
The PR Podcast
The PR Podcast is a show about how the news gets made. We talk with great PR people, reporters, and communicators to share ideas and strategies to tell impactful stories that make a difference. Host Jody Fisher has spent 30 years in news, first as a radio reporter and anchor in New York City and then in PR representing clients across a variety of industries including healthcare, higher education, financial services, real estate, entertainment, and non-profit. Join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok at @ThePRPodcast.
Latest episodes

May 30, 2022 • 9min
83. Committing to Change with Jody Fisher
We take a timeout from our regular programming. #CommitToChange
The PR Podcast is your view inside the public relations business. We talk with great PR people, reporters and communicators on how they weave narratives that are informative and fun. Host Jody Fisher has worked in New York City PR for more than 20 years, representing clients across the healthcare, higher education, financial services, real estate, entertainment and non-profit verticals. Join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at @ThePRPodcast.

May 16, 2022 • 34min
82. Nicole Rodrigues, CEO & Founder of NRPR, KPIs for clients and positive role models for kids
Nicole Rodrigues is CEO and Founder of NRPR Group, an award-winning, exclusive public relations and marketing firm serving game changers and disruptors around the world. Headquartered in California with team members around the country, they’ve developed and executed strategic campaigns for Yahoo!, Dolby, Sony PlayStation, Hulu and the Oakland Raiders. Nicole has been recognized as a leader in her industry, named one of PR News’ Top 50 Game Changers in Public Relations, as well as Bulldog Reporter’s 2017 Gold Public Relations Professional of the Year. Her second company, Young Dreamers, takes her to local schools to talk with students about setting goals, building their personal brands, and persevering through life’s ups and downs.
The PR Podcast is your view inside the public relations business. We talk with great PR people, reporters and communicators on how they weave narratives that are informative and fun. Host Jody Fisher has worked in New York City PR for more than 20 years, representing clients across the healthcare, higher education, financial services, real estate, entertainment and non-profit verticals. Join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at @ThePRPodcast.

May 9, 2022 • 32min
81. Julie Parker on Life and Death Crisis Comms
Julie Parker is a #PR consultant, Crisis Communications advisor and a media relations and social media trainer. She is a Murrow & Emmy Award-winning former reporter for the ABC-TV affiliate in Washington DC and is the former police media director in Prince George’s County, MD and the Fairfax County Police in Virginia. She was also a senior media advisor with the International Association of Chiefs of Police and a guest lecturer at the FBI national academy for the last decade.
The PR Podcast is your view inside the public relations business. We talk with great PR people, reporters and communicators on how they weave narratives that are informative and fun. Host Jody Fisher has worked in New York City PR for more than 20 years, representing clients across the healthcare, higher education, financial services, real estate, entertainment and non-profit verticals. Join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at @ThePRPodcast.

May 2, 2022 • 31min
80. Lauren Sergy, author of "UNMUTE!" on Public Speaking and Zoom
Lauren Sergy is a Canadian based communication professional and public speaking geek. She has helped leaders and professionals in Canada, the US, the UK and beyond become more effective leaders through the art and alchemy of public speaking and communication. Her most recent book, “UNMUTE! How to Master Virtual Meetings and Reclaim Your Sanity,” helps people handle the nuances of videoconference communication so they can approach their virtual meetings with intent, as opposed to merely being a victim.
The PR Podcast is your view inside the public relations business. We talk with great PR people, reporters and communicators on how they weave narratives that are informative and fun. Host Jody Fisher has worked in New York City PR for more than 20 years, representing clients across the healthcare, higher education, financial services, real estate, entertainment and non-profit verticals. Join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at @ThePRPodcast.

Apr 25, 2022 • 26min
79. Tricia Richards Service, Founder of "I Need A Speaker"
Tricia Richards Service is a PR professional and Founder of “I Need A Speaker,” founded to help organizations and event planners find the right speaker for their events.
The PR Podcast is your view inside the public relations business. We talk with great PR people, reporters and communicators on how they weave narratives that are informative and fun. Host Jody Fisher has worked in New York City PR for more than 20 years, representing clients across the healthcare, higher education, financial services, real estate, entertainment and non-profit verticals. Join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at @ThePRPodcast.

Apr 18, 2022 • 30min
78. David Libby, Founder, 2PINZ
Among David Libby's former clients: the one and only Steve Jobs. How do you go about repping the man who changed the world? We hear his secret.
David Libby is the founder of 2pinz, a San Francisco Bay Area agency that integrates public relations, social media, and content programs to drive and scale highly successful launches for new products, platforms, applications and services. David works with his clients on establishing differentiation and positioning to break clients out of the pack, through a unique combination of enterprise know-how and start-up scrappiness.
The PR Podcast is your view inside the public relations business. We talk with great PR people, reporters and communicators on how they weave narratives that are informative and fun. Host Jody Fisher has worked in New York City PR for more than 20 years, representing clients across the healthcare, higher education, financial services, real estate, entertainment and non-profit verticals. Join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at @ThePRPodcast.

Apr 11, 2022 • 29min
77. The Journey from Journalist to Author with Lisa Fantino
Lisa Fantino is an award-winning journalist and attorney whose bestselling travel memoir, “Amalfi Blue,” has been Number One in the United States, Canada and Australia...and in the Top 10 books on Italy on three continents. As a broadcaster she spent a career on the air at New York’s top news stations, WCBS-AM and WINS-AM, and as an anchor at the NBC Radio Networks. With “Fractured,” her third book, she introduces gutsy NYC rookie Detective Maggie Flynn, seasoned with just enough Italian to make life passionate. The next in the Det. Flynn series, "The Costa Affair," is out now.
The PR Podcast is your view inside the public relations business. We talk with great PR people, reporters and communicators on how they weave narratives that are informative and fun. Host Jody Fisher has worked in New York City PR for more than 20 years, representing clients across the healthcare, higher education, financial services, real estate, entertainment and non-profit verticals. Join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at @ThePRPodcast.

Apr 4, 2022 • 29min
76. Bill Coletti, CEO & Founder of Kith on Crisis Comms
What makes a crisis? Bill Coletti, CEO and Founder of Kith, a crisis communications agency based in Austin, TX, has specific definition that has NOTHING to do with media.
Bill is a C-suite advisor, global crisis comms expert, reputation management strategist and speaker. Innovative, Adaptive & Creative, Bill focuses his clients on risk management, crisis leadership & management, strategic communications and more. His book, "Critical Moments: The New Mindset of Reputation Management," guides leaders through preparing for crisis before it happens, and warns that the words of communities, customers, and critics can help or harm your business’s standing with the public.
The PR Podcast is your view inside the public relations business. We talk with great PR people, reporters and communicators on how they weave narratives that are informative and fun. Host Jody Fisher has worked in New York City PR for more than 20 years, representing clients across the healthcare, higher education, financial services, real estate, entertainment and non-profit verticals. Join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at @ThePRPodcast.

Mar 28, 2022 • 34min
75. Tressa Robbins on Mental Health and the Metaverse
Tressa Robbins is an expert in customer onboarding and advocacy, content creation and management, copywriting, social media, public relations and content marketing and more. She has been a guest speaker, lecturer and panelist on social and traditional media relations strategies, PR measurement, communications, as well as personal branding strategies (particularly through the use of social media) at various marketing, communications and public relations industry events.
The PR Podcast is your view inside the public relations business. We talk with great PR people, reporters and communicators on how they weave narratives that are informative and fun. Host Jody Fisher has worked in New York City PR for more than 20 years, representing clients across the healthcare, higher education, financial services, real estate, entertainment and non-profit verticals. Join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at @ThePRPodcast.

Mar 21, 2022 • 29min
74. Grow With Trust with Scott Baradell, CEO & Founder, Idea Grove
Scott Baradell is CEO and founder of Idea Grove, which helps its clients secure trust at scale through its unique Grow With TRUST approach. Scott is an established authority on trust and editor of the online publication Trust Signals, as well as author of the upcoming book Trust Signals: Brand Building in a Post-Truth World.
The PR Podcast is your view inside the public relations business. We talk with great PR people, reporters and communicators on how they weave narratives that are informative and fun. Host Jody Fisher has worked in New York City PR for more than 20 years, representing clients across the healthcare, higher education, financial services, real estate, entertainment and non-profit verticals. Join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at @ThePRPodcast.