Mark Turnbull’s Crisis Compass
May 6, 2025. Series 7. Episode 128
Mark Turnbull has spent thirty five years as a geopolitical communications strategist, working behind the scenes to shape some of the most consequential political moments of modern times. It’s a career that’s taken him from the American invasion of Iraq to the final days of apartheid South Africa — from the inner sanctum of a leading KGB defector to the cockpit of Cambridge Analytica.
In this episode, he reflects generously on his terminal cancer diagnosis and how as a self-proclaimed “incurable optimist” he remains fiercely upbeat about his life and how he continues to lead it, with purpose, resilience and courage. Here is Mark’s Crisis Compass.
Host: Andy Coulson
CWC team: Jane Sankey, Hana Walker-Brown, Bill Griffin
With special thanks to Ioana Barbu and the brilliant people at Global
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