The PRovoke Media Podcast

Zeno Group Asia-Pacific president Paul Mottram joins the PRovoke podcast to discuss last week's Digital Innovation roundtable , which was conducted by PRovoke in conjunction with Zeno and APACD. The discussion brought together nine of Asia-Pacific’s leading marketing and communications executives to examine how digital innovation has changed (or not) as a result of this years Covid-19 pandemic.

In this episode of Intersection, S. Mitra Kalita, SVP at CNN, joins the discussion. We talk about Kalita's new project as she leaves CNN and what her 20+ career in newsrooms has taught her about the media, storytelling, objectivity — and the impact on telling diverse and authentic stories. The conversation also features Praytell's VP of brand allyship Stefan Embry and is hosted by Aarti Shah. Inte...

Alberto Lopez Valenzuela – CEO of reputation intelligence, analysis and media monitoring firm Alva and author of The Connecting Leader – joins Maja Pawinska Sims on the PRovoke podcast to talk about how the pandemic has impacted on corporate communications, leadership, employee engagement, reputation and purpose in 2020, and beyond.

Mike Paul, founder and president of Reputation Doctor, talks to Aarti Shah about the state of diversity, equity and inclusion in the PR industry, how the pandemic will permanently change work — and why 2020 should not turn every PR professional into a crisis expert.

Patrick Criteser, CEO of farmer-owned Oregon dairy company Tillamook, talks to Diana Marszalek about wanting farmers to be a more vocal part of the global conversation on pertinent issues such as food safety, sustainability and hunger, as well as the toll that Covid-19 has taken on the agriculture industry.

With no end to the Covid-19 pandemic in sight, ReviveHealth CEO Brandon Edwards joins Diana Marszalek on the PRovoke podcast to discusses what it takes for healthcare communicators to be effective when there’s now no such thing as normal, let alone a ‘new normal’. Edwards shares his insights on the range of challenges healthcare PR faces in light of the coronavirus outbreak and changes in consumer...

It's a podcast on the rise of podcasting, the audio phenomenon that has conclusively gripped the content world in 2020. H+K Strategies Singapore MD Matthew Briant and creative strategist Adib McGhie join the PRovoke podcast for a sponsored episode that explores how brands can capitalise on the the fervour for podcasts, and the challenges they need to be aware of. 

Public affairs specialists and former election campaign strategists Terry Sullivan and Alex Conant, the founders of Firehouse Strategies in Washington DC, join Diana Marszalek on the PRovoke podcast to discuss how the US election is progressing in terms of tactics and communications. The conversation covers trust, media relationships, and the strategies and perceived honesty and authenticity of pr...

At the start of Black History Month in the UK, Amar Chohan, managing director of marketing intelligence firm Contagious, joins Maja Pawinska Sims on the PRovoke podcast to talk about how brands can align themselves meaningfully with the Black Lives Matter movement, including examples of campaign activations from Twitter, Doritos and Ben & Jerry's.

In this episode of Intersection, Maeve DuVally, managing director of corporate communications at Goldman Sachs, joins the discussion. We talk about DuVally's experience being transgender at Goldman Sachs and how organizations can empower employees to bring their whole selves to work, especially those from marginalized groups. In addition to DuVally, the conversation features Praytell's senior crea...

KPMG global head of corporate affairs Jane Lawrie joins the PRovoke podcast to discuss KPMG's CEO research, which finds that corporate leaders are far more focused on talent and purpose, thanks to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Lawrie, who previously served as CCO at Tesco, also explores her own experience advising CEOs and how they can communicate in a more personal, empathetic manner. 

In this episode of Intersection, Rebecca Lowell Edwards, chief communications officer at the ACLU talks to PRovoke's Aarti Shah and Praytell's Andy Pray about race, democracy and PR. The conversation includes: how using the phrase "white supremacy" in the workplace can accelerate awareness and change around race and inequality; how companies can plan for — and mitigate — the uncertainty and volati...

BerlinRosen VP Jack Temple joins Diana Marszalek on the PRovoke podcast to discuss the emerging area of sustainable finance and the "urgent mission" for companies to invest funds in initiatives that contribute to driving social change and doing good in society.

MSL’s US creative lead Marc Levy joins Diana Marszalek on the PRovoke podcast to talk about the role of creativity in public relations in the age of data and analytics, and how to stay creatively inspired through lockdown and home working.

As a specialist in social impact, racial justice and storytelling, BerlinRosen senior VP Janna Pea has been at the forefront of managing communications around the heightened focus on civil rights in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement. She joins Diana Marszalek to explore the multifaceted PR challenges that advocates and activists face amid racial strife and in today’s volatile political e...

In this episode of Intersection, a series that PRovoke Media is launching in partnership with Praytell, author and professor S. Craig Watkins talks about the ways creatives of color use tech and social ingenuity to build a new innovation economy that disrupts sectors as varied as design, media and entertainment, education, and civic engagement. PRovoke executive editor Aarti Shah interviews Watkin...

In this episode of the Ideas with Purpose podcast, Hudson Cutler's founder/CEO Robert Dowling talks to the agency's chief storytelling officer, Shawn Amos about a life of being “the only Black guy in the room” while working in the PR industry. In this candid conversation, they share their thoughts for creating real diversity and equity in very white male business. 

'Accidental marketer' Rupen Desai joins the PRovoke podcast to discuss Dole's new series of sweeping commitments, which aim to increase access to sustainable nutrition and eliminate food waste. Desai, who spent two decades with Lowe before joining Edelman, also examines the PR industry's attempts to transform, diversity & inclusion challenges, and the lessons he has learned along the way.

In this episode of the PRovoke Podcast, PAN CEO Phil Nardone talks to PRovoke Media's Aarti Shah about the PR industry's failures when it come to diversity, inclusion and equity — and how his tech PR firm is accelerating its DE&I plans, even amid a global pandemic. 

In this episode of the PRovoke Podcast, we talk to NewsWhip CEO Paul Quigley about the way information — and misinformation — spreads, specifically around the Black Lives Matter movement and Covid-19. The data shows the Black Lives Matter movement was not actually divisive and misinformation thrives among those predisposed to believe it.  Show Notes Black Lives Matter Protests: Public Engagement A...

Freuds chief executive Arlo Brady and Republic founder Alice Cartner-Morley talk through the big themes to come out of their joint research into the hopes and fears of people in the US, the UK and Germany, regarding what life and work might look like on the other side of the Covid-19 pandemic, including the digital, economic, and social legacies of lockdown.

Until this spring, the biggest driver of environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) was climate change. This episode of the PRovoke podcast looks at how business and capitalism are being redefined and reinvented, through the additional lenses of the Covid-19 pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement. Maja Pawinska Sims is joined by sustainable business expert Matt Peacock, former grou...

Quartz Asia deputy editor Isabella Steger — a veteran of covering unrest in Hong Kong — joins the PRovoke podcast to discuss the current outlook for journalism in the city, along with the impact of Covid-19 on her work, the future of work in the region and her fleeting PR career.  

At the start of the Black Lives Matter protests, Katy Howell, the CEO of social media agency Immediate Future, posted a moving video on LinkedIn about her own experience of systemic racism in the UK. She joins Maja Pawinska Sims on the PRovoke podcast to talk about how agencies in the creatives industries can move from pledges to solid action on supporting Black and ethnic minority employees. 

Katie de Cozar, head of enterprise technology at B2B specialist agency CCgroup, PRovoke's EMEA Technology Agency of the Year, joins Maja Pawinska Sims on the podcast to talk about the PR industry's mental health crisis, particularly given the impact of the Covid-19 lockdown and the renewed focus on inclusive working environments.