Podcasts

Paragliding Parachutes into Grasmere Sports

Ahead of the 2025 Grasmere Lakeland Sports and Show, which she is promoting as part of her travel PR and tourism PR, Jane Hunt talks to Paul Abbott.  The discussion is all about a brand-new sport that is parachuting into the Grasmere Sports programme in 2025. This is the Grasmere Hike and Fly. It’s a paragliding event that encompasses navigating between waymarks, to land and register a visit and then fly off again, around the course. From there, it’s a race back to the starting point, on the Grasmere Sports showfield.

September 23rd, 2025

No Stone Unturned with a Stone-skimming Champion

Jane Hunt, a Lancashire-based PR specialist and managing director of Catapult PR, catches up with Alex Lewis, a Scottish student who also just happens to be a multi-title stone skimming champion, having won titles around the world. Jane first met Alex in 2018, as part of her travel PR and tourism PR promotion at Catapult PR. Having promoted the All-England stone skimming championships for about 10 years, at that point, Alex’s performances on Lake Windermere, in Cumbria, absolutely shone.

September 23rd, 2025

Longing to Visit Longwood Gardens

Ahead of World Topiary Day 2025, on May 11, Jane Hunt chatted to Brianna Reid, a dedicated horticulturist at the glorious Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania. The reason? Well, unlike many other gardens in the USA, Longwood has its own topiary garden, for which Brianna is responsible on a daily basis.

May 18th, 2025

Five Ways to Start, Recharge or Relaunch Your Own Insurance Broking Business

In this episode, Jane Hunt, managing director of Catapult PR, which has won a large chunk of its 68 awards, to date, for insurance PR and content campaigns, talks to Roger Gaunt, managing director of Gauntlet Group and the Gauntlet Appointed Representative Network.

April 18th, 2025

The Pawsitive Power of Bubbles: Fitness and Fun for Pets

In what proves a perfect fit for a pet trade PR agency, Jane Hunt, managing director of award-winning Catapult PR, talks to the USA’s very own Bubble Man. John Reider, director of Atomic Bubbles, becomes her guest and interviewee for this pet-focused podcast focusing on the pawsitive benefits of blowing bubbles for pets.

April 10th, 2025

Snooping into the Battlements Tour at an English Medieval Castle Hotel

In our latest travel and tourism-focused podcast, our managing director at Catapult PR, travel and tourism PR specialist, Jane Hunt, chats to Eilidh Wise.  Eilidh is a member of the team at the incredible and awe-inspiring Langley Castle Hotel in…
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March 23rd, 2025

Discovering the Secrets of the ‘Other’ Venice

Jane Hunt, managing director of travel PR and tourism PR award-winning PR agency, Catapult PR,  talks to Ketty Zanutto, one of the business partners behind the inspiring Venice tour company L’altra Venezia, operating in Venice, Italy and run by passionate tourism professionals who want to allow visitors to Venice to benefit from their personal insight, as people who have been born and raised in the city. 

January 22nd, 2025

Tracking Down Mountain Biking and Wintersports Fun in Morzine

Jane Hunt, managing director of tourism and travel PR experts, Catapult PR, talks to the founder of businesses that have, over the years, absolutely snowballed, thanks to their ability to provide fantastic mountain biking and snow-based activity holidays to everyone from athletic pros to absolute beginners and families. All of this is down to the passion of Richard Wilford, the interviewee in this episode, and his business partner, Ben, who discovered a delightful place called Morzine, in the French Alps, and started to build their business dream there.

January 22nd, 2025