpose Union …

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When Christians Disagree With Dr. Wesley Hill 48:49

4M ago48:49

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Disagreement within the church is not something new but it seems like we are getting more anxious everyday about our differences. Dr. Wesley Hill walks us through the history of disagreement within the church and how we see it reflected in the Bible. He discusses the idea of impaired communion and offers us a way to move forward into a hopeful form…

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My career in hindsight: Bieneosa Ebite on the PRmoment Podcast 42:23

4M ago42:23

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Welcome to the PRmoment Podcast. On the show today, I’m chatting with one of my favourite people, the wonderful Bieneosa Ebite. Bieneosa is head of communications and government affairs, inclusion & diversity at GSK. In this regular format of the PRmoment Podcast with Ben Smith, we’ll be catching up with UK public relations leaders - and our guests…

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The Global Creativity Review for 2023 40:02

4M ago40:02

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Welcome to our 2023 Creativity Review, where we talk about the best bits of PR creativity we saw last year. On the show today to help us review some of the best creative work are: Clare Morris, Clare Morris, associate director, Premier Don Ferguson, Don Ferguson, deputy MD, Hope & Glory PR Lora Martyr, creative director, Taylor Herring To remind th…

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#103 A dishonourable discharge? Commandos: Strike Force (2006) 13:01

4M ago13:01

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In 2006, Spanish developers Pyro Studios had big hopes for the fourth entry in the successful Commandos series. Strike Force was intended to help them break into the World War II shooter market, and onto consoles. Unfortunately, it was a critical and commercial disaster. Strike Force sank the Commandos series, and took Pyro Studios down with it. Th…

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(REPLAY) Can we trust God to protect us? - with Tish Harrison Warren 1:01:53

5M ago1:01:53

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How does God enter into our daily lives––the mundane, the joyful, and the devastating? Today we're talking to Tish Harrison Warren about her book, Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep. How do we allow the Spirit to work through our grief, our joy, and our uncertainty? How do we reconcile faith and hope with a growing awareness o…

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The PR Review 2023, with W Communications founder Warren Johnson 38:38

5M ago38:38

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It’s been a funny old PR year. Some firms have had a tough time. Some firms have sadly gone bust, but many, possibly the majority, have seen growth of 5-10%. And in a decent number of cases, they’ve grown more than that. So it’s a difficult year to try and sum up, but on the show today, I’m joined by W founder Warren Johnson, and we’re going to tal…

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The 2023 PR Pitches and M&A Year in Review 46:02

5M ago46:02

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Welcome to our 2023 Year in Review of PR Pitches and mergers & acquisitions in the UK PR scene with Andrew Bloch, where we will discuss the biggest, most seismic pitch wins and mergers and acquisitions that the PR sector has seen in 2023. Andrew is the lead consultant - PR, Social, Content and Influencer at the new business consultancy firm AAR and…

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The Words and Deeds of Jesus in their First Century Context – with Dr. Jesse Nickel 1:19:45

5M ago1:19:45

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What is the mission of Jesus? Did Jesus come to save the world from sin and hell, or did he come to save us by bringing us into heaven? How does our understanding of his words and deeds affect our reading of the Bible? In this episode, Dr. Jesse Nickel discusses the significance of Jesus' words, healings, and exorcisms in inaugurating the kingdom o…

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The PR Talent and Recruitment Year in Review, with Dean Connolly, founder at Latte 24:27

5M ago24:27

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By Dean Connolly, founder at Latte

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Are social budgets now moving beyond PR firms again? 50:25

5M ago50:25

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On the PRmoment Podcast, this week is Adam Clyne, founder of Coolr, and we’re going to talk about what social agencies do and how that compares to what PR firms do. Clearly, PR firms say they do social. But to what extent do they do social compared to the broader, or perhaps deeper, social remit of social agencies? And is this a problem for PR agen…

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The End Times in Literature with Judith Wolfe 37:23

6M ago37:23

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How do views on the life, death and the after life develop? How does our view of the end time impact the way we live? how important is a hopeful view of the future? these questions and much more are discussed with Dr. Judith Wolfe. Thanks for listening! Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube. To learn more about our summer programs visit: ht…

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