When It Hits the Fan
Hosted by David Yelland and Farzana Baduel and David and Farzana and Simon Lewis and Lauren Beeching · BBC Radio 4
4.5from 193 ratings
- 157
- Episodes
- 134
- Transcribed
- 193
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
About When It Hits the Fan
When It Hits The Fan takes you behind the headlines and into the high-stakes world of power, influence and reputation. Each week, it unpacks the PR playbook used by some of the world's most powerful people and asks how the hidden hand of the communications industry shapes what you see, hear and believe. Hosts David Yelland and Farzana Baduel dive into the week's biggest media storms, scandals and corporate crises, revealing how PR disasters unfold in real time. From political controversies to celebrity missteps and brand meltdowns, they trace where the story began, how it spiralled, and who ended up in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. Bringing sharp insight and insider knowledge.David Yelland is the former editor of The Sun and Farzana Baduel is an award-winning communications strategist and crisis management specialist. Together, they draw on decades of frontline experience shaping narratives, handling reputational firestorms and understanding what really drives the news cycle.
- Publisher
- BBC Radio 4
- Category
- news · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 1 Sept 2023
- Latest episode
- 16 Sept 2026
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Published 16 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Something can be completely sincere and still be reputationally useful. And there is something quite clever about the position he's occupying. The criticism of AI companies is often you're building this incredibly powerful thing and you don't care what happens. He's basically saying, no, I'm the one telling you how dangerous it could be. And it also changes the conversation conversation if we're all debating whether ai might eventually destroy humanity we're spending a lot less time talking about whether it's going to take a job next year i'm not saying us deliberately why they're doing it but from a pr perspective it's certainly an interesting consequence yeah i mean there's something else going on of course because in the markets like in the financial world you know in new york in particular if you're out there saying The technology I'm developing at Anthropic is so powerful it could destroy humanity. […]
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David Yelland and Farzana Baduel and David and Farzana and Simon Lewis and Lauren Beeching host the show. Published by BBC Radio 4.
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