The Public Affairs in Practice Podcast

In an interview episode, I talk to Daniel Rice, Director at 5654, and Sam Cooper, Managing Director at MessageSpace.

As well as learning more about Daniel and Sam and their paths into public affairs and political communication, we focused on the findings of their recent joint report, "Influence and Information: Media Habits of Westminster."

You can access the report by clicking here.

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In an interview episode, I talk to Richard Gard, Director and Head of External and Government Affairs Africa, Middle East, Europe, India, Oceania at Nissan Motor Corporation.

We talk about his background and how he got into public affairs, how he leads a small team covering such a huge region, his use of agency support, how the work of agencies has evolved over the past 10-15 years and how he manages to keep track of so many market...

In an interview episode, I talk to Robert Magyar, Head of Healthcare, APAC at Weber Shandwick.

We talk about his background and how he got into public affairs, his experience of public affairs and lobbying across Asia and, in particular, China, and how his experience of running a consultancy.

More details about the book that Robert contributed to, and his chapter on public affairs in China, can be found here.

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In an interview episode, I talk to John Johnston, author of the weekly London Influence email for Politico which covers campaigning, lobbying and political influence in the U.K.

We talk about his background and how he got into journalism, how he has found navigating the industry, and trends for 2025.

There is also mention of the current consultation on the PRCA's Public Affairs Code. You can read details here.

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In an interview episode, I talk to Doug Pinkham, President of the Public Affairs Council.

We talk about the importance of public affairs, its role in reputation management, how the industry has changed and what we can expect from the future. We also couldn't avoid talking about the forthcoming US Presidential election!

This episode was recorded before the attempted assassination of Donald Trump and the withdrawal of President Biden...

In an interview episode, I talk to Zoe Cohen, a highly experienced board-level director and Master Coach.

We talk about the importance of taking action to save the planet, climate communications, her activism and work with Extinction Rebellion, Insulate Britain and Just Stop Oil.

This episode was recorded before the recent UK General Election and *WARNING* it does contain some swearing.

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In a different type of episode, we hear from five of the leading monitoring companies.

Delivering public affairs training, I am often asked about who can monitoring services. So, I asked leading monitoring companies to tell us more about what they do.

A huge thank you to all those who took part.

To learn more about the companies took part (in alphabetical order):

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In an interview episode, I talk to Craig Jones MBE, Executive Director of Fighting With Pride  that supports the health and wellbeing of LGBT+Veterans, service personnel and their families.

We talk about his background in the Royal Navy; the lifting of the ‘gay ban’ in the armed forces and the challenges he, and many others, faced; his varied career when he left the Royal Navy; how Fighting With Pride started, its achievements in i...

In an interview episode, I talk to Paul Gerrard, Campaigns, Public Affairs & Board Secretariat Director at the Co-op Group.

We talk about his background in the civil service, the skills he learned and how he has applied them to public affairs and the fantastic campaign he has led tackling violence against shop workers. It is a case study that everyone should learn from.

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