The Great Battlefield

THE GREAT BATTLEFIELD PODCAST - A PODCAST ABOUT THE PROGRESSIVE RESISTANCE A great political battle is being fought right now for the soul of our country.

Autonomous Dialing and a Life in Politics with Mark Sump

Mark Sump joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about the ups and downs of his life in political entrepreneurship and his work at Sump's Phones in partnership with CyberDial, where they are able to make one million calls in a minute.

11-20
01:17:11

Voter Data and Political Tech in California with Gary Brown of PDI

Gary Brown joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his journey at Political Data Inc, from an early employee to owner and CEO. PDI is a voter file data and political software company based in California.

11-18
01:38:52

Activist and Author of People, Power, Change, Professor Marshall Ganz

Marshall Ganz joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career in politics and academia, starting in the civil rights movement, then with The United Farm Workers and at Harvard. His new book is "People, Power, Change: Organizing for Democratic Renewal".

11-15
01:17:31

Ambitions for Actblue with Regina Wallace-Jones

Regina Wallace-Jones joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career in tech, politics and business and her current role as CEO of ActBlue, a nonprofit fundraising platform for progressives, and where she wants to take it.

11-13
01:25:12

Analyzing Ballot Initiatives with Chris Figueredo of BISC

Chris Figueredo returns to The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her role at BISC and the ballot initiatives across the country for the 2024 election.

11-11
01:02:03

Protecting the Republic with Jordan Wood of democracyFirst

Jordan Wood joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career in politics, as Chief of Staff for Katie Porter during January 6th and how democracyFirst is working to confront the anti-democracy movement and protect free and fair elections.

11-08
01:04:44

Message Development for Progressives with Bryan Bennett of Navigator

Bryan Bennett joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about polling in 2024 and his role as the lead pollster at Navigator Research, which is a message development resource for progressives.

11-06
54:53

Author of Lost in a Gallup, Professor W. Joseph Campbell

W. Joseph Campbell joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career as a journalist, professor at American University and his recent book "Lost in a Gallup: Polling Failure in U.S. Presidential Elections".

11-04
59:54

Civic Engagement Among Our Youth with Aarti and Saul of Rhizome

Aarti Sharma and Saul Balcarcel join The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about their experiences at Rhizome, a nonpartisan organization working to increase civic engagement among students.

11-01
01:01:16

Building Community for Young Leaders with Jacob Merkle of Rhizome

Jacob Merkle joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about the founding and building of Rhizome, where they are working to activate young people's identities into action and help youth treat civic service as the work of a lifetime.

10-30
01:08:51

Voter Protection and Ballot Curing with Kathleen Borschow

Kathleen Borschow joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career in politics and the work she's done in voter protection services and elsewhere.

10-28
01:10:13

Leveraging Relational Organizing with Garrett Gruener

Garrett Gruener joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career as a successful entrepreneur (including ask.com) and venture capitalist, becoming a Democratic donor, and funding training for relational organizing for the 2024 election.

10-25
52:22

Deep Canvassing in Philadelphia with Dave Fleischer

Dave Fleischer returns to The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about how he's using deep canvassing in Philadelphia to turn out voters.

10-23
58:59

Training for Relational Organizing with Sri Kulkarni of Relational Futures

Sri Kulkarni returns to The Great Battlefield podcast to give a tutorial using a relational organizing app.

10-21
01:10:53

Author of The Privateers: How Billionaires Created a Culture War and Sold School Vouchers Josh Cowen

Josh Cowen joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career as a Professor of Education Policy at Michigan State and his book "The Privateers: How Billionaires Created a Culture War and Sold School Vouchers."

10-18
46:30

Supporting Progressive Tech and AI Entrepreneurs with Leah Bae of Higher Ground Labs

Leah Bae joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career in tech and politics and her role at Higher Ground Labs, and their Progressive AI Lab, where they work on funding start-ups and improving the political tech ecosystem for Democrats and progressives.

10-16
01:09:06

Staffing for Progressive Organizations with Lorenza Ramirez of Blueline Fellows

Lorenza Ramirez joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career and launching Blueline Fellows, where they're working to help progressive and social impact organizations recruit talented staff from out of season campaign workers.

10-14
54:37

Supporting Democrats in the Reddest Places with Jonathan and Michele of Every State Blue

Michele Hornish and Jonathan Zucker join The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about how Every State Blue is working to create a basic funding floor for every candidate in the state legislature so that we can contest all the seats.

10-11
01:11:12

Partisan Identity and Political Violence with Lily Mason of SNF Agora Institute

Lily Mason joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career path that led her to study how political parties have become so bound up in their identities and what she's been working on at SNF Agora Institute.

10-09
01:01:09

Protecting Democracy with Rachel Kleinfeld

Rachel Kleinfeld joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career and her role at The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where she advises governments, philanthropists and activists.

10-07
59:11

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