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The TruthTrump Can’t Shake Epstein Connection: How Far Will the Fallout Reach?On Wednesday, Democrats released emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate suggesting Donald Trump knew about Epstein’s trafficking of underage girls — with Epstein calling Trump “the dog that hasn’t barked” and noting that an alleged victim had “spent hours at my house” with him. Just hours later, after months of stonewalling, House Republicans abruptly dumped 23,000 more pages of Epstein-related documents. Rania Khalek and Eugene Puryear will discuss how the revelations are fueling new questions about what Trump knew, why he stayed silent, and how far the fallout will reach. Nathan J. Robinson, editor in chief of Current Affairs, joins the show to disc...
2025-11-171h 35The TruthTrump Can’t Shake Epstein Connection: How Far Will the Fallout Reach?On Wednesday, Democrats released emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate suggesting Donald Trump knew about Epstein’s trafficking of underage girls — with Epstein calling Trump “the dog that hasn’t barked” and noting that an alleged victim had “spent hours at my house” with him. Just hours later, after months of stonewalling, House Republicans abruptly dumped 23,000 more pages of Epstein-related documents. Rania Khalek and Eugene Puryear will discuss how the revelations are fueling new questions about what Trump knew, why he stayed silent, and how far the fallout will reach. Nathan J. Robinson, editor in chief of Current Affairs, joins the show to disc...
2025-11-171h 35
The Immortal Life of AgenciesQuiet Storm's CEO: The power of ownership – Rania RobinsonToday's guest is an atypical champion of agency independence – Rania Robinson, CEO of Quiet Storm.Rania takes us behind the scenes of Quiet Storm’s 30-year journey – from selling to a larger group, buying the agency back through a Management Buyout, and then transitioning to an Employee Owned Trust.She shares what those decisions meant for their culture, clients and commercial performance, and why intentional ownership has been their secret to staying resilient.Rania also unpacks the common traps that can derail agencies – from complacency when things are going well, to losing control of your...
2025-08-1933 min
How Not to Screw Up Your KidsThe Invisible Load; Why You're So Tired (and How to Stop Resenting Everyone!)Is your brain always on?You’re brushing your teeth, but also mentally planning meals, remembering the pickup times and wondering if you’ve RSVP’d to the latest birthday party?Parenting is tough, and the burnout is real. I’m here to tell you not to be ashamed about that, but to talk about it, because every parent out there is feeling it!To talk more about this invisible load, and the impact it can have on your life, work, mental and physical health,,I’m joined by Rania Robinson...
2025-06-1946 min
The NABS PodcastHow to get diverse talent into your teams with Trevor Robinson OBEGot a question for The NABS Podcast?Trevor Robinson OBE is the co-founder of Quiet Storm, which he runs with his wife Rania (also a NABS Podcast guest) and Create not Hate, which works with young talent from underrepresented groups.Trevor is the brains and creativity behind the legendary Tango advert in the 90s, having adopted a fearless attitude cultivated as a young creative, on the dole, trying to get into the adland industry.He's passionate about creativity and diversity and is refreshingly down-to-earth, especially when speaking about working with Rania...
2024-12-1123 minThe NABS PodcastHow to look after yourself as a super-busy leader, with Rania RobinsonGot a question for The NABS Podcast?Rania Robinson is CEO of Quiet Storm Advertising, co-founder of Create not Hate and a former president of WACL. She's also a naturally early riser, using her body-clock attuned 5am starts as valuable me-time to support her mental wellness. Rania realises 5am isn't a time for everyone, and in this easygoing chat Rania shares her tips for sustaining self-support, as well as the importance of sharing values in business and relationships - she runs Quiet Storm with her husband, Trevor Robinson OBE.Rania is a great...
2024-12-0444 min
Behind The Face of Success PodShort: International Women's Day 2024🌟 Celebrate International Women's Day with these impactful killer soundbites straight from the voices of remarkable women. Each soundbite is a gem, offering unique perspectives and valuable advice. Get ready to be inspired by:Author - Poorna Bell, addressing the pressing issue of diversity in senior management and navigating toxic workplace environments.CEO - Rania Robinson, sharing her thoughts on female leadership styles and effective decision-making.Casting Director - Selma Nicholls, advocating for authenticity and the importance of staying true to oneself in the industry.Founder - Pip Jamieson, shedding light on the cha...
2024-03-0713 min
Behind The Face of SuccessSpecial Edition: Rania Robinson x Visha KudhailThis is a special edition episode recorded live at Soho House. In this podcast, I am joined by a leading figure in the advertising industry and CEO of Quiet Storm - Rania Robinson, to speak about the lessons we’ve learned in leadership and the highs and lows that have come with that. Being an honest and authentic leader when making tough business decisions can be hard to do but in this podcast both Rania and I share a balanced mix of personal experiences, industry insights and practical advice on what types of leadership styles thrive as workplace environments cha...
2023-08-3038 min
Good Girls Eat DinnerS1 E3: Rania Robinson – The journey from speaking no English as a child to leading vital change at the top of the communications industry.Jo welcomes the change-maker, Rania Robinson, to the Good Girls Eat Dinner podcast. Rania Robinson is CEO & Partner at Quiet Storm, Director at Create Not Hate, and President of WACL. Arriving in the UK from Egypt at the age of three and starting school not speaking a word of English, Rania's early experiences sparked a life-long passion for forming connections and meaningful communication. Having spent most of her career in non-traditional agencies in both account leadership and strategic roles, she has worked with some of the world's best-known brands, including: Haribo, Mercedes, Virgin, Google and Co...
2023-06-1643 min
The Marketing Society PodcastThe Whole Marketer Ep97 - Heart-led career choices with guest Rania RobinsonEpisode #97. ‘Heart-led career choices’ is the personal understanding topic covered in this episode. Abby believes that having technical, soft and leadership skills is only part of what makes a holistic marketer… to be successful and fulfilled in our career and life as a whole, we need to develop our personal understanding in order to make informed choices aligned to our passion, values and purpose, so that our career and life is happening for us, not to us. Joining Abby on this episode is Rania Robinson to discuss the heart-led choices she has made in her career and where...
2023-05-2330 min
The Whole Marketer podcastEpisode 97 - Heart-led career choices with guest Rania Robinson Episode #97. 'Heart-led career choices' is the personal understanding topic covered in this episode. Abby believes that having technical, soft and leadership skills is only part of what makes a holistic marketer… to be successful and fulfilled in our career and life as a whole, we need to develop our personal understanding in order to make informed choices aligned to our passion, values and purpose, so that our career and life is happening for us, not to us. Joining Abby on this episode is Rania Robinson to discuss the heart-led choices she has made in her care...
2023-05-2230 min
Love, Hate, CreateRania Robinson | Employee ownership, advertising’s trust deficit & human experience In this episode, we talk about equitable business models and the motivations for Quiet Storm to become an employee trust. We also dive into her experience balancing motherhood with a successful career in advertising and the privilege of working in an industry that relies on creating emotion. Where to find Rania:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rania-robinson-01b68511/Agency: http://www.quietstorm.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2023-04-2035 min
Lively Fresh TakesThe Art of Moving People Through an Authentic BrandLively’s Mike White meets Rania Robinson, CEO & Partner at Quiet Storm, to explore how purposeful brands have the power to make meaningful emotional connections.Learn more from this episode:💡Why the meaning of “purpose-driven marketing” is being hijacked and how can we get it right? The importance of standing for something and meaning something to people beyond your products and services is what will make your brand a real differentiator. 💡How can diversity drive innovation in your company?Businesses can't ignore the importance of diversity a...
2023-03-1538 min
Pass It On by FUTURES NetworkLeading with purposeRania Robinson - CEO at Quiet Storm and President of WACL - talks to Gina Hood from FUTURES about leading with purpose. They discuss how to build values and behaviours into businesses, find your own personal purpose, and the importance of looking after yourself mentally to protect this.
2023-02-2738 min
The Campaign Podcast99. Autumn issue deep dive with Quiet Storm’s Rania RobinsonThe Campaign Autumn issue is out now in print and online and its features were the main topic of discussion for this week’s podcast.It was hosted by Campaign deputy editor Gemma Charles, who was joined by the title’s creativity and culture editor Gurjit Degun and Rania Robinson, chief executive and partner, Quiet Storm and the president of Wacl.They discussed Degun’s feature on the link between creativity and effectiveness and another in-depth piece by features editor Matt Barker about creative education, the demise of the ad school and the creati...
2022-09-3032 min
The Courageous Leaders PodcastRania Robinson: Why fear is your biggest barrier to success and changing the leadership stereotype Rania Robinson CEO and Partner at Quiet StormIn this episode Rania shares more on how stepping out of your comfort zone and being vulnerable is the key to leadership growth and success. As well as acknowledging when you don’t have the answers, accepting your failures and recognising when you need help are key to self-growth and development. She is passionate about challenging how we define leadership and what it means to feel fulfilled in a leadership role. Rania Robinson came to the UK fr...
2022-01-2728 min
Call To ActionBehind the strategy for some of Haribo's most talked about ads with Rania & Trevor Robinson, Quiet Storm
We’ve sent out our largest trawler into the (Quiet) Storm and landed ourselves a bumper super catch this week as we snare ad land power couple Rania and Trevor Robinson OBE.
Rania and Trevor are the CEO and ECD respectively of Quiet Storm; a creative marriage of ad agency and production company. Rania has worked magic on accounts and strategy for some of the world’s biggest brands, including Haribo, Mercedes, Google and Coca Cola, whilst Trevor is the creative force of nature behind some of the most talked about advertising of our era, including You’ve Been T...
2021-11-2650 min
How Not to Screw Up Your KidsTalking to Children About Race and Discrimination with Rania RobinsonI am delighted to be joined by the incredible Rania Robinson, MD of Quiet Storm the ad agency responsible for the Haribo ads we all love where the adults talk with children’s voices. As a woman of colour raising two mixed race children she shares her personal insights on how she has navigated discussions around race and discrimination. I believe we all have a responsibility to educate ourselves and our children so we can eradicate discrimination. So many parents have not known how to start discussions around Black Lives Matters and Rania shares the most incre...
2021-10-0735 min
I Will Fight YouPoetry is Good, ActuallyOur hosts, but mostly Maq, discuss the art of poetry, the general terribleness of Ezra Pound, and the fact that Poetry is Good, Actually.Maq chose a lot of poems for today's episode; below are some links from her show notes, including some poems we didn't get around to discussing but are worth reading nonetheless.Reading List:Canto 2 from “Hang it all, Robert Browning” to the Greek. 11 lines only, that’s all we need to hate him. Found here: https://www.shmoop.com/study-guides/poetry/canto-ii-pound/poem-text and here.From 2001, Alan Dugan’s Love S...
2021-06-131h 06
Having a GAS...Having a GAS with...Rania & Trevor Robinson, Partners at Quiet StormToday, I'm having a GAS with Rania and Trevor Robinson, respectively the CEO and Founder / ECD of Quiet Storm.
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At the age of 11, Trevor Robinson’s school careers advisor told him that he’d have more chance of being a bus driver than working in advertising. Despite the early obstacles he faced getting into the industry, he has managed to forge a hugely successful career for himself over the last three decades. In 1995 he founded Quiet Storm, one of the first agencies to write, direct and produce its own work – a model which it still...
2021-02-2657 min
Beyond TheoryBeyond Theory Presents: In PracticeBeyond Theory presents: In Practice, a new podcast where host David Condos sets out to unravel the pandemic's mental health impact with some of the world’s leading experts in psychology, neuroscience, public health, trauma, and recovery. Search for In Practice on your podcast app and subscribe now, so you won't miss its new episodes starting August 13th! Learn more at www.inpracticepodcast.org. On this season of In Practice, guests will include Dr. Peter Levine, Neil Greenberg of Kings College London, Karestan Keonen of Harvard University, Dr. Desireè Kelly of Menta...
2020-08-0503 min
Tiger Heart ChatsTiger Heart Chats: Episode 5 - Rania RobinsonThis is the fifth episode of the Tiger Heart Chats podcast featuring Tiger Heart CEO Sanj Surati and Quiet Storm CEO, Rania Robinson. Recorded on Tuesday 12th May 2020.Rania Robinson came to the UK from Egypt at the age of 3. Starting school at age 4 not speaking a word of English sparked a life-long passion for and fascination with forming connections and meaningful communication. Having spent most of her career in non-traditional agencies in both account leadership and strategic roles she has worked with some of the world’s best-known brands including Three Mobile, Mercedes, Stella Artois, Coca Cola an...
2020-05-1852 min
The Campaign Podcast6: The 'working from home' specialRunning order:Part 1: How Campaign is adjusting to the WFH revolution (01.10)Part 1a: How the coronavirus pandemic compares to the financial crisis (08.30) Part 1b: How Lucky Generals and Atomic are going above and beyond in difficult times (12.00) Part 2: Rania Robinson on how production companies are adapting to the crisis (16.20)Part 3: Marc Nohr on flexible working, deep thinking and why multitasking is a myth (27.08)Part 4: Inspirations in media with more home time and beware the algorithms (39.50)This week's episode was recorded by No.8 in London's Soho and edited by Martha Llewellyn at Campaign. Apologies for the sound quality no...
2020-03-1944 min
This Way UpEpisode 25 – Rania Robinson“I've thought about my career over the years, and there have been a number of situations where it's got tough, it's got really, really tough and I probably gave up on things way too soon. Whether that's been a job, a role or a client relationship. But since having my own business, you realise you can’t walk away. And it’s because you can’t walk away that you realise that you can come out the other side, you come out often better with a better perspective.” Rania RobinsonIn this episode, I...
2019-11-2054 min