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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

Doug Downs March 13, 2025

A guard from Squid Game listening to a podcast on headphones

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

Doug Downs January 9, 2025

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

Doug Downs December 9, 2024

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

Doug Downs November 20, 2024

Photo of Joe Rogan and Donald Trump in a podcast interview reaching millions of people

Trump’s Win and the Shift to Podcasts: Why Brands Must Build Their Own Niche

The other night, as I watched the 2024 U.S. Presidential election results roll in, one thought kept standing out. The Republicans were emerging as clear winners, despite mainstream media’s overwhelming favor toward the Democrats throughout the campaign. It was striking: the American electorate seemed to be rejecting the messages pushed

Doug Downs November 7, 2024

Oh to Be Joe Rogan

I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t personally listen to The Joe Rogan Experience. However, it seems I’m an island in that regard. Despite being exclusive to Spotify, the podcast draws an estimated 11 million listeners per episode. That’s a staggering number, making it clear why Joe Rogan

Doug Downs September 13, 2024