Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcast

How has Reuters been innovating in the AI age, and what does it mean for comms? PRWeek finds out in the latest part of the Future of the Media series - which is now live on the podcast feed. Our guest is Jane Barrett, head of product at Reuters, who has overseen the AI strategy and earlier led a digital transformation of the newsroom. Speaking to PRWeek UK editor John Harrington, Barrett offers ad...

What do the winners of the recent PRWeek UK Awards tell us about industry trends in 2026? PRWeek’s latest podcast takes a look. Beyond the Noise looks at some of the biggest issues affecting communications and PR. Download the podcast via Apple , Spotify , or listen on your favourite platform. In the podcast, PRWeek UK journalists Danny Rogers (editor-in-chief), Siobhan Holt (deputy editor) and Ev...

PRWeek looks at more of your comms confessions in the latest episode of the ‘Am I the PR A***hole?’ (AITPRA) podcast. In each episode of AITPRA, PRWeek will read out your anonymous confessions and our judges – Lynn Advisory founder Shayoni Lynn and Hoffman Agency UK co-MD Richard Fogg – will decide whether an ethical line has been crossed. Confessions can be submitted via this link. All the confes...

How do you recruit comms and PR professionals in the AI age? PRWeek’s latest podcast takes a look. On this week’s Beyond the Noise podcast, Don Ferguson, managing director of creative comms agency Hope&Glory (pictured above, left) , and Laura Oliphant, founder of comms consultancy Stand (above, right) , share their insights on the recruitment market . Beyond the Noise looks at some of the biggest...

The Romans’ chief executive, Joe Mackay-Sinclair, discusses the past, present and future of the fast-growing agency on PRWeek’s latest podcast episode. Mackay-Sinclair joins PRWeek UK editor John Harrington as this week’s guest on Beyond the Noise. Beyond the Noise looks at some of the biggest communications and PR issues. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen on your favourite platfo...

What is the true balance between human spaceflight and robotic exploration when it comes to science, inspiration, and decision-making capabilities? How is space transitioning from a niche frontier to an everyday commercial workplace? What role do regulatory frameworks, such as the United Nations, the Artemis Accords, and the Astra Carta, play in keeping orbit and the lunar surface safe and sustain...

What do clients really want, and not want, from agencies? That’s the focus of the latest PRWeek podcast, featuring Emily Vickers, strategic comms lead at the Ministry of Justice. Beyond the Noise looks at some of the biggest communications and PR issues. Download the podcast via Apple , Spotify , or listen on your favourite platform. Speaking to PRWeek deputy editor Siobhan Holt, Vickers offers so...

PRWeek looks at more of your comms confessions in the latest episode of the ‘Am I the PR A***hole?’ (AITPRA) podcast. In each episode of AITPRA, PRWeek will read out your anonymous confessions and our judges – Lynn Advisory founder Shayoni Lynn and Hoffman Agency UK co-MD Richard Fogg – will decide whether an ethical line has been crossed. Confessions can be submitted via this link. Download the p...

How do you merge PR and communications agencies? PRWeek’s latest podcast takes a look. On this week’s Beyond the Noise podcast, VCCP Roar chief executive Stephanie Brimacombe ( pictured above, left ) and VCCP founding partner and group chairman Charles Vallance ( above, right ) share their strategies on merging PR agencies. Beyond the Noise looks at some of the biggest communications and PR issues...

TUI’s comms boss, and the chief of the agency handling the travel firm’s GEO, are the guests on this week’s Beyond the Noise podcast. Amy Dowling, head of communications at TUI; and Kerry Parkin, founder and CEO of The Remarkables, discuss the latest on GEO and how it continues to disrupt the comms world. It comes as brands continue to appoint PR agencies for AI discovery briefs; Nationwide and Di...

Beyond the Noise looks at some of the biggest communications and PR issues. Download the podcast via Apple , Spotify , or listen in the browser above or on your favourite platform. This week we hear how entertainment PR is evolving, with mainstream press coverage no longer being the top priority in many cases. Gaby Jerrard, who runs entertainment and comedy specialist firm Gaby Jerrard PR, recount...

PRWeek gets the lowdown on changes at Good Housekeeping in the latest instalment of the Future of the Media series. Recorded in July and available now on PRWeek’s podcast feed, the episode sees PRWeek UK editor John Harrington speak to Jane Bruton (Good Housekeeping UK editor-in-chief) and Liz Settle (MD of Good Housekeeping and the Good Housekeeping Institute). The guests discuss structural overh...

PRWeek delves into more of your comms confessions in the latest episode of the ‘Am I the PR A***hole?’ (AITPRA) podcast.  In each episode of AITPRA, PRWeek will read out your anonymous confessions and our judges – Lynn Advisory founder Shayoni Lynn and Hoffman Agency UK co-MD Richard Fogg – will decide whether an ethical line has been crossed. Confessions can be submitted via this link. Downl...

In this week’s episode PRWeek editor-in-chief Danny Rogers is joined by Paul Charles, former Virgin Atlantic comms director and founder of The PC Agency, and Jules Ugo, former boss of Lotus and now founder of Palma & Partners, to discuss the changing ways in which travel and tourism are communicated and marketed. Beyond the Noise examines some of the biggest communications and PR issues. Download...

FleishmanHillard UK CEO Marshall Manson discusses his plans for the Omnicom agency and challenges the industry on how it must change, in PRWeek’s latest podcast. Beyond the Noise looks at some of the biggest communications and PR issues. Download the podcast via Apple , Spotify , or listen on your favourite platform. In this week’s episode, Marshall Manson speaks to PRWeek UK editor John Harringto...

PRWeek runs the rule over more of your confessions in the latest episode of the ‘Am I the PR A***hole?’ (AITPRA) podcast.  In each episode of AITPRA, PRWeek will read out your anonymous confessions and our judges – Lynn Advisory founder Shayoni Lynn and Hoffman Agency UK co-MD Richard Fogg – will decide whether an ethical line has been crossed.  Confessions can be submitted via this link...

How has corporate affairs been changing, and what’s the future for the function? A new podcast from PRWeek and In. Comms takes a look. Our guests this week are Mark Hutcheon, a director in Deloitte who leads the firm's Corporate Affairs Advisory practice, and Leslie McGibbon, chief corporate affairs and brand officer at BT. Beyond the Noise looks at some of the biggest communications and PR issues...

How has the Golin-Ketchum merger fared in the UK? We hear first-hand in PRWeek’s latest podcast, which features our guest Ondine Whittington, president of Golin Ketchum and Virgo Health London. Beyond the Noise looks at some of the biggest communications and PR issues. Download the podcast via Apple , Spotify , or listen on your favourite platform. On the latest episode, Ondine Whittington discuss...

A pair of young PR stars are guests on this week’s Beyond the Noise podcast, discussing AI, office attendance, navigating LinkedIn and more. Beyond the Noise looks at some of the biggest communications and PR issues. Download the podcast via Apple , Spotify , or listen on your favourite platform. This week, we hear from Chris Maho, account manager at The Romans, and Holly Ryan, account director at...

What were the biggest lessons and talking points from Cannes Lions 2026? PRWeek’s latest podcast takes a look. Beyond the Noise looks at some of the biggest communications and PR issues. Download the podcast via Apple , Spotify , or listen on your favourite platform.  Joining this episode are PRWeek trio Danny Rogers (editor-in-chief), John Harrington (UK editor) and Siobhan Holt (deputy edit...

We put more of your confessions under the spotlight in the latest episode of PRWeek’s ‘Am I the PR A***hole?’ (AITPRA) podcast. In each episode of AITPRA, PRWeek will read out your anonymous confessions and our judges – Lynn Advisory founder Shayoni Lynn and Hoffman Agency UK co-MD Richard Fogg – will decide whether an ethical line has been crossed.  Download the podcast via Apple , Spotify ,...

Lord Heseltine tells the story of the birth of the European Space Agency. Why post-Apollo, when the US was spending £1.2 billion a year on space, the whole of Europe was spending just £200 million. Why the birth of ESA was driven by the self-interest of three major countries. Why the US general with a $29 billion budget for the Star Wars project wanted to invest in Heriot-Watt University in Edinbu...

In a Cannes Lions special, PRWeek’s Beyond the Noise speaks to communications professionals from Edelman, Burson and Smarts about this year’s Festival. Ahead of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, which starts on Monday (22 June), PRWeek UK spoke to Edelman’s international chief creative officer, international, Kate Stanners, alongside Burson’s chief strategy officer, Eleanor Su...

‘If you’re talking about brand reputation, this World Cup is probably the most important comms and strategy campaign for nations and for an organisation (FIFA) that we’ve ever seen… and it’s fraught with dangers,’ says MSQ Sport & Entertainment’s co-founder Steve Martin, on a World Cup Special podcast by PRWeek. Speaking on the latest episode of Beyond the Noise, MSQ Sport & Entertainment co-found...

In a Pride Month special, PRWeek UK speaks to two prominent LGBTQ+ PR professionals on the comms industry’s progress, as well as analysing what ‘corporate pride’ looks like in 2026. Christina Peach, director at FleishmanHillard and head of comms for London Pride 2026, is our guest on this week’s podcast, alongside Josh Wheeler, founder of Be Broadcast PR and head of comms at InterComms, the networ...