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Nov 26

Trump, Summers, Spacey, and Markle: Who Owned It and Who Faked It

This week’s episode dives into a crowded lineup of public figures who all managed to confuse PR maneuvering with actual accountability: President Trump’s “quiet piggy” moment on Air Force One and the broader pattern behind his attacks on women in the press, Larry Summers’ fog- ... Show More

21m 42s

Nov 19

Michael Wolff’s Messy Attempt to Explain Why He Was Helping Epstein

This episode starts with a line that should make anyone in communications sit up a little straighter. Michael Wolff, a bestselling Trump biographer and longtime access journalist, emailed Jeffrey Epstein with strategic advice about how Epstein could handle questions about Dona ... Show More

19m 40s

Nov 12

PR in the Age of GEO: How to Make Sure AI Gets Your Story Right

You saw “GEO” in the title and almost tuned out, didn’t you? Hold that thought. If you work in communications, PR, media, or journalism, this episode might just change how you think about your job.GEO, or Generative Engine Optimization, is not another passing b ... Show More

35m 4s

May 2024

Gender Identity: The Latest Social Contagion - Andrew Doyle

Platforms like TikTok are replete with activists explaining to teenagers that their feelings of confusion are probably evidence that they have been born in the wrong body... Read this and other pieces before they're recorded at Andrew's Substack - https://andrewdoyle.substack.co ... Show More

7m 9s

Feb 2025

‘Baldoni Got SHAFTED!’ Blake Lively Fallout, Emilia Pérez Scandal And MORE!

“Politics is personal” as the old saying goes, so no one should be surprised that the rightward geopolitical shift that Trump’s re-election has brought to pass would affect other areas of American life. The US entertainment industry for example, is reeling from the new President’ ... Show More

45m 10s

Sep 2024

Normally Podcast: Normal-ish Takes on Political Insanity

In the first episode of Normally, hosts Mary Katharine Ham and Karol Markowicz discuss the evolving political beliefs of Kamala Harris, the media's role in shaping political narratives, and the double standards present in political discourse. They also delve into the dynamics ... Show More

21m 24s

Feb 2025

Confronting the Chaos with Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY)

Amid the disarray in Washington, we're joined by House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries to discuss leading the opposition during Trump's second term. We examine his strategy for countering Republican overreach, explore what resistance looks like this time around, and consider ho ... Show More

1h 14m

Sep 2024

US Election: Spending on TV advertising

The campaign teams supporting Donald Trump and Kamala Harris in the race to the White House are expected to spend a total of more than $10 billion.A journalist with the CBS network, Larry Magid, explains why most of the money will be spent on political advertising on television. ... Show More

17m 37s

Jan 2025

BREAKING! Taylor Swift Turns Against Blake Lively & Ryan Reynolds | Candace Ep 141

Taylor Swift's team seems to have seen our episode and is doing damage control, it's the 6 year anniversary of Jussie Smollett's "attack" in Chicago so I decided to interview the famous Osundairo brothers to discuss, and I am launching my new website today! Check out my website h ... Show More

57m 56s

Oct 20

How The Sale Of A Voting Machine Company Could Affect 2026 Midterm Elections

Dominion Voting Systems, the election technology firm at the center of several election-related conspiracy theories in 2020, was sold this month and rebranded as Liberty Vote. We discuss the practical implications of the transformation and how it could affect the 2026 midterm ele ... Show More

14m 24s

Nov 5

Do Moderates Win More Elections?

Zohran Mamdani has won the 2025 New York City mayoral race, with a higher turnout of voters than New York has seen in decades. This despite the fact that New York’s senators — Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand — did not back Mamdani, and House Democrat Leader Hakeem Jeffrie ... Show More

33m 43s

Oct 21

The Rural Power Behind Trump’s Assault on Blue Cities

President Trump’s deployment of the National Guard from red states into blue cities isn’t just a partisan attack; it’s also a geographic one. In the 2024 election, Donald Trump won rural areas by <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2025/06/26/behind-trumps-2024-victo ... Show More

1h 4m

Jun 2017

What Peter Thiel’s war against Gawker can tell us about Trump (Brian Knappenberger, director, "Nobody Speak")

Director Brian Knappenberger talks with Recode's Peter Kafka about his new documentary "Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press," which premieres on Netflix on June 23. In it, Knappenberger connects venture capitalist Peter Thiel's successful lawsuit against Gawker Media, by way o ... Show More

27m 38s

Election PR Showdown: Campaign Predictio...