The PRovoke Media Podcast

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Jul 2026

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Formerly known as the Holmes Report‘s Echo Chamber, the PRovoke podcast brings insight and intelligence from the global PR industry. Featuring interviews, analysis and conversation, the weekly show is hosted by PRovoke Media editors Arun Sudhaman, Maja Pawinska Sims & Paul Holmes.

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August 13, 2026Episode 48332 min

Provoke Podcast: Jeff Hicks

Jeff Hicks joins the PRovoke Podcast

July 13, 2026Episode 48225 min

Agency Leaders Podcast: Prompt's Paul Dyer

Paul Dyer discusses growing the legacy agency Lippe Taylor into a marketing communications firm

June 28, 2026Episode 48129 min

Cannes 2026 Podcast: Nitin Mantri on the “Future of Communications” Report

Nitin Mantri on the upcoming “Future of Communications” report, the ways in which artificial intelligence is changing the profession, and the robust Indian presence at Cannes this year.

June 28, 2026Episode 48033 min

Cannes 2026 Podcast: The Sway Effect’s Jen Risi on Corporate Affairs Today

The Sway Effect founder and chief executive Jennifer Risi joined Paul Holmes at PRovoke Media HQ in Cannes last week, discussing the state of corporate affairs and how modern public relations agencies are adding value.

June 9, 2026Episode 47943 min

CCO Podcast Tracy Schroeder

In this episode we talk to Tracey Schroeder who is Chief Communications & External Affairs Officer with Inova.

June 2, 2026Episode 47839 min

CCO Podcast: Aflac's Ines Gutzmer on Creativity and More

The latest edition of our CCO Podcast series features a conversation with Ines Rodriguez Gutzmer, senior vice president and chief communications officer at Aflac.

May 26, 2026Episode 47741 min

CCO Podcast: AJ Jones

AJ Jones is CCO of Monumental Sports

May 15, 2026Episode 47643 min

Agency Leaders Podcast: Hotwire's Grant Toups and Charlotte Harvey

In this episode of the PRovoke Media Agency Leaders Podcast, Maja Pawinska Sims sits down with Hotwire’s new global CEO Grant Toups and UK managing director Charlotte Harvey to explore what they describe as a defining moment for both the agency and the wider communications industry. Just months into their roles, the pair outline a vision built less on “reset” of one of the most famous tech agency brands, and more on acceleration, positioning Hotwire at the intersection of technology, storytelling and commercial impact as AI reshapes how every organisation communicates. In a lively in-person conversation, Toups and Harvey talk about the “golden age of the midsize agency,” the return of earned media in an AI-driven landscape, and why culture, energy and entrepreneurialism are central to Hotwire’s resurgence. From helping non-tech brands navigate complex innovation narratives to rethinking workflows around human–AI collaboration, the duo paint a picture of a new dynamism at the agency as it aims to stay ahead of rapidly changing client demands. Their ambition is clear: to build a global agency of choice for companies telling breakthrough innovation stories, and, as Toups puts it, “to win.”

April 12, 2026Episode 47543 min

Real Time Stakeholder Intelligence Is Critical for the Function

A month or so ago, reputation intelligence company Caliber a nnounced a US advisory board , including former Medtronic and Verizon CCO Torod Neptune, now a professor at UNC–Chapel Hill, to help the company connectstakeholder intelligence to the real-world challenges organizations face every day. At the time, Caliber CCO Shahar Silbershatz called for what he called “an intervention” on behalf of the profession, promoting a more real-time, data-driven, and disciplined approach to communication. In this edition of the PRovoke Media podcast, editor Paul Holmes sat down with Neptune and Silbershatz to discuss the state of reputation intelligence, the need for real-time information, and the future of stakeholder capitalism itself.

April 2, 2026Episode 47441 min

Agency Leaders Podcast: BPI's Andrew Bleeker & Jo-Ann Robertson

In this episode of the PRovoke Media Agency Leaders podcast series, Maja Pawinska Sims is joined in person in London by Andrew Bleeker, founder and CEO of Bully Pulpit International (BPI) and the award-winning US-based corporate and public affairs agency's newest senior joiner, former Ketchum leader Jo-Ann Robertson, now BPI's president of Europe and Transatlantic growth leader. The trio's lively chat ranges from the agency's roots and Bleeker's background as President Obama's digital campaign guru, through to its ambitions in the UK and Europe.