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Farzana Baduel Joins Stories and Strategies as Co-Host, Championing Global PR Perspectives and Gender Representation

LONDON/TORONTO  – 13 March 2025 – Stories and Strategies, the world’s most-listened-to PR podcast (using data from Rephonic), welcomes Farzana Baduel as Guest Co-Host for an initial three-month tenure. Baduel, President-Elect of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) and CEO of Curzon PR, brings her strategic communications expertise to

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Podcasts: The Soft Power of Influence in a Hard Power World

I’ve tried watching Squid Game season two… it’s not as good as the first one IMO. At least I tried. So I went back and watched season one again. In 2021, Netflix’s Squid Game captured global attention, becoming the platform’s most-watched series. Beyond its gripping storyline, the show highlighted South

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Episode Transcript – Political Campaigns as PR Case Studies

Stories and Strategies Podcast Episode 154 Guest: Matt Krayton, Publitics Published December 3, 2024 Listen to this episode Doug Downs (00:04): I have a guilty pleasure. I don’t talk about it with family or friends because it’s kind of something you don’t talk about out loud. I don’t know why

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Episode Transcript – Adapt or Die: PR in the Age of AI

Stories and Strategies Podcast Episode 152 Guest: Adrian Cropley, OAM, FRSA, IABC Fellow, GCSCE, SCMP Published November 19, 2024 Listen to this episode Doug Downs (00:09): There’s been an evolution in the world of finance. For a long time, accountants were the people who kept track of the numbers, kind

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