The Grayling Media Podcast

In Nicky Morgan’s latest episode as host of the Vantage Point political podcast by Grayling, she speaks with Gary Gibbon, Political Editor of Channel 4 News. As the dust settles on the UK general election, Gary and Nicky reflect on differing party strategies and non-stop opinion polls, consider the absence of long-form interviews and ask whether a Labour “loveless landslide” could turn into a “lov...

In Nicky Morgan’s latest episode as host of the Vantage Point political podcast by Grayling, she speaks with Nathalie Brack, Professor of political science at the Cevipol, Université libre de Bruxelles and Visiting Professor at the College of Europe, and Jessica Brobald, Managing Director of Grayling Brussels. On the day after the first round of the French parliamentary elections, the panel discus...

In Nicky Morgan’s latest episode as host of the VantagePoint political podcast by Grayling, she speaks with Tanya Joseph, recently appointed member of the Grayling Senior Advisory Board and former senior Labour advisor. Tanyaand Nicky discuss what to expect from the Labour manifesto, the pressure of the polls and the heat of an election campaign. Tanya also provides insights intothe recent South A...

In Nicky Morgan’s latest episode as host of the VantagePoint political podcast by Grayling, she speaks with Rahul Roy-Chaudhury, Senior Fellow for South and Central Asian Defence, Strategy and Diplomacy at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), London. Rahul and Nicky discuss the logistical feats involved in the Indian election, the main characters involved, and the implications...

In Nicky's next episode as the host of the Vantage Point political podcast by Grayling, she speaks with Rachel Wolf, a Founding Partner at Public First, leading the agency's policy work. Before taking on this role, Rachel was a Michael Gove and Number 10 adviser, co-author of the Conservative’s landslide-winning 2019 manifesto, a regular columnist in Conservative Home and the Telegraph. And today,...

Today, we’re so happy to have my friend, former colleague, and someone whose interests are many, and usually pursued to a level of mastery—Allison Burton-Parker. Allison is a globe-roaming wine educator and writer living between the Loire Valley, London and New Zealand. She is a former luxury advertising executive—which is when we first met in New York City. ABP, as she’s affectionately called wit...

In Nicky's next episode as the host of the Vantage Point political podcast by Grayling, she speaks with Luke Tryl, a polling and policy expert who is now a director at More in Common, which carries out regular public opinion research and publishes regular research reports on a range of challenges facing the UK today. More relevantly for this episode, Luke was Special Adviser to Nicky at the Depart...

In Nicky's next episode as the host of the Vantage Point political podcast by Grayling, she speaks with Wooyun Jo, a researcher at Loughborough University specialising in Asian security and a member of the South Korean Presidential Peaceful Unification Advisory Council. Nicky and Wooyun unpack the results of the Taiwan general election which took place on the 13th of January. It is the first of te...

In Baroness Nicky Morgan's first episode as the host of the Vantage Point political podcast by Grayling, she speaks with Sajid Javid, a former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary and Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. Sajid is currently a Member of Parliament for Bromsgrove but recently announced that he will stand down at the next election. Nicky and Sajid discuss the Autumn S...

Today’s guest on the Vantage Point podcast is Baroness Nicky Morgan. Today, we introduce Nicky as the host of a political series that will feature as part of the Grayling Vantage Point podcast as we move into 2024—the year in which countries making up more than50% of global GDP will head to the polls and vote. Nicky will unpack the process that candidates and parties undertake in prep for major el...

Ziad Ahmed and Nate Jones were in high school together in Princeton, New Jersey, when Ziad cooked up the Gen Z think tank that is JUV Consulting. Its mission is to empower Gen Z and insure the generation's voice was heard whenever big companies or organisations discussed it. From presidential campaigns to Cannes, from Spotify to TikTok, JUV is there and putting the power of change in the hands of...

Once our resident digital creative at Grayling, Jade Beaty left the land of full time agency life in May of this year to join the Creator Economy full time as content co-creator of ⁠Live the Dash⁠. Jade shares her thoughts on the rise of the creator economy and how technology has democratised creativity in the digital realm. We talk about the hard graft that sits behind the glossy content and spon...

With an impressive history of roles at big tech companies, Vikram Tank is currently building AR products for one of the best known 'faces' of social media, while also managing his hot sauce brand, Smaak, and woodworking for moments of quiet reflection (minus the sound of a table saw). Vikram shares his thoughts on the intersection of art and tech innovation. We unpack the 'fear' around generative...

The Vantage Point podcast will host friends of Grayling who offer different and studied perspectives on important themes we think our talent, our clients and our industry should be smart about. Because keeping smart and attuned to what’s coming around the corner is how we ensure our teams and clients have advantage in their sectors, in culture and in conversations.