The Great Battlefield

Alan Jenkins joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career as a law professor and human rights advocate and publishing his graphic novel series about what might have happened if the January 6th attack on the capitol was successful.

Matt Grossman joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career at Michigan State as Professor of Political Science, Director of The Institute for Public Policy and Social Research, and also hosting the Science of Politics podcast, and writing books about American politics.

Danielle Butterfield joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career in politics and her role as Executive Director at Priorities USA, where they're working to build progressive power by redefining how Super PACs contribute by training digital operatives and developing new apps and tools.

Ben Resnik joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career in political tech, AI in politics, and his new role at Social Currant, where they connect progressive organizations with mission aligned creators.

Murshed Zaheed returns to The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about what he's been up to and starting his own consultancy, Pacifica Strategies.

Aaron Parnas joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career as a Lawyer turned Independent Journalist, where he distills the news into comprehensible chunks.

Dmitri Mehlhorn returns to The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about why he thinks the fight against fascism is over and co-founding the Atoll Society, where they hope to rally reason, law and human dignity in the face of rising authoritarianism.

Samantha Hancox-Li joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about hosting the Neon Liberalism podcast and being a writer and editor at Liberal Currents, where they publish writers who promote pluralistic democracy over authoritarianism.

Carol Leonnig joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about leaving The Washington Post to join MS NOW as Senior Investigative Correspondent and her recent book "Injustice: How Politics and Fear Vanquished America's Justice Department".

Mari Manoogian joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career in politics, serving as a State Representative in Michigan and her role at The Next 50, where they provide high impact support to up and coming political leaders.

Emily Cherniak returns to The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about what she's been up to at New Politics, where they're working to empower and inspire the next generation of political leaders.

Tiffany Muller returns to The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about what she's been up to at End Citizens United, where their mission is to get dark money out of politics and expand voting rights.

Shripal Shah joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career in politics and his role at House Majority PAC, where they're fighting for a Democratic majority in the House.

Danny Hogenkamp returns to The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about why he stepped down as CEO of Grassroots Analytics to become CEO of dumb.co, where they're building a movement for people to adopt dumb phones and reclaim their time.

Yasmin Radjy returns to The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about what she's been up to at Swing Left, where they empower volunteers to help elect Democrats, and managing Vote Forward, where they test the effectiveness of voter turnout programs.

Vinay Orekondy joins The Great Battlefield to talk about his career in politics in the U.S. and Australia and founding Better Together America, where they're working to bridge divides and combat authoritarianism from the bottom up.

Emma Welsh-Huggins joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career in organizing, starting her campaign consultancy and co-founding Nontoxic Media, an AI platform that monitors content on social media.

David Kusnet joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career as an author and political speechwriter including for President Bill Clinton.

John Chrastka joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career and founding the EveryLibrary PAC, where they work to support public libraries and help fight against book bans.

Ira Chaleff joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career including running the Congressional Management Foundation and his recent book "To Stop a Tyrant: The Power of Political Followers"

Shikha Dalmia joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career in journalism from India to The Detroit News to founding The UnPopulist, a Substack publication defending free and open societies against forms of authoritarianism.

Haley Lickstein joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career, her podcast "Haley on the Go" and her social media platforms, where she aims to educate young women and others on the issues that matter to them.

Caleb Brock joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career, leading digital strategy for Ro Khanna and the changes he feels need to be made for the Democratic party to be successful.

Claire Shorall joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career as a teacher, activist and now co-founder and CEO of Sway, a voting group platform that aims to mobilize people with shared views, a new social network for politics.

"Javier" (pseudonym) joins The Great Battlefield to talk about being an organizer at NYC ICE Watch, a community based network that does rapid response, cop watch and ICE watch.

Asli Aydintasbas joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about the similarities between Erdogan in Turkey, Orban in Hungary, and Trump, in the backsliding of democracy but why she sees hope for United States.

Amy Pritchard returns to The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about what she's been up to at GAIN Power, leadership development, staffing pipelines and political consulting, including direct mail. And she has a health update.

Chris Torres joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career in politics and his role as Executive Director at Leadership for Democracy and Social Justice, where they're building power with the next generation of leaders.

Heather Cronk joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her path that led her to progressive organizing and founding Project 21:12, which is building community and organizing capacity for millions of Exvangelicals.

Professor at The Humphrey School of Public Affairs, Joe Soss joins The Great Battlefield podcast talk about co-authoring "Disciplining the Poor", which connects the dots between welfare policy and the criminal legal system and his new book "Legal Plunder: The Predatory Dimensions of Criminal Justice".

Gaby Pacheco joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career fighting for immigrants rights and her role at TheDream.US where they provide scholarships for undocumented immigrants.

Brianna Hutchison joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career in politics, fundraising and now entrepreneurship with the founding of The Big Black Idea, where she's working to strengthen black political giving through strategy and collaboration.

Nicholas Buccola joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career as a political theorist and his book "One Man's Freedom: Goldwater, King, and the Struggle over an American Ideal" which provides a new lens on red and blue notions of freedom.

Pamela Smith joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career and her role at Verified Voting, where they're working to strengthen democracy by promoting the responsible use of tech in elections.

Max Levy joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career as a Digital Consultant working for Stacey Abrams, Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren and now starting his own digital communications firm Max Levy Strategies.

Dakota Hall joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career and his role at the Alliance for Youth Action, where they work on student organizing to confront authoritarianism and build power to transform our future.

Alan Greenblatt joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career as a political journalist and resigning his position as Editor at Governing when they refused to publish his work for fear of angering the Trump administration.

Gaby Zutrau joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career as a Digital Strategist working for MoveOn and the Mamdani Campaign, and how she turns social engagement into impact.

Emmet Sandberg joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career in politics and co-founding Mutuals Media, where they create viral vertical video shows with progressive values.

Bill Galston joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career as a Political Theorist and Advisor and his book "Anger, Fear, Domination: Dark Passions and the Power of Political Speech".

Alex Zakaras joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career as a Political Theorist at The University of Vermont and his book "Freedom for All: What a Liberal Society Could Be".

EJ Juarez joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career in politics and his role as Executive Director at State Innovation Exchange (SiX), a progressive group working with state legislators across the country.

Rebekah Caruthers joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career and her role as President and CEO at Fair Elections Center, a nonpartisan organization focused on voting rights, election reform and civic engagement.

Theo LeCompte joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career and his role as Executive Director at LOFT, where they offer a paid fellowship for Senior Campaign and Capitol Hill Staff to improve their leadership skills.

Dan Check joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career in politics and tech and his role as CEO at Slate Magazine, an online news magazine covering current affairs, culture and politics.

Scott Duncombe joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career in politics and tech and co-founding Pizza to the Polls, where they provide free food to people at GOTV events or long polling lines.

Amanda Jones joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career as an award winning Librarian and an online smear campaign against her from the far right, that led her to writing her story in. "That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America".

Michael Agosta joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career working at the intersection of voter files, political targeting, digital advocacy and legislative policy.

Anthony Robinson joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career and his new role as Executive Director at Netroots Nation, where they provide a variety of services to progressives.

Lisa Graves joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career as a lawyer, Executive Director of True North Research and her book "Without Precedent: How Chief Justice Roberts and His Accomplices Rewrote the Constitution and Dismantled Our Rights".

Adam Mizel joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career in finance and private equity before founding US United, a movement for unity that aims to build bridges and break down barriers in a divisive world.