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The Great Battlefield

Nathaniel G. Pearlmangreatbattlefield.com
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.
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Episodes

Resurrecting a Career as a Political Consultant with Tom Lindenfeld

Tom Lindenfeld joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his long career in politics, including running a company that specialized in voter contact -- until he hit legal troubles. Tom has been active as an independent consultant since then. He also shares his thoughts on why Kamala Harris lost the election.

Dec 04, 20241 hr 23 min

Public Opinion Research with Spencer Kimball of Emerson College

Spencer Kimball joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career and his role as director of polling at Emerson College, where they work hard to be accurate and innovative in how they obtain their information on public opinion.

Dec 02, 202453 min

Inspiring the Next Generation of Leaders with Mark Strama

Mark Strama joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career in politics and tech, his time as a Texas State Representative and his current role at the Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life at UT Austin.

Nov 27, 20241 hr 14 min

Digital Marketing and Politics with Garima Verma

Garima Verma joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career in the entertainment industry, moving into politics and working for the Biden campaign, in the White House, Stacey Abrams for Governor, the DCCC, and now as an independent consultant.

Nov 22, 202455 min

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.

Nov 20, 20241 hr 17 min

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".

Nov 15, 20241 hr 18 min

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.

Nov 13, 20241 hr 25 min

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.

Nov 08, 20241 hr 5 min

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".

Nov 04, 20241 hr

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.

Oct 30, 20241 hr 9 min

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.

Oct 25, 202452 min

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.

Oct 07, 202459 min

Haley Voters for Harris with Craig Snyder

Craig Snyder joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career in Republican politics and how Haley Voters for Harris is encouraging voters across the political spectrum to vote for Kamala Harris.

Oct 04, 202450 min
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