Phil Elwood

Sep 5, 2024 | itsonlyzach.substack.com | Akwaeke Emezi |Craig Willse |Phil Elwood |Zach Wilcha

I’ve been switching back and forth lately between two Japanese-themed shows, and I’m realizing that I probably wouldn’t be polite or honorable enough to make it in either one of their worlds. First, there’s Shogun, the opulent adaptation of the novel that’s accomplished the rare feat of capturing the public’s imagination and sweeping away television critics at the same time. It’s got about a thousand Emmy nominations, and it’s the channel’s most watched show of all time, which is so wild.

Aug 8, 2024 | washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com | Phil Elwood

If you keep specific books around to cheer you after a trying day, Phil Elwood’s All the Worst Humans will be a dandy addition to the pile. However fractious your boss, you can rejoice that she is unlikely to sit beside blood-covered walls with an automatic weapon in her lap. Elwood, a public-relations expert, could’ve spent his time counseling associations, unions, and well-off narcissists, none of which are scarce in Washington, DC.

Jul 11, 2024 | lithub.com | Phil Elwood

In the wake of the recent Trump-Biden debate, public relations operative Phil Elwood joins co-host V.V. Ganeshananthan and guest co-host Matt Gallagher to talk about his career spinning stories in favor of infamous international leaders.

Jul 11, 2024 | audible.com.au | Phil Elwood

After nearly two decades in the Washington PR business, Elwood wants to come clean, by exposing the dark underbelly of the very industry that's made him so successful. The first step is revealing exactly what he's been up to for the past twenty years—and it isn't pretty. Elwood has worked for a murderer's row of clients, including Gaddafi, Assad, and the government of Qatar—namely, the bad guys.

Jun 22, 2024 | dailymail.co.uk | Phil Elwood

Over the course of his professional PR career, Phil Elwood worked for some of the world's most notorious tyrants, tycoons, and crooked politicians. In his new book, All The Worst Humans, he recounts one of his most terrifying weekends in Las Vegas, where he struggled to keep the wild excesses of Libyan dicatator Muammar Gaddafi's murderous son Mutassim out of the news and not be killed in the process.