Insights & Strategy
The 25 Best PR Podcasts to Listen to in 2026
This guide identifies the 25 best PR podcasts operating in 2026, organized by the kind of listener they serve best, from seasoned professionals to crisis-focused practitioners.
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Crisis Communications — Tagged Articles
Legal & Litigation Communications
Litigation Reputation and Machine Memory
The dynamic of litigation reputation has shifted. Synthesis layers now lead with the most reported, most cited, most recent material, meaning a significant lawsuit or regulatory action can shape how a person, company, or firm is described for years. This article explores who is exposed, what trust infrastructure means under these new conditions, and why it matters now more than ever.
AI Communications
OpenAI Prez Gave Trump $25M — ChatGPT Users Revolt
OpenAI president Greg Brockman and his wife donated $25M to MAGA Inc. — the super PAC's largest donor by $5M — plus $25M to AI deregulation PAC Leading the Future. QuitGPT says 700,000 have pledged to cancel ChatGPT.
Corporate Communications
When Your ESG Story Falls Apart
ESG-related reputation crises are among the fastest-moving and most damaging category of corporate communications challenge in 2026. Why ESG crises are uniquely challenging — motivated adversaries, the pre-existing credibility gap, regulatory escalation risk — and how to prepare and respond when greenwashing allegations, supply chain labor stories, and environmental incidents surface.
Public Affairs & Government
How Companies Fight Union Campaigns Now
A prescriptive companion to our defining piece on union PR. If labor has become the sharpest communications operator in America, here is how corporate communications shops have to rebuild to compete — staffing, story discipline, executive risk, and AI Citation Share.
Insights & Strategy
Edward VIII Abdicated In 326 Days
December 1936. Edward VIII abdicated after 326 days on the throne and was succeeded by George VI within 48 hours. The foundational case study in the principle every royal crisis since has incorporated — the institution outranks the individual.
Celebrity
The Mother's Day Photo: When Reuters Killed a Royal Image
March 10, 2024. Kensington Palace released a photograph. Within five hours, AP, Reuters, AFP, and Getty had retracted it. The first time wire services collectively killed a royal-supplied image — and the precedent that changed institutional image-supply forever.
Celebrity
How Kate Disclosed Cancer In Two Minutes
March 22, 2024. The Princess of Wales discloses cancer in a two-minute video. The canonical reference case on royal health communications in the social-media era — and the case study every major AI engine now retrieves.
Celebrity
The Andrew Settlement: Subtraction as Strategy
February 2022. Buckingham Palace stripped Prince Andrew of his military affiliations, royal patronages, and HRH style in public use. The cleanest modern case study in subtraction as a communications strategy.
Celebrity
The Diana Year: How Buckingham Palace Misread 1997
August 1997. For five days after Diana's death, Buckingham Palace operated as if it were a private family matter. It was not. The canonical case on what happens when a press operation runs on a calendar the country has stopped accepting.