20 Best Crisis Leadership Podcasts

1. Crisis What Crisis with Andy Coulson

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Hard-earned lessons from people who've faced the worst and come back stronger. Hosted by Andy Coulson. Follow for weekly insights into the art of the rebuild. Crisis What Crisis? is powered by Kingsley Napley — the lawyers you want in your corner when the pressure is on. Visit kingsleynapley.co.ukmore Host Andy Coulson
Email ****@coulsonpartners.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Recent Guests Esther Ghey, Kate Bowler +22 more
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2. Disaster Tough Podcast

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The Disaster Tough Podcast is for emergency managers, by emergency managers. We share stories, lessons learned, and tips to help you make informed decisions. Our host, John Scardena is a former Federal Emergency Response Official with Type 1 response experience. He now leads Doberman Emergency Management, from which this is being recorded. Our guests are also field experts who provide their insights in our conversation based podcast. Discussions with emergency managers revolve around the entire disaster life-cycle. We provide solutions based on training and backed by data...more Host John Scardena
Producer/Network The Readiness Lab
Email ****@dobermanemg.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guests Major General Jason Kelly, Cameron Hamilton +4 more
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 87Facebook 310Twitter 20Instagram 633 Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

3. The Crisis Cast

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The Crisis Cast is a conversational journey in business leadership during a crisis. Our cast of experts review crisis management scenarios and provide resources for navigating uncharted waters.Each episode is moderated by renowned crisis communicators Lissa Druss and Thom Serafin.more Producer/Network Lissa Druss & Thom Serafin
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guests Dr. Thom Mayer, Ray Long +10 more
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 27Facebook 477Twitter 57 Avg Length 32 min Format Medium form Since Mar 2020 Get Email Contact

4. Leading Through Crisis with Céline Williams

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Leading Through Crisis is the podcast for leaders who aren't afraid to face the hard stuff head-on. Hosted by leadership and culture expert Céline Williams, each episode offers real, unfiltered conversations with business trailblazers, change-makers, and truth-tellers. From navigating uncertainty to building cultures that actually work for humans, Céline delves into the messy realities of leadership, while also offering practical tools you can use today to lead with more clarity, connection, and courage.more Producer/Network Celine Williams
Email ****@revisionary.ca
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guests Charles Vogl, Zolal Habibi +2 more
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 27Twitter 379 Avg Length 41 min Format Long form Since May 2020 Get Email Contact

5. Podcast PreparedEx

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Preparing Organizations for Managing Crises
Host Robert Burton
Producer/Network Rob Burton
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guests Shawna Bruce, Chris Lynch +3 more
Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 22Facebook 224Twitter 926 Avg Length 21 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

6. FLY with Richard De Crespigny

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When an explosion rocked a seemingly routine flight between Singapore and Sydney on November 4 2020, the Captain of QF32 Richard De Crespigny leapt into action. Decades of knowledge and experience helped him make critical decisions under pressure to safely land the crippled Airbus A380, saving more than 400 passengers and crew from the unthinkable.Now Richard is sharing his lessons in resilience, leadership, crisis management and more in the podcast series Fly.more Producer/Network Nova Podcasts
Email ****@novafm.com.au
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Recent Guests John Mullen, John Connolly +15 more
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 12 Avg Length 52 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

7. Danforth Dialogues with Valerie Montgomery Rice, MD, FACOG

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COVID-19 turned life upside down for all of humanity literally leaving no one untouched or unimpacted. At the onset of the pandemic, Morehouse School of Medicine President and CEO, Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice , and her leadership team recognized that the health crisis would be the ultimate teaching opportunity for MSM's students and staff. The school returned to on-campus instruction early in the pandemic because as future healthcare professionals, they felt the students should model behavior that will prepare them to be on the frontlines of any future public health crisis...more Producer/Network Danforth Dialogues
Email ****@chatwithleaders.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Recent Guests Dr. Regina Benjamin, Courtney B. Vance +5 more
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 3 Avg Length 41 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

8. Crisis Management Minute with Edward Segal

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It's not a matter of if a crisis will hit your agency or company, it's when — and how much damage it will cause to careers, reputations, bottom lines, and more. In each weekly 'Crisis Management Minute,' Edward Segal discusses how government agencies, businesses, and organizations managed a crisis, and shares his advice on how to prevent, manage, and recover from various crises...more Host Edward Segal
Producer/Network Federal News Network | Hubbard Radio
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 2Facebook 26.5KTwitter 697 Avg Length 2 min Format Bite size Get Email Contact

9. What Just Happened? A Polpeo Podcast

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The podcast that looks at the biggest brand crises of our time.
Producer/Network Kate Hartley & Tamara Littleton
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Recent Guest Sara Collinge
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10. I Don't Subscribe with Ibrahim Daffae

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Traditional leadership breaks in crisis. Survival intelligence wins. I Don't Subscribe with Ibrahim Daffae — built for C-suite executives whose frameworks have a ceiling. Ibrahim Daffae survived Freetown, Sierra Leone. The South Bronx. Fortune 500 boardroom wars. What he built from those three environments was not a memoir — it was a methodology. The FERAL Framework™. Battle-tested in real chaos. Designed to give executives systematic crisis navigation when the stakes are highest, and every tool their MBA gave them has already failed. Two episodes every week. Thirty minutes each. No filler. No guests. No inspiration without application...more Producer/Network IBRAHIM DAFFAE
Email ****@houseoflonewolf.com
Recent Guests Ibrahim Daffae, Sasha +1 more
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11. Leaders Under Fire in Sports

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Leaders Under Fire in Sports is where leadership decisions, organizational culture, media pressure, and legal realities collide. Your hosts are legal expert Bob Boland, crisis communication specialist Jeff Chatterton, and leadership and culture expert Dr. Jeremy Piasecki. Along with our special guests, we break down the moments that put sports leaders under the microscope and what it really takes to respond with integrity, accountability, and impact.more Producer/Network Culture in Sports
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12. Leading Under Pressure

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This podcast helps leaders within businesses respond with confidence and guide their teams from crisis to clarity during times of tragedy, grief, loss, or crisis. We will explore ways leaders can respond to their team members effectively when their organization is faced with disruption. Whether you are a CEO, a manager, or a HR professional this show will provide tools to stabilize your team and turn disruption into growth during challenging times. Nuvanti Consulting offers education, support, and guidance during your organizations most critical moments, and offers support and preparation.more Producer/Network Nuvanti Consulting
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13. It's Probably Fine - from DecidR.Live

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Every business owner has said it. 'It'll probably be fine.'It's usually not fine.It's Probably Fine is a podcast about real crisis stories from leaders and business owners. What actually went wrong? How decisions got made under pressure with incomplete information and no time to think? And what they'd tell their past self?Honest conversation about what leadership and decision-making actually look like when the unexpected happens.Hosted by Lucy Smith and Jemma Davis and co-founders of Decidr Live - a decision-making and crisis resilience platform built for exactly these moments.Visit decidr.l..more Producer/Network Sandbox Broadcasting
Apple Reviews 1 Avg Length 50 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

14. Wake Up by Veeam

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Most companies don't take cyber risk seriously until it's too late. This is Wake Up, the podcast from Veeam that pulls back the curtain on what really happens when crisis strikes. Told through the voices of those who've lived it, these are the human stories behind the attacks — the 3 a.m. wake-up call every CISO knows too well, the flashing phone, the sinking feeling, the fear and fatigue that set in long before dawn, and the leadership it takes to navigate the fallout.   We're going beyond the ransomware and phishing to explore the people, culture, and real-world decisions that define ..more Producer/Network Veeam Software
Recent Guests Ray Heffer, Robert Wood
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 1 Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

15. Laser Focused

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Laser Focused is a 30-minute podcast that cuts straight to the defining moments of leadership - those crucible experiences when everything is on fire and you are the one holding the extinguisher. Unlike traditional business podcasts that celebrate victories from a safe distance, the focus is on the raw, specific moments when leaders did not know what to do next. No frameworks. No theory. Just honest conversations about what it feels like leading through crisis - and what works.The mission: Making leadership a little less lonely by sharing the truth about what it costs and what it takes.more Producer/Network Mark Alcazar
Email ****@hotmail.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 2 Avg Length 25 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

16. The Extreme Crisis Leadership Show

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This podcast series is a companion to my book Station Blackout - Inside the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster and Recovery. This series delves deeper into the extreme crisis lessons learned from my experience and research to provide you with rich insights on how you can lead through any crisis. I believe that you'll find the stories enlightening and interesting. I intend to stretch your thinking about leadership in a crisis and tug at your emotions with these podcasts. You will gain insights into what it takes to respond to a nuclear event...more Producer/Network CHARLES CASTO
Recent Guest Dr. Charles Casto
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17. LeaderReadyCast

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A monthly podcast featuring real-world lessons, best practices, and action-oriented insights for the 'You're It' moments when you are called to lead. Each concise episode features insights from frontline leaders and the faculty of the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative (NPLI), a joint program of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government.About the HostEric J. McNulty is the Associate Director of the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative...more Producer/Network Harvard NPLI
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 3 Avg Length 34 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

18. Crisis Talks

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Crisis Talks is a podcast dedicated to crisis leaders. The people who have responded to crises and their stories of leadership and resilience in the face of of adversity.
Producer/Network Grant Chisnall
Email ****@leftofboom.com.au
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Reviews 9Facebook 476Twitter 36 Avg Length 49 min Format Long form Since Jun 2019 Get Email Contact

19. The Leading in a Crisis Podcast

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What really happens when a crisis hits an organization—and how technology is influencing decisions and reputation impacts. Come hear what happened when experienced leaders were actually in the middle of a crisis—and capture the lessons before it happens to you. Email the show at ****@leadinginacrisis.com. Your host, Tom Mueller, is a veteran crisis manager and trainer with more than 30 years in the corporate communications and crisis fields...more Hosts Tom Mueller, Marc Mullen
Producer/Network Tom
Email ****@leadinginacrisis.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Recent Guests Jeff Zudock, Natalee Gibson +4 more
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 9 Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

20. Stopping Ebola: Inside the Response

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The 2026 Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo is the fastest growing outbreak on record. It is also taking place in an area of persistent humanitarian crisis. To successfully bring the outbreak under control requires an alliance of community, national leadership, and international solidarity that brings together public health and humanitarian responses. This podcast is a real-time exchange documenting the fast-moving response in DRC...more Producer/Network IIHA Fordham University
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Apple Rating 5/5 Get Email Contact