100 Episodes

  1. 'Humanity Deserves Better'

    Published: 6/4/2025
  2. You're Banned!

    Published: 5/28/2025
  3. Robotaxis: Look, no hands!

    Published: 5/21/2025
  4. The Spy Who Leaked Me

    Published: 5/14/2025
  5. Prince Harry's bombshell interview

    Published: 5/7/2025
  6. PR is a virus

    Published: 4/30/2025
  7. China's meme warfare, rats and rockets

    Published: 4/23/2025
  8. Quick Wins: How to avoid being typecast

    Published: 4/15/2025
  9. Quick Wins: How to deal with redundancies

    Published: 4/8/2025
  10. The truth about ‘no comment,’ managing expectations and cost-effective PR

    Published: 4/1/2025
  11. Heathrow special: inside the crisis

    Published: 3/25/2025
  12. Thames Water’s PR gamble, Tesla backlash and William’s Villa in The Sun

    Published: 3/18/2025
  13. Carney’s Canada v Trump, Abrdn’s U-turn and Ambassador Suzuki

    Published: 3/11/2025
  14. Trump, Zelensky, the King and Mummy Pig

    Published: 3/4/2025
  15. PR in the disinformation bubble, Mandelson’s doorstep and breaking cover

    Published: 2/25/2025
  16. BP’s PR battle, Jamie Dimon’s rant, and two men and a baby

    Published: 2/18/2025
  17. Inside the woke war room, puff quote PR and WhatsApp comms

    Published: 2/11/2025
  18. Rachel Reeves’ PR pivot, how to talk to Trump and Bill Gates’ memoir

    Published: 2/4/2025
  19. Inside the Sun's historic apology to Prince Harry

    Published: 1/28/2025
  20. Power and influence in the (medieval) court of Trump

    Published: 1/21/2025

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Inside the world of crisis managers and spin doctors as David Yelland and Simon Lewis watch the week's biggest PR disasters unfold. In each episode our hosts go behind the scenes of the latest news stories and find out how, where and when it all began to hit the fan. When It Hits The Fan is hosted by two of the most influential and experienced people in the game; David Yelland is the former editor of the Sun and alongside him is Simon Lewis, former trouble-shooter for the Queen and Gordon Brown, as well as for major corporations like the Nat West, Vodafone and British Gas. Together they bring decades of experience in both creating and managing crises. They'll share all they know about what's keeping those big stories in and out of the news.