serves as the Director of Government Relations & Compliance for , an environmental technology start-up company planning a $1.1 billion investment in a circular plastics recycling plant. Marr has led public affairs and crisis communications resp

Episode 10 w/ Kris Maher, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal

Feb 7th, 2022 1h 2m

To launch On Crisis Season 2, host Joanna Doven sat down with 's , one of the nation's most esteemed national journalists writing about major American crises, from Flint's Water Crisis to the spread of PFAS contamination in American communities

Episode 9 w/ Jeff Hahn, Owner and Principal, Hahn Public

May 4th, 2021 57m 4s

Jeff Hahn is one of the nation’s top experts in crisis communications and recently published his first book, Breaking Bad News. His Austin-based integrated agency combines data analysis with time-proven and researched methods on how to best res

Episode 8 w/ Sean Hamill, Reporter, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Mar 17th, 2021 1h 13m

What is really happening inside of nursing homes and why should we care? COVID-19 has thrust nursing homes and senior care facilities -- rarely in the national spotlight -- into a crisis communications storm. We talk with award-winning reporte

Episode 7 w/ Billie Jo Weyant, Executive Director of CAPSEA

Mar 11th, 2021 47m 19s

These days, you can get by without ever leaving your home – which is a nightmare for victims battling domestic abuse or sexual assault. A recent report calls domestic abuse within the larger pandemic the “shadow pandemic”. Backed by data, Jeff

Episode 6 w/ Chris Togneri, Pittsburgh's Public Information Officer

Jan 27th, 2021 1h 2m

With distrust in traditional media at an all-time high as news outlets increasingly become platforms for far right and far left ideologies, one thing is certain: "The world needs more Sandy Tollivers." In episode six, we talk with Pittsburgh's

Episode 5 w/ Gerardo Interiano & Faryl Ury of Aurora

Jan 19th, 2021 49m 24s

Get ready; it’s coming. What does a self driving future look like and how do we get there? From a 40,000 reduction in vehicle-related deaths to turning parking lots into parks -- and, let’s face it, convenience -- we dissected the industry’s po

Episode 4 w/ Allison Bentley, Former Zappos Director of Women's Fashion; Current VP of Sales, Marketing & Merchandising, Hemp Synergistics

Dec 22nd, 2020 37m 41s

As head of women's fashion for Zappos, one of the most revolutionary online shopping companies of all time, Allison Bentley of Hemp Synergistics learned alongside the renowned and brilliant -- the late Tony Hsieh. Before online shoes and online

Episode 3 w/ Ira Weiss, Partner with Weiss Burkhardt Kramer

Dec 9th, 2020 49m 49s

With a myriad of health regulations issued almost weekly, school districts are faced with conflicting obligations: educate all children, despite each one's varying needs in a remote environment; keep teachers safe, yet working; and close classr

Episode 2 w/ Clearstead Senior Managing Director Mike Shebak

Dec 2nd, 2020 44m 44s

Since the pandemic swept the globe, financial markets have been in a "crisis of clarity" and financial advisory firms have been thrust into an uncomfortable dual role: becoming both financial and crisis communication experts. We talk with Mike

Episode 1 w/ Former Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Current PublicSource Journalist, Rich Lord

Nov 9th, 2020 1h 1m

News will always flow to a crisis, but what happens when there's less seasoned reporters to discern real news from fake news? Joanna Doven sits down with Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Rich Lord about the changing media landscape and what that

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