A podcast with Ibukun Taiwo & Grace Thuo

Communications should make something happen.

Unmuted is for people who want more from comms than polished outputs and recycled advice. We talk about the judgement behind the work: strategy, careers, storytelling, reputation, leadership and the choices that earn trust and move people to act.

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Season 2 · 33 min

Event Communications: What Comms Owns—and What It Doesn't

Events can turn comms teams into planners, fixers and last-minute miracle workers. Where should the job actually begin and end?

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Running Comms Solo

When you are the comms team, every request can feel urgent. How do you decide what gets done, ask for help and protect the work that matters?

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About Ibukun & Grace

We know the work. We also know the mess behind it.

Ibukun Taiwo and Grace Thuo are communications practitioners. Unmuted is where we talk honestly about the decisions, trade-offs and organisational dynamics behind the work people eventually see.

Ibukun Taiwo
Communications practitioner and co-host of Unmuted.
Grace Thuo
Head of Communications at GAIN and co-host of Unmuted.
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Ibukun Taiwo & Grace Thuo

Ibukun and Grace are communications practitioners. Unmuted is where they talk honestly about the decisions, trade-offs and organisational dynamics behind the work people eventually see.

Ibukun Taiwo

Communications practitioner and co-host of Unmuted.