The Great Battlefield
Nathaniel G. Pearlman
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.
A great political battle is being fought right now for the soul of our country.
Episodes
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Oct 23, 2025 • 54min
Author of The Trajectory of Trumpism, Professor Sanford Schram
Sandy Schram joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his most recent book: "The Trajectory of Trumpism" about the techniques and methods of how Trump and his enablers communicate.
Oct 20, 2025 • 47min
Fundraising and AI with Yardena Wolf of Findraiser
Yardena Wolf joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career in politics, serving as Eric Swalwell's Chief of Staff and co-founding Findraiser, where they provide AI based tools to help you easily search your donor database.
Oct 16, 2025 • 56min
Maximizing Donor Impact with Brian Derrick of Oath
Brian Derrick returns to The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about how he's been growing Oath, a political and advising giving platform that empowers Democratic donors to maximize their impact.
Oct 13, 2025 • 1h 2min
The Daily Show, Tweets of God, and Other Comedy of David Javerbaum
David Javerbaum joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career as a comedy writer, working on The Daily Show, his play An Act of God and his view of comedy and satire in politics.
Oct 9, 2025 • 1h 13min
Comedy and Satire with Scott Dikkers
Scott Dikkers joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career in comedy, owning and running The Onion and his book "Trump's America: The Complete Loser's Guide".
Oct 6, 2025 • 54min
Helping Found Catalist and now Using VR to Help Neurodiverse Learners with Vijay Ravindran
Vijay Ravindran joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career in tech, being the founding CTO of Catalist (the longest running data trust in progressive politics) and founding Floreo, a firm that brings VR tools to help neurodiverse learners.
Oct 2, 2025 • 51min
Leveraging Community Stories to Support a Mission with Megan Castle of Soapboxx
Megan Castle joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career path that led her to her role as CEO at Soapboxx, a video and photo storytelling platform for campaigns and nonprofits to leverage their own communities' stories to support a mission.
Sep 29, 2025 • 51min
AI and Campaign Communications with Meghan and Mike of Grassroots Analytics and Quiller
Meghan McAnespie and Mike Nellis return to The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about Grassroots Analytics acquisition of Quiller, an AI tool to help nonprofits and campaigns with communications, especially fundraising emails.
Sep 22, 2025 • 54min
Holding Republicans Accountable with Pat Dennis of American Bridge
Pat Dennis returns to The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about what's been happening at American Bridge, where they conduct opposition research on what Republicans are saying.
Sep 15, 2025 • 1h 3min
Strategy, Analytics and Engagement with Pete Backof of Camden Strategy
Pete Backof joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about being the fourth employee at The Analyst Institute, serving as the Director of Analytics at The Voter Participation Center and starting Camden Strategy, where he provides strategic consulting to funders, campaigns and organizations.


