David Yelland
@davidyelland.bsky.social
Founded Kitchen Table Partners, edited newspapers in London and New York. Presenter ‘When it Hits the Fan’ @BBCRadio4, @BBCSounds. @ManCity Blue.
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My favourite pithy politics post in a very long time.
Bang on the money.
Bang on the money.
Brexit was an attempted counter-revolution against many of the changes this country has gone through since 1945. It has turned out to be a failure with elements of farce. This has driven many people on the Right completely mad.
August 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
My favourite pithy politics post in a very long time.
Bang on the money.
Bang on the money.
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I often wondered what the world would look like if the most ignorant, dangerous & daft opinions of radio phone-in hosts/callers were permitted to prevail. I never expected to find out…
The Trump administration has announced that the US will rewrite past climate reports, in a clear attempt to erase scientific history and undermine the consensus on human-caused climate change.
US to rewrite its past national climate reports
US President Donald Trump's administration is revising past editions of the nation's premier climate report -- its latest move to undermine the scientific consensus on human-caused global warming.
www.france24.com
August 8, 2025 at 6:51 AM
I often wondered what the world would look like if the most ignorant, dangerous & daft opinions of radio phone-in hosts/callers were permitted to prevail. I never expected to find out…
Today I am celebrating 20 years of sobriety with Max and Lulu, who have no memory of their daddy ever drinking. #Miracles #Gratitude #Recovery 2️⃣0️⃣🙏🎉
July 19, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Today I am celebrating 20 years of sobriety with Max and Lulu, who have no memory of their daddy ever drinking. #Miracles #Gratitude #Recovery 2️⃣0️⃣🙏🎉
Can Jony Ive & Sam Altman use PR to lift the human spirit? + Macron's Slap Hitter + Elon Musk, the ghost of Roy Cohn; denial ain't just a River in Egypt. We're up NOW on @BBCSounds.
When It Hits the Fan - 'Humanity Deserves Better' - BBC Sounds
David Yelland and Simon Lewis examine the hype around something that doesn't exist. Yet.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 5, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Can Jony Ive & Sam Altman use PR to lift the human spirit? + Macron's Slap Hitter + Elon Musk, the ghost of Roy Cohn; denial ain't just a River in Egypt. We're up NOW on @BBCSounds.
Jony Ive and @sama's $6.4B AI mega launch: mere PR or a cause of hope for all our futures? Listen in, 'When It Hits the Fan', @BBCRadio4 4pm UK and then @BBCSounds, @Spotify, @Apple. 🙏@OpenAI
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June 4, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Jony Ive and @sama's $6.4B AI mega launch: mere PR or a cause of hope for all our futures? Listen in, 'When It Hits the Fan', @BBCRadio4 4pm UK and then @BBCSounds, @Spotify, @Apple. 🙏@OpenAI
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Is banning the media a gateway drug for could-be Robert Maxwells? Insight from the front line + Could a Teach First or Police Now campaign work to boost the care sector? + How ideas might save the undergrad degree at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School....
When It Hits the Fan - You're Banned! - BBC Sounds
David Yelland and Simon Lewis examine whether banning a journalist is ever a good idea.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 29, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Is banning the media a gateway drug for could-be Robert Maxwells? Insight from the front line + Could a Teach First or Police Now campaign work to boost the care sector? + How ideas might save the undergrad degree at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School....
You're barred! Does banning media ever work for the powerful? Did it work for Nottingham Forest banning Gary Neville? Did it for Maxwell? Or for Fergie? When It Hits the Fan: @BBCRadio4 at 4pm, on @BBCSounds or wherever you get your podcasts.
May 28, 2025 at 10:54 AM
You're barred! Does banning media ever work for the powerful? Did it work for Nottingham Forest banning Gary Neville? Did it for Maxwell? Or for Fergie? When It Hits the Fan: @BBCRadio4 at 4pm, on @BBCSounds or wherever you get your podcasts.
Enjoyed shooting breeze on influencer culture and what we have learned about how opinion moves around the media multiverse with the excellent Amol Rajan and the equally excellent Ed Vaizey in wake of the conscious uncoupling of Tim Davie and @GaryLineker. 💔 Do listen, The Today Podcast. Up Now.
The Today Podcast - Gary Lineker, the BBC and celebrity influencers - BBC Sounds
Amol reflects on Lineker's career as his MOTD run ends.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 22, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Enjoyed shooting breeze on influencer culture and what we have learned about how opinion moves around the media multiverse with the excellent Amol Rajan and the equally excellent Ed Vaizey in wake of the conscious uncoupling of Tim Davie and @GaryLineker. 💔 Do listen, The Today Podcast. Up Now.
Can Uber persuade the British to ride driverless? Is Gary Lineker a braver communicator than those who remain silent...? Plus: Inside the PR freebie in the age of Trump's Qatari 747. @BBCSounds or wherever you get tour podcasts.
When It Hits the Fan - Robotaxis: Look, no hands! - BBC Sounds
David Yelland and Simon Lewis get under the bonnet of how to PR driverless cabs.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Can Uber persuade the British to ride driverless? Is Gary Lineker a braver communicator than those who remain silent...? Plus: Inside the PR freebie in the age of Trump's Qatari 747. @BBCSounds or wherever you get tour podcasts.
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Per NBC News: Rumeysa Ozturk has been released!
May 9, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Per NBC News: Rumeysa Ozturk has been released!
Up Now: Understanding how trauma crowds out strategy in Prince Harry’s PR, M&S’ cyber-crisis, a brand running on goodwill, Michelle Obama scotches those divorce rumours & a tribute to David Attenborough: @BBCSounds or wherever you get your pods.
When It Hits the Fan - Prince Harry's bombshell interview - BBC Sounds
David and Simon examine whether Prince Harry's interview was a spectacular PR own goal.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 7, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Up Now: Understanding how trauma crowds out strategy in Prince Harry’s PR, M&S’ cyber-crisis, a brand running on goodwill, Michelle Obama scotches those divorce rumours & a tribute to David Attenborough: @BBCSounds or wherever you get your pods.
Is PR just 'ultra processed words' and, if so, how do we return to a less toxic diet? This week on Fan Hitters....
When It Hits the Fan - PR is a virus - BBC Sounds
David Yelland is joined by PR guru Phil Elwood, who blames their industry for everything.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 1, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Is PR just 'ultra processed words' and, if so, how do we return to a less toxic diet? This week on Fan Hitters....
Cyber attacks, such as the one on M&S, need to be viewed like kidnapping: information is purposefully managed out of the media by PR not put in by PR - which would aid the criminal gangs.
May 1, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Cyber attacks, such as the one on M&S, need to be viewed like kidnapping: information is purposefully managed out of the media by PR not put in by PR - which would aid the criminal gangs.
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"Do you even own a black suit?"
April 26, 2025 at 11:51 AM
"Do you even own a black suit?"
UP NOW! 🇨🇳 v 🇺🇸 Is China beating America in the global war for hearts and minds? + 🐀 Rats in Brum + 🚀 Why was Jeff Bezos shocked when his phallic willy-wave met PR scorn? @BBCSounds or wherever you get your podcasts.
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When It Hits the Fan - China's meme warfare, rats and rockets - BBC Sounds
David and Simon discuss if China is out-PRing the US, rats' media appeal and Jeff Bezos.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
UP NOW! 🇨🇳 v 🇺🇸 Is China beating America in the global war for hearts and minds? + 🐀 Rats in Brum + 🚀 Why was Jeff Bezos shocked when his phallic willy-wave met PR scorn? @BBCSounds or wherever you get your podcasts.
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April 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Quick, everyone: Be UNCOOL.
April 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Quick, everyone: Be UNCOOL.
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An astonishing lack of humility from Niall Ferguson here. In full infallibility mode.
April 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
An astonishing lack of humility from Niall Ferguson here. In full infallibility mode.
I'll raise you this Magnolia 👀
April 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I'll raise you this Magnolia 👀
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This is horrific. An innocent man is being held in prison in a foreign country simply for being brown.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison
The Trump administration says it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.
www.theatlantic.com
April 1, 2025 at 4:16 AM
This is horrific. An innocent man is being held in prison in a foreign country simply for being brown.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
What have I learned so far at #Anthropy25? Blessed are the connectors of people for how else can we solve the problems the world faces...? ... so thank you John O'Brien... 👏🙏 @anthropyuk.bsky.social
March 28, 2025 at 8:29 AM
What have I learned so far at #Anthropy25? Blessed are the connectors of people for how else can we solve the problems the world faces...? ... so thank you John O'Brien... 👏🙏 @anthropyuk.bsky.social
Up now on @BBCsounds: Should Heathrow’s boss have gone to bed? Was his Today Programme interview a car crash? Why is National Grid’s PR better than the airport’s? Inside a MegaCrisis… ✈️🔥
When It Hits the Fan - Heathrow special: inside the crisis - BBC Sounds
David Yelland and Simon Lewis discuss the PR optics of sleeping CEOs.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Up now on @BBCsounds: Should Heathrow’s boss have gone to bed? Was his Today Programme interview a car crash? Why is National Grid’s PR better than the airport’s? Inside a MegaCrisis… ✈️🔥
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There's something very "wife of a 19th century colonial administrator" about Usha Vance being sent to Greeland to meet the natives.
March 24, 2025 at 9:17 AM
There's something very "wife of a 19th century colonial administrator" about Usha Vance being sent to Greeland to meet the natives.
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Circling back on this…
March 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Circling back on this…
I'm not Mystic Meg, though she was once part of my team, but how many Nobel laureates would queue up to hand BACK their own prizes if Donald Trump did win one? Anyone thought that far ahead?
March 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I'm not Mystic Meg, though she was once part of my team, but how many Nobel laureates would queue up to hand BACK their own prizes if Donald Trump did win one? Anyone thought that far ahead?