Andy Stern joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career, being the President of the SEIU, fighting for workers rights and now a fellow at the Economic Security Project where they're advocating for a universal basic income.
Mar 17, 2023•1 hr 19 min
Steve Rosenthal joins The Great Battlefield to talk about his experience in progressive politics over the past 40 years, including building labor's political infrastructure at the AFL-CIO; founding ACT massive voter mobilization project in 2004, starting the Atlas Project a research hub, and his new effort, the Worker's News Network
Mar 15, 2023•48 min
Michael Podhorzer joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career in the labor movement, the use of data and analytics and recently stepping down as Political Director at the AFL-CIO.
Mar 13, 2023•1 hr 43 min
On this episode Host, Nathaniel Pearlman shares his thoughts about The Great Battlefield podcast after producing 900 episodes and temporary changes to the podcast going forward.
Mar 10, 2023•5 min
Pollsters Ed Goeas and Celinda Lake join The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about their book "A Question of Respect: Bringing Us Together in a Deeply Divided Nation".
Mar 09, 2023•1 hr 2 min
Rakim Brooks joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his leadership story and his current role as President of the Alliance for Justice, a national association of progressive organizations advocating for a fair and independent justice system.
Mar 06, 2023•1 hr 12 min
Melody Oliphant, Myla Williams and Harrison Tran join The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about their roles at GYJC, a coalition of students ages 14-22 working to build power from the classroom to the capitol.
Mar 03, 2023•51 min
Zack Exley joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about the use of the internet in political organizing and fundraising, including on several Democratic presidential campaigns and at Wikipedia as well as founding Justice Democrats and now New Consensus, a think tank that works to achieve economic renewal and transformation.
Mar 01, 2023•3 hr 40 min
Elias Crim joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career and founding Solidarity Hall, a podcast, publishing project and community of people with interests in localism, municipalism and the solidarity economy.
Feb 27, 2023•54 min
Michael Thatcher joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career and becoming CEO of Charity Navigator, where they evaluate and rate nonprofits and help donors align with the causes they care about.
Feb 24, 2023•42 min
Karthik Ganapathy joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career in politics, working on the Bernie Sanders campaign and co-founding Left Flank Strategies where they help progressives with communications and strategy.
Feb 22, 2023•1 hr
Michael Michaelson joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about starting Progressive Pipeline, where they work to recruit students and place them in paid fellowships at progressive organizations.
Feb 20, 2023•51 min
Ashwath Narayanan joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his start in political entrepreneurship and co-founding Social Currant, a platform that connects progressive organizations with mission aligned creative influencers.
Feb 17, 2023•46 min
David Meyers joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career in journalism and recently leaving The Fulcrum, a nonprofit news organization where they cover efforts to fix our political system.
Feb 15, 2023•51 min
Doug Turner joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career in politics and co-founding EveryVoice, where they are working to turn around politics in the south through improved data and analytics.
Feb 13, 2023•52 min
Amaury Dujardin joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career and being Executive Director at Downballot Progress, where they work to oust state legislators who don't align with progressive values.
Feb 10, 2023•38 min
Assistant Professor of International Relations at Johns Hopkins BIPR, Nina Hall joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her book, "Transnational Advocacy in the Digital Era: Think Global, Act Local".
Feb 08, 2023•58 min
Mike Berkowitz joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career in politics and co-founding Third Plateau, where they connect donors with progressive causes that align with their values.
Feb 06, 2023•1 hr 35 min
Kalani Tissot joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about fundraising for Democrats and progressive causes and founding his own firm Tissot Solutions.
Feb 03, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Professor of Governance and Foreign Affairs, Sidney Milkis joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his book "What Happened to the Vital Center?: Presidentialism, Populist Revolt, and the Fracturing of America".
Feb 01, 2023•1 hr 11 min
Jessica Post returns to The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about how she's grown the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, where they support state legislative races around the country.
Jan 30, 2023•51 min
Jerry Hauser joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career, founding The Management Center, where they coach leaders of progressive organizations and now starting his new practice 2050 Advisors.
Jan 27, 2023•1 hr 30 min
Former US Senator Doug Jones joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about what he's been up to since leaving the Senate, campaigning for Democrats during the midterms and working on a project called Every Voice to turnaround politics in the south.
Jan 25, 2023•1 hr 13 min
Jeremy Suri joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career as a Professor of History and Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin and his latest book "Civil War by Other Means: America's Long and Unfinished Fight for Democracy".
Jan 23, 2023•1 hr 18 min
Filmmaker Rachel Lears joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her latest film "To The End" where she follows AOC, Varshini Prakash of Sunrise Movement and others in their push for a Green New Deal and ultimately the passage of The Inflation Reduction Act.
Jan 20, 2023•55 min
Pete Davis joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career and founding the Democracy Policy Network, where they're building an interstate policy network to deepen democracy in statehouses.
Jan 18, 2023•48 min
Alex Renirie and Linn Davis join The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about their careers and how Healthy Democracy is working to elevate the voices of everyday people in creating policy using lottery-selected advisory panels.
Jan 16, 2023•1 hr 2 min
Eve Samborn McCool joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career in digital politics from being Digital Director for Tammy Duckworth to co-founding Assemble the Agency, a key progressive media agency.
Jan 13, 2023•43 min
Brendan McPhillips joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career as a Campaign Manager, working for Pete Buttigieg and more recently running the Fetterman Campaign.
Jan 11, 2023•55 min
Stephanie Schriock joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career in politics working with Howard Dean, Al Franken, and Jon Tester, running EMILY's List for over a decade, and her current passion for improving the media landscape.
Jan 09, 2023•1 hr 26 min