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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

Holding Power Accountable with Ryan Grim of The Intercept

Ryan Grim joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career in journalism, from covering Congress at Politico and The Huffington Post and now The Intercept. Ryan also discusses his book "We’ve Got People: From Jesse Jackson to AOC, the End of Big Money and the Rise of a Movement".

May 31, 20231 hr

Six Decades of Political Activism with the Midwest Academy's Heather Booth

Heather Booth joins The Great Battlefield podcast to share stories and insights from her six decade career in political activism. She compares the Trump era to the fights for civil rights in the 1960's, and discusses her work with The Midwest Academy -- a school she founded to train progressive organizers.

May 24, 202351 min

The Importance of the Courts in America with Caroline Fredrickson

Caroline Fredrickson joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career as Chief of Staff for Senator Maria Cantwell, serving as President for the American Constitution Society and currently teaching at the Georgetown University Law Center.

May 22, 20231 hr

The Intersection of Race and Politics with Ann Morning of NYU | Episode 910

Ann Morning, Professor of Sociology at NYU joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career studying race and her two books on the subject "The Nature of Race: How Scientists Think and Teach about Human Difference" and "An Ugly Word: Rethinking Race in Italy and the United States"

May 15, 20231 hr 9 min

NGP VANs First Hire Louis Levine

Lou Levine joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about how he was NGP's first hire and helped the company grow from two people in Nathaniel's attic to what it is now, over 350 employees. Lou also talks about how they're helping Democrats win by providing them with web-based software tools.

May 10, 202355 min

Leaving The Republican Party with Stuart Stevens

Stuart Stevens joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about running a Republican media consultancy and leading strategy for Mitt Romney and why he's left his party and written an upcoming book "IT WAS ALL A LIE: How The Republican Party Became Donald Trump".

May 05, 20231 hr 3 min

Fighting for Racial and Economic Justice in Minnesota with Doran Schrantz of ISAIAH

Doran Schrantz joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career as an organizer and her role as Executive Director at ISAIAH where they've built a multi-racial, state-wide, coalition of faith communities, black barber shops, and other community based constituencies fighting for racial and economic justice in Minnesota.

Apr 21, 20231 hr 20 min

Disability Civil Rights Leader Judy Heumann

Judy Heumann joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her role in the disability rights movement, being in the film "Crip Camp" and her memoir "Being Heumann".

Apr 12, 20231 hr 8 min

Anti-Poverty Advocate and Entrepreneur Joe Sanberg of Aspiration

Joe Sanberg joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career, working to raise the minimum wage in California and founding mission based companies like Aspiration where they connect large companies with carbon credits as part of the fight against global warming.

Apr 10, 20231 hr 9 min

On Operations and Leadership with Bully Pulpit Interactive's Ann Marie Habershaw

Ann Marie Habershaw, COO of Bully Pulpit Interactive, joins The Great Battlefield to discuss her career. She details her unusual path to the world of politics and how she climbed the ranks to senior leadership positions of the DNC, DCCC, Emily's List and others. She also tells us the challenges she faced in overseeing a 1.2 billion dollar budget as the COO of President Obama's 2012 reelection campaign.

Apr 07, 20231 hr 5 min

Former US Senator Russ Feingold of the American Constitution Society

Russ Feingold joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career in politics serving as a Wisconsin State Senator, a US Senator and now President of the American Constitution Society, a group of progressives working to rebalance our legal system.

Apr 03, 202355 min

How Democratic Candidates Can Win Back Their States with Governor Martin O'Malley

This episode of The Great Battlefield features an in-depth conversation with Governor Martin O'Malley. He discusses cutting crime rates as the Mayor of Baltimore, serving as the Governor of Maryland during the Great Recession, and running for President in the turbulent 2016 cycle. He also tells us why he chose to launch Win Back Your State - a PAC focused on training and supporting Democratic candidates at the state and local level.

Mar 29, 20231 hr 7 min

Fighting for Disability Rights with Dom Kelly of New Disabled South

Dom Kelly joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career fighting for disability rights since he was four, working as a Fundraiser Senior Disability Advisor for Stacey Abrams campaign and founding New Disabled South where they advocate for the rights of disabled people.

Mar 20, 202355 min
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