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What people don’t understand about the art of political communication - with Terry Prone

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Terry Prone compares media training to a theater director discovering the sculpture within the marble.
Terry Prone discusses the art of political communication, sharing insights from her memoir and experiences training Irish politicians. She explains how media training is like directing actors, reveals behind-the-scenes stories about figures like Charlie Haughey and Garrett Fitzgerald, and critiques modern media biases.

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A sharp look at Irish political image-making, with memoir, loyalty, and personality doing the work.

Terry Prone is a sharp guide to Irish political communication, and the episode uses her memoir to show how message-making actually works. Garrett Fitzgerald and Charlie Haughey come into focus less as names than as people whose public standing rested on personality, loyalty, and…

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You get Irish political inside stories and a close look at how political communication really works.

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