On gov't shutdown eve--CONTROL is revisiting the ghosts of shutdown past. We pulled in Michael Ricci to walk through the strategy (?) of Republican leadership during the 2013 Obamacare fight & pondered how Schumer navigates out of this mess. w/ Brendan Buck open.spotify.com/episode/5Q12FY…

Well, shutdown is all but inevitable. On a NEW POD, we talk through how this ends and, importantly, what comes after it does. We could have a series of these skirmishes all fall. Buckle up, CONTROL listeners. With Annalyse Keller open.spotify.com/episode/5Q12FY…

Partner Steve Posner credits #CEO Erik Smith’s leadership with the firm’s success in retaining staff and clients for years – well beyond the industry average. Join us as we celebrate Erik this month as one of PRNEWS 2025 Agency CEOs of the Year.

Americans may not fully trust AI’s accuracy or privacy – but they’re using it anyway, everywhere, and at record levels. See what Seven Letter Insight found in an Ipsos survey of 1,082 U.S. adults about their familiarity and usage of AI tools here: sevenletter.com/americans-may-…

For the last 10 years, Partner Laurie Rossbach has been a cornerstone of Seven Letter. She credits the culture as her reason to call it her work home. Congrats again to our #CEO Erik on being named one of PRNEWS 2025 Agency CEOs of the Year!

Seven Letter partner Michael Ricci in POLITICO Magazine: “Don’t let the drama become a trauma.” Drawing on his experience during the 2013 shutdown, he outlined three lessons for navigating high-stakes political crises with discipline and perspective. politico.com/news/magazine/…

New pod this morning. We touch on the latest with perhaps the most boring shutdown ever…but stick around for a very substantive conversation with Phil Mattingly on OMB director Russ Vought’s influence in the current Trump admin. W/ Brendan Buck open.spotify.com/episode/6h7hb2…

What is Russ Vought up to? Who better to answer that than CNN’s Phil Mattingly who just wrote 30,000 words on the man. While the shutdown marinates, Phil helps us understand Russ’s trajectory, his maturation perhaps(?), and what he might break next. open.spotify.com/episode/6h7hb2…

Live from the 2025 PRNEWS Awards Gala in NYC, it’s Seven Letter! CONTROL is up for Podcast of the Year and the National Medal of Honor Museum team is nominated for best Nonprofit Campaign of the Year. Stay Tuned!

Thank you to PRNEWS for having us at the 2025 Awards Gala last night in NYC! A huge congratulations to everyone who contributed to our CONTROL podcast and the campaign nominated, to all of our clients who help make it possible, and to Erik Smith on being named CEO of the Year!