In this week’s episode, Farzana Baduel and Doug Downs unpack three themes shaping politics, power, and communications.

— Venezuela’s Narrative Fight — The mission may be over, but the narrative fight is only beginning, as framing, vocabulary, and agenda control shape how the Delta Force raid is understood at home and abroad.

— Iran’s Messaging — With the economy collapsing, the real story is a fractured message from the top, as Pezeshkian, Khamenei, and the exiled opposition each fight a different communications war.

— The beigeness of Keir Starmer — What quiet leadership looks like in a 24/7 attention economy, and why restraint can become a reputational risk when silence creates a vacuum.

💡 Produced by Emily Page and Solomon Ibeh
The Week Unspun is a co-production of Curzon PR, Stories & Strategies, and Folgate Advisors.

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