The Great Battlefield

Tina Podlodowski Chair of the Washington State Democratic Party joins us to talk about the Democratic party and its challenges in taking back control of the states. | Episode 34

Tom Bonier, CEO of TargetSmart, data vendor to the Democratic Party, joins us to talk about the resistance, voter data, political strategy, campaigns and redistricting. | Episode 33

Cayden Mak of 18 Million Rising discusses how to engage and mobilize Asian Americans by leveraging technology and social media to increase voter turnout and civic engagement | Episode 32

In Episode 31 of The Great Battlefield podcast we are joined by Think Progress' editor-in-chief, Judd Legum to talk about the importance of fact-based progressive news in the era of Trump.

In episode 30 of The Great Battlefield we are joined by political scientist Steve Ansolabehere, a professor of government at Harvard University who teaches teaches American politics and studies topics of value for resisters like elections, campaign finance, negative campaigning, voting rights and redistricting, voting technology and public opinion

In Episode 29 of The Great Battlefield we are joined by VoterCircle's co-founder and CEO Sangeeth Peruri who talks with us about his aim to improve political outreach by leveraging peoples' social networks. Since the taping of this podcast VoterCircle has become a partisan company and no longer works with Republican candidates state legislature and above.

In Episode 28 of The Great Battlefield Podcast we talk with founder Jimmy Dahman about The Town Hall Project and its role in publicizing town hall meetings to voters so they can have the chance to influence their elected representatives.

In Episode 27 of The Great Battlefield podcast we are joined by Spaceship Media's co-founders Eve Pearlman and Jeremy Hay about Spaceship Media's work to create spaces where people can communicate in a meaningful and respectful way when political polarization is at an all time high.

In Episode 26 of the Great Battlefield we talk with Sister District's founder Rita Bosworth. Sister District is directing the energy of volunteers from safe districts to close ones where they can have a real impact.

In Episode 25 Media Matters' President Angelo Carusone talks with The Great Battlefield podcast about the 2016 election and Media Matters' fight against conservative misinformation and fake news.

In Episode 24 of The Great Battlefield podcast we talk with Neal Conan, the former host of NPR's Talk of the Nation, about his response to the Trump Presidency, a new independent radio show and podcast called Truth, Politics and Power.

In Episode 23 of The Great Battlefield we talk with Pantsuit Nation's Executive Director Cortney Tunis about Pantsuit Nation's work harnessing the power of story telling to drive social and political change through their network of 4 million members.

In Episode 22 of The Great Battlefield we chat with Swing Left's co-founder Ethan Todras-Whitehill. He talks about Swing Left and their focus on winning back the U.S. House in 2018 by providing opportunities for volunteers to campaign in swing districts.

In Episode 21 of The Great Battlefield we are joined by John Hanger of Clarity Campaigns to talk about the role data and analytics play in campaign strategy and the current state of data-driven campaigning after the 2016 election.

In Episode 20 of The Great Battlefield podcast we chat with Emerge America's Political Director A'Shanti Ghotar and with London Lamar, a candidate for the TN Legislature, about Emerge America's growth since the 2016 election and their work to recruit and train Democratic women to run for office.