Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcast

Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcast

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October 13, 2025 43 mins

What more can comms professionals do to help stem growing antisemitism? And why aren’t more speaking out? PRWeek UK’s latest podcast looks at the issues.

Joining a special edition of Beyond the Noise are three agency leaders who are Jewish: David Fraser, founder of Ready10 and Ready Media Group; Mandy Sharp, CEO of Tin Man Communications; and Barry Frankfurt, MD of Creative & Commercial.

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PR’s pay gaps, and its DEI efforts in general, are under the spotlight in PRWeek’s latest Beyond the Noise podcast.

It follows the publication this week of the latest Pay Gaps Report from PRWeek and People Like Us, which sees agencies reveal their gender and ethnicity pay gaps.

Click here to read the PRWeek Pay Gaps Report

Our guests are People Like Us co-founder Sheeraz Gulsher and the bosses of two agencies that took part in the Pay...

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The latest Beyond the Noise podcast looks at diversity and inclusion for black PR and communications professionals in the industry. 

In this episode, guests have an open conversation about diversity in the industry as UK Black History Month (October) begins.

Joining PRWeek’s reporter Elizabeth Wiredu are Kamiqua Lake, founder and chief executive of Coldr; Ronke Lawal, PR and communications consultant at Ariatu Public Relations; ...

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Alex Perry, head of growth at The Romans, and Yvonne Maher, chief growth officer for EMEA at Cognito, are the guests on this week’s Beyond the Noise podcast.

How can a UK-based PR agency successfully expand its operations across the globe? PRWeek’s latest Beyond the Noise podcast delves into the topic, looking at the reasons for opening more offices, and which regions are currently booming.

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Social media experts with experience at LADbible and Great British Memes are the guests on PRWeek’s latest Beyond the Noise podcast.


How can brands show that they’re culturally-led on social media, without crossing a line or seeming too corporate?

PRWeek’s latest Beyond the Noise podcast delves into the topic, hearing from George Bacon, founder of GBM Group, and Maya Orr, founder of Big Name on Campus (BNOC).

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How can PR pros support a colleague diagnosed with cancer? PRWeek’s latest Beyond the Noise podcast episode discusses this important topic. Our guest this week is Emily Luscombe, who is a partner at sustainability consulting firm ERM, where she leads the strategic communications specialism. She joins PRWeek’s Siobhan Holt (UK deputy editor).

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Party conference season is almost upon us – and this week’s episode of PRWeek’s Beyond the Noise podcast looks at why public affairs and comms professionals should get involved.

Joining PRWeek UK editor John Harrington are Nick Williams, executive chair of international and public affairs at Burson London; and Katherine Morgan, a partner at DGA Group who leads the London public affairs team and is head of Europe public affairs.

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What are the biggest opportunities for PR to influence AI search results? PRWeek’s latest Beyond the Noise podcast delves into the topic.


Our guests this week are Ashley Wallace Jones, vice president of integrated marketing at PAN Communications; and Paul Stollery, co-founder and creative director at Hard Numbers.


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PRWeek’s latest Beyond the Noise podcast looks at the global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market and the big trends comms professionals should know about.

Our guests both work in M&A for major consultancies: Oliver Mann, a partner in Kekst CNC’s London office, and Finlay Donaldson, associate partner at H/Advisors Maitland. They join PRWeek journalists Siobhan Holt and John Harrington this week.

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How can PR pros work better with journalists? PRWeek’s latest Beyond the Noise podcast episode finds out.


Our guest this week is Steph Spyro, deputy political editor and environment editor at the Daily Express, who joins PRWeek’s John Harrington (UK editor) and Evie Barrett (deputy news editor).


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Esteemed entertainment PR figures Alan Edwards and Richard Dawes are the guests on this week’s Beyond the Noise podcast.


This week, PRWeek sits down with Alan Edwards, founder of Outside Organisation – who has handled PR for David Bowie, Prince, Michael Jackson and The Spice Girls – as well as Richard Dawes, managing director and co-founder of DawBell, who works with artists such as Oasis, Dua Lipa and Elton John.


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July 30, 2025 35 mins

Sarah Waddington, the new chief executive of the PRCA, discusses her plans for the trade body in the latest episode of PRWeek’s Beyond the Noise podcast. Waddington speaks to PRWeek UK editor John Harrington after moving to the chief executive role earlier this month, following six months as interim CEO.

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Ahead of the UEFA women’s Euros final between England and Spain, PRWeek speaks to Lisa Parfitt, former managing director of Engine Sport, who is now co-founder of The Space Between, a creative marketing agency specialising in sport and entertainment. Parfitt is also a director at Women in Football, an organisation that is driving gender equality in the game.

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Beyond the Noise looks at some of the biggest issues affecting communications and PR. Download the podcast via AppleSpotify, or listen on your favourite platform.

Our guest is Jack Storry, head of corporate at Boldspace and author of the first Reputation Hits and Misses of the Week column – PRWeek’s new series examining who has handled their reputation adeptly or poorly in the past seven days.

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PRWeek’s first Transparency Report has got a lot of people talking this week. The report gives a star rating to every agency in the PRWeek UK Top 150 based on the level of disclosure about parental leave policies, whether they are living wage employers, and also gender and ethnicity pay gaps.

Joining the podcast are Katie Eborall, head of north for Grayling, and a member of the Women in PR committee; and Sheeraz Gulsher, co-founder ...

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What’s it like making the move from agency-side to an in-house role? That’s the topic of PRWeek’s latest Beyond the Noise podcast episode.

This week, we hear from two leading in-house communications professionals about their experiences moving from agency to in-house roles.

Our guests are Alice Jenkins-Bruce, director of communications and content at Sky, and Lindsay Landi, head of PR and communications at Samsung UK.

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Transparency - around salaries and parental leave policies at PR agencies - is the theme of PRWeek’s latest podcast.

PRWeek UK editor John Harrington and deputy editor Siobhan Holt are joined by Elena Lewis, data editor at PRWeek and sister title Campaign, to look at the big trends based on recent research.

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What’s it like looking for jobs in PR at the moment? That’s the topic of PRWeek’s latest Beyond the Noise podcast episode. This week we hear from two people with recent experience of the PR job market from the point of view of candidates.

Our guests are Deekshima Khanna, who is about to complete an MA in Public Relations at the University of Salford, and is looking for her first job in UK PR having worked in comms in India; and Patr...

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June 24, 2025 19 mins

With campaigns by PR agencies picking up fewer awards at the International Festival of Creativity than last year, PRWeek journalists Danny Rogers, John Harrington and Siobhan Holt look at why that might be.

Beyond the Noise looks at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and PR. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen on your favourite platform.

The PRWeek team pick out some of their favourite Lions-winning campaigns a...

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June 18, 2025 34 mins

With Cannes Festival of Creativity , PRWeek speaks with a creative director about the value of industry awards, and how the rivalry between PR and advertising has evolved.

This week on Beyond the Noise, we hear from Ottilie Ross, creative director at PR agency Mischief.

Ross – who also has experience at The Romans, Halpern and Milk & Honey – shares her view on whether industry accolades actually matter, and which recent work she...

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