Phil Elwood (on the dark side of PR)

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Armchair Umbrella

Tv & Film, Music, Comedy

4.6 • 68.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2024

⏱️ 133 minutes

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Summary

Phil Elwood (All the Worst Humans) is a public relations operative and author. Phil joins the Armchair Expert to discuss what speed debating is, what astroturf organizations are, and how he’s trying to increase media literacy. Phil and Dax talk about his involvement with helping Qatar win the World Cup bid, how he instigated a trade war between Antigua and the US, and his trip to Vegas with a dictator’s son. Phil explains how psychological operatives attain information from their targets, being questioned by the FBI, and the effectiveness of sports washing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome welcome to armchair expert experts on expert. I'm Dan
0:04.2	buckheimer I'm joined by Minnekel Luce. There is a big through line in today's
0:11.5	show with today's guess.
0:13.2	There is?
0:14.2	Well, first of all, this is juicy as fucking salacious crazy guess we've had.
0:19.1	Yeah, this story was nuts.
0:22.2	It reminds me of that book,
0:24.0	something of an economic hitman,
0:26.0	do you know that book?
0:27.0	It's very similar.
0:28.0	Oh, yeah, he really dishes.
0:31.0	Oh my God.
0:32.0	So our guest, Phil El Elwood is a public relations operative at the highest
0:37.0	level in DC with foreign countries as clients and the manipulation and stuff that was done that he has written about
0:46.7	and participated in. And participated in is pretty fucking mind-blowing and
0:52.3	and he's here to talk about it. pretty fucking mind-blowing and confirms your worst fears.
0:57.0	His book is called All the Worst Humans, How I Made News for Dictators,
1:02.1	Ticoons and Politicians. I loved the How I made news for dictators, tycoons, and politicians.
1:04.0	I loved this one.
1:05.0	Me too.
1:06.0	The three line is I majored in PR.
1:08.0	Oh, that's right.
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