90 Episodes

  1. When It Hits The Fan x The Today Podcast x Newscast

    Published: 6/25/2024
  2. Taylor Swift’s PR stardust, the Putin effect and Southgate’s pundit problem

    Published: 6/25/2024
  3. Can Starmer do PR?, the Green Party and being Taylor Swift's ex

    Published: 6/18/2024
  4. Sunak's D-Day blunder, is Farage using dog whistles?, and Mike Lynch

    Published: 6/11/2024
  5. Private school PR, Lib Dem tactics and Trump's conviction

    Published: 6/4/2024
  6. General Election PR strategy and the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry

    Published: 5/28/2024
  7. Quick Wins: How to say no

    Published: 5/23/2024
  8. UK water crisis, the Rich List and PR wellbeing

    Published: 5/21/2024
  9. Quick Wins: How to say sorry

    Published: 5/16/2024
  10. Apple’s ad backlash, 'I’m not your mum' and Zahawi’s exit strategy

    Published: 5/14/2024
  11. Co-op Live, political spin and inside the Trumpian bubble

    Published: 5/7/2024
  12. Huw Edwards, PR speak and runaway horses

    Published: 4/30/2024
  13. Matthew Freud special

    Published: 4/22/2024
  14. Dorothy Byrne special

    Published: 4/16/2024
  15. Mick Lynch special

    Published: 4/9/2024
  16. What can we learn from Kate?

    Published: 3/26/2024
  17. TikTok and China, how to make a royal story go away and cybersecurity PR

    Published: 3/19/2024
  18. The Palace in crisis

    Published: 3/12/2024
  19. Christian Horner crisis continues, the Telegraph battle and Hancock’s Eton cockup

    Published: 3/5/2024
  20. Talking crap, car crash interviews and Trident’s plop

    Published: 2/27/2024

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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.