
Don't Shoot The Messenger is a podcast by Vicki Marinker, bringing you interesting conversations about careers in communications. Vicki talks with experts in PR, corporate communications, internal comms and more - discussing everything from starting a career in comms, to managing a full-scale corporate crisis. This is the podcast for you, if you want to get ahead in communications.
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 33 | Founded | 6 years ago |
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| Categories | CareersBusiness | ||||

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Love this podcast about the comms industry. Interesting guests, nice interview style. Refreshing to hear a podcast where the interviewer isn’t trying to outsmart the guest. Vicki gives people the chance to talk.
As someone who works in PR, really excellent and well thought-through podcast.
I’m not involved in the industry at all but nonetheless found this an interesting and informative listen!
Not sure about the Pepperami smoothies though!
I have been following Vicki’s very successful blog for some time and understand her natural evolution into podcasts. Blogs and podcasts are different, so it’s a very brave move! I think this is a really interesting first episode, about consumer and corporate communications, so I wish her every success in the future. I will certainly be listening.
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Apple Podcasts | #122 |
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