The Media Coach Radio Show

National Volunteer Week; OFSTED comes calling; Grenfell Tower; Paul Dacre; Lush and the police; Pick a card, any card; Seven Radio Tips; The French Maths test; An interview with Stef Reid; Music from David Knopfler

Finding the funny; The purpose of comedy; The last Car Share; Roseanne Barr; Finish Big; Consume the Media; Keeping people happy; An interview with Jeremy Nicholas; Music from Rob Corcoran

Happy GDPR Day; The Royal lip-reading; Annabel Kaye; Google and copyright; Speaking lessons from the Stones; Don't make a song and dance of it; Communicate like a band; An interview with Gilda Bonanno; Music from The Dustbowl Revival.

The big day is here; Who won the competition?; Pitching for business; No award wins; New York Times; Living on the edge; What exactly is news?; Who cares what you say online?; An interview with Carl Leighton-Pope; Music from the Mona Lisa Twins

Eurovision is back; Win an hour's speech coaching; Jojo Moyes; Citymapper; A funny thing happened on the way here; Bite me (ten times); Social Networks or Pubs?; An interview with Joe Wicks; Music from Mick Terry

Happy thingy day; Crying Wolf at the dinner; Jonathan Pie/Tom Walker; Mike Coupe; Seven Ideas (maybe 8); I've been misquoted; Is Facebook safe?; An interview with Oscar Scafidi; Music from The 1957 Tail Fin Fiasco

Back in the UK; The end of a cricketing era; James Comey; TSB fiasco; Rhetorical devices; I don't know what that means; Do as you would be done by; An interview with TJ Walker; Music from Lisbee Stainton

Dial M for Macedonia; A rare chance to be coached; Name that dinosaur; Meghan and Ed; Four things exceptional speakers do; Targets and bridges; Three social media concerns; An interview with Mark Lee; Music from Mick Wilson

A bit of sunshine; When things go wrong at the games; Mark Zuckerberg; The Coachella radius; Working the room; Take the initiative; Being Googley; An interview with Sarah Williams; Music from Amanda Raye.

Commonwealth Games, The Masters, Ray Wilkins; Juventus fans; The BBC; Use the screen sparingly; A story with mileage; Terrible Tweets, Facebook flames; An interview with Mikki Williams; Music from The Mona Lisa Twins

Tearful tampering; Russia says nyet; Pop-ups around town; Darian Lipscomb; Sean Penn writes badly; Too much rabbit; As smooth as chocolate; A video selection box; A interview with Lance Forman; Music from Russ Ballard

Facebook under the spotlight; A wonderful video; Katie Boyle; Boris Johnson; Working with Interpreters; No comment. No hope; I'm not Roger Federer; An interview with Jenn Lim; Music from David Knopfler

Professor Stephen Hawking; Sir Ken Dodd; Jim Bowen; President Trump; Search for the hero inside yourself; Three keys to media success; Life in the (fast) Company lane; An interview with, and music from, Clare Sands

Weather or not; Online courses coming soon; Oscar time; Boozy Coca Cola; Recency and Relevancy; Appearance no-nos; Brand yourself from the start; An interview with Gered Mankowitz; Music from Son of Town Hall

The Beast from the East; Virtual Speaking; Indoor Athletes; Lewis Gilbert; The back of your hand; Incremental Improvements; Are you a team player?; Go the distance; An interview with, and music from, Rob Corcoran

More slipping and sliding; Indoor Athletics; Life on air; Not that haircut; Playing as a team; What was I saying: Blogs and PR; An interview with Richard Hagen; Music from The Lost Hollow Band

Winter Olympics; Letters to the Editor; Vic Damone; Apple rings; What's the big idea?; Seven Media Deadly Sins; Watch the Trends; An interview with, and music from, Mary Coughlan

The Winter Olympics; Not my Kit Kat; UK and Eurovision; A naughty elf; Send in the seven year olds; Live on air; How to drive away Facebook visitors; An interview with Julian Treasure; Music from Geoff Gibbons

State of the Union; Mary Shelley Futurist; Death in Paradise; Fish Fingers; Ad-Libbing; Knowing your facts; Five messaging tips; An interview with Ben Parker; Music from Son of Town Hall

The Presidents Club; A 200 year anniversary; Jimmy Armfield; Facebook; Ten things professional speakers do (part 2); Des Wilson says..; I'm here and I'm human; An interview with Steve Bustin; Music from The Dustbowl Revival

A storm or not; Virtual global speaking; Emily Maitless; President Trump; 10 things professional speakers do (part 1); But they'll make me look silly!; Get operatic on Facebook; An interview with Julie Holmes; Music from Mick Terry

Fire and Fury; H&M get it wrong; Philip Eden; Stephen Miller; Could you come up on stage please?; Go the distance; Get more engaged in 2018; An interview with Brian Barnes; Music from Rob Corcoran

Happy New Year; My predictions for the speaking profession; Helen Dunmore; Simon Dudley; Pulling the trigger; Be nice; Quality not quantity; An interview with Joe Wicks; Music from the Dustbowl Revival

Answers to the difficult quiz; MediaMaestro and MediaMug of the Year; Script, Cards or Memory; Update your media plan; Say thanks; An interview with Lou Heckler; Music from Jessie Furay Lynch

Have a wonderful Christmas; A music quiz; Sarah Millican; Here we go again; Ho Ho Ho!; All I want for Christmas; Be a social media Santa; Music from Russ Ballard and Robbie Boyd