Laughing Matters

Episode 6 – A pope, a rabbi, and a publicist walk into a synagogue...

September 23, 2021 Paul Season 1 Episode 6
Episode 6 – A pope, a rabbi, and a publicist walk into a synagogue...
Laughing Matters
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Laughing Matters
Episode 6 – A pope, a rabbi, and a publicist walk into a synagogue...
Sep 23, 2021 Season 1 Episode 6
Paul

Communications professionals are behind the scenes at pretty much every major event you can imagine, and few are as versatile or cool under pressure as Jody Fisher, award-winning publicist and vice president at Austin Williams. Listen to some of his stories from working in journalism and PR:

 

  • How he and a photographer had 10 seconds to snap a photo of the first sitting pope to visit a U.S. synagogue
  • Doing man-on-the-street interviews with New Yorkers in the 1990s
  • His cringeworthy story of taking a nap in a business meeting and receiving a rude awakening from none other than Rupert Murdoch

 

Listen to the full episode for more!

Show Notes

Communications professionals are behind the scenes at pretty much every major event you can imagine, and few are as versatile or cool under pressure as Jody Fisher, award-winning publicist and vice president at Austin Williams. Listen to some of his stories from working in journalism and PR:

 

  • How he and a photographer had 10 seconds to snap a photo of the first sitting pope to visit a U.S. synagogue
  • Doing man-on-the-street interviews with New Yorkers in the 1990s
  • His cringeworthy story of taking a nap in a business meeting and receiving a rude awakening from none other than Rupert Murdoch

 

Listen to the full episode for more!